La Crosse Area

Facts about UW-La Crosse
*UW-L is 'best university': U.S. News* ranking is No. 3 in Midwest** "U.S. News & World Report has ranked UW-L as the #3 public Master's University in the Midwest for 2010. This is the ninth straight year that we have been awarded a ranking in the top three" (Chancellor Joe Gow). See UW-L's U.S. News ranking in America's Best Colleges publication. UW-L is listed No. 3 in the Midwest among public universities offering master's degrees and No. 17 among all public and private institutions that offer master's programs. The university has appeared on the U.S. News list each of the past 12 years and has been among the top three since 2002. Among the criteria against which schools were judged are acceptance and retention rates, academic reputation, and academic qualifications of incoming students. Kiplinger's Personal Finance has also rated UW-L highly in its ranking of "Best Values in Public Colleges." We invite you to take an e-tour of the UW-L campus.

Facts about UW-La Crosse

UW-L is 'best university': U.S. News ranking is No. 3 in Midwest
"U.S. News & World Report has ranked UW-L as the #3 public Master's University in the Midwest for 2010. This is the ninth straight year that we have been awarded a ranking in the top three" (Chancellor Joe Gow). See UW-L's U.S. News ranking in America's Best Colleges publication.

UW-L is listed No. 3 in the Midwest among public universities offering master's degrees and No. 17 among all public and private institutions that offer master's programs. The university has appeared on the U.S. News list each of the past 12 years and has been among the top three since 2002.

Among the criteria against which schools were judged are acceptance and retention rates, academic reputation, and academic qualifications of incoming students.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance has also rated UW-L highly in its ranking of "Best Values in Public Colleges."

We invite you to take an e-tour of the UW-L campus.

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La Crosse, Wisconsin: A Great Place to Live
Forbes ranks La Crosse 16th among small metro areas Forbes magazine has ranked La Crosse 16th out of 168 smaller metropolitan areas, in its annual ranking of the best cities for business and careers. Inc. Magazine ranked La Crosse as the 17th-best small metro area in the nation for doing business. La Crosse 16th on 'Smart Places to Live' list La Crosse placed 16th in a "50 Smart Places to Live" ranking of American cities released this week by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The rankings appear in the magazine's June 2006 issue. "It certainly doesn't surprise me," said James Hill, executive director of the La Crosse Area Development Corp. "The La Crosse area has garnered a number of similar kinds of accolades from a variety of sources. So it's a continuation of acknowledging the quality of the place we call the La Crosse area. It's very reassuring." La Crosse 7th safest area in U.S. The area of La Crosse and Minnesota's Houston County have been ranked as the nation's seventh-safest metropolitan area for 2005 by a private research firm, based on crime statistics. The La Crosse-Houston County area moved up three spots from 2004 in the Morgan Quitno Press rankings, which have been published annually for 12 years. City's crime among nation's lowest La Crosse's lowest crime rate in 20 years has placed the city among the nation's safest small metropolitan areas, according to a recent study. BestPlaces.com's list of "America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime" ranks La Crosse 16th among the 117 cities of less than 200,000 people. La Crosse ranks No. 5 for lesbians A national lesbian magazine has chosen La Crosse as the fifth best place in the nation for lesbians to live, with Madison ranking first. The designation, by Girlfriends magazine, a 75,000-circulation monthly based in San Francisco, might have more to do with the communities' general quality of life than its lesbian population. La Crosse named a top city to do business in The May issue of Inc. Magazine ranks La Crosse as the nation's 15th best place for doing business. Reno, Nev., ranked first in the nation, and Green Bay, Wis., ranked fourth, in the "Best Cities for Doing Business in America" list in the issue, which will be at newsstands next Tuesday, Inc. officials said. La Crosse and Green Bay were the only Wisconsin metro areas ranked in the top 20. To learn more about La Crosse and the Coulee Region, visit Explore La Crosse.

La Crosse, Wisconsin: A Great Place to Live

Forbes ranks La Crosse 16th among small metro areas
Forbes magazine has ranked La Crosse 16th out of 168 smaller metropolitan areas, in its annual ranking of the best cities for business and careers. Inc. Magazine ranked La Crosse as the 17th-best small metro area in the nation for doing business.

La Crosse 16th on 'Smart Places to Live' list
La Crosse placed 16th in a "50 Smart Places to Live" ranking of American cities released this week by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The rankings appear in the magazine's June 2006 issue.
"It certainly doesn't surprise me," said James Hill, executive director of the La Crosse Area Development Corp. "The La Crosse area has garnered a number of similar kinds of accolades from a variety of sources. So it's a continuation of acknowledging the quality of the place we call the La Crosse area. It's very reassuring."

La Crosse 7th safest area in U.S.
The area of La Crosse and Minnesota's Houston County have been ranked as the nation's seventh-safest metropolitan area for 2005 by a private research firm, based on crime statistics. The La Crosse-Houston County area moved up three spots from 2004 in the Morgan Quitno Press rankings, which have been published annually for 12 years.

City's crime among nation's lowest
La Crosse's lowest crime rate in 20 years has placed the city among the nation's safest small metropolitan areas, according to a recent study. BestPlaces.com's list of "America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime" ranks La Crosse 16th among the 117 cities of less than 200,000 people.

La Crosse ranks No. 5 for lesbians
A national lesbian magazine has chosen La Crosse as the fifth best place in the nation for lesbians to live, with Madison ranking first. The designation, by Girlfriends magazine, a 75,000-circulation monthly based in San Francisco, might have more to do with the communities' general quality of life than its lesbian population.

La Crosse named a top city to do business in
The May issue of Inc. Magazine ranks La Crosse as the nation's 15th best place for doing business.
Reno, Nev., ranked first in the nation, and Green Bay, Wis., ranked fourth, in the "Best Cities for Doing Business in America" list in the issue, which will be at newsstands next Tuesday, Inc. officials said. La Crosse and Green Bay were the only Wisconsin metro areas ranked in the top 20.
To learn more about La Crosse and the Coulee Region, visit Explore La Crosse.

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