Durham Accolades

There are communities that rank higher in a category or two, but Durham is one of a handful that consistently rank high across so many different aspects in a given year. Below are some of the accolades Durham received during the past year either as a community or as the core community for a four county MSA.

    2009
  • Duke ranked #5 on list of 100 Best Values in Private Colleges for 2008-2009
    - Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
    2008
  • Durham MSA ranked #8 best educated city on Forbes' list of America's Best Educated Cities
    - Forbes
  • Duke University - #13 best university on the planet
    - U.S. News and World Report
  • Duke's Fuqua School of Business was ranked 28th in the world for its master of business administration program
    - Financial Times
  • Duke's Fuqua School of Business was ranked 14th on the list of top MBA programs in the US
    - Financial Times
    2007
  • # 2 Best Green Cities , Lifestyle and Quality of Life
    - Country Home
  • #3 Best Small City for Relocating Families
    - World ERC and Primacy Relocation
  • #6 for bird counting lists submitted
    - Great Backyard Bird Count
  • #7 for Business and Careers - Forbes
  • #15 Best Place to Live in the USA
    - Bert Sperling's City's Ranked & Rated
  • #16 Overall Best Green Places in America
    - Country Home
  • Top 20 Places to Educate Your Child
    - Forbes
  • #26 City Where Business Opportunity Is Greatest For Growing Companies
    - ExpansionManagement.com
  • #37 Best Walking City
    - Prevention
  • #45 Hottest Business market in the Country
    - Inc. Magazine
  • 100 Best Communities for Young People-America's Promise
    - The Alliance for Youth
  • 100 Best Communities for Music Education
    - American Music Conference
  • Top Ten Tech Town
    - Wired
  • Tree City USA for 24th year
    - National Arbor Day Foundation
  • #1 College graduation rate among select national tech-focused MSA's
    - Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel
  • #1 MSA the nation for percentage of workforce in the "Creative Class"
    - Catalytix
  • #1 MSA for least excessive drinking and alcohol-related problems
    - Men's Health Magazine
  • #3 when combined with another MSA and compared back to individual MSA's for African-Americans to work, live, and play
    - Black Enterprise
  • #3 Fast Cities when combined with another MSA and compared back to individual MSA's
    - Fast Company