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Awards and Accolades

  • Named one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live and Launch a Business by Fortune Magazine.
  • Named one of the Best Small Places for Business and Careers by Forbes.com.
  • Blacksburg/Christiansburg/Radford MSA ranked 5th for 2006 Top Metros by Number of Projects with Population less than 200,000 by Site Selection Magazine
  • Named a "Perfect Place" and one of the "Top 10 Dream Towns" by Outside Magazine.
  • Named the 8th best "emerging" area in the U.S. by Cities Ranked & Rated.
  • Named one of the "Top 50 Places to Live" by Men's Journal
  • Named a "5-Star Quality of Life Metro" and a "5-Star Knowledge Worker Metro" by Expansion Management.
  • 2nd highest number of PH.D.'s per capita in the U.S. -Expansion Management.
  • 14th "Best Educated Technical Work Force" in the U.S. -Expansion Management.
  • Named a "5-Star Business Opportunity Metro" by Expansion Management.
  • Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center named "Best Practice in Technology Transfer and Research Centers" by National Council for Urban Economic Development.
  • Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center received the "Excellence in Technology Led Economic Development Award" by Economic Development Administration.
  • Virginia Tech ranked in the top 55 Research Universities in the United States with $268.8 Million in Research Expenditures by National Science Foundation.
  • Virginia ranked first as "Best States for Business" by Forbes.com.
  • Blacksburg, Virginia ranked "Best Small Places for Business" by Forbes Magazine.
  • Ranked 4th for Public Schools in the Country "5-Star Quality of Life Metros" by Expansion Management.
  • Blacksburg High School ranked 319th out of the "Top High Schools in America"  by Newsweek Magazine.
  • Ranked the 3rd most secure town to live in the U.S. by the Third Annual Farmers Insurance Group of Companies Study.