2. Conway, Arkansas [out of 50] Average Cost of a One-Bedroom Apartment: $522 Cost-Of-Living Index Score: 86.6 By almost any yardstick, Conway is rated to be a very desirable destination: 2011 – Best Value for a City (Kiplinger: 7th); 2011 – 14th Best City for Young Professionals (Forbes); 2011 and 2012 – 25 Best Places to Retire (CNN Money); 2011 – 14th Cheapest Place to Live (Forbes); 2012 – Top 10 Cheapest Cities In the Country (Yahoo!); and much more. The colleges here are likewise very distinguished. Hendrix College was named as one of “America’s Best Colleges” by Forbes in 2010, listed as a “Best Buy College” (one of only 44) by the Fiske Guide to Colleges in 2010, and rated as one of the “Top 50 Schools That Produce Science PhD’s” by CBSMoneyWatch. Meanwhile the University of Central Arkansas was judged by US News & World Report to be one of the top “academically excellent” schools in the South (2006) and was mentioned in their America’s Best Colleges report in 2009, while former Secretary of Education Terrell Bear was quoted as saying that UCA was “an Ivy League education at a bargain basement price.” Colleges: University of Central Arkansas, Hendrix College, and Central Baptist University greatvaluecolleges.net/50-great-affordable-college-towns-in-the-u-s/
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