RANKINGS & ACCOLADES
Tucson Listed #15 Up and Coming Market for Tech Talent
September 2024
CBRE
Tucson Named Top U.S. City in West for Gen Z in 2024
July 2024
BizTucson
TUCSON #37 ON WORLD'S BEST CITIES LIST
July 2024
worldsbestcities.com
UArizona, ASU among top universities worldwide in U.S. News & World Report
June 2024
Phoenix Business Journal
Tucson's Barrio Viejo is a Top Place to Go in North America in 2024
January 2024
Conde Nast Traveler
Additional Rankings & Accolades
Arizona ranks #7 overall and #3 for job growth. Pima County is also among the “5-Year Large County Biggest Risers, 2017–2023."
December 2023
Lightcast
TUCSON RANKS TOP 25 NEXT MARKET, TECH TALENT 2023
July 2023
CBRE
Tucson is No. 6 Best U.S. City for Gen Z
June 2023
BizTucson
52 Places to Go in 2023
June 2023
NY Times
Tucson a Top 10 Food City (Travel & Leisure)
May 2023
Travelandleisure.com
TUCSON RANKED ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES 2023
March 2023
Time
Tucson Among Top Cities with Influx of New Residents in 2022
January 2023
BizTucson
Tucson Named as a Top 10 Performer, Future Star in Office Sector
January 2023
AreaDevelopment.com
NSF: UArizona again ranks among top 20 public research universities, No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics
December 2022
Arizona.edu
Tucson Earns Spot as Best Place to Live When You Can Work From Anywhere
October 2022
Bankrate.com
TUCSON IS LISTED 4TH BEST CITY FOR GENERATION Z
September 2022
The New York Times
U.S. NEWS RANKS TUCSON AMONG THE TOP 100 BEST PLACES TO LIVE
May 2022
Patch.com
BASIS Oro Valley, University High make Top 50 schools list
April 2022
Tucson.com
University of Arizona Sweeps Online Program Rankings
February 2022
US News & World Report
Tucson and Eastern Pima County retain Gold status as Bicycle Friendly Community
January 2022
BizTucson
U.S. Cities with the Largest Growth in High-Paying Jobs
January 2022
Stessa
UArizona Research Again Ranks Among Nation’s Top Public Universities
January 2022
BizTucson
Tucson ranked No. 39, among the country’s top clean technology innovation hubs, according to the Cleantech Innovation Hubs Survey.
December 2021
AZINNO
Tucson ranked #6 Millennial Magnet
August 2021
Business Facilities
Tucson Ranks No. 9 Among New U.S. Tech Markets
July 2021
CBRE Research
Resonance Consultancy just released its annual report of America’s Best Cities and Tucson jumped up to No. 20, after ranking 41st last year.
July 2021
Resonance Consultancy
Survey - Tucson in top 10 cities where tech strength defied the pandemic.
July 2021
Linked In News
Tucson in Top 10 U.s. Cities preserving or enhancing their status as tech hubs
June 2021
LinkedIn Economic Graph Team
Pima Community College fills talent gap with av technology certificate program
May 2021
Smart Cities Drive
TUCSON named in five creative incentive programs for relocation
April 2021
Livability
TUCSON named 19th best city for new college graduates
April 2021
SmartAsset
NEW YORK TIMES HIGHLIGHTS TUCSON’S FAST TRACK TO COVID-19 RECOVERY
April 2021
The New York Times
Forbes names Tucson in 7 Best Cities For Remote Workers In 2021
March 2021
Forbes
NAR names Tucson in Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Markets for 2021
March 2021
National Association of Realtors®
Tucson ranks #3 for Cheapest Rent in the U.S.
March 2021
Rent.com
Tucson in Top 100 Most Culturally Diverse Cities in the U.S.
February 2021
WalletHub
Tucson restaurant in Yelp top 100 places to eat in the U.S. in 2021
February 2021
Yelp
The Chuck Huckelberry Loop voted Best Recreational Trail by a panel of experts from USA TODAY
February 2021
USA Today
UArizona Places in Top 20 Among Public University Research Expenditures
February 2021
National Science Foundation
The Eller College Retains Top 10 Ranking Across Programs
January 2021
U.S. News & World Report
Tucson in Top 10 Remote-Ready Cities in the U.S.
January 2021
Liveability
Pima County named #1 in the U.S. for the biggest gains in Talent attraction made in the last five years
January 2021
Emsi
Tucson named one of the Hottest Housing Markets
December 2020
Redfin
Tucson Among 50 Best Places to Travel in 2021
December 2020
Travel + Leisure
Tucson Among Affordable Cities Where People Want to Live
November 2020
USA Today
Pima County named the Eighth-Largest County in the U.S.
October 2020
Fourth Economy
Tucson named the Ninth-Best Large U.S. City to Visit
October 2020
Condé Nast Travel
WalletHub names Tucson in Top 20 Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Faster Than National Average
September 2020
WalletHub
SSG names Tucson as Market to recover from COVID-19
July 2020
Site Selectors Guild
Tucson ranked in Top 50 for Tech Salaries
June 2020
AZ Big Media
Tucson Among Top 10 US Cities Best Positioned To Recover From Coronavirus
May 2020
Forbes
Tucson ranks #1 in U.S. in Google Search for “Homes for Sale” Since COVID-19
May 2020
LendingTree
Tucson Among Top Places to Recover Post-Pandemic
April 2020
Yahoo! News
Tucson ranked One of Ten Best Cities for Startup Costs
January 2020
Embroker
Tucson ranked One of 35 Potential Innovation Centers
January 2019
The Brookings Institution
University of Arizona Ranks in Top 20 in Research Funding
November 2019
National Science Foundation
University of Arizona Ranked in the Top 100 Higher Education Institutions in the World
July 2019
Times Higher Education World
Reputation Rankings
Tucson Ranked #4 Destination Spa in the U.S.
July 2019
Travel + Leisure Magazine
Tucson Ranked One of the Best Places to Live in 2019
July 2019
Outside Online
Tucson Ranked #1 of Up-and-Coming Tech Talent Markets
July 2019
CBRE
Watch national recognition on CNBC
Top 10 States Winning the Talent War in 2019
July 2019
CNBC
Tucson Ranked in Top 10 Mid-Sized American Cities of the Future
June 2019
fDi Intelligence
Tucson in Top 100 of Best Large Cities to Start a Business
May 2019
WalletHub
Tucson is Arizona’s Best ‘Staycation’ City
May 2019
WalletHub
Tucson Named One of the U.S.’ Fastest Growing Technology Metropolises in 2019
Summer 2019
Oliver Wyman Forum
Tucson Ranked 3rd on Senior Living’s Top 20 Cities for LGBTQ Retirement in 2019
April 2019
Senior Advice
Tucson Named One of the Seven Rising Cities to be on Your 2019 Travel Bucket List
October 2018
TripAdvisor
Best Cities Ranks Tucson in the Top 100 Cities in the World
March 2018
Best Cities
Tucson Named the “Hippest City” in Arizona
February 2018
MSN
Tucson Determined to be the Most Fun City in Arizona, #26 in nation
September 2017
WalletHub
Tucson Tops USA Cities as the Best College Town to Invest In
September 2017
The Real Deal
ASU Ranked #1 as the Most Innovative School in the Country
September 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Tucson Ranked Second Best Small City in the U.S.
June 2017
WalletHub
Tucson Ranked 9th on Business Insider’s 10 U.S. Cities Where Everyone Wants to Live Right Now
June 2017
Business Insider
Three Tucson-Area Schools Ranked Among the Best in the Nation
April 2017
U.S. News & World Report
University of Arizona Improves Overall Score in Best Global Universities List
October 2016
U.S. News & World Report
Tucson Named One of the Fastest Job Growth Cities in U.S.
August 2016
Bloomberg
Wine Enthusiast Names Tucson Best “Under-the-Radar” Food City in America
July 2016
Wine Enthusiast
U.S. News & World Reports Ranks Tucson as One of the Best Places to Live in America
March 2016
U.S. News & World Report
Tucson Named One of the Best Places to Live for Triathletes
February 2016
Triathlete
Arizona in Good Position in Latest Crop of Business-Friendly Rankings
February 2016
Commercial Real Estate Group of Tucson
Market Watch Ranks Tucson Among Top 4 Best Places to Raise a Family
January 2016
MarketWatch
Money Magazine Ranks Tucson #4 for Millennials
October 2015
Money Magazine
Tucson Ranks Among Best AZ Cities for Millennials
February 2015
NerdWallet.com
Tucson Named as One of the Top 10 Cities for Global Trade
November 2014
Global Trade Magazine
Tucson Named a Top Southwest City for Millennials
July 2014
Havas PR North America
Tucson Ranked One of the Top 5 Cities for Entrepreneurs
August 2013
Entrepreneur Magazine
Tucson Ranks #2 on the List of the Top 20 Cities for 20-Somethings
August 2013
Greatist
Tucson #2 Most Affordable Metro Area in the Country
August 2013
Huffington Post
Fast Company Ranks Arizona #4 Overall in the “United States of Innovation”
April 2013
Fast Company
CareerBliss Ranks Tucson #2 City to Find a Job (based on happiness data, employment trends and job openings)
January 2013
CareerBliss
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