"Most Unwired Cities"
Ranked 67th in Intel's "Most Unwired Cities" survey that ranks the Top 100 U.S. cities and regions with the greatest wireless Internet accessibility. Intel, 2005
5-Star Business Opportunity Metro
Expansion Management magazine ranked Rochester as a 5-Star Business Opportunity Metro, a premier place for companies to do business in America. Expansion Management, August 2007
Life sciences degrees
Ranked 3rd for the number of college graduates with life sciences degrees per capita U.S. Department of Education, 2001