"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