It is no secret that Massachusetts has some of the best colleges in the country, but according to one new study, the state itself is the best place for students to attend college.

Yesterday, the nonprofit tech company SmileHub released a ranking of the best states for college students, and Massachusetts topped the list.

SmileHub determined the rankings by comparing states across three key categories: education quality and support, social life and economic environment. Using public data from government agencies and other companies like WalletHub, SmileHub evaluated these dimensions by grading 28 different metrics on a weighted 100-point scale. The scores from each metric were then averaged to determine a numeric score for each state.

Ultimately, Massachusetts scored 61.83, beating New York for the top spot by just one hundredth of a point.

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