For the third straight year Utah is number 1!
U.S. News and World Report just released the Best State Rankings and it's a three-peat for the Beehive State.
We talked with Senior Data Editor Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilsensky about the things that made Utah come out on top.
Jaclyn says the rankings are based on 70 metrics, everything from education to healthcare, to the economy and the environment.
She mentioned that Utah is number one in the country when it comes to low debt at graduation, so many grads are starting their careers without as much baggage.
Utah landed in the top 20 across seven out of the eight categories, and our state is in the top 10 in five categories:
- Fiscal - 1st
- Economy - 3rd
- Infrastructure - 3rd
- Education - 4th
- Crime - 7th
- Health - 14th
- Opportunity - 19th
- Environment - 48th
One area that Utah can improve, according to the rankings, is in the environment where the state suffered from poor scores with industrial toxins and pollution health risk.
2025 Top 10 States in the U.S.:
- UTAH
- New Hampshire
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Florida
- Vermont
- South Dakota
- Massachusetts
- Washington
You can see the full survey at usnews.com
