When American students are browsing the web for destinations to study abroad, they search Melbourne more than any other Australian destination. The Age, an Australian news source, has obtained data from Google that shows the city No. 5 globally, behind London, Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh. The article notes that Sydney appears high on the list as well, coming in at No. 7 overall and No. 2 in Australia.
Melbourne, the location of Arcadia's Center in Australia, consistently receives high marks when measured against its peers. Last year, it topped The Economist's list of the World's Most Livable Cities for the fourth consecutive year. Additionally, the University of Melbourne, a close partner of The College of Global Studies, is ranked 33rd overall and first in Australia by Times World University Rankings.