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US News 'Best College' rankings: Here's how schools around DC region fared
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US News ‘Best College’ rankings: Here’s how schools around DC region fared
Jack Pointer | jpointer@wtop.com
September 13, 2021, 4:20 PM
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High schoolers are returning to classrooms this fall, and even though the new school year is just getting underway, a big decision now looms large on the horizon: finding the right college.
One resource for choosing schools has been U.S. News & World Report’s Best College rankings. The 37th edition was released on Monday, and the valedictorian among American universities remains Princeton University.
Columbia University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — which were near the top last year — all tied for second in this year’s rankings. The rest of the top 50 showed little change as well.
Some of the region’s major schools, though, earned good marks, too. Johns Hopkins University was ranked ninth overall, while Georgetown University placed 23rd and the University of Virginia placed 25th.
Other overall standouts included William & Mary (38th), the University of Maryland—College Park (59th), George Washington University (63rd), Virginia Tech (75th) and American University (79th).
A few also did well in the ranking of top public schools: The University of Virginia was ranked fourth overall, with William & Mary ranked No. 10 and the University of Maryland ranked 20th. The University of California—Los Angeles topped that particular list.
And among “best values” in national universities, the three regional standouts were D.C.’s Gallaudet University (12th), Johns Hopkins (16th) and the University of Virginia (31st).
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US News ‘Best College’ rankings: Here’s how schools around DC region fared
Jack Pointer | jpointer@wtop.com
September 13, 2021, 4:20 PM
Listen now to WTOP News WTOP.com | Alexa | Google Home | WTOP App | 103.5 FM
High schoolers are returning to classrooms this fall, and even though the new school year is just getting underway, a big decision now looms large on the horizon: finding the right college.
One resource for choosing schools has been U.S. News & World Report’s Best College rankings. The 37th edition was released on Monday, and the valedictorian among American universities remains Princeton University.
Columbia University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — which were near the top last year — all tied for second in this year’s rankings. The rest of the top 50 showed little change as well.
Some of the region’s major schools, though, earned good marks, too. Johns Hopkins University was ranked ninth overall, while Georgetown University placed 23rd and the University of Virginia placed 25th.
Other overall standouts included William & Mary (38th), the University of Maryland—College Park (59th), George Washington University (63rd), Virginia Tech (75th) and American University (79th).
A few also did well in the ranking of top public schools: The University of Virginia was ranked fourth overall, with William & Mary ranked No. 10 and the University of Maryland ranked 20th. The University of California—Los Angeles topped that particular list.
And among “best values” in national universities, the three regional standouts were D.C.’s Gallaudet University (12th), Johns Hopkins (16th) and the University of Virginia (31st).
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