Georgetown University, University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University rank among the top schools in the country, a new report says.
All three schools ranked in the top 30 of U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Best College rankings released Monday.
A number of D.C., Maryland and Virginia colleges made it to the top 100.
Here's which local schools made the National Universities list:
- No. 10: Johns Hopkins University, with an overall score of 91
- No. 24: Georgetown University, with an overall score of 77
- No. 28: University of Virginia, with an overall score of 73
- No. 40: College of William and Mary, with an overall score of 67
- No. 64: University of Maryland, College Park, with an overall score of 59
- No. 70: George Washington University, with an overall score of 58
- No. 74: Virginia Tech, with an overall score of 57
- No. 77: American University, with an overall score of 56
These local schools made the Top National Liberal Arts Colleges list:
- No. 10: Washington and Lee University, with an overall score of 89
- No. 17: United States Naval Academy, with an overall score of 86
- No. 23: University of Richmond, with an overall score of 84
- No. 64: St. John’s College, with an overall score of 67
- No. 72: Virginia Military Institute, with an overall score of 64
- No. 92: St. Mary’s College of Maryland, with an overall score of 60
The report compares nearly 1,400 bachelor's degree-offering universities on measures of academic performance.
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Each school is rated on a zero to 100 scale based on factors like their student-to-faculty ratio, student’s ACT/SAT scores and the institution’s retention and graduation rates. U.S. News & World Report does not take into account factors such as athletic performance or social life.
