U.S. News Best Colleges: See Georgia Schools On 2019 List

ATLANTA, GA — U.S. News & World Report is out with the latest edition of its best colleges list. The rankings released Monday reveal the top colleges in the country for 2019, including the best public schools, the best value schools and the top regional colleges and universities. Several Georgia institutions rank high nationally or in the South region, with two making the top 15 national rankings and two more landing in the top 20 of sub-categories.

On the publication’s overall list of best national universities, Princeton University was ranked No.1 for the eighth year in a row. Harvard University ranked No. 2 on the list while Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University and the University of Chicago tied for No.3.

In Georgia, several schools made the overall list of best national universities. Emory University ranked No. 21 on the list, followed by No. 35 Georgia Institute of Technology, No. 46 University of Georgia, No. 140 Mercer University, and No. 187 Georgia State University.

Three Georgia schools fared better on U.S. News’ list of top public schools. The top national universities in the Peach State are: Georgia Institute of Technology at No. 8, the University of Georgia at No. 13, Georgia State University at No. 100.

Among south region universities, Georgia College & State University is No. 10, University of North Georgia at No. 20, and Columbus State University at No. 42.

Among regional colleges in the South, Gordon State College is No. 7, Georgia Gwinnett College is No. 10, Middle Georgia State University is No. 12, and College of Coastal Georgia is No. 15.

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“A university is not successful if it does not graduate its students, which is why the Best Colleges rankings place the greatest value on outcomes, including graduation and retention rates,” Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News, said in a press release. “By including social mobility indicators, U.S. News is further recognizing colleges that serve all of their students, regardless of economic status.”

U.S. News explains that its rankings are calculated based on 16 measures of academic quality. The publication groups schools by their academic missions into 10 categories that are then used to determine 10 distinct rankings. The distinct rankings include best national universities, best public schools and so on. The publication also made some notable changes to its methodology, including adding social mobility indicators, eliminating acceptance rate as a factor and reducing the weight it gives to measures like SAT/ACT scores. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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Below are the top five schools in the following categories:

Best National Universities
Princeton University (1)
Harvard University (2)
Columbia University (3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)
University of Chicago (3)
Yale University (3)

Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
Williams College (1)
Amherst College (2)
Swarthmore College (3)
Wellesley College (3)
Bowdoin College (5)
Carleton College (5)
Middlebury College (5)
Pomona College (5)

Top Public Schools
University of California-Los Angeles (1)
University of California-Berkeley (2)
University of Virginia (3)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (4)
University of California-Santa Barbara (5)
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (5)

Top Public National Liberal Arts Colleges
United States Military Academy (1)
United States Naval Academy (2)
United States Air Force Academy (3)
Virginia Military Institute (4)
New College of Florida (5)

Best Value Schools (National Universities)
Princeton University (1)
Harvard University (2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)
Yale University (4)
Stanford University (5)

Best Value Schools (National Liberal Arts Colleges)
Williams College (1)
Pomona College (2)
Amherst College (3)
Swarthmore College (4)
Principia College (5)

See the full rankings here.

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