These Virginia, DC Universities Are Among The Best In The World

U.S. News & World report released a new set of rankings, designating the best global universities and the United States leads the way with some of the best higher education institutions in the world, claiming the top four spots on the list.

Among the universities ranked as the best global universities by U.S. News, it comes as no surprise that several of those schools are right here in Virginia and Washington, D.C. U.S. News ranked the University of Virginia highest in the region, in a tie for No. 107, while Virginia Tech is No. 250, George Washington University lands at No. 260 and Georgetown University is No. 29. In neighboring Maryland, Johns Hopkins University tied for 10th on the list and the University of Maryland--College Park ranks 50th.

The rankings evaluated 1,250 universities on the list across 74 countries and 221 American universities made the list. To come up with the rankings, U.S. News first created a pool of universities using various sources, including a global reputation survey. The rankings were then calculated using 13 indicators and weights that U.S. News chose to measure global research performance. (You can see the full methodology here.)

Virginia and Washington, D.C., universities on the list:

• University of Virginia (tie for 107)
• Virginia Tech (No. 250)
• George Washington University (No. 260)
• Georgetown University (No. 279)
• Virginia Commonwealth University (No. 367)
• George Mason University (No. 429)
• College of William and Mary (No. 594)
• Old Dominion University (No. 630)
• Howard University (No. 750)
• American University (No. 927)
• Catholic University of America (No. 1025)

According to U.S. News, the top 10 universities in the world are:

Harvard University (1)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2)
Stanford University (3)
University of California Berkeley (4)
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) (5)
California Institute of Technology (6)
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) (7)
Columbia University (8)
Princeton University (9)
Johns Hopkins University (10)
University of Washington Seattle (10)
Yale University (10)

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