U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Mary Washington’s undergraduate program sixth among public Southern universities in the “Top Public Regional Universities – South” category in its 2016 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” UMW has been ranked in the top 20 among Southern universities for nine consecutive years and currently stands 16th among all Southern universities in the same category.
The listing was announced Sept. 9 in the magazine’s online edition.
U.S. News & World Report bases its rankings on peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving. For the full list, visit www.usnews.com.
The recognition is the latest by selective college guidebooks to rank Mary Washington among the nation’s best, including the Princeton Review’s 2016 edition of “The Best 380 Colleges,” Forbes’ 2016 list of “America’s Top Colleges” and the 2015 edition of Fiske Guide to Colleges.