{"id":80751,"date":"2014-09-10T16:23:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T20:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=80751"},"modified":"2015-08-11T08:07:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:07:13","slug":"u-s-news-ranks-umw-among-top-five-public-universities-in-the-south-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/10\/u-s-news-ranks-umw-among-top-five-public-universities-in-the-south-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News Ranks UMW Among Top Five Public Universities in the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>U.S. News &amp; World Report ranked the University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s undergraduate program fifth among public southern universities in the &ldquo;Top Public Regional Universities &ndash; South&rdquo; category in its 2015 edition of America&rsquo;s Best Colleges. The university has been ranked in the top 20 among southern universities for eight consecutive years and currently stands 13th among all southern universities in the same category.<\/p><p><!--more--><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/09\/geology-42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"80821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/geology-4-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/geology-42.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,328\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"3.6\",\"credit\":\"Norm Shafer\",\"camera\":\"X-T1\",\"caption\":\"Students measure stream discharge in the stream that flows in front of the library with  Professor Joseph W. Nicholas at UMW, Thursday March 20, 2014. The class then worked in class to graph the data they gathered.  (Photo by Norm Shafer).\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1395308428\",\"copyright\":\"Norm Shafer@2014\",\"focal_length\":\"18.8\",\"iso\":\"1000\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.001\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"geology 4\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Students measure stream discharge in the stream that flows in front of the library with  Professor Joseph W. Nicholas at UMW, Thursday March 20, 2014. The class then worked in class to graph the data they gathered.  (Photo by Norm Shafer).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/geology-42.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-80821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/09\/geology-42.jpg\" alt=\"geology 4\" width=\"400\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/geology-42.jpg 400w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/geology-42-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/a>The listing was announced Sept. 9 in the magazine&rsquo;s online edition. U.S. News &amp; 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/umw.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2decbac8b711dbb50cec81b00&amp;id=8275e9b887&amp;e=28e928be72\">www.usnews.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>In addition, Virginia Living magazine&rsquo;s State of Education issue for September cited the University of Mary Washington among its list of Old Dominion&rsquo;s featured high schools and colleges for 2014. The university was noted for science, math and technology due to its new master&rsquo;s degree program in geospatial analysis.<\/p><p>In recent years, the university has seen its academic reputation garner national recognition in numerous selective guidebooks, including Forbes, the Fiske Guide to Colleges and the Princeton Review&rsquo;s 2015 edition of &ldquo;The Best 379 Colleges.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report ranked the University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s undergraduate program fifth among public southern universities in the &ldquo;Top Public Regional Universities &ndash; South&rdquo; category in its 2015 edition of America&rsquo;s Best Colleges. 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