<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1etYTB_0viCNhgI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1etYTB_0viCNhgI00" width="1176" height="1200" ></figure>U.S. News and World Report has released its 2024 list of best colleges and three local universities have earned rankings in the top 50. The rankings highlight colleges that excel in areas such as value, social mobility, and teaching as well as within the academic disciplines of business, computer science, engineering, nursing, economics, and psychology.Johns Hopkins University rose to No. 6 among national universities—its highest-ever position in the U.S. News &amp; World Report rankings of the nation’s best colleges for undergraduates. The annual list, released today, showed the university tied for sixth with three other schools: California Institute of Technology, Duke University, and Northwestern University. U.S. News has counted Johns Hopkins among the top 10 national universities since 2019 and among the top 20 in all but one year since the rankings launched in the 1980s.Georgetown University ranked 22nd for the second consecutive year. “While we are proud to be ranked among the top 25 universities in the nation, we are most focused on the fundamentals of what makes our University strong,” a university spokesperson wrote to The Hoya Student Newspaper.The University of Maryland rose to No. 44 among national universities in rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News &amp; World Report, its best-ever showing—and a 20-position leap since 2020. UMD also jumped two spots to No. 17 among public schools, its highest in over a decade. The university now has a combined 71 top-25 rankings for its schools, colleges, programs and specialties, according to U.S. News.Photo courtesy Google Maps</div></body>

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Three Local Universities Earn Top 50 Ranking in U.S. News Best College Rankings

U.S. News and World Report has released its 2024 list of best colleges and three local universities have earned rankings in the top 50. The rankings highlight colleges that excel in areas such as value, social mobility, and teaching as well as within the academic disciplines of business, computer science, engineering, nursing, economics, and psychology.