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Tadiwos Abedje | tadiwos.abedje@wtop.com
September 12, 2022, 3:37 AM
The U.S. News & World Report announced its 38th edition of the Best College rankings for the 2022-23 year.
It evaluated 1,500 universities and colleges on 17 measures of academic quality.
According to its news release, there are some changes to this year’s rankings, such as:
In its rankings, U.S. News prioritizes student retention rates, graduation rates, graduate indebtedness and social mobility to determine outcomes, as 40% of the methodology is around student outcomes.
“We feel like our job is to offer data that can make some really complicated decisions around college and where to apply and where to go a little bit easier for students and families,” Liana Loewus, managing editor for Education at U.S News & World Report, said to WTOP.
“We also see part of our goal is holding universities accountable for for having quality academics and gathering this kind of data is one way to do that.”
The college rankings are listed below:
Most notable: No. 9. Johns Hopkins University; No. 23. Georgetown University
Most notable: No. 11. Washington and Lee University
Most notable: No. 10. William & Mary; tied for No.19 University of Maryland, College Park
Tadi Abedje is a freelance digital writer/editor for WTOP. He was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Northern Virginia. Journalism has been his No. 1 passion since he was a kid and he is blessed to be around people, telling their stories and sharing them with the world.
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