Virginia colleges move up in rankings
The annual listing of “America’s Best Colleges” has given new bragging rights to Virginia schools.
Several universities moved up in the ranks as U.S. News & World Report yesterday scored more than 1,400 schools nationwide in a wide range of categories.
On the magazine’s list of best national universities, the University of Virginia was ranked 24th and the College of William and Mary was 33rd.
But among public schools, U.Va. again was ranked second in the nation, tied with the University of California at Los Angeles, behind UC-Berkeley. W&M remained in the sixth spot on that list, and Virginia Tech was 29th.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s sculpture department again was ranked No. 1 in the nation, and its fine-arts school was fourth. VCU’s nurse anesthesia program also was ranked No. 1, and its pharmacy program 21st.
On the magazine’s rankings of best liberal-arts schools, Washington and Lee University ranked 14th and the University of Richmond was 30th.
Also making that list were Virginia Military Institute at No. 62; Sweet Briar College at 77; Hampden-Sydney College at 97; Hollins University at 105; and Randolph College at 118.
Among public liberal-arts colleges, VMI ranked third in the nation, behind the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy.
On the list of best historically black colleges, Hampton University was ranked sixth and Virginia State University was 19th.
UR, which rose three notches on the liberal-arts list, also moved up on two other lists. It was No. 5 among up-and-coming schools and No. 14 on the best-values list.
George Mason University tied for second among national universities in the up-and-coming category.
James Madison University held its spot as the No. 1 public master’s level university in the South. The University of Mary Washington was fifth on that list, and Longwood University was No. 8.
Radford University ranked eighth among the up-and-coming master’s universities in the South and fifth among the public universities in that category.
On the overall list of best national universities, Harvard and Princeton tied for the No. 1 spot.
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Perhaps the reporter didn’t realize Mary Baldwin College was in Virginia???
Mary Baldwin College was overlooked in the news story. Go back to the magazine and reread the article. Mary Baldwin is ranked very highly.
Their website states “MBC maintained its status as one of the nation’s best colleges and universities, coming in at number 21 among master’s-level universities in the South. In the eight years it has been classified as a master’s-level university, MBC has never slipped from the top tier of the category, moving up from a ranking of 31 in 2005. The pool included 117 ranked schools in the South in 2009.“
Make a correction to the newspaper story, please. There are OTHER Va schools besides UVA or UR who do well.
UR was No. 14 on the best-values list.
Can I see the math on that one? Surely the 15th most expensive school in the country cannot crack the top 15 in value.
Love that sculpture department. Miss the blue hamster den that housed the department on Broad street back in the early 80’s. One match in that place would have brought the whole building down. Hopefully none of the free spirit has been lost with the new building and the importance of remaining #1 in the nation.
Article is actually misleading about UVA. It’s been moving DOWN in the rankings, slowly but surely. On the public university list, it once was in first place. Then it was tied for first with Berkeley. Then (the past two years) it was in second place behind Berkeley. NOW it’s tied for second with UCLA. That’s not exactly progress.
Thank Delegate Albo and the rest of the General Assembly who do everything they can to kill this particular goose, by forcing it to lower its standards year after year, at the same time they barely even bother to fund it.
VCU: number 1 in sculpture and nurse anesthesia .....yeah baby!
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