Johns Hopkins University this year rose to the No. 6 spot in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the best colleges in the nation.
The Baltimore college climbed from its ninth-place ranking on last year’s list. Hopkins tied with California Institute of Technology, Duke University, and Northwestern University for 6th place this year.
Hopkins was also named 10th on the list of “Best Value Schools.” U.S. News & World Report weighs the school’s academic quality against the cost of attendance for an out-of-state student with average need-based financial aid. While Hopkins tuition is $65,230 – higher than the national average of $45,204 – the cost for the average student receiving need-based aid is $25,630.
Fellow Maryland colleges ranked in the top 10 on some of U.S. News & World Report’s other national lists.
United States Naval Academy placed fourth on the “National Liberal Arts Colleges” list. The academy in Annapolis also tied with the Colorado-based United States Air Force Academy for the sixth-best undergraduate engineering program.
Morgan State University was ranked 10th on the list of “Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”
