U.S. News Ranks GU No. 23; Rises in Economic Value
Business, Study-Abroad Programs Also Recognized
Georgetown maintained its overall No. 23 ranking in the annual U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges list for 2010, but rose in two categories reflecting the university's economic diversity and value.
The rankings, which will be published in the magazine's Sept. 1 issue, list Georgetown among the nation's top 25 universities for the 20th consecutive year. It's held the No. 23 spot for the past five years.
Georgetown received a No. 24 ranking among national universities in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category, a jump of eight spots from the 2009 list.
"Particularly in today's challenging economic climate we are proud of the fact that Georgetown is seen as a good value for students and is among a peer group of schools known for academic excellence and economic diversity of our student body," Georgetown President John J. DeGioia said.
In the "economic diversity" category, Georgetown tied with Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Princeton and Yale universities for schools that have 10 percent of their undergraduates receiving Pell grants. The number of Georgetown students receiving the grants, which provide tuition assistance to low-income students, rose by one percentage point from the 2009 list.
Among individual school rankings, the McDonough School of Business kept its No. 21 spot for best undergraduate business program. McDonough has held the spot since the 2008 rankings. The program shares the ranking this year with three other institutions -- Penn State University, Purdue University and the University of Washington.
Additionally, the magazine recognized Georgetown's study-abroad opportunities in the "Programs to Look For" category, which recognizes programs that enhance the undergraduate experience. The university's study-abroad program has been a fixture on the list since the category debuted seven years ago.
"Given Georgetown's global reach we are also especially proud that our study-abroad programs were recognized," DeGioia said. "Study-abroad is an activity that many of our undergraduates participate in and find to be among the most rewarding aspects of their experience at Georgetown."
U.S. News and World Report compiles its rankings in a methodology that includes statistics and other quantitative data in addition to peer assessments.
