Ahead of the first “early decision” college application deadline looming on Nov. 1, the personal finance company WalletHub released its 2024 Best College & University Rankings report.
According to its website, “WalletHub compared more than 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 30 key measures. The data set is grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing, and Career Outcomes. The metrics range from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.”
The top-10 colleges and universities in Maryland according to WalletHub are:
- Johns Hopkins University (No. 9 overall)
- University of Maryland-College Park (No. 89 overall)
- St. John’s College (No. 113 overall)
- St. Mary’s College of Maryland (No. 198 overall)
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County (No. 253 overall)
- Goucher College (No. 341 overall)
- Towson University (No. 394 overall)
- Frostburg State University
- University of Baltimore
- Morgan State University
Johns Hopkins ranks first in the state in admission rate, student-faculty ratio, gender & racial diversity, graduation rate and post-attendance median salary. The university was fourth in the state in on-campus crime and tenth in net cost.
The University of Maryland College Park is second in the state in admission rate, graduation rate and post-attendance median salary. It is third in general & racial diversity, sixth in on-campus crime, seventh in net cost, and tenth in student-faculty ratio.
The full reports can be found here.
