University of Mary Washington alumni have always recognized their alma mater as one of the best. This year, the annual college rankings lists got it, too.
The U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges guide ranked UMW sixth among public, Southern master’s-granting institutions and 15th among all Southern schools in the same category. Similarly, The Princeton Review included UMW in the 2012 edition of its national wrap-up, The Best 376 Colleges.
Many of the rankings focused on the University’s great value, with the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2012 calling UMW one of America’s 49 “best buys” in public education – the only university in Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, D.C., to make the list. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine named Mary Washington among the 100 best values in public colleges for 2011. UMW ranked 26th based on in-state tuition costs and 28th when comparing out-of-state tuition costs.
The accolades don’t stop there. Newsweek and The Daily Beast named UMW to the top 25 on a list rating the best food on college and university campuses. Mary Washington came in at number 19, with a “best campus dining” score of 5.3 out of seven.