St. Mary’s College is ranked in the top six public liberal arts colleges in the nation and is one of only two non-military institutions in the top six on U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” list. St. Mary’s waterfront campus is located 70 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. and 95 miles south of Baltimore.
U.S. News & World Report has once again recognized St. Mary’s College of Maryland as a top 100 national liberal arts college. In the publication’s “Best Colleges” 2015 edition, St. Mary’s is also ranked in the top six public liberal arts colleges in the nation and is one of only two non-military institutions in the top six.
St. Mary’s College also ranks third on the publication’s 2015 “Best Colleges for Veterans” list in the national liberal arts colleges category. The list is a compilation of top-ranked schools that participate in federal initiatives helping veterans and active service members apply, pay for and complete their degrees.
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The Princeton Review recently recognized St. Mary’s in the 2015 edition of its annual college guide, “The Best 379 Colleges.” On a scale of 60 to 99, St. Mary’s is scored 92 for both quality of life and professor accessibility.
In Washington Monthly’s 2014 college guide and rankings, St. Mary’s is named among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges and among the top 10 Maryland colleges in Money magazine’s inaugural “Best Colleges for Your Money” list.
St. Mary’s is also named one of America’s “Top Colleges” by Forbes (2014), and has been named a 2014-15 public college of distinction by the Colleges of Distinction publication.
St. Mary’s is also included in the 2015 “Fiske Guide to Colleges” based on the college’s excellence in a broad range of topics of interest to students and their families. Among categories, Fiske scored St. Mary’s four out of five stars for academics and quality of life.
College guide rankings are based on several key measures of quality that include academic reputation, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, career outcomes, affordability, and student selectivity.