<p>Emory has a med school equal to Hopkins. Emory covers Atlanta in the same way that Hopkins covers Baltimore. Also, Georgetown has a major med school and hospital. Emory also has a business school in the league of Harvard and Wharton. However, I guess with 3400 colleges in the country, I tend to put the top 20 pretty much all in the same category without distinguishing between them too much. This would put NU, ND, Hopkins, WashU, and Emory all in the same category. I do NOT think there is a significant and obvious difference between NU (USNWR=12) and WashU (11), JHU (13), Notre Dame (18) and Emory (20). I would say that JHU is especially known for medicine, Northwestern is especially known for theatre, and Georgetown is especially known for political science. That doesn't mean that nobody else has those programs. Actually, Emory is also very good for political science and has the Carter Center.</p>