Schools in the D.C. Area - Rank them?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well - I’m looking to go to school in the D.C. area, and so far, these are the schools that I’ve found in the area (please add any that I might have missed), and what I perceive them to be ranked as. Please rank them as you see fit.</p>

<li>Georgetown</li>
<li>George Washington</li>
<li>American</li>
<li>University of Maryland - College Park</li>
<li>Catholic University of America</li>
<li>Howard University</li>
<li>Gallaudet University</li>
<li>University of District Columbia</li>
<li>Hampton University</li>
<li>Strayer University</li>
<li>Virginia State University</li>
</ol>

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<p>Ranking by quality might be:
1. Georgetown
2. U Md--College Park
3. George Washington
4. American
5. Catholic
6. Howard</p>

<p>Not sure about the others, except that Strayer is essentially a vocational school and Gallaudet is, of course, a college for the deaf.</p>

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<p>Virginia State and Hampton are not in the DC area. Also, you left off George Mason University.</p>

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<p>just remember that Howard and UDC are HBSC (historically black schools and colleges).</p>

<p>other schools to consider: marymount university, university of mary washington, and james madison. marymount is very close to DC, while JMU and mary washington are more like 2 hours away.</p>

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<p>GWU > UMaryland</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>Georgetown</p></li>
<li><p>U Md--College Park</p></li>
<li><p>George Washington</p></li>
<li><p>American</p></li>
</ol>

<p>but thats my thought...i may be biased...since i like umd...</p>

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<p>Georgetown</p>

<p>The rest.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the obvious answer Johnny.. but I want more options than Georgetown.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins is usually associated with Baltimore, but in fact JHU has facilities scattered throughout the whole Baltimore-Washington area. For example, JHU's graduate school in international studies is based in DC, and the business school has a DC campus as well.</p>

<p>I think that all of the JHU undergraduate schools (Arts & Sciences; Engineering; Music) are in Baltimore. But even so, they are still much closer to DC than some of the other colleges on your list (like Virginia State or Hampton).</p>

<p>If you consider Baltimore-Washington as a single metro area, then JHU is the highest rated school within that area, according to US News anyway.</p>

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<p>U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. St. Mary's College of Maryland a public liberal arts college south of DC in southern MD.</p>

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<p>I don't believe UDC is HBSC but whatever.</p>

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<p>I'm going to visit D.C. (for the first time) for a college visit next week. I'll be checking out GWU, American, and UMD College Park. Are there any other worthwhile schools in the D.C. area I should check out while I'm up there? (I'm not a strong candidate for GTown)</p>