Summer vacation is over and school is back in session. But where does yours stand?
Emory University isn't just one of the top in Georgia, it's also one of the best in the world, according to U.S. News and World Report's latest ranking of the top global universities and colleges. Two in the Peach State made the top 100 with others further down the list.
The global rankings use different criteria from the American rankings of universities, putting emphasis on different factors like international reputations and academic research performance.
Why was Emory University the state's top global university?
Emory is ranked No. 21 in best value schools and tied for 24th among "national universities."
Looking at programming, it's a tier 1 medical research school tied for 2nd in undergraduate nursing and public health;
but it's 1st in nursing masters and is 2nd in nursing doctorates. Emory is also in the top 25 for business schools, some areas of law school, and "writing in the disciplines."
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What are Georgia's top universities in global rankings?
- Emory University (tied for No. 64)
- Georgia Tech (tied for No. 94)
- University of Georgia (No. 355)
- Georgia State University (No. 605)
- Augusta University (tied for No. 1,061)
What were U.S. News & World Report’s picks for the best global universities?
- Harvard in Cambridge, MA
- MIT in Cambridge, MA
- Stanford in Stanford, CA
- University of Oxford in Oxford, UK
- University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK
- Tsinghua University in Beijing
- University of California - Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
- Yale in New Haven, CT
- University College London in London
- Columbia in New York City
Miguel Legoas is a Deep South Connect Team Reporter for USA Today. Find him on Instagram @miguelegoas and email at mlegoas@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: College is back in class. Georgia has 2 of world’s top 100 universities
