Two publications ranked AU on their lists of top schools — one of national universities and one for great internship opportunities.
Washington Monthly ranked AU No. 86 in its list of the top 258 national universities with a score of 47 out of 100. Schools were ranked in three categories: research and service, social mobility and recruiting and graduating low-income students.
The Washington Monthly says its list is supposed to “upend the traditional notion of a college guide,” as it ranks what colleges are doing for the country rather than the individual student.
The editors of the Washington Monthly said that D.C.-area schools did not rank very high in the social mobility category — AU ranked No. 139 — because of low rates of offering Pell Grants. AU’s rate is 10 percent, according to Washington Monthly.
Georgetown University placed No. 19 overall, Howard was at No. 70, George Washington University came in at No. 71 and Catholic ranked No. 101.
AU was also ranked as one of 21 schools listed in Parade’s “College A-List for Great Internship Opportunities.”
The schools, including George Washington University, were chosen based on recommendations of 43 high school guidance counselors nation-wide, according to Parade Magazine.
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