Here Are The Top Colleges In Maryland, According To Latest Forbes Ranking

Three Maryland schools made the top 100 in Forbes' 2016 college rankings, which put an emphasis on return on investment.

The United States Naval Academy was the top school in the state, ranked No. 24 nationally. Johns Hopkins University was No. 66 and the University of Maryland filled the No. 82 spot.

Here are the top 5 Maryland schools on the list, which included 660 schools nationwide, with their national ranking in parentheses:

1. United States Naval Academy (24)
2. Johns Hopkins University (66)
3. University of Maryland (82)
4. St. John's College, Annapolis (169)
5. Loyola University Maryland (193)

See the full list of Maryland colleges here

Forbes used data from the Department of Education, along with payscale.com and the America's Leaders List to compile the rankings on the top 660 schools. They rated each school on post-graduate success, student debt, student satisfaction, graduation rate and academic success.

Read Forbes' full methodology here

The top 10 schools nationwide were:

1. Stanford University
2. Williams College
3. Princeton University
4. Harvard University
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6. Yale University
7. Pomona College
8. Brown University
9. Wesleyan University
10. Swarthmore College

See the full national rankings here

Includes reporting by Marc Torrence

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