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America's Top Colleges 2016: Maryland School Rankings, According to Forbes
New 2016 "top colleges" list includes 13 colleges and universities in Maryland.

Here are the Maryland schools that made Forbes' list of America's Top Colleges 2016, which included 660 schools nationwide, with their national ranking in parentheses:
- United States Naval Academy (24)
- Johns Hopkins University (66)
- University of Maryland (82)
- St. John's College, Annapolis (169)
- Loyola University Maryland (193)
- St. Mary's College of Maryland (206)
- Goucher College (286)
- Washington College (293)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (320)
- Towson University (383)
- Salisbury University (436)
- Hood College (555)
- Morgan State University (648)
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.
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