--- title: UMD Named a 2017 Best College by MONEY Magazine date: 2017-07-12T16:17:00-04:00 author: admin canonical_url: "https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/umd-named-2017-best-college-money-magazine" section: News Releases --- News Releases # UMD Named a 2017 Best College by MONEY Magazine The University of Maryland ranked No. 11 among public universities. July 12, 2017 ## Contacts Jennifer Burroughs: • [ 301.405.4621 ](tel:3014054621) The University of Maryland ranked No. 11 among public universities according to [MONEY Magazine’s](http://time.com/money/) 2017 list of [Best Colleges](http://time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-colleges/). UMD ranked No. 20 overall among U.S. institutions. To calculate rankings, MONEY assessed more than 700 colleges in the U.S. based on three equally-weighted categories, including educational quality, affordability and alumni success. MONEY measured 27 factors within these categories covering areas such as instructor quality, measuring the study-to-faculty ratio, affordability for low-income students and value-added earnings, which measures if the school is launching students to better paying jobs. Earlier this year, UMD was also ranked a Best Value College by [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2017/04/26/best-value-colleges-2017-300-schools-worth-the-investment/#23f10b53c11d), [Princeton Review ](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-named-2017-best-value-college-princeton-review)and [Kiplinger’s Personal Finance](https://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-maintains-top-10-spot-best-value-public-college). Topics [ Higher Education ](/news-releases?topic[]=higher-education) [ Rankings & Awards ](/news-releases?topic[]=rankings-awards)