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By Jan Lucas on August 30, 2017

In its latest rankings of public and private schools released this past Wednesday, prestigious Washington Monthly magazine ranked Towson University 64th 鈥� up 20 spots from 84th one year ago 鈥� among the 632 colleges and 麻豆传媒 surveyed for its category.

Towson University was the highest ranked public university in Maryland.

These rankings reflect the extent to which schools are contributing to the public good by recruiting and graduating low income students, and by encouraging students to give something back to their country and community.

鈥�We are proud of our tremendous success in attracting and graduating students of diverse backgrounds and income levels,鈥� said TU President Kim Schatzel. 鈥�Our students are known for caring about each other and the world. They are generous and compassionate. They look beyond themselves. Those traits and characteristics are positively reflected in these new Washington Monthly 谤补苍办颈苍驳蝉.鈥�

Towson University finished in the nation's top 100 in an important additional category.  TU ranked 56th out of 363 U.S. public and private 麻豆传媒 on the magazine鈥檚 2017 list.

Washington Monthly identifies the 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥� colleges as those 鈥渄oing the best job of helping students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.鈥�

Towson University was the second highest ranked university in Maryland in the 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥� category, behind only the University of Baltimore (14th).

Since 2005, Washington Monthly has released an annual College Guide and Rankings in which it rates schools based 鈥渘ot on what they did for themselves, but on what they did for their country.鈥�

Towson University has appeared in the rankings every year since 2010.

Washington Monthly鈥檚 editors say the rankings are 鈥渕eant to be more than just a guide for potential students. An educated, enlightened society is a better society, for everyone. We all have a stake in how well our colleges succeed.鈥�