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Nine schools from D.C., Maryland and Virginia made it into the top 100 schools in the United States, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list for 2026 .

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One, in Maryland, even made it into the top 10: Johns Hopkins University tied with three other schools for seventh place on the list, which considers it even with Duke, Northwestern and University of Pennsylvania.

More schools from around D.C., Maryland and Virginia are scattered through the top 100.

Georgetown University in D.C. came in at number 24 (alongside Emory University), while the University of Virginia came in at number 26 (

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