Maryland, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown in the South is like Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal is in the US. Last I checked Canada is not part of US, OP.

Anonymous wrote:Va Tech is also ranked 51. You forgot BC, so it would be 18 to 17. South wins for brains and talent.

+1000

Emory is a Northern school socially and culturally. It just happens to be in the South.

Just like everything else these days, this is political.

UW-Madison ranked #36 in 2026 US News Rankings

Anonymous wrote:You have Johns Hopkins twice--in both the Northeast and the South. Is its campus split across the original Mason-Dixon line?

Yeah, I saw that too, Johns Hopkins listed twice. What else did OP get wrong?

OP ..your top 50 list only includes 48 schools, two of which are not top 50 but 51 (Wake Forest, FSU). Several in your southern bucket are not considered the south..Georgetown, Hopkins, and UMD are not the south.

Anonymous wrote:What about the top 10 or 20 or 30 LACs?

Other than Davidson, are there any from the South in the top 20 or so? Northeast will run away with the prize, but even the West and Midwest have more top 30 LAC representation than South.

Why do posters attempt to interject LACs into every conversation?

There are 6,000 colleges in the US. The obsession with the top 50 is gross.

LOL. MD and DC as part of the south.


Sad.

“the south rises” is really inappropriate.

What about the top 10 or 20 or 30 LACs?

Other than Davidson, are there any from the South in the top 20 or so? Northeast will run away with the prize, but even the West and Midwest have more top 30 LAC representation than South.

Correction: Midwest has 10, not 11, as WashU was double-counted.

So many inaccuracies. Midwest also has WashU (20), Wisconsin (36), Ohio State (41), and Purdue (46). As well as Case Western (51) if OP is going to count William & Mary, Texas A&M, FSU, and Wake Forest all of which are tied at 51. That makes it 11 from the Midwest. Also no one considers UMD, JHU and Georgetown as being in the South. That's ridiculous.

You have Johns Hopkins twice--in both the Northeast and the South. Is its campus split across the original Mason-Dixon line?