UW Ranks Among Top 20 Universities in the World

In reporting on higher education around the world, The Economist magazine in London ranked the University of Washington among the top 20 universities anywhere. In its report, the magazine noted, "We already possess a successful model of how to organize higher education: America's. That country has almost a monopoly on the world's best universities, but also provides access to higher education for the bulk of those who deserve it. The success of American higher education is not just a result of money (though that helps); it is the result of organization. American universities are much less dependent on the state than are their competitors abroad. They derive their income from a wide variety of sources, from fee-paying students to nostalgic alumni, from hard-headed businessmen to generous philanthropists. And they come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from Princeton and Yale to Kalamazoo community college."

Full article in The Economist

Also see:

• Seattle Times: "World Rankings Put UW in Top 20"
• Rankings by the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University