Rankings
In their 2010 rankings of the best Master's Universities in the Southern United States, U.S. News & World Report placed University of Mary Washington second out of all public schools and second overall. Forbes ranked UMW 13th among public colleges and universities in the United States in its 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges," and 121st overall. The Princeton Review deemed the university one of the "Best Southeastern Colleges" in the United States. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked the university as the 2nd best value public college in 2009.
The University of Mary Washington has one of the preeminent policy debate teams in the country, having consistently ranked in the top twenty policy debate teams over the past ten years. The Mary Washington debate team is currently ranked tenth among colleges and universities in the northeast region of the Cross Examination Debate Association. The team ranked 3rd overall in the National Debate Tournament.
The University of Mary Washington has one of the highest percentages of alumni volunteering in the Peace Corps. In 2008 it produced the sixth greatest amount of volunteers among small schools in the United States.
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