TU four-peats as best college, wins best professor in ‘Sun’ poll

July 18, 2022

"Baltimore Sun” readers have voted Towson University as the region’s best college or university for the fourth year in a row, in a poll by the newspaper. The same poll saw College of Education lecturer and university supervisor Gina Laupert voted best professor in the region.

“Sun” readers named TU the top college in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

TU’s academic excellence, innovative research and creative activities happen within a community where all students achieve inclusively. The diversity of the student body is a strength that enriches the learning environment with varied backgrounds and prepares students to lead in a global environment.

TU was recently named to the “Money Magazine” Best Colleges in America by Value list.  The university also ranked No. 30 in the northeast region on the “Washington Monthly” 2021 Best Bang for the Buck list—the highest-ranking university in Maryland.

In recent months, TU has been honored for its world-class teaching and research, thriving diversity and inclusion, and abundant access to internships and other transformational experiences. Among the honors:

• “U.S. News & World Report” named Towson University one of the best public universities in the country. The publication’s 2022 Best Colleges rankings placed Towson University No. 99 among national public universities.
• “Washington Monthly” ranked Towson University in the top 35 national public universities in its 2021 College Guide and Rankings. In the sub-category of social mobility, TU is 35th overall and the only Maryland institution in the top 50.
• The “Wall Street Journal” / “Times Higher Education” 2022 College Rankings placed TU No. 117 among public institutions nationwide. TU was also among the top national institutions for student outcomes, one of the list’s four pillars measuring factors like the salaries graduates earn and the debt burden they carry.
• The Center for World University Rankings placed Towson University among the top 9% worldwide in its 2022–23 World University Rankings.
• “Princeton Review” included TU among the best colleges in the northeast in its 2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region list, which includes 223 universities in 11 states and the District of Columbia. The publication does not assign numerical rankings.  
• Towson University was recognized by “Insight into Diversity” magazine with a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award in 2020 and 2021.