Three area schools landed in the top 20 on lists in the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings of the nation's best colleges and universities. Vanderbilt University came in at No. 17 on the overall list. Belmont and Lipscomb universities appeared on the "Best Universities-Master's" list for the southern region. Belmont came in at No. 7 and Lipscomb at 21. Both also appeared on the magazine's "Top Up-and-Coming Schools" list for the South, Belmont at No. 2 and Lipscomb at No. 13.
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