Rankings for 100 Best Values in Public Colleges

100 Best Values in Public Colleges

We updated and ranked this list of the top 100 colleges in early 2008. Sort the overall rankings for both in-state students and out-of-state students, cost, quality measures or financial aid measures (how we scored the schools). Then select All States or any number of individual states (hold down the control key as you click to choose more than one), or select All Schools or any number of individual colleges. Clicking on the college names in the table will take you to their Web sites. Most of our data come from Petersons, a Nelnet company.

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All States
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

All Schools
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Florida
University of Virginia
College of William and Mary (Va.)
New College of Florida
SUNY Geneseo
University of Georgia
SUNY Binghamton
University of Washington
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
Georgia Institute of Technology
North Carolina State University
University of Mary Washington (Va.)
Florida State University
University of Michigan
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.
University of California, Berkeley
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Delaware
University of California, Irvine
James Madison University (Va.)
College of New Jersey
University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University
Truman State University
Appalachian State University
University of Maryland, College Park
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Connecticut
Miami University (Ohio)
University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign
Clemson University (S.C.)
Indiana University, Bloomington
University of South Carolina
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Ohio State University
Western Washington University
University of Wisconsin--La Crosse
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Cal. Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo
St. Mary's College of Maryland
University of Pittsburgh
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Pennsylvania State Univ. at University Park
Rutgers, State Univ. of N.J., New Brunswick
Purdue University (Ind.)
University of California, Davis
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Central Florida
Louisiana State University
University of Missouri--Columbia
University of Iowa
SUNY Purchase
SUNY Fredonia
University of Colorado at Boulder
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology
University of Arkansas
University of Alabama
Michigan State University
Salisbury University (Md.)
Northern Arizona University
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University at Albany (SUNY)
Missouri University of Science and Technology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Vermont
College of Charleston (S.C.)
Murray State University (Ky.)
Ramapo College of New Jersey
University of Tennessee
SUNY at New Paltz
SUNY at Oneonta
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
George Mason University (Va.)
SUNY at Brockport
University of South Florida
University of New Hampshire
Florida International University
University of Minnesota, Morris
Georgia College & State University
Colorado State University
University of Arizona
University of Oregon
University of Oklahoma
Auburn University (Ala.)
SUNY Cortland
Washington State University
Longwood University (Va.)
Arizona State University
West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania
Oklahoma State University
Mississippi State University
Rowan University (N.J.)
SUNY Plattsburgh
University of Idaho
University of California, Riverside
Illinois State University