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10 Best Public College Values, 2013

By Susannah Snider, Staff Writer | January 2, 2013

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We rank Kiplinger's top 100 public colleges and universities based on measures of academic quality and affordability. These ten schools are the cream of the crop of that already-elite list.

The institutions in the top ten range from small colleges to immense flagship universities and span the entire nation, but they have one thing in common: They all deliver the most academic bang for your buck.

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1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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2. University of Virginia

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3. University of Florida

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4. College of William and Mary

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5. University of Maryland, College Park

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6. University of California, Los Angeles

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7. New College of Florida

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8. University of California, Berkeley

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9. SUNY Geneseo

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10. University of California, San Diego

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