The rankings of public colleges and universities
in the United States is based on several factors gathered
by US News and World Report. These are the top schools in
the country and provide 4 year degree programs as well as
graduate school programs.
1. University of California--Berkeley - Berkeley,
CA
2. University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
3. University of California--Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
4. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor, MI
5. University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill,
NC
6. College of William and Mary - Williamsburg, VA
7. Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
7. University of Wisconsin--Madison - Madison, WI
7. University of California--San Diego - La Jolla, CA
10. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign - Champaign,
IL
11. University of Washington - Seattle, WA
12. University of California--Davis - Davis, CA
12. University of California--Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara,
CA
12. University of California--Irvine - Irvine, CA
15. University of Texas--Austin - Austin, TX
15. Pennsylvania State University--University Park - University
Park, PA
17. University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
18. University of Maryland--College Park - College Park, MD
19. Ohio State University--Columbus - Columbus, OH
20. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA
20. University of Georgia - Athens, GA
22. University of Minnesota--Twin Cities - Minneapolis, MN
22. Clemson University - Clemson, SC
24. Texas A&M University--College Station - College Station,
TX
24. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick
- Piscataway, NJ
26. Miami University--Oxford - Oxford, OH
26. Purdue University--West Lafayette - West Lafayette, IN
26. University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
26. University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT
30. Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
30. Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
30. University of Delaware - Newark, DE
30. Indiana University--Bloomington - Bloomington, IN
34. University of Colorado--Boulder - Boulder, CO
34. SUNY--Binghamton - Binghamton, NY
36. Colorado School of Mines - Golden, CO
37. North Carolina State University--Raleigh - Raleigh, NC
37. University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL
37. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Syracuse,
NY
40. Iowa State University - Ames, IA
40. University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS
40. University of Nebraska--Lincoln - Lincoln, NE
40. University of California--Riverside - Riverside, CA
40. University of Vermont - Burlington, VT
45. University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
45. Auburn University - Auburn University, AL
45. SUNY--Stony Brook - Stony Brook, NY
45. University of Missouri--Columbia - Columbia, MO
45. University of California--Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA
50. University of Massachusetts--Amherst - Amherst, MA
50. Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL
**These rankings of colleges and universities
are provided by US News and World ReportFurther details and
explanations of how the rankings were derived can be found
on the US News and World Report website (usnews.com).
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