Best Public Universities

Top-ranked public universities based on our composite methodology.

Showing 1–50 of 1,602 colleges

Overall Best Value Top Earnings Most Selective Graduation Rate Best Public Best Private Largest

Rank	College	Location	Type	Score	Composite
20	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Public	85.2	85.2
22	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, Georgia	Public	84.5	84.5
32	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Public	82.1	82.1
40	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, Virginia	Public	80.3	80.3
48	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Public	78.1	78.1
59	United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Public	76.9	76.9
60	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, California	Public	76.7	76.7
61	United States Naval Academy	Annapolis, Maryland	Public	76.7	76.7
63	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, California	Public	76.4	76.4
70	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, California	Public	74.3	74.3
72	United States Military Academy	West Point, New York	Public	73.7	73.7
76	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Public	73.1	73.1
78	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Public	72.7	72.7
79	United States Merchant Marine Academy	Kings Point, New York	Public	72.7	72.7
90	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Public	71.4	71.4
91	United States Coast Guard Academy	New London, Connecticut	Public	71.3	71.3
99	University of California-Davis	Davis, California	Public	70.0	70.0
104	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Public	70.0	70.0
106	William & Mary	Williamsburg, Virginia	Public	69.9	69.9
114	University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, Maryland	Public	68.9	68.9
116	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Public	68.7	68.7
121	Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	Public	68.4	68.4
129	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colorado	Public	67.2	67.2
131	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Public	67.0	67.0
137	Clemson University	Clemson, South Carolina	Public	66.1	66.1
141	Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health	Los Angeles, California	Public	65.9	65.9
142	Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Public	65.9	65.9
143	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle, Washington	Public	65.9	65.9
145	University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	Public	65.8	65.8
151	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, Virginia	Public	64.8	64.8
154	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	Brooklyn, New York	Public	63.9	63.9
162	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, North Carolina	Public	63.5	63.5
165	San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Public	62.9	62.9
180	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, Indiana	Public	62.0	62.0
196	University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Public	61.3	61.3
201	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	Public	61.1	61.1
204	Oregon Health & Science University	Portland, Oregon	Public	60.9	60.9
205	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Public	60.6	60.6
211	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York, New York	Public	60.3	60.3
213	The College of New Jersey	Ewing, New Jersey	Public	60.2	60.2
216	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University Park, Pennsylvania	Public	60.1	60.1
218	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, Ohio	Public	59.9	59.9
227	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Public	59.3	59.3
232	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	Public	59.1	59.1
235	SUNY Maritime College	Throggs Neck, New York	Public	59.0	59.0
243	Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Public	58.5	58.5
245	Fashion Institute of Technology	New York, New York	Public	58.4	58.4
247	Texas A&M University-College Station	College Station, Texas	Public	58.4	58.4
250	University of North Texas Health Science Center	Fort Worth, Texas	Public	58.3	58.3
256	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	Galveston, Texas	Public	58.0	58.0

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