Best Public Universities

Top-ranked public universities based on our composite methodology.

Showing 51–100 of 1,602 colleges

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

Rank	College	Location	Type	Score	Composite
258	Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, New York	Public	57.8	57.8
259	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	Lubbock, Texas	Public	57.8	57.8
263	University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	Public	57.4	57.4
269	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, New Jersey	Public	57.2	57.2
271	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Houston, Texas	Public	57.1	57.1
272	University of California-Merced	Merced, California	Public	57.1	57.1
275	Maine Maritime Academy	Castine, Maine	Public	57.0	57.0
279	University of Florida-Online	Gainesville, Florida	Public	56.8	56.8
287	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, Texas	Public	56.6	56.6
290	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Public	56.4	56.4
291	University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida	Public	56.4	56.4
292	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston, South Carolina	Public	56.4	56.4
294	University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Public	56.3	56.3
302	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, California	Public	55.8	55.8
313	University of California-Riverside	Riverside, California	Public	55.6	55.6
316	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	Public	55.6	55.6
323	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Knoxville, Tennessee	Public	55.4	55.4
325	State Technical College of Missouri	Linn, Missouri	Public	55.3	55.3
333	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	Winston Salem, North Carolina	Public	55.0	55.0
335	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Public	54.8	54.8
343	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	Public	54.5	54.5
345	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Public	54.3	54.3
365	University of Vermont	Burlington, Vermont	Public	53.7	53.7
380	University of South Carolina-Columbia	Columbia, South Carolina	Public	53.4	53.4
382	James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Public	53.4	53.4
388	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Public	53.0	53.0
397	SUNY College at Geneseo	Geneseo, New York	Public	52.9	52.9
402	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Public	52.7	52.7
404	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts	Public	52.6	52.6
411	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla, Missouri	Public	52.4	52.4
412	University of Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha, Nebraska	Public	52.4	52.4
413	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, Texas	Public	52.4	52.4
431	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Socorro, New Mexico	Public	51.9	51.9
432	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	New York, New York	Public	51.9	51.9
438	State University of New York at Cortland	Cortland, New York	Public	51.7	51.7
445	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport	Shreveport, Louisiana	Public	51.6	51.6
451	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock, Arkansas	Public	51.3	51.3
452	Florida International University	Miami, Florida	Public	51.3	51.3
458	Lancaster County Career and Technology Center	Willow Street, Pennsylvania	Public	51.1	51.1
460	California State University Maritime Academy	Vallejo, California	Public	50.9	50.9
471	The University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson, Texas	Public	50.8	50.8
473	De Anza College	Cupertino, California	Public	50.7	50.7
474	San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Public	50.7	50.7
476	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Public	50.7	50.7
490	Indiana University-Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Public	50.4	50.4
495	Mitchell Technical College	Mitchell, South Dakota	Public	50.3	50.3
504	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona, California	Public	50.1	50.1
943	Thomas Edison State University	Trenton, New Jersey	Public	49.8	49.8
963	Flint Hills Technical College	Emporia, Kansas	Public	49.4	49.4
964	Michigan Technological University	Houghton, Michigan	Public	49.4	49.4

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