Best Public Universities

Top-ranked public universities based on our composite methodology.

Showing 301–350 of 1,602 colleges

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

Rank	College	Location	Type	Score	Composite
1869	Madisonville Community College	Madisonville, Kentucky	Public	38.4	38.4
1870	Miles Community College	Miles City, Montana	Public	38.4	38.4
1873	Frontier Community College	Fairfield, Illinois	Public	38.4	38.4
1874	California State University-Monterey Bay	Seaside, California	Public	38.4	38.4
1883	Longwood University	Farmville, Virginia	Public	38.3	38.3
1884	Northeastern Junior College	Sterling, Colorado	Public	38.2	38.2
1890	Utah Valley University	Orem, Utah	Public	38.2	38.2
1892	Waukesha County Technical College	Pewaukee, Wisconsin	Public	38.2	38.2
1895	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama	Public	38.1	38.1
1896	Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Public	38.1	38.1
1897	University of West Georgia	Carrollton, Georgia	Public	38.1	38.1
1898	White Mountains Community College	Berlin, New Hampshire	Public	38.1	38.1
1902	Western Texas College	Snyder, Texas	Public	38.1	38.1
1903	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Public	38.1	38.1
1904	Northeast Wisconsin Technical College	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Public	38.1	38.1
1908	CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College	New York, New York	Public	38.1	38.1
1910	University of Illinois Springfield	Springfield, Illinois	Public	38.0	38.0
1913	University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	Public	38.0	38.0
1914	Pratt Community College	Pratt, Kansas	Public	38.0	38.0
1915	Grambling State University	Grambling, Louisiana	Public	38.0	38.0
1919	West Liberty University	West Liberty, West Virginia	Public	38.0	38.0
1922	Southern Crescent Technical College	Griffin, Georgia	Public	37.9	37.9
1923	Lake Superior State University	Sault Ste Marie, Michigan	Public	37.9	37.9
1924	Bemidji State University	Bemidji, Minnesota	Public	37.9	37.9
1927	Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Public	37.9	37.9
1928	West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	Public	37.9	37.9
1929	Northcentral Technical College	Wausau, Wisconsin	Public	37.9	37.9
1930	Chippewa Valley Technical College	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Public	37.9	37.9
1934	Mission College	Santa Clara, California	Public	37.8	37.8
1935	Boise State University	Boise, Idaho	Public	37.8	37.8
1938	North Central Missouri College	Trenton, Missouri	Public	37.8	37.8
1939	New Mexico Military Institute	Roswell, New Mexico	Public	37.8	37.8
1941	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	Public	37.8	37.8
1946	University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain	Mena, Arkansas	Public	37.7	37.7
1947	Orange Coast College	Costa Mesa, California	Public	37.7	37.7
1948	William Rainey Harper College	Palatine, Illinois	Public	37.7	37.7
1951	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	North Dartmouth, Massachusetts	Public	37.7	37.7
1956	College of the Muscogee Nation	Okmulgee, Oklahoma	Public	37.7	37.7
1959	University of Massachusetts-Boston	Boston, Massachusetts	Public	37.6	37.6
1964	Lakeshore Technical College	Cleveland, Wisconsin	Public	37.6	37.6
1970	College of the Canyons	Santa Clarita, California	Public	37.5	37.5
1971	Trinidad State College	Trinidad, Colorado	Public	37.5	37.5
1976	University of Houston-Clear Lake	Houston, Texas	Public	37.5	37.5
1977	Moraine Park Technical College	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	Public	37.5	37.5
1987	Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	Public	37.4	37.4
1989	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Public	37.4	37.4
1990	Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Public	37.4	37.4
1994	Lake Washington Institute of Technology	Kirkland, Washington	Public	37.4	37.4
1996	Santiago Canyon College	Orange, California	Public	37.4	37.4
1997	College of Western Idaho	Nampa, Idaho	Public	37.4	37.4

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