Kiplinger’s 08 Top 100 Public Universities: Surprises!
Even if the larger four-year public universities are not on your radar, it is interesting to see another ranking system at work. We all know comparing apples to apples is important. The Kiplinger report annually surveys public universities weighing academic factors two-thirds and financial factors one-third coming up with a ranking of “best” 100. At least this year the south is where its at!
Universities are ranked separately for in-state and out-of- state students. In both categories the University of North Carolina was ranked number one followed by University of Florida.The University of Virginia ranked 4 for out-of state students behind its neighbor College of William and Mary at 3.
Some surprising results! The University of Washington lead the Pac 10 with a ranking of nine.
 Looking to California universities (for in-state students) UCLA (10), UCSanDiego(11), UC Berkeley (18), UC Irvine (21), UC Santa Barbara(29), Cal Poly SLO(41), UC Davis (48), UC Riverside (99). Missing from the top 100 at least this year is UC Santa Cruz.
Long respected public universities…University of Michigan 19, University of Wisconsin 23, University of Texas 35.
One of my personal favorites, the University of Delaware, beautiful campus, great location ranked 8 for out-of-state students!
Other popular destinations for high school students in the west are: University of Colorado Boulder (91), Northern Arizona Univ (71), University of AZ (95), University of Oregon (92), Washington State Univ (88), and Arizona State Univ (98).
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