For clients with college bound children, a study by The Princeton Review ranks both public and private colleges and universities to determine the ones that offer the best academics at an affordable cost.
Based on criteria including academics, costs and financial aid, the study also considered the percentage of graduating seniors who borrowed from any loan program and the average debt those students had at graduation.
The following public colleges are the top 10 of 75 , with No. 1 offering the highest value.
No. 10
State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University)
In-State Tuition: $5,870.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $16,190.00
No. 9
Truman State University
In-State Tuition: $7,096.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $12,968.00
No. 8
College of William and Mary
In-State Tuition: $9,232.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $32,816.00
No. 7
University of Florida
In-State Tuition: $6,143.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $28,420.00
No. 6
University of California—Los Angeles
In-State Tuition: $11,120.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $34,098.00
No. 5
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
In-State Tuition: $13,783.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $41,617.00
No. 4
North Carolina State University
In-State Tuition: $6,038.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $19,493.00
No. 3
University of Virginia
In-State Tuition: $10,016.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $36,720.00
No. 2
New College of Florida
In-State Tuition: $6,866.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $29,894.00
No. 1
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In-State Tuition: $6,423.00
Out-of-State Tuition: $28,205.00
For the full listing of all 75 both public and private colleges and universities click here.