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The 50 best values in public colleges

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Top 50 public college values
RankSchoolEnrollmentTotal costs (in-state)Costs after aid (in-state)Average debt at graduation

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17,628$13,731 $4,960 $14,912

2

University of Florida 35,189$11,888 $6,486 $14,988

3

University of Virginia 15,078$18,460 $4,284 $16,847

4

University of Georgia 25,335$14,458 $7,918 $14,420

5

College of William and Mary5,792$19,156 $6,272 $15,602

6

SUNY Geneseo 5,395$15,528 $12,092 $18,300

7

SUNY Binghamton 11,515$16,000 $10,750 $14,530

8

New College of Florida 767$12,391 $4,222 $11,720

9

University of Maryland, College Park 25,813$17,848 $12,414 $18,958

10

University of California, San Diego 22,048$20,372 $9,367 $15,904

11

University of Washington 28,570$16,477 $7,677 $16,100

12

University of California, Berkeley 24,636$23,418 $11,552 $14,453

13

University of California, Los Angeles 25,928$21,995 $10,659 $16,220

14

University of Wisconsin - Madison30,618$16,258 $12,939 $21,018

15

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. 23,041$14,698 $9,847 $20,209

16

Georgia Institute of Technology 12,565$14,734 $9,543 $21,436

17

Florida State University 31,595$13,394 $9,775 $13,855

18

North Carolina State University 24,145$14,186 $6,504 $14,930

19

University of Texas at Austin 37,459$17,739 $11,439 $16,800

20

Truman State University5,608$14,097 $11,079 $17,091

21

University of California, Irvine 21,696$20,401 $9,668 $13,383

22

University of Delaware 16,272$17,924 $12,688 $17,200

23

University of Mary Washington4,271$14,814 $9,814 $12,665

24

College of New Jersey 6,205$22,920 $13,434 $19,459

25

University of North Carolina at Wilmington 10,753$12,832 $8,554 $16,350

26

University of Michigan 26,083$20,675 $12,889 $23,754

27

Ohio State University 39,209$18,069 $11,589 $19,978

28

James Madison University16,414$15,298 $8,879 $16,546

29

Appalachian State University13,997$11,193 $6,482 $14,838

30

University of Pittsburgh 17,208$23,272 $16,007

NA

31

University of California, Santa Barbara 18,415$22,420 $11,316 $15,808

32

St. Mary's College of Maryland 1,980$22,829 $18,829 $17,125

33

University of Connecticut 16,348$19,438 $13,304 $20,658

34

Clemson University14,096$16,964 $12,061

NA

35

Pennsylvania State Univ. at University Park36,815$21,922 $16,447 $26,300

36

Texas A&M University 37,357$17,044 $9,111 $19,940

37

New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Tech. 1,327$10,347 $5,297 $6,744

38

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse8,521$12,368 $7,751 $12,145

39

Stony Brook University (SUNY) 15,519$15,841 $10,302 $16,096

40

Indiana University, Bloomington 30,394$16,159 $9,443 $19,763

41

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign30,895$22,204 $15,025 $17,057

42

University of Central Florida 41,320$13,445 $10,008 $13,373

43

University of North Carolina at Asheville 3,663$11,725 $7,130 $15,972

44

University of Alabama 21,081$13,830 $9,545 $17,146

45

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities32,294$19,012 $11,416 $24,995

46

George Mason University18,589$15,772 $10,428 $16,705

47

Louisiana State University23,393$13,824 $8,594 $16,354

48

Miami University14,555$22,226 $16,954 $26,378

49

Rutgers, State Univ. of N.J., New Brunswick 26,829$23,203 $14,396 $16,609

50

University of California, Davis 23,499$22,167 $11,755 $14,372

Updated May 5, 2009

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