Colleges Ranked In Top Public Schools
Next table compares colleges ranked In Top Public Schools in perspective of admission rate, college costs, completion rates, enrollment, and students to faculty ratio. The schools are ranked and selected by our ranking method and only qualified schools are included in the ranking.
All schools in Top Public Schools are public schools. The average acceptance ratio of Top Public Schools is 60.29% and the average admission yield is 33.45%.The average tuition & fees of the Top Public Schools is $29,374 based on out-of-state rate. The average graduation rate is 69.26% and the average student to faculty ratio is 17.95:1 (5.57%). In average, 29,194 students are attending to one of the schools.
Rank | Name | Score | Acceptance Ratio | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Graduation Rate | Student Population | Student: Faculty |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Berkeley, CAPublic, 4 Years | 91.3 | 16.9 % | 44.2 % | $42,184 | 91.7 % | 40,154 | 18:1 |
2 | Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4 Years | 91.1 | 18.0 % | 37.5 % | $41,275 | 91.1 % | 43,548 | 17:1 |
3 | Charlottesville, VAPublic, 4 Years | 89.2 | 29.9 % | 38.1 % | $47,650 | 94.2 % | 23,898 | 15:1 |
4 | Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4 Years | 89.1 | 26.9 % | 45.0 % | $34,588 | 91.1 % | 29,468 | 13:1 |
5 | Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4 Years | 88.8 | 28.6 % | 42.1 % | $49,142 | 91.2 % | 44,718 | 12:1 |
6 | Atlanta, GAPublic, 4 Years | 88.8 | 25.8 % | 36.6 % | $33,014 | 86.3 % | 26,839 | 20:1 |
7 | Santa Barbara, CAPublic, 4 Years | 88.5 | 35.8 % | 18.1 % | $42,465 | 82.3 % | 24,346 | 18:1 |
8 | La Jolla, CAPublic, 4 Years | 88.5 | 35.7 % | 19.1 % | $42,032 | 87.2 % | 34,979 | 19:1 |
9 | Gainesville, FLPublic, 4 Years | 88.1 | 45.9 % | 49.5 % | $28,659 | 87.2 % | 52,367 | 20:1 |
10 | College Park, MDPublic, 4 Years | 88.0 | 48.1 % | 31.3 % | $33,606 | 86.4 % | 39,083 | 17:1 |
11 | Madison, WIPublic, 4 Years | 88.0 | 52.6 % | 37.2 % | $34,783 | 84.9 % | 42,582 | 18:1 |
12 | Davis, CAPublic, 4 Years | 88.0 | 42.3 % | 19.9 % | $42,433 | 84.7 % | 36,460 | 20:1 |
13 | Irvine, CAPublic, 4 Years | 87.9 | 40.6 % | 20.7 % | $41,752 | 87.2 % | 32,754 | 18:1 |
14 | Seattle, WAPublic, 4 Years | 87.9 | 45.3 % | 32.8 % | $35,538 | 83.9 % | 45,591 | 17:1 |
15 | Champaign, ILPublic, 4 Years | 87.8 | 60.1 % | 33.2 % | $34,719 | 85.2 % | 46,951 | 20:1 |
16 | Williamsburg, VAPublic, 4 Years | 87.6 | 36.5 % | 28.7 % | $43,670 | 91.5 % | 8,617 | 12:1 |
17 | Athens, GAPublic, 4 Years | 87.6 | 53.9 % | 44.4 % | $30,392 | 84.8 % | 36,574 | 18:1 |
18 | West Lafayette, INPublic, 4 Years | 87.5 | 56.0 % | 27.0 % | $28,794 | 76.3 % | 41,513 | 12:1 |
19 | Columbus, OHPublic, 4 Years | 87.5 | 54.1 % | 32.7 % | $29,696 | 83.7 % | 59,482 | 19:1 |
20 | Austin, TXPublic, 4 Years | 87.4 | 40.4 % | 45.5 % | $36,744 | 81.2 % | 51,331 | 18:1 |
21 | Blacksburg, VAPublic, 4 Years | 87.4 | 70.9 % | 33.5 % | $31,014 | 83.8 % | 33,170 | 14:1 |
22 | Newark, DEPublic, 4 Years | 87.3 | 69.5 % | 25.8 % | $33,150 | 81.4 % | 23,009 | 15:1 |
23 | Raleigh, NCPublic, 4 Years | 87.3 | 47.5 % | 34.9 % | $27,406 | 77.1 % | 33,755 | 13:1 |
24 | Santa Cruz, CAPublic, 4 Years | 87.3 | 57.9 % | 14.8 % | $42,034 | 76.9 % | 18,783 | 18:1 |
25 | University Park, PAPublic, 4 Years | 87.2 | 56.4 % | 28.4 % | $33,664 | 85.5 % | 47,789 | 16:1 |
26 | Tallahassee, FLPublic, 4 Years | 87.2 | 58.0 % | 37.3 % | $21,683 | 80.1 % | 41,173 | 24:1 |
27 | Rolla, MOPublic, 4 Years | 87.1 | 79.3 % | 44.8 % | $27,701 | 64.0 % | 8,835 | 21:1 |
28 | Lincoln, NEPublic, 4 Years | 87.1 | 75.3 % | 57.7 % | $24,278 | 66.7 % | 25,897 | 21:1 |
29 | Golden, COPublic, 4 Years | 87.1 | 40.4 % | 19.7 % | $37,436 | 76.9 % | 6,069 | 15:1 |
30 | New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4 Years | 87.1 | 56.9 % | 31.0 % | $30,579 | 80.1 % | 50,146 | 15:1 |
31 | Tempe, AZPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 82.5 % | 40.3 % | $27,372 | 67.4 % | 51,869 | 23:1 |
32 | Storrs, CTPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 48.8 % | 21.8 % | $36,948 | 82.2 % | 27,721 | 16:1 |
33 | Lowell, MAPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 60.6 % | 25.3 % | $31,865 | 56.0 % | 17,849 | 17:1 |
34 | Richardson, TXPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 68.0 % | 37.4 % | $29,656 | 67.5 % | 26,793 | 24:1 |
35 | Pittsburgh, PAPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 55.4 % | 24.5 % | $30,642 | 81.4 % | 28,664 | 15:1 |
36 | Knoxville, TNPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 77.2 % | 35.7 % | $31,390 | 68.8 % | 28,052 | 17:1 |
37 | Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4 Years | 87.0 | 44.4 % | 26.9 % | $26,603 | 78.4 % | 51,579 | 17:1 |
38 | College Station, TXPublic, 4 Years | 86.9 | 67.2 % | 43.4 % | $35,860 | 80.2 % | 65,632 | 21:1 |
39 | Miami, FLPublic, 4 Years | 86.9 | 50.1 % | 42.1 % | $18,954 | 56.2 % | 55,003 | 27:1 |
40 | Tallahassee, FLPublic, 4 Years | 86.9 | 31.1 % | 50.0 % | $17,725 | 41.0 % | 9,619 | 15:1 |
41 | Honolulu, HIPublic, 4 Years | 86.8 | 85.0 % | 31.4 % | $33,786 | 58.2 % | 18,056 | 13:1 |
42 | East Lansing, MIPublic, 4 Years | 86.8 | 65.7 % | 33.2 % | $40,024 | 78.3 % | 50,340 | 17:1 |
43 | Las Vegas, NVPublic, 4 Years | 86.8 | 82.8 % | 54.6 % | $21,733 | 40.6 % | 29,702 | 21:1 |
44 | Norman, OKPublic, 4 Years | 86.7 | 70.8 % | 41.2 % | $24,444 | 67.5 % | 27,918 | 18:1 |
45 | San Diego, CAPublic, 4 Years | 86.7 | 34.6 % | 24.1 % | $19,340 | 73.3 % | 34,688 | 29:1 |
46 | Orlando, FLPublic, 4 Years | 86.7 | 50.0 % | 36.8 % | $22,467 | 68.9 % | 64,088 | 30:1 |
47 | Baton Rouge, LAPublic, 4 Years | 86.6 | 76.4 % | 39.6 % | $28,051 | 68.0 % | 31,409 | 22:1 |
48 | Clemson, SCPublic, 4 Years | 86.6 | 50.5 % | 31.0 % | $36,058 | 81.1 % | 23,406 | 18:1 |
49 | Fairbanks, AKPublic, 4 Years | 86.6 | 73.5 % | 67.7 % | $23,382 | 25.1 % | 8,283 | 9:1 |
50 | Durham, NHPublic, 4 Years | 86.5 | 75.9 % | 18.8 % | $32,637 | 77.8 % | 15,188 | 18:1 |
51 | Tampa, FLPublic, 4 Years | 86.5 | 46.6 % | 30.4 % | $17,324 | 67.5 % | 42,861 | 22:1 |
52 | Reno, NVPublic, 4 Years | 86.5 | 82.8 % | 42.0 % | $21,540 | 54.4 % | 21,353 | 21:1 |
53 | Salt Lake City, UTPublic, 4 Years | 86.5 | 76.4 % | 32.9 % | $28,127 | 65.1 % | 31,860 | 16:1 |
54 | Fayetteville, ARPublic, 4 Years | 86.5 | 63.2 % | 36.5 % | $24,308 | 64.5 % | 27,194 | 18:1 |
55 | Amherst, MAPublic, 4 Years | 86.5 | 59.7 % | 19.2 % | $33,477 | 76.1 % | 30,037 | 18:1 |
56 | Stony Brook, NYPublic, 4 Years | 86.4 | 40.7 % | 20.6 % | $26,767 | 72.4 % | 25,734 | 17:1 |
57 | Lafayette, LAPublic, 4 Years | 86.4 | 51.1 % | 50.9 % | $23,616 | 45.5 % | 17,519 | 22:1 |
58 | Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4 Years | 86.4 | 55.7 % | 46.5 % | $22,358 | 59.9 % | 21,622 | 20:1 |
59 | Columbia, SCPublic, 4 Years | 86.4 | 68.1 % | 29.9 % | $31,962 | 73.2 % | 34,099 | 18:1 |
60 | Riverside, CAPublic, 4 Years | 86.3 | 66.3 % | 18.9 % | $41,931 | 72.9 % | 22,715 | 22:1 |
61 | Buffalo, NYPublic, 4 Years | 86.3 | 59.4 % | 26.6 % | $27,068 | 74.4 % | 30,184 | 13:1 |
62 | Kansas City, MOPublic, 4 Years | 86.3 | 61.9 % | 38.1 % | $24,490 | 48.6 % | 16,936 | 14:1 |
63 | Houston, TXPublic, 4 Years | 86.3 | 58.5 % | 38.4 % | $22,066 | 50.7 % | 43,774 | 21:1 |
64 | Oxford, OHPublic, 4 Years | 86.3 | 65.4 % | 19.5 % | $32,750 | 78.4 % | 19,697 | 15:1 |
65 | Ames, IAPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 87.5 % | 37.2 % | $22,472 | 74.3 % | 36,350 | 19:1 |
66 | Lexington, KYPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 90.8 % | 27.5 % | $28,046 | 64.0 % | 29,781 | 17:1 |
67 | Burlington, VTPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 68.9 % | 16.1 % | $41,356 | 74.2 % | 13,105 | 16:1 |
68 | Columbia, MOPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 74.7 % | 30.3 % | $26,506 | 68.3 % | 33,239 | 19:1 |
69 | Louisville, KYPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 72.6 % | 38.2 % | $26,286 | 52.7 % | 21,578 | 15:1 |
70 | Vestal, NYPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 40.6 % | 20.7 % | $24,403 | 83.0 % | 17,292 | 19:1 |
71 | Grand Forks, NDPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 83.7 % | 44.8 % | $20,047 | 55.4 % | 14,648 | 21:1 |
72 | Bloomington, INPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 78.7 % | 28.1 % | $34,845 | 76.4 % | 49,695 | 17:1 |
73 | Newark, NJPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 65.3 % | 15.7 % | $30,026 | 66.2 % | 12,321 | 16:1 |
74 | Brookings, SDPublic, 4 Years | 86.2 | 90.8 % | 48.4 % | $11,689 | 53.0 % | 12,600 | 17:1 |
75 | Lubbock, TXPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 62.6 % | 32.6 % | $18,652 | 60.0 % | 36,551 | 21:1 |
76 | Pullman, WAPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 72.0 % | 27.1 % | $25,817 | 66.6 % | 30,142 | 15:1 |
77 | Albuquerque, NMPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 57.8 % | 37.8 % | $22,038 | 44.5 % | 26,999 | 20:1 |
78 | Newark, NJPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 59.3 % | 25.6 % | $31,918 | 60.5 % | 11,317 | 17:1 |
79 | Kingston, RIPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 72.8 % | 21.3 % | $30,042 | 62.8 % | 17,822 | 17:1 |
80 | Phoenix, AZPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 76.7 % | 32.4 % | $27,372 | 67.2 % | 11,737 | 18:1 |
81 | North Dartmouth, MAPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 76.0 % | 21.9 % | $28,285 | 48.3 % | 8,647 | 16:1 |
82 | Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 60.1 % | 50.0 % | $10,218 | 44.7 % | 14,552 | 17:1 |
83 | Syracuse, NYPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 54.2 % | 36.6 % | $18,193 | 74.6 % | 2,186 | 12:1 |
84 | Auburn, ALPublic, 4 Years | 86.1 | 80.5 % | 30.8 % | $29,640 | 75.0 % | 28,290 | 19:1 |
85 | Boulder, COPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 76.6 % | 24.7 % | $36,220 | 69.9 % | 33,977 | 18:1 |
86 | Houghton, MIPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 76.4 % | 32.3 % | $33,961 | 66.8 % | 7,252 | 12:1 |
87 | Tuscaloosa, ALPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 52.6 % | 37.6 % | $28,100 | 68.7 % | 37,663 | 23:1 |
88 | Birmingham, ALPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 58.1 % | 36.8 % | $19,032 | 53.1 % | 19,535 | 16:1 |
89 | Las Cruces, NMPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 59.6 % | 40.6 % | $21,022 | 44.6 % | 14,852 | 16:1 |
90 | Fort Collins, COPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 78.0 % | 29.2 % | $28,903 | 66.7 % | 31,856 | 18:1 |
91 | Stillwater, OKPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 74.5 % | 42.8 % | $23,776 | 62.7 % | 25,622 | 20:1 |
92 | Fairfax, VAPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 81.0 % | 25.5 % | $34,370 | 69.9 % | 34,909 | 16:1 |
93 | University, MSPublic, 4 Years | 86.0 | 78.3 % | 28.3 % | $23,564 | 59.8 % | 23,610 | 18:1 |
94 | Merced, CAPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 74.2 % | 13.2 % | $41,612 | 66.4 % | 7,336 | 20:1 |
95 | Denver, COPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 60.5 % | 19.5 % | $25,259 | 48.2 % | 23,960 | 15:1 |
96 | Boca Raton, FLPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 59.8 % | 33.6 % | $17,276 | 49.6 % | 30,541 | 24:1 |
97 | Edinburg, TXPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 63.9 % | 61.7 % | $17,547 | 41.2 % | 27,560 | 19:1 |
98 | Milwaukee, WIPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 73.3 % | 42.6 % | $20,844 | 40.1 % | 25,601 | 18:1 |
99 | Iowa City, IAPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 84.1 % | 23.5 % | $30,609 | 71.8 % | 32,011 | 15:1 |
100 | Pensacola, FLPublic, 4 Years | 85.9 | 40.8 % | 42.0 % | $18,658 | 48.8 % | 12,966 | 22:1 |
Average | 86.9 | 60.3 % | $29,374 | 69.3 % | 29,194 | 18.0:1 |