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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.

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