Top Public Schools - US National Universities 2016

US News Best Colleges (Undergraduate Rankings)

More US Best College Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School
#1

University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)

#2

University of California—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

#3

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

#4

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

#5

University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC)

#6

College of William and Mary

(Williamsburg, VA)

#7

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA)

#8

University of California—​Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)

#9

University of California—​Irvine

(Irvine, CA)

#9

University of California—​San Diego

(La Jolla, CA)

#11

University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA)

#11

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Champaign, IL)

#11

University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI)

#14

Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA)

#14

University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)

#16

Ohio State University—​Columbus

(Columbus, OH)

#16

University of Texas—​Austin

(Austin, TX)

#16

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

#19

University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT)

#19

University of Maryland—​College Park

(College Park, MD)

#21

Clemson University

(Clemson, SC)

#21

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN)

#21

University of Georgia

(Athens, GA)

#24

University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA)

#25

University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN)

#26

Texas A&M University—​College Station

(College Station, TX)

#26

Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA)

#28

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ)

#29

Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO)

#29

Indiana University—​Bloomington

(Bloomington, IN)

#29

Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI)

#29

University of Delaware

(Newark, DE)

#29

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA)

#34

Miami University—​Oxford

(Oxford, OH)

#34

University of California—​Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA)

#34

University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA)

#37

Binghamton University—​SUNY

(Binghamton, NY)

#37

North Carolina State University—​Raleigh

(Raleigh, NC)

#37

Stony Brook University—​SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY)

#37

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

(Syracuse, NY)

#37

University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO)

#37

University of Vermont

(Burlington, VT)

#43

Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)

#43

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

#45

University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY)

#46

Auburn University

(Auburn, AL)

#47

University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO)

#47

University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE)

#47

University of New Hampshire

(Durham, NH)

#47

University of Oregon

(Eugene, OR)

#47

University of Tennessee

(Knoxville, TN)

#52*

Iowa State University

(Ames, IA)

#52*

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

#52*

University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC)

#55

Temple University

(Philadelphia, PA)

#55

University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS)

#55

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

#58

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

#58

University of California—​Riverside

(Riverside, CA)

#60

Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI)

#61

Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO)

#62

Arizona State University—​Tempe

(Tempe, AZ)

#62

Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)

#62

University at Albany—​SUNY

(Albany, NY)

#62

University of Arkansas

(Fayetteville, AR)

#62

University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

#62

University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY)

#68

George Mason University

(Fairfax, VA)

#68

Ohio University

(Athens, OH)

#68

Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR)

#71

New Jersey Institute of Technology

(Newark, NJ)

#71

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​Newark

(Newark, NJ)

#71

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

#71

University of Mississippi

(University, MS)

#71

University of Texas—​Dallas

(Richardson, TX)

#71

Washington State University

(Pullman, WA)

#77

Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS)

#77

Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO)

#79

Illinois State University

(Normal, IL)

#79

Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK)

#79

San Diego State University

(San Diego, CA)

#79

University of Alabama—​Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)

#83

Southern Illinois University—​Carbondale

(Carbondale, IL)

#84

University of Maryland—​Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD)

#84

University of Massachusetts—​Lowell

(Lowell, MA)

#84

University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL)

#84

Virginia Commonwealth University

(Richmond, VA)

#88

Mississippi State University

(Mississippi State, MS)

#88

University of Hawaii—​Manoa

(Honolulu, HI)

#88

University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI)

#91

Ball State University

(Muncie, IN)

#91

Texas Tech University

(Lubbock, TX)

#91

University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL)

#91

University of Idaho

(Moscow, ID)

#91

University of Louisville

(Louisville, KY)

#91

University of Maine

(Orono, ME)

#91

University of Wyoming

(Laramie, WY)

#98

Kent State University

(Kent, OH)

#98

West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV)

#100

University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM)

#100

University of North Dakota

(Grand Forks, ND)

#100

University of South Dakota

(Vermillion, SD)

#103

Bowling Green State University

(Bowling Green, OH)

#103

North Dakota State University

(Fargo, ND)

#105

South Dakota State University

(Brookings, SD)

#105

University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL)

#105

University of Houston

(Houston, TX)

#105

University of Nevada—​Reno

(Reno, NV)

#105

University of North Carolina—​Greensboro

(Greensboro, NC)

#105

Western Michigan University

(Kalamazoo, MI)

#111

Central Michigan University

(Mount Pleasant, MI)

#111

East Carolina University

(Greenville, NC)

#111

South Carolina State University

(Orangeburg, SC)

#111

University of Missouri—​Kansas City

(Kansas City, MO)

#111

University of North Carolina—​Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC)

#116

Indiana University-​Purdue University—​Indianapolis

(Indianapolis, IN)

#116

Louisiana Tech University

(Ruston, LA)

#116

New Mexico State University

(Las Cruces, NM)

#116

University of Colorado—​Denver

(Denver, CO)

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