<p>are they a good alternative to private schools? which are the best?</p>
<p>Penn State - University Park (Schreyers)
Arizona State University (Barrett)
Michigan State University
University of Pittsburgh
New College of Florida (formerly the honors college of the University of South Florida)</p>
<p>Isn't UF's insanely good?</p>
<p>UT plan II</p>
<p>UT BHP as well</p>
<p>what is ut plan II?</p>
<p>UT's Plan II Liberal Arts honors program is one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the country. It has been used as the model for many of the more recent honors programs at other colleges. In addition to the Plan II program, UT also has honors programs in engineering, business, and an additional liberal arts honors program not quite as rigorous as Plan II.</p>
<p>The University of Florida has one of the best honors colleges. Check out this website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.honors.ufl.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.honors.ufl.edu/</a></p>
<p>Ohio University (Athens, Ohio)</p>
<p>Washington State University</p>
<p>By the way, the overall undergraduate program at Ohio University is excellent.</p>
<p>IUB - Hutton</p>
<p>You would be better off simply going to a better university than going to an honors college in a lesser university.</p>
<p>Collegehelp, you make a valid point but Honors College's are usually cheaper and you get a lot more benefits.</p>
<p>In no way should Michigan State University or Indiana University be referred to as "lesser universities."</p>
<p>Yes, an honors college might make sense if you are destined to go to a public university for financial reasons. And, some public universities are really outstanding by any standards and wouldn't be considered "lesser" to any school except Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, etc. such as Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia, and the like. So, I am not referring to the so-called "Public Ivies".</p>
<p>Those semantics help add to students' anxiety about the college search and admission process.</p>