<p>Which state do you guys think has the most amount of quality in-state schools?</p>
<p>I'm thinking:
Virginia
California
Florida (?)</p>
<p>what do you think?</p>
<p>California without a doubt!</p>
<p>Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech, UCLA, UCSD, USC, UCI, UCSB, UCD, UCR, UCSC, Pepperdine, LMU, Occidental, Pomona, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, Claremont Mckenna, Scripps, about 30 or so Cal States plus many other private schools (e.g. USD, Redlands, Santa Clara, etc etc etc). Is there really any comparison? There is no state like California!</p>
<p>Wow, didn't realize CA residents can pay in-state tuitions at Standford, CalTech, Pepperdine, Occidental, Pomona, etc.</p>
<p>The UC system owns!</p>
<p>Hands down CA, which is ironic as a rating system for high schools I was viewing today only had one CA high school anywhere near the top. We got the college stuff down though!</p>
<p>CA definitely, but NC does well for itself.</p>
<p>California by far.</p>
<p>CA residents dont get in-state tuition at any of the privates (hence why they're private)</p>
<p>but regardless, they still do have the best selection and quality of state schools</p>
<p>California
Virginia
Michigan
Florida</p>
<p>NJ isn't too shabby- nothing compared to Cali, but we have some respectable schools- Rutgers University, College of New Jersey, and Rowan University.</p>
<p>I'd say Virginia is second:</p>
<p>William & Mary
UVa
James Madison University
Virginia Tech
Uiniversity of Mary Washington
George Mason</p>
<p>California.</p>
<p>PA does pretty well- Penn, Penn State, Swathmore, Haverford, Lehigh, CM, Bucknell, Dickenson etc.</p>
<p>Those are all great schools, but a lot of them are private. I was under the impression that private schools don't give priority to in-state applicants, right? So I guess it would be nice to live really close to, say, Pepperdine or Lehigh, but there's no real advantage.</p>
<p>So that's why I would have to say California's the best, with their UC system and such... not that I'd complain about any school mentioned.</p>
<p>Well, as r0br0b said, VA is definitely at the top of the list w/ CA.</p>
<p>UVA has never fallen below the #2 spot for best Public universities in U.S. News.
VA Tech is excellent for business and economics.
W & M, as well as Mary Washington are both good LACs
There are others too: JMU, VMI, VCU, perhaps. </p>
<p>Not sure about GMU's academics, maybe they are ok. But I live a few miles away from Mason's campus and I haven't been impressed with it.</p>
<p>i'll echo that VA is up there right with CA.</p>
<p>(the rating system for high schools? Is that the one based on IB/AP tests taken per person? Because that ranking is complete crap. More crap than most of the college rankings)</p>
<h1>1 California (Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCSB etc...)</h1>
<h1>2 Virgnia (UVA, W&M, V Tech) & Michigan (Michigan-Ann Arbor, MSU)</h1>
<h1>4 Texas (UTA, A&M)</h1>
<h1>5 Wisconsin (Wisconsin-Madison)</h1>
<h1>6 North Carolina (UNC-Chapel Hill)</h1>
<h1>7 Illinois (UIUC)</h1>
<h1>8 Georgia (GT, UGA)</h1>
<p>I think Florida sucks for in-state....I'd get a lot of money, but not an education that I'd actually want. Plus, the weather sucks (huge thunderstorms in the afternoons, really hot summers, lotsa hurricanes...)</p>
<p>CA has the highest number of top public institutions, but their budget woes have been extraordinary. I don't know at what point that starts affecting quality-of-life for students, but it's something to think about.</p>
<p>I'd agree that Virginia is probably second. UVa being one of the top public universities nationally, and Wm & Mary being nearly its equal in selectivity, and a strong 'second tier' of great publics.</p>