<p>Public universities in California:</p>
<ol>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UC San Diego</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UC Santa Cruz </li>
<li>San Diego State</li>
<li>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</li>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>UC Riverside</li>
<li>Cal State Long Beach</li>
</ol>
<p>[Best</a> Values in Public Colleges, 2011-12](<a href=“http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/index.php?state_code[]=CA&id[]=none&table=public#colleges]Best”>http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/index.php?state_code[]=CA&id[]=none&table=public#colleges)</p>
<p>Man… I completely disagree with this poll. For example UC Berkeley is on the National Top 10 List for the most expensive dorms in the country at over $14,000 a year. Here is the link: [America’s</a> Most Expensive College Dorms - Yahoo! Real Estate](<a href=“http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-expensive-college-dorms.html]America’s”>http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-expensive-college-dorms.html)</p>
<p>I don’t see the “Best Value” proposition being applicable to any UC. They also propose to increase tuition dramatically over the next few years. That will make a UC cost as much as a private school for instate students. As far as I am concerned, only the wealthy and the desperately needy with full rides will be able to attend.</p>
<p>The Cal Poly’s and the Cal States are still good values. But, I’ll opt out of the UC’s…</p>
<p>It’s good to see a ranking that somehow accounts for the structural differences between research and non research universities and ranks them fairly as opposed to US News which gives no way to compare, say a UC and a CSU. It’s also good to see that by this measure, many Cal States are actually competitive or ranked higher than research and better funded universities of neighboring states such as the following:</p>
<p>University of Oregon 97
University of Arizona 99
ASU
OSU
WSU
UNLV
UNM
NMSU
U of Utah
U of Idaho</p>
<p>Somewhat irrelevant, but Cal Poly Pomona, in the CCAA division 2, beat out most public universities in he PAC 12!!! How’s that for an upset!</p>
<p>Excellent comment mrsleonore. Indeed all those are flagship research universities in their respective states with Div. I athletics. However, Cal Poly Pomona is completely devoted to academics and its learn-by-doing mission.</p>