Kiplinger's Best Values for Public Colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>In State:
1. UNC - Chapel Hill
2. Florida
3. Virginia
4. William & Mary
5. New College of Florida
6. Georgia
7. Berkeley
8. Maryland
9. UCLA
10. UCSD</p>

<p>Out-of-State:
1. UNC - Chapel Hill
2. SUNY Binghampton
3. SUNY Geneseo
4. William & Mary
5. Virginia
6. UCLA
7. Berkeley
8. Florida
9. Georgia
10. Maryland</p>

<p>Best</a> Values in Public Colleges, 2011-12[]=ALL&id[]=none&sortby=out_rank&sortorder=ASC#colleges</p>

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<p>I’m surprised UVA isn’t up with UNC at the top of the list since they meet need for OOS students.</p>

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<p>I’m surprised U of Minnesota is not on the OOS list - only a $5,000 differential between in state and OOS.</p>

<p>And Cal and UCLA are $50,000 without aid - hardly a best value IMHO.</p>

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<p>UMinn is #20 on the OOS list. I agree about the UCs.</p>

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Berkeley is the only school in the top 10 that has best in class STEM fields. With the higher pay garnered by STEM majors, I’d say it’s a good value. Most of the top value schools on the list don’t excel in STEM fields.</p>

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<p>W&M and New College are underrated.</p>

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<p>New College has no name recognition.
It should be a great OOS choice.</p>

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<p>Not all STEM majors find high pay at graduation – the most popular STEM major at Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, does not result in particularly high pay for its graduates.</p>

<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/MCB.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/MCB.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Keep in mind that UNC chapel hill has a strict limit on out of state undergrads. I believe it is 10%.</p>

<p>The SUNYs are often the cheapest out of state universities for someone paying full price. However, I’d be concerned that could change over time - the legislature could decide to move the out of state costs up closer to what other states charge.</p>

<p>A number of public colleges offer merit aid for their best applicants that is designed to bring the price down closer to the in-state price. They may offer more merit aid to out of state students than in-state students, such as Pitt.</p>