<p>8th for Out-of-state students, 28th for in-state students (but tops in Pennsylvania).</p>
<p>see ranking</a> here</p>
<p>Interesting list. I do wonder how schools like UVa and William and Mary get such high rankings for value when they are more than $40K a year. The SUNY system is well represented.</p>
<p>Go Pitt!</p>
<p>Good for Pitt, definately a great value in state, particularly when coupled with strong Merit Aid. Cant wait to go visit, fingers crossed my D12 will like it.</p>
<p>I have always found that list puzzling. As MD Mom says, some of those schools are really expensive for OOS. SUNYs are a relative bargain, though. And I guess Pitt is a good value for in-staters, although I wouldn’t say super cheap.</p>
<p>Even though I’m very happy for Pitt, our school needs all the fantastic exposure it can get, I always take that list with the grain of salt.</p>
<p>I’m from NY, and I would’ve gone literally anywhere over a SUNY. They’re ugly, under-funded, crippled by bureaucracy, and invariably situated in the middle of nowhere. SUNY Stony Brook (number seven on the Out-of-State list) was number ONE on Princeton Review’s list “Students are Unhappy” only a couple years back (it’s 11th now, along with being 20th on “Class Discussions Rare” and 9th on “Least Accessible Professors”). It makes fellow-public school Pitt (8th on “Happiest Students,” 11th on “Best Quality-of-Life”), ranked only one behind on Kiplinger’s list, look like a 5 star resort in Cancun.</p>
<p>I mean, if you just want a straight up list of quality of education vs. price, than I guess Kiplinger’s is OK, I just think that comparing colleges that way is rather asinine. There are a lot of important things that go into choosing the right school that the Kiplinger’s list doesn’t address at all.</p>