<p>Public Universities:
1. University of Virginia
2.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3.New College of Florida
4.College of William and Mary
5. University of CaliforniaLos Angeles
6. North Carolina State University
7. University of WisconsinMadison
8. State University of New York at Binghamton
9.University of MichiganAnn Arbor
10. University of Georgia</p>
<p>Private Universities:
1. Swarthmore College
2. Harvard College
3. Williams College
4. Princeton University
5. Pomona College
6. Yale University
7. Rice University
8. Hamilton College
9. Claremont McKenna College
10. Grinnell College</p>
<p>Compare and contrast with Kiplinger’s lists of Best Value Colleges (public, private LAC, private Universities) -
Kiplinger includes data for merit awards as well, which is very useful…</p>
<p>Can anyone clarify why UCLA is on the list but Berkeley isn’t? I was under the impression that Cal gives better financial aid than UCLA, but I could be mistaken.</p>
<p>Berkeley’s on the list, it just isn’t in the top 10. I’m more surprised that Stanford isn’t in the top 10 than probably any other school on the list.</p>
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<p>It does. I think Berkeley students graduate with an average 1k less debt than UCLA grads (although this can be attributed to Los Angeles being more expensive than Berkeley.) </p>
<p>But remember, this isn’t a ranking of financial aid, but rather of ‘best value.’ The full methodology can be found here:</p>