<p>According to USNWR 2009, what are the top Public Universities?</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
Virginia
UCLA
Michigan
UNC
Georgia Tech
UC San Diego
Wisconsin
Illinois
University of Washington
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
Penn State
UT Austin
Florida</p>
<p>^ Doesn't look like USNWR has a quick link list for top publics this year, but...</p>
<ol>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Virginia</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>UNC</li>
<li>William & Mary</li>
<li>Georgia Tech</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>UIUC</li>
<li>Washington</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>Penn State</li>
<li>UT-Austin</li>
<li>Florida</li>
<li>UMD</li>
<li>Ohio State</li>
<li>Georgia</li>
<li>Pittsburgh</li>
<li>Clemson</li>
<li>Minnesota</li>
<li>Rutgers</li>
<li>Texas A&M</li>
<li>Miami U - Oxford</li>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>U Conn</li>
<li>Iowa</li>
<li>Indiana</li>
<li>Michigan State</li>
<li>Delaware</li>
<li>Virginia Tech</li>
<li>SUNY-Binghampton</li>
<li>CU Boulder</li>
</ol>
<p>^ That's not quite right. Georgia Tech, UCSD, and Wisconsin tie for the #7 spot.
Clemson and Minnesota tie for the #22 spot</p>
<p>imo, you should look at what you want to study, then look at the rankings for that department instead of overall.</p>
<p>is there a page that lists these for undergraduate?</p>
<p>Why do people always have to call Maryland UMD? Everything I see UMD, I first think University of Minnesota-Duluth, then I think University of Michigan-Dearborn, and then finally I realize people mean Maryland.</p>
<p>MD = Maryland, but I see what you're saying. UM makes more sense.</p>
<p>Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report</p>
<p>for undergrads/list should be as follows</p>
<p>William & Mary
UVirginia
California
Michigan
UNorth Carolina
UCLA</p>
<p>USNEWS puts too much weight on PA and $ which is essentially a measure of grad school rep. IMO smaller is better for undergrad teaching.</p>
<p>So 6 out of the top 12 publics are part of the University of California system.</p>
<p>^^ Smaller = better is a matter of opinion. PA measures the quality of teaching as well as the quality of the overall faculty.</p>
<p>Also, UM = Michigan...</p>
<p>"USNEWS puts too much weight on PA and $ which is essentially a measure of grad school rep. IMO smaller is better for undergrad teaching."</p>
<p>I agree fully because how much money a school has to pay for merit aid, facilities and top faculty could not possibly influence the quality of an undergraduate education. ;)</p>
<p>In CC land, UM = Michigan (though it usually goes by "Michigan" or "U Michigan"), UMD = Maryland, UMN = Minnesota</p>
<p>for the clueless out there, PA and $ spent are more indicative of the amt of research that goes on vs focus on undergrads. In fact, PA is now only a result of 44% participation in the surveys. The reason is that most admins are admitting the whole survey/opinion = truth concept is ridiculous.</p>
<p>This is the reason USNWR sep LAC from Natl U. The problem is with the hybrid type schools like Brown, Rice, Georgetown, Tufts, William & Mary. They offer nominal research programs but exceptional undergrad teaching. Yet they get punished by PA. Since high schoolers and family are the ones buying this issue it should be focused on undergrad teaching vs research metrics. This is plain common sense.</p>