Top Public Schools (National Universities)

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Top Public Schools (National Universities)

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Public colleges and universities are typically operated under the supervision of state governments and are funded, in part, by tax dollars and subsidies from the state. As a result, these universities often offer free or discounted tuition to students considered residents of the state. Public schools run the gamut from small liberal arts colleges to large research institutions. These are the highest ranked public colleges and universities in the 2014 Best Colleges rankings, listed according to their ranking category.

Rank	School
#1	University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA
#2	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
#2	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
#4	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
#5	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
#6	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA
#7	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
#8	Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA
#9	University of California–Davis Davis, CA
#9	University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA
#11	University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
#11	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
#11	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
#14	University of California–Irvine Irvine, CA
#14	University of Florida Gainesville, FL
#16	Ohio State University–Columbus Columbus, OH
#16	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX
#16	University of Washington Seattle, WA
#19	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
#20	University of Georgia Athens, GA
#21	Clemson University Clemson, SC
#21	University of Maryland–College Park College Park, MD
#21	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
#24	Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
#25	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ
#25	Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX
#25	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
#25	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
#29	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
#29	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
#31	Indiana University–Bloomington Bloomington, IN
#31	Miami University–Oxford Oxford, OH
#31	University of Delaware Newark, DE
#34	Stony Brook University–SUNY Stony Brook, NY
#34	University of Vermont Burlington, VT
#36	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY
#36	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
#36	University of California–Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
#36	University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO
#40	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO
#40	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
#40	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA
#44	Binghamton University–SUNY Binghamton, NY
#44	University of Missouri Columbia, MO
#44	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
#47	Iowa State University Ames, IA
#47	North Carolina State University–Raleigh Raleigh, NC
#47	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
#47	University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE