The Top Public Universities in the USA

University of California-Berkeley

• The University of California Berkeley is U.S. News and World Report's top-rated public university, earning a No. 21 ranking on their list of Best National Universities. While The Princeton Review does not rank their overall Best 371 Colleges, Berkeley also appears on their lists of Best Western Colleges (no rankings) and 2010 Best Value Colleges-Public (no rankings).

  University of California-Berkeley
  110 Sproul Hall
  Berkeley, CA 94720-5800
  510-642-3175
  berkeley.edu

University of California-Los Angeles

• Ranking closely behind Berkeley on U.S. News and World Report's list is another California school, UCLA. UCLA earns a No. 24 ranking from U.S. News and earns several honors from The Princeton Review, including: Best Western Colleges (no rankings), 2010 Best Value Colleges-Public (no rankings), Best Campus Food (#15) and Best College Newspaper (#14).

  University of California--Los Angeles
  405 Hilgard Avenue
  Los Angeles, CA 90095
  310-825-3101
  ucla.edu

University of Virginia

• Tied with UCLA at No. 24 on U.S. News and World Report's list of Best National Universities is the University of Virginia. In addition to being one of the top three public schools as ranked by U.S. News, The Princeton Review named UVA first among its Top Ten Best Value Public Colleges. UVA also earns recognition from The Princeton Review in the categories of Best Southeastern Colleges (no rankings) and Great Financial Aid (#9).

  University of Virginia
  PO Box 400160
  Charlottesville, VA 22906
  434-982-3200
  virginia.edu

University of Michigan

• The University of Michigan is the fourth-best public university in the country according to U.S. News and World Report, coming in at No. 27 overall on their list of Best National Universities. The Princeton Review also rates Michigan as a Best Midwestern College (no rankings) and notes that Michigan is a great school for athletes and sports fans (rating the school No. 13 and No. 3, respectively, on their lists of "Jock Schools" and "Students Pack the Stadiums").

  University of Michigan
  1220 Student Activities Building
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316
  734-764-7433
  umich.edu

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

• The fifth-best public university in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report, is the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. UNC earned the twenty-eighth spot overall on the U.S. News list of Best National Universities. The school also makes The Princeton Review's lists of Best Southeastern Colleges (no rankings), Best College Newspaper (#1), Jock Schools (#5) and 2010 Top Entrepreneurial Programs-Undergraduate (#17).

  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  Office of Undergraduate Admissions
  Jackson Hall
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200
  919-966-3621
  unc.edu