Best Public Schools 2025

1. University of California–Los Angeles 

2. University of California, Berkeley 

3. University of Michigan 

4. University of Virginia 

5. University of North Carolina– Chapel Hill 

6. University of California, San Diego 

7. University of Florida 

7. The University of Texas–Austin 

9. Georgia Institute of Technology 

9. University of California, Davis 

9. University of California–Irvine 

9. University of Illinois  Urbana-Champaign 

13. University of California,  Santa Barbara 

13. University of Wisconsin–Madison 

15. Ohio State University 

15. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 

17. University of Maryland, College Park 

18. Purdue University–Main Campus 

18. University of Georgia 

18. University of Washington 

21. Texas A&M University 

21. Virginia Tech 

23. Florida State University 

23. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 

23. William & Mary (VA) 

26. North Carolina State University 

26. Stony Brook–SUNY (NY) 

26. University of California, Merced 

26. University of Massachusetts-Amherst 

30. Michigan State University (MI) 

30. The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park

by US News & World Report