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The University of California, Berkeley is the No. 1 ranked public school on the Forbes 2023 America\u2019… [+]<\/span><\/span>

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Across the U.S., from Michigan and Virginia to Texas and California, these state schools offer a world-class education for a fraction of the list price at top private colleges.<\/h2>\n

By <\/sub>Rina Torchinsky<\/sub>, Contributor<\/sub><\/h4>\n

F<\/abbr>unded by taxpayer dollars, these public colleges offer residents of their home states an elite education for thousands of dollars less than they would pay at a comparable private college. These 25 public schools\u2014pulled from Forbes\u2019 2023 ranking of the best 500 colleges, private and public, in the United States\u2014earned high marks in our measures on return on investment, student success, student debt and alumni leadership and influence. You can read more about our rankings methodology here.<\/p>\n

The group of 25 includes some of the oldest public universities in the United States with histories that date back to the 1700s, such as the University of Georgia in Athens and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Some of the schools on this list are flagship universities\u2014often the <\/strong>largest and typically the oldest schools in a given state\u2014including the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the University of Florida; and the University of Maryland, College Park. But California alone has seven schools on this top 25 list.<\/p>\n

Each school on this list offers an expanse of undergraduate majors. At Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, students can major in nuclear engineering. North Carolina State University in Raleigh offers a paper engineering major, and UC Berkeley undergraduates can major in environmental design.<\/p>\n

Explore the gallery below to learn more about America\u2019s best public colleges.<\/p>\n

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The University of California, Berkeley is the No. 1 ranked public school on the Forbes 2023 America\u2019… [+]The University of California, Berkeley is the No. 1 ranked public school on the Forbes 2023 America\u2019s Top Colleges list. Outside of California, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the University of Florida and the University of Washington, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance"},"yoast_head":"\nForbes\u2019 Top 25 Public Colleges | Prosfunds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of California, Berkeley is the No. 1 ranked public school on the Forbes 2023 America\u2019... 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