Best Colleges 2024

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Best Public Colleges

These nationally competitive public colleges provide an excellent value for students in their home states. All score in the top third of our 2024-2025 rating.

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College Name
Acceptance Rate
Est. Full Price 2023-24
Est. Price with Average Grant
Graduation Rate
42% $31,100 $20,700 80%
30% $31,100 $20,300 84%
55% $29,200 $13,200 75%
96% $28,200 $18,600 67%
87% $27,400 $8,000 59%
90% $29,200 $14,300 69%
95% $27,800 $16,400 72%
89% $28,700 $5,400 66%
96% $29,100 $12,100 67%
95% $23,800 $7,900 67%
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67% $28,900 $8,400 78%
40% $27,200 $9,900 81%
87% $31,900 $6,100 68%
92% $28,900 $12,100 71%
91% $24,600 $9,400 66%
93% $29,900 $12,300 66%
91% $26,700 $9,300 70%
95% $26,500 $11,100 66%
97% $24,600 $8,000 69%
99% $33,200 $23,100 72%
58% $41,100 $31,100 85%
50% $34,400 $5,300 72%
67% $32,900 $5,500 60%
48% $26,500 $5,100 57%
51% $33,900 $5,300 59%
55% $33,900 $5,300 61%
64% $25,900 $10,400 72%
25% $24,700 $14,800 84%
90% $32,500 $19,500 75%
17% $29,200 $18,400 90%
86% $33,700 $21,700 71%
82% $28,500 $17,200 80%
90% $24,400 $16,200 73%
78% $31,700 $19,300 83%
58% $31,500 $21,100 73%
89% $32,100 $22,900 83%
82% $35,400 $20,500 63%
88% $32,200 $24,100 82%
94% $34,600 $19,300 72%
81% $26,900 $14,800 68%
66% $41,800 $18,800 83%
47% $26,800 $15,700 82%
93% $28,500 $18,300 57%
53% $22,900 $13,300 80%
70% $36,100 $17,200 73%
66% $37,200 $18,500 82%
39% $33,400 $13,800 81%
94% $30,300 $14,000 66%
77% $32,100 $15,000 73%
94% $28,400 $16,400 67%
77% $33,100 $21,900 73%
49% $31,700 $18,200 76%
92% $25,300 $13,000 62%
80% $30,000 $20,800 71%
73% $28,600 $19,200 76%
63% $33,500 $21,500 83%
64% $39,400 $23,500 86%
31% $31,400 $18,400 84%
85% $32,300 $14,300 71%
88% $24,200 $8,600 51%
79% $29,900 $15,300 74%
11% $44,700 $20,400 93%
37% $40,100 $18,400 88%
21% $38,800 $14,800 86%
9% $38,400 $18,000 92%
89% $40,400 $14,300 70%
69% $38,700 $15,300 80%
24% $38,500 $17,000 89%
26% $39,400 $17,800 85%
47% $40,200 $19,000 79%
41% $25,000 $13,900 74%
55% $38,500 $25,400 82%
74% $33,700 $19,100 79%
23% $22,700 $12,400 88%
43% $28,600 $18,200 86%
79% $37,300 $11,000 70%
82% $27,500 $12,400 61%
45% $33,400 $15,400 87%
45% $30,800 $17,100 84%
64% $34,800 $23,600 81%
18% $34,900 $20,400 93%
75% $32,300 $16,900 83%
17% $26,200 $11,200 90%
32% $27,300 $11,900 73%
44% $25,600 $11,600 75%
89% $27,700 $13,100 62%
19% $39,600 $20,600 94%
48% $33,400 $11,200 83%
49% $29,100 $14,100 88%
86% $22,800 $16,400 60%
71% $35,100 $19,200 85%
57% $33,600 $20,400 85%
83% $30,900 $18,900 64%
34% $42,700 $27,200 91%
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Notes: Students who get merit grants are full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and were awarded grants. Graduation rate measures degree completion within six years for both transfer students and first-time students. Early career earnings are the median earnings for both graduates and non-completers, 10 years after they first enrolled.


Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson’s, Money/Witlytic calculations.

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