由 US News & World Report 評估的全美最好的大學前20名都是私立學校,然而最好的5所公立大學:加大柏克萊、維吉尼亞、加大洛杉磯、密西根大學、北卡大學,才分別排名後麵的第21、23、25、26、30名,令人感到不可思議!
這也難怪,有很多人對此排行榜表示不服。
不過他們也將最好的公立大學另外加以排名,提供給對公立大學有偏好的高中生更容易選擇,多少也彌補了其中的缺陷。 以下就是 US News & World Report 所列出,2008~2009年最好的公立大學之排名:
排名 | 大學 | 所在地 |
1 | Berkeley, CA | |
2 | Charlottesville, VA | |
3 | Los Angeles, CA | |
4 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
5 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
6 | Williamsburg, VA | |
7 | Atlanta, GA | |
7 | Madison, WI | |
7 | La Jolla, CA | |
10 | Champaign, IL | |
11 | Seattle, WA | |
12 | Davis, CA | |
12 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
12 | Irvine, CA | |
15 | Austin, TX | |
15 | University Park, PA | |
17 | Gainesville, FL | |
18 | College Park, MD | |
19 | Columbus, OH | |
20 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
20 | Athens, GA | |
22 | Minneapolis, MN | |
22 | Clemson, SC | |
24 | College Station, TX | |
24 | Piscataway, NJ | |
26 | Oxford, OH | |
26 | West Lafayette, IN | |
26 | Iowa City, IA | |
26 | Storrs, CT | |
30 | Blacksburg, VA | |
30 | East Lansing, MI | |
30 | Newark, DE | |
30 | Bloomington, IN | |
34 | Boulder, CO | |
34 | Binghamton, NY | |
36 | Golden, CO | |
37 | Raleigh, NC | |
37 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
37 | Syracuse, NY | |
40 | Ames, IA | |
40 | Lawrence, KS | |
40 | Lincoln, NE | |
40 | Riverside, CA | |
40 | Burlington, VT | |
45 | Tucson, AZ | |
45 | Auburn University, AL | |
45 | Stony Brook, NY | |
45 | Columbia, MO | |
45 | Santa Cruz, CA | |
50 | Amherst, MA | |
50 | Tallahassee, FL | |
52 | Knoxville, TN | |
52 | Norman, OK | |
52 | Columbia, SC | |
52 | Eugene, OR | |
56 | Durham, NH | |
57 | Pullman, WA | |
57 | Lexington, KY | |
57 | Athens, OH | |
60 | Tempe, AZ | |
60 | Buffalo, NY | |
60 | Houghton, MI | |
63 | Fort Collins, CO | |
63 | Fayetteville, AR | |
65 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
65 | Newark, NJ | |
67 | Manhattan, KS | |
67 | Baton Rouge, LA |