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Noting that students who attend the public colleges and universities on its “America’s Top Colleges” list, released in August, spend nearly $30,000 less annually than those who attend private institutions, Forbes magazine issued a separate ranking of public universities. The University of Virginia ranked No. 5, behind the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the U.S. Naval Academy; and the U.S. Military Academy.
Forbes wrote: “Although public colleges do not dominate the Forbes America’s Top Colleges List – only a quarter of schools in the top 100 are public and less than half of the overall list is made of public institutions – public schools provide some of the most accessible and high-quality education in the country.” Read more.