Best Value Colleges 2026
Top public universities offering the best combination of academic quality and accessibility.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · Public
1492
46% win
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
1651
80% win
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
1539
57% win
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA · Public
1557
63% win
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL · Public
1528
55% win
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH · Public
1438
25% win
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA · Public
1352
20% win
University of Washington
Seattle, WA · Public
1504
50% win
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ · Public
1470
45% win
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH · Public
1474
44% win
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · Public
1587
73% win
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · Public
1564
64% win
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO · Public
1431
25% win
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN · Public
1546
56% win
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA · Public
1469
40% win
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK · Public
1410
0% win
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA · Public
1384
24% win
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA · Public
1507
55% win
University of Montana
Missoula, MT · Public
1511
50% win
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN · Public
1619
76% win
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · Public
1594
64% win
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV · Public
1455
29% win
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA · Public
1486
44% win
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA · Public
1552
62% win
Iowa State University
Ames, IA · Public
1537
67% win