Top 100 public universities in the US Based on WSJ/THE US College Rank 2018 |
Rank | University | City | State |
1 | University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California |
2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | Michigan |
3 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | North Carolina |
4 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | California |
5 | Purdue University | West Lafayette | Indiana |
6 | University of California, Davis | Davis | California |
7 | University of California, San Diego | La Jolla | California |
8 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Illinois |
9 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta | Georgia |
10= | University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Texas |
10= | University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia |
12 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Florida |
13 | Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio |
14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison | Wisconsin |
15 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
16 | Michigan State University | East Lansing | Michigan |
17 | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park | Maryland |
18 | University of Washington-Seattle | Seattle | Washington |
19 | Texas A&M University-College Station | College Station | Texas |
20 | University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | California |
21 | William & Mary | Williamsburg | Virginia |
22 | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Connecticut |
23 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago | Illinois |
24 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo | New York |
25 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Minneapolis | Minneapolis |
26 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg | Virginia |
27 | Pennsylvania State University | University Park | Pennsylvania |
28 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Raleigh | North Carolina |
29 | Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington | Indiana |
30 | University of California, Irvine | Irvine | California |
31 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Arizona |
32 | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa |
33= | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Brunswick | New Jersey |
33= | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | New York |
35 | University of Delaware | Newark | Delware |
36= | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Massachusetts |
36= | Michigan Technological University | Houghton | Michigan |
38 | Temple University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
39 | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder | Colorado |
40 | University of Arizona | Tucson | Arizona |
41 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla | Missouri |
42 | Clemson University | Clemson | South Carolina |
43 | Colorado School of Mines | Golden | Colorado |
44 | Virginia Military Institute | Lexington | Virginia |
45 | SUNY Binghamton University | Vestal | New York |
46 | Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | New Jersey |
47 | St Mary's College of Maryland | St. Mary's City | Maryland |
48= | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | California |
48= | Washington State University | Pullman | Washington |
49 | The College of New Jersey | Ewing | New Jersey |
50 | University of Colorado Denver | Denver | Colorado |
51 | University of Vermont | Burlington | Vermont |
52= | Florida State University | Tallahassee | Florida |
52= | University of Oklahoma | Norman | Oklahoma |
54 | SUNY University at Albany | Albany | New York |
55 | University of Georgia | Athens | Georgia |
56 | University of Kansas | Lawrence | Kansas |
57= | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama |
57= | University of South Carolina-Columbia | Columbia | South Carolina |
59 | CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College | New York | New York |
60= | CUNY City College of New York | New York | New York |
60= | University of California, Riverside | Riverside | California |
62 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Virginia |
63= | University of California, Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | California |
63= | University of Oregon | Eugene | Oregon |
65 | Rutgers University-Camden | Camden | New Jersey |
66 | Iowa State University | Ames | Iowa |
67 | Wayne State University | Detroit | Michigan |
68= | Auburn University | Auburn | Alabama |
68= | CUNY Hunter College | New York | New York |
68= | Oregon State University | Corvallis | Oregon |
71= | Miami University | Oxford | Ohio |
71= | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Knoxville | Tennessee |
71= | University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah |
71= | University of Washington-Tacoma | Tacoma | Washington |
75= | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Fort Collins | Colorado |
75= | University of Hawai'i at Manoa | Honolulu | Hawaii |
77 | Rowan University | Glassboro | New Jersey |
78= | University of Cincinnati-Uptown | Cincinnati | Ohio |
78= | University of Mississippi | University | Mississippi |
80= | University of Missouri-Columbia | Columbia | Missouri |
80= | University of Nevada, Reno | Reno | Nevada |
80= | CUNY Brooklyn College | Brooklyn | New York |
80= | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Carbondale | Illinois |
84 | University of Washington-Bothell | Bothell | Washington |
85 | Kansas State University | Manhattan | Kansas |
86 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Baltimore | Maryland |
87 | University of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky |
88 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Syracuse | New York |
89 | CUNY Queens College | Queens | New York |
90= | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark | New Jersey |
90= | University of Wyoming | Laramie | Wyoming |
92= | California State University Maritime Academy | Vallejo | California |
92= | The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina |
92= | San Diego State University | San Diego | California |
92= | West Virginia University | Morgantown | West Virginia |
96 | University of Houston | Houston | Texas |
97 | Illinois State University | Normal | Illinois |
98 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | Kansas City | Missouri |
99= | University of Louisville | Louisville | Kentucky |
99= | University of Michigan-Dearborn | Dearborn | Michigan |
99= | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | Virginia |