(Durham, NC)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks as the No. 1 value in American public higher education because it offers students “stellar academics” at a bargain price, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. … The universities of Florida, Virginia and the College of William and Mary ranked second, third and fourth, followed by the University of Maryland at College Park (fifth), New College of Florida (seventh) and the universities of California at Los Angeles (sixth), Berkeley (eighth) and San Diego (10th). The State University of New York at Genesco ranked ninth for in-state value and first for out-of-state value.