College? Affordable? Top Academic Colleges For The Price

In this day of extremely inflated educational costs, parents are always looking for the best value for their dollars. As education is seen as the best way to expand life’s opportunity, academic excellence is important. Here is a list, from the International Business Times of the top universities that promise value for your buck.

See a sample of the Consumers Digest rankings below. The full list is available here.

Best values at public colleges and universities:

1. Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri
2. California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California
3. University of Minnesota-Morris in Morris, Minnesota
4. University of Tennessee-Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee
5. Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York

Best values at private colleges and universities:

1. Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey
2. Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
3. University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana
5. Stanford University in Palo Alto, California

Best values at private liberal arts colleges:

1. Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts
2. Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts
3. Pomona College in Claremont, California
4. Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts
5. Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania

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