Kiplinger has ranked the top schools since 1998.  The current rankings can be found at

www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges.

Selected from a pool of more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities, schools in the Kiplinger 100 were ranked according to academic quality, including admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and four- and six-year graduation rates, as well as cost and financial aid.