These 25 public schools, eight in California, give the private elites a run for their money. Their students have strong academic outcomes, high salaries and less debt.
As public universities brace for the impact of slashed research funding and future enrollment declines, they’re still doing the bulk of the work of educating America’s students, and doing it at a lower price than their private counterparts. Last spring, 5.3 million students were studying for their bachelor’s degrees at four-year public colleges, more than twice the 2.4 million studying for a bachelor’s at private, nonprofit colleges, the National Student Clearinghouse Research…
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