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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2619970, member: 7631"] In much of the country, the top colleges are the public colleges and universities. The Northeast had a long tradition of higher education before there was ever such a thing as a public university. I'm not sure I could name a top private college in some of the states whose public colleges are in this list. That said, every time these US News rankings come out, I am left shaking my head. It is certainly possible to game the system. I don't think huge public universities do this, but the criteria obviously favor some schools of lesser quality over those of greater quality. [/QUOTE]