Forbes' Top 20 List of America's Best Value Colleges and Universities

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1. Brigham Young University—Provo (Provo, UT): Private research university
2. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ): Private research university

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3. University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA): Public research university
4. University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Public research university
5. University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA): Public research university
6. Stanford University (Stanford, CA): Private research university
7. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): Private research university
8. Amherst College (Amherst, MA): Private liberal arts college
9. Baruch College, CUNY (New York, NY): Public comprehensive college
10. University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA): Public research university
11. University of California, Davis (Davis, CA): Public research university
12. University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA): Public research university
13. University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA): Public research university
14. Pomona College (Claremont, CA): Private liberal arts college
15. Yale University (New Haven, CT): Private research university
16. Duke University (Durham, NC): Private research university

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17. Williams College (Williamstown, MA): Private liberal arts college
18. Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH): Private research college
19. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC): Public research university
20. University of Florida (Gainesville, FL): Public research university

Source: Forbes' Best Value Colleges (Shared with permission)

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