UW a great value in public education, survey says

Bill Novak:

If Wisconsin students and parents are looking for one of the best values in the country in higher education, stay at home.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance has ranked UW-Madison 13th in its list of the 100 best values in public colleges, the second year in a row the state's flagship university has been ranked in that spot.

The survey tapped North Carolina as the best value in public education for the 12th year in a row, or since the survey started.

The publication looked at data from close to 600 public four-year colleges and universities to come up with the survey results, based on criteria such as admission rates, percentage of student returning to school as sophomores, student-faculty ratios, tuition, financial aid and low average debt at graduation.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 5, 2013 1:20 AM
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