《美國城市商報》(American City Business Journals)旗下著名網站“The Business Journals”於前幾天發佈了最新的美國公立大學排名Top 100。排在前5名的分別為密歇根大學、北卡羅萊納州大學、弗吉尼亞大學、威廉與瑪麗學院以及加州大學伯克利分校。該榜單參合了兩種官方機構的調查數據及其他4個機構的大學排名，在高等教育成本上升的時代，是一份重要參照。
最新“公立常春藤”揭榜
據“The Business Journals”報導，資深招生官員理查德‧莫爾(Richard Moll)曾任職於多所公立和私立大學，包括私立的耶魯大學在內，他覺得不少公立大學是以“在公立學校的價格提供常春藤盟校的教育”，但很多人並不清楚這一點。莫爾將這些一流的公立大學名之為“公立常春藤”(Public Ivies)，並在1985年出版了一本專著，點到了包括密歇根大學(University of Michigan)在內的8所學校。
30年過去，據《美國城市商報》(下簡稱《商報》)對全美484所公立大學的最新統計分析，密歇根大學仍然是領頭羊，第2至5名分別為：北卡羅萊納州大學、弗吉尼亞大學、威廉與瑪麗學院以及加州大學伯克利分校。按莫爾書中的標準，這些學校都稱得上是“公立常春藤”。
《商報》依據的是美國國家教育統計中心和美國人口普查局的社區調查數據，也綜合參照了四種國家級出版物的大學排名，包括《福布斯》(Forbes)雜誌、《基普林格》(Kiplinger's)、《美國新聞與世界報導》(U.S. News and World Report)和《華盛頓月刊》(Washington Monthly)。
美國最佳公立大學Top 100：
ersity of Michigan 密歇根大學
2. University of North Carolina 北卡羅萊納大學
3. University of Virginia 弗吉尼亞大學
4. College of William and Mary 威廉與瑪麗學院
5. University of California-Berkeley 加州大學伯克利分校
6. University of California-Los Angeles 加州洛杉磯大學
7. University of Florida 佛羅里達大學
8. University of Maryland 馬里蘭大學
9. University of Washington 華盛頓大學
10. University of Wisconsin 威斯康星大學
11. University of Illinois 伊利諾伊大學
12. University of Texas 得克薩斯大學
13. Georgia Institute of Technology 佐治亞理工學院
14. University of California-San Diego 加州大學聖地亞哥分校
15. Ohio State University 俄亥俄州立大學
16. University of Georgia 喬治亞大學
17. University of Minnesota 明尼蘇達大學
18. Binghamton University 賓厄姆頓大學
19. University of Connecticut 康涅狄格大學
20. Texas A&M University得克薩斯州農工大學
21. University of California-Santa Barbara (California)
22. Indiana University (Indiana)
23. North Carolina State University (North Carolina)
24. Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia)
25. University of California-Irvine (California)
26. Pennsylvania State University (Pennsylvania)
27. University of Delaware (Delaware)
28. Purdue University (Indiana)
29. University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
30. Rutgers University (New Jersey)
31. Florida State University (Florida)
32. Stony Brook University (New York)
33. Clemson University (South Carolina)
34. University of California-Davis (California)
35. SUNY Geneseo (New York)
36. College of New Jersey (New Jersey)
37. Michigan State University (Michigan)
38. University of Iowa (Iowa)
39. James Madison University (Virginia)
40. Truman State University (Missouri)
41. Miami University (Ohio) (Ohio)
42. University of Vermont (Vermont)
43. University of South Carolina (South Carolina)
44. Iowa State University (Iowa)
45. University of Missouri (Missouri)
46. University of Texas at Dallas (Texas)
47. University at Buffalo (New York)
48. University of Massachusetts (Massachusetts)
49. University of North Carolina at Wilmington (North Carolina)
50. New College of Florida (Florida)
51. Baruch College (New York)
52. Auburn University (Alabama)
53. Colorado School of Mines (Colorado)
54. University of Utah (Utah)
55. University of Colorado (Colorado)
56. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (California)
57. University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
58. University of Alabama (Alabama)
59. University of Arkansas (Arkansas)
60. San Diego State University (California)
61. University of California-Santa Cruz (California)
62. George Mason University (Virginia)
63. University of South Florida (Florida)
64. University at Albany (New York)
65. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (New York)
66. Appalachian State University (North Carolina)
67. University of Mary Washington (Virginia)
68. University of New Hampshire (New Hampshire)
69. St. Mary's College of Maryland (Maryland)
70. Arizona State University (Arizona)
71. Louisiana State University (Louisiana)
72. SUNY New Paltz (New York)
73. University of Nebraska (Nebraska)
74. University of Kansas (Kansas)
75. Hunter College (New York)
76. University of Oregon (Oregon)
77. University of Mississippi (Mississippi)
78. University of Maryland Baltimore County (Maryland)
79. University of Arizona (Arizona)
80. College of Charleston (South Carolina)
81. Colorado State University (Colorado)
82. University of Minnesota-Morris (Minnesota)
83. University of Central Florida (Florida)
84. University of Tennessee (Tennessee)
85. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Wisconsin)
86. Ramapo College of New Jersey (New Jersey)
87. Virginia Military Institute (Virginia)
88. University of California-Riverside (California)
89. Citadel Military College of South Carolina (South Carolina)
90. Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma)
91. University of North Carolina at Asheville (North Carolina)
92. Queens College (New York)
93. Oregon State University (Oregon)
94. Mississippi State University (Mississippi)
95. SUNY Oneonta (New York)
96. City College of New York (New York)
97. Purchase College (New York)
98. University of Wyoming (Wyoming)
99. Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri)
100. Towson University (Maryland)