Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges For 2025

The University of Virginia had the second-highest ROI for public schools on the Princeton Review list, and its McIntire School of Commerce tied for fourth among business schools on P&Q’s ranking.

50 Best Value Public Colleges

Eighteen colleges and universities on Princeton’s list of the top 50 public institutions for ROI have business schools ranked by P&Q. That includes 12 of the top 20 – all with undergraduate business programs ranked in the top 50 by P&Q.

Princeton Review Best Value Public Colleges
Value Rank	University	Location (City/State)	Full-Time Enrollment	P&Q Ranked B-School	2025 P&Q Rank
1	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA	20592	Scheller College of Business	15
2	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	17901	McIntire School of Commerce	4
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	21075	Kenan-Flagler Business School	9
4	University of California—Irvine	Irvine, CA	30204
5	University of California—Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	33104
6	University of California—San Diego	La Jolla, CA	34955
7	University of Michigan—Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	34454	Ross School of Business	11
8	University of Washington	Seattle, WA	40754	Foster School of Business	32
9	North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC	28422
10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	35564	Gies College of Business	19
11	William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	7055	Mason School of Business	20
12	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	31514	Terry College of Business	33
13	University of California—Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	23181
14	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	43165
15	University of California—Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	33471
16	SUNY Binghamton University	Binghamton, NY	14408	School of Management	31
17	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, WI	39083	School of Business	22
18	Texas A&M University—College Station	College Station, TX	60710	Mays Business School	50
19	CUNY Baruch College	New York, NY	16496
20	Purdue University—West Lafayette	West Lafayette, IN	39170	Daniels School of Business	36
21	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla, MO	5510
22	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	32711
23	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL
24	New College of Florida	Sarasota, FL	852
25	University of California—Davis	Davis, CA	31162
26	California State University—Long Beach	Long Beach, CA
27	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, MA	23920	Isenberg School of Management	41
28	Stony Brook University (SUNY)	Stony Brook, NY	18263
29	University at Buffalo (SUNY)	Buffalo, NY
30	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, NJ	10200
31	Truman State University	Kirksville, MO	3265
32	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Baltimore, MD	10767
33	The Ohio State University–Columbus	Columbus, OH	46815
34	Michigan Technological University	Houghton, MI	6022
35	University of Minnesota—Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN	41303	Carlson School of Management	23
36	University of California—Riverside	Riverside, CA	22599
37	University of Colorado—Boulder	Boulder, CO	33384
38	Miami University	Oxford, OH	16816	Farmer School of Business	45
39	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	26827
40	Florida International University	Miami, FL	44903	College of Business	88
41	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	23401
42	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	31035
43	The University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson, TX	21858	Jindal School of Management	70
44	University of Houston	Houston, TX	39257	Bauer College of Business	40
45	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL	59649
46	City University of New York—Hunter College	New York, NY	18758
47	St. Mary’s College of Maryland	St. Mary’s City, MD	1632
48	Washington State University	Pullman, WA	21455
49	James Madison University	Harrisonburg, VA	21008
50	University of California—Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	17940

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