The top ranked public schools are:
23 Michigan
26 UCLA
33 UNC-Chapel Hill
34 UCal-Berkeley
38 UC-Davis
39 UC-San Diego
43 Illinois
45 Univ. of Washington--Seattle
47 Purdue University
51 Univ. of Virginia
56 Univ. of Florida
61 Univ. of Texas--Austin
65 Wisconsin--Madison
71 Georgia Tech
73 College of William & Mary
74 UC-Santa Barbara
77 Maryland
80 UC-Irvine
82 Michigan State
83 Texas A&M
83 US Naval Academy at Annapolis
89 Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
91 Univ. of Minnesota
97 Univ. of Pittsburgh
100 Ohio State University
104 UConn
104 Indiana University
109 Penn State--UP
109 Virginia Tech
112 NC State
121 Univ. at Buffalo (SUNY)
124 Stony Brook Univ. (SUNY)
133 Univ. of Utah
135 Univ. of Arizona
149 Univ. of Georgia
151 Univ. of Delaware
151 UMass--Amherst
151 VMI (Virginia Military Institute)
158 SUNY--Binghamton
162 Univ. of Iowa
173 Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
175 Temple University
178 George Mason University
183 Colorado School of Mines
187 Florida State University
189 Clemson University
192 UC-Riverside
193 New Jersey institute of technology
193 SUNY--Albany
196 Arizona State University--Tempe (ASU)
198 Univ. of Colorado at Denver
Honors Colleges and Honors Programs at large public universities deserve a ranking of their own as an imbalance of resources are invested in honors colleges and programs and outcomes are often significantly superior for students in public honors colleges and honors programs.