American higher education has the highest prestige in the world. Most of this prestige is shared by the most expensive - private - universities. Among them are 8 Ivy League universities, the main universities in the country, whose graduates are hunted by recruitment agencies and representatives of large companies.
Public universities (state universities) do not receive such attention, but their diplomas are also in demand in both the domestic and foreign labor markets.
The United States has high standards of higher education, which is well known throughout the world. And getting an education at a state university (state university) will cost even a foreigner 2-3 times cheaper than in one of the members of the Ivy League.
Another expense item for a student is living in the United States. You can also save on this: renting an apartment in Texas is 3 times cheaper than in New York. The country is large, and you can choose a climate zone according to your own taste: eternal summer, beaches or coolness for those who cannot stand the heat.
Not all US public universities accept international students, but many also offer student assistance programs for foreigners. State universities offer a myriad of programs - often more than private universities. Each university has its own strength: for example, the University of South Florida is recommended to study in the specialty "Hospitality".
The ranking of the best US universities by state shows that the choice of university to study in America is much more than it seems.
Best universities in USA by state rankings 2024
| Alabama | University of Alabama, Auburn University |
| Alaska | - |
| Arizona | Arizona State University, The University of Arizona |
| Arkansas | University of Arkansas |
| California | Stanford University, Caltech, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, University of California Davis, University of Southern California, UCSB, University of California Irvine, University of California Santa Cruz, University of California Riverside, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, University of the Pacific |
| Colorado | University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado State University, University of Denver |
| Connecticut | Yale University, University of Connecticut |
| Delaware | University of Delaware |
| Florida | University of Florida, University of Miami, Florida State University, University of South Florida, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Miami University |
| Georgia | Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University |
| Hawaii | University of Hawai'i at Mañoa |
| Idaho | - |
| Illinois | University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UIC, Illinois Institute of Technology, Loyola University Chicago |
| Indiana | Purdue University, University of Notre Dame, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianopolis |
| Iowa | University of Iowa, Iowa State University |
| Kansas | University of Kansas, Kansas State University |
| Kentucky | University of Kentucky |
| Louisiana | Tulane University, Louisiana State University |
| Maine | - |
| Maryland | Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| Massachusetts | MIT, Harvard University, Boston University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northeastern University, Boston College, Brandeis University, Clark University, University of Massachusetts Boston, Smith College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Michigan | University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Michigan Technological University |
| Minnesota | University of Minnesota |
| Mississippi | University of Mississippi |
| Missouri | Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Montana | University of Montana Missoula |
| Nebraska | University of Nebraska |
| Nevada | - |
| New Hampshire | Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire |
| New Jersey | Princeton University, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Rutgers University - Newark, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| New Mexico | University of New Mexico |
| New York | Cornell University, Columbia University, NYU, University of Rochester, University at Buffalo SUNY, Stony Brook University, The Katz School at Yeshiva University, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, New School University, Syracuse University, City University of New York, Clarkson University, University at Albany SUNY, Binghamton University SUNY, Fordham University |
| North Carolina | Duke University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Wake Forest University |
| North Dakota | - |
| Ohio | Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, Kent State University, Ohio University |
| Oklahoma | University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma State University |
| Oregon | Oregon State University, University of Oregon |
| Pennsylvania | University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, Lehigh University, Drexel University, Temple University |
| Rhode Island | Brown University |
| South Carolina | University of South Carolina at Columbia, Clemson University |
| South Dakota | - |
| Tennessee | Vanderbilt University, The University of Tennessee |
| Texas | University of Texas at Austin, Rice University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas Dallas, University of Houston, Southern Methodist University, Baylor University, Texas Tech University |
| Utah | University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Utah State University |
| Vermont | University of Vermont |
| Virginia | University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, College of William & Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University |
| Washington | University of Washington, Washington State University |
| Washington D.C. | Georgetown University, George Washington University, Howard University, American University |
| West Virginia | - |
| Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquette University |
| Wyoming | University of Wyoming |
