The long-feared college enrollment cliff—a product of the decline in U.S. births that began in 2008—is finally arriving. Yet many of America’s top public universities face a different challenge: The number of students who want to attend them is rising.
Last spring, undergraduate enrollment at four-year public colleges was up 1.5% from a year earlier, to 5.4 million, while undergraduate enrollment at private not-for-profit colleges was a hair down at 2.4 million. Total applications to public colleges are also growing faster.
It’s no mystery why. Over the past decade, adjusted for inflation, in-state tuition at four-year public universities has declined by 7%, compared to a 2% increase at private non-profit ones, according to the College Board. It calculates that tuition and fees for four-year public colleges last year averaged $11,950 for in-state students and $31,880 for those coming from out of state, versus $45,000 at private nonprofit colleges. (Keep in mind, those are list prices, which is why certain elite private colleges offering generous financial aid can end up being cheaper for middle-class students than out-of-state public schools.)
Yet despite strong demand, it’s a fraught time for the nation’s public colleges. Universities, both public and private, are navigating uncertainty over billions in federal research funding as the Trump Administration has aggressively targeted some individual schools, while aiming to make all grants subject to ideological litmus tests and decisions by political appointees. It’s also attempting to cut overall funding, as well as the overhead paid to universities with federal grants. This is a big deal for top state universities. In fiscal 2024, private Johns Hopkins University was the top recipient of federal research funding, but the next four institutions were state schools on our list: the Georgia Institute of Technology; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the University of California, San Diego; and the University of Washington, Seattle.
More problems: The Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant policies are scaring away foreign students. And all colleges face growing pressure to demonstrate that their degrees will lead to well-paying careers in the age of artificial intelligence.
Plus, some public universities face additional challenges as their states’ politicians assert control over everything from curriculum, to tenure, to diversity, equity and inclusion and admission policies. According to PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for free speech, since 2021, 23 states have adopted laws censoring what can be said at state colleges, with a record 15 states doing so in 2025. As of mid-2026, 28 states had imposed restrictions on DEI programs in public higher education. Florida now requires annual approval of general-education offerings. Just this month, responding to a new state law, regents of the Texas A&M University System voted to exclude hundreds of classes—covering such subjects as women writers, LGBTQ literature, gender and health, and climate change–from counting as “core” courses for graduation at the 11 colleges in its system.
Then there’s the out-of-state admissions backlash. As the appeal of top state universities has grown, so have applications from academically strong out-of-staters. Tempted by the higher tuition they can extract from out-of-staters, state schools started accepting more of them. That’s led taxpayers and their representatives to demand limits on those admissions.
In 2022, the University of California system agreed to begin reducing nonresident enrollment at UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego, which rank No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 on Forbes’ Top 25 Public Colleges list. As part of that deal, California agreed to pay those top three state universities tens of millions of dollars extra a year to make up for the tuition dollars lost by admitting fewer out-of-staters. (Every University of California school imposes a hefty $39,270 annual tuition surcharge on out-of-state students.) One smart way the UC system has expanded access for in-state residents is by admitting more transfer students from California’s more affordable community colleges; for this fall, 67% of first-year admits to the nine UC schools were in-state, while 90% of transfer students admitted were California residents.
For out-of-state students, and for residents in some states, admission to top public colleges is becoming more competitive. But in some cases, state schools have expanded enrollment to meet the growing demand, particularly from state residents. For example, since 2019, No. 5 Georgia Tech has steadily increased undergraduate enrollment, allowing it to keep the in-state admit rate for this year’s freshman class at 28%, more than triple the 9% out-of-state rate.
While a majority of Forbes’ Top 25 Public Colleges are pricier than the average state school, there are some real bargains. Purdue University in Indiana has frozen in-state tuition at just under $10,000 for 14 consecutive years. And the University of Florida currently charges state residents only $6,440 per year. The admirable result: Just 10% of in-state undergrads take out federal student loans.
Geographically, this list is somewhat concentrated: Six states represent 17 schools on this list, with seven schools from California and two each from Virginia, Texas, New York, North Carolina and Florida. But excellence is widely spread. The University of Michigan, the long-time midwestern leader, comes in third, and rising Georgia Tech is now the top state school in the south, ranking fifth.
The following rankings are based on Forbes’ America’s Top 500 Colleges list, which focuses on educational and career outcomes, as measured by 14 metrics, including graduation rates, student debt and alumni salary and achievements. You can read more about our methodology here and see the full 2027 list here. Tuition and fees are for the 2026-2027 school year.
In-state tuition and fees: $18,214
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $57,484
UC Berkeley, No. 9 on Forbes’ overall Top 500 list, is an academic and research powerhouse. Last year, one faculty member won a Nobel Prize in chemistry and an emeritus prof shared one in physics. It’s not just academics. For the fourth year in a row, PitchBook just ranked Berkeley first in the world for the number of undergraduate alumni who go on to found venture-capital backed companies, with Stanford, Harvard, Cornell and MIT rounding out the top five. Berkeley isn’t cheap. For California residents, the cost of attendance, after a meal plan, campus housing and student health insurance are figured in, is $54,674, but the school says 38% of in-state students pay nothing for tuition and two-thirds get some aid. For out-of-staters, the total tab (not counting travel) comes to around $94,000. Since they generally aren’t eligible for California or school need-based aid, middle-class and low-income out-of-staters could find a similarly elite private school much cheaper. First-year admissions are highly competitive, with 12% of California applicants and 10% of those from other states admitted for the 2026-2027 year.
In-state tuition and fees: $16,430
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $55,700
UCLA just beat its own record as the most applied-to school in the nation, receiving 177,317 applications for first-year and transfer admission for fall 2026. Just 10% of California first-year applicants and 15% from other states were admitted, but 25% of transfer applicants from California’s community colleges were accepted. Students are drawn to not only the school’s academic credentials, but also its lush campus and its location, just minutes from Hollywood and the Pacific Ocean. UCLA is still recovering from the Trump Administration’s attempt last year—now blocked by the courts—to suspend $584 million of its federal research grants. The school has a notable commitment to sustainability and climate innovation, with initiatives like the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and its Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. It has also launched a new $125 million semiconductor hub, partnering with tech giants like Meta and Broadcom to focus on research and workforce development in artificial intelligence-powered chip technologies.
In-state tuition and fees: $18,346
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $63,962
Michigan’s flagship university is both a research and a college athletics powerhouse, with a loyal army of Wolverine fans. In fiscal 2024, it was the third largest recipient of federal research funding. Michigan has been on Forbes’ New Ivies list of 20 schools employers love for all three years we’ve published it. Over the past five years, applications have risen 29%, with a record 115,125 students applying for fall 2026 admission. While the school hasn’t yet released final stats for 2026, last year it admitted 17.5% of applicants. This year it introduced a new early decision option which requires students to commit to attend the school if accepted. The school doesn’t disclose separate application and admission statistics for in-state and out-of-state residents, but about half the students at U-M are from outside Michigan—a relatively high percentage for a state school. (The school has committed to meeting the full financial aid needs of state residents and in the face of declining state support, has tapped more out-of-staters for the tuition revenue.) The school’s “Look to Michigan” strategic plan includes a $7 billion fundraising target—the largest known public university campaign goal.
In-state tuition and fees: $21,519
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $60,789
UC San Diego, located in the seaside town of La Jolla, is home to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a global research engine; the school received more federal research funds in fiscal 2024 than any other California university, public or private. It has used funding from Google to conduct research on wildfire tracking and prevention with AI, and last year, working with General Atomics, announced a new Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center. It’s now facing the same pressures as other federal research-heavy universities. In 2025, the university introduced a plan that could raise enrollment by about 24% to 56,000 by 2040. To support its growing student body, the university opened the $428 million Triton Center, a long-awaited centralized campus center. For the fall of 2026, the school received 168,066 applications for first year and transfer admission. It admitted 24% of first-year in-state applicants and 37% of U.S. applicants from out-of-state. But like other UC schools, it favored transfer applicants from California community colleges, taking 51% of them.
In-state tuition and fees: $12,134
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $36,120
Atlanta-based Georgia Tech has been moving steadily up Forbes’ rankings—it’s No. 24 on our new overall list of top 500 schools, up from No. 32 last year. The school has been honored on all three editions of our New Ivies list of 20 great schools employers love, and made our new list of 15 Top Colleges for Launching Your Career. At a time when some new engineering grads are struggling in the job market, Georgia Tech works hard to get grads into high-paying jobs, even harnessing AI to help them perfect some of the soft human skills it now takes to get hired. The school has lured tech companies to Atlanta and promoted both internships and co-ops with potential employers. The school recently received $88 million in state funding for the construction of a new aerospace engineering building. Georgia Tech has expanded its enrollment to keep its in-state admission rate relatively high. For the class entering in 2026, it admitted 28% of Georgia applicants, more than triple the 9% of out-of-staters who made the cut.
In-state tuition and fees: $16,843 (for freshmen)
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $57,432 (for freshmen)
Nestled in Charlottesville, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, UVA was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, who designed it with the idea that students and professors should live together. (A long lawn is framed by a Rotunda and academic and residential buildings.) While UVA has traditionally been known for its law school and undergraduate study in the liberal arts, including political science and English, it has come on strong in STEM majors. It recently expanded its master’s in data science program to include a specialized artificial intelligence track. The school’s six-year graduation rate of 96% is the highest of any school on this list. UVA has seen a surge in applications: 82,118 students applied for the 2026-2027 school year, up 27% from the previous year. Of those, 22% of Virginia applicants, and 10% from out-of-state, were offered admission. UVA has not been immune from the politics roiling the nation’s campuses. It started the 2025-2026 school year with a new president after the previous head resigned, citing pressure from the Trump Administration.
In-state tuition and fees: $16,682
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $39,358
UIUC, located in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, is known in particular for its top-rate engineering and computer science programs, but also offers a broad curriculum. Undergraduates in any major can pursue faculty-mentored research from lab projects to work in the humanities. Admissions rates vary greatly by school. For the class entering in the fall of 2025, it reported a first year admissions rate of 21% at the Grainger College of Engineering and Gies College of Business, 36% at the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and 43% at The College of Education. In addition to investing in AI research, the school is implementing a campuswide AI framework with guidance on responsible use and offers an undergraduate minor in semiconductor engineering. UIUC’s Siebel School of Computing and Data Science has a long list of research centers and partnerships, some with private companies.
In-state tuition and fees: $13,630
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $45,546
Washington state’s flagship university ranked fifth in the nation when it comes to total federal research funding in fiscal 2024 and is a leader in computer science, medical and environmental research. In November of 2025, the university appointed its first Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence charged with guiding the university on the responsible and ethical use of AI across the campus. The school remains committed to Washington residents, who made up 74% of the 2025 incoming class across its three campuses. The school’s three-year average first-year admission rate is 47% for state residents and 39% for out-of-staters, but for sought-after individual majors it is considerably more selective, particularly for non-Washingtonians. UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering reports that only 5% of out-of-state direct-to-major applicants were accepted for the class starting in 2025, compared to 37% of in-state applicants.
In-state tuition and fees: $6,440
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $34,620.
The low tuition for Florida residents at the state’s flagship university means that 90% of in-state students are able to avoid taking out federal loans. UF returned to Forbes‘ New Ivies list this year for turning out employable graduates in fields like business, biological and medical sciences, and engineering—as well as investments in AI research. Through its AI Across the Curriculum initiative, UF embeds AI and data science into its coursework across all disciplines. The school has faced some disruption as a result of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ injection of conservative Republican politics into the state higher education system—most notably, UF went for nearly two years without a permanent president. But that hasn’t stopped the school’s surging popularity; a record 95,986 students applied for the current freshman class, with 20% offered admission. To capitalize on that popularity and as the school puts it, “enhance UF’s competitiveness with its peer flagship and aspirational institutions,” the school is offering a new option for admission for the fall of 2027: early decision, which commits applicants to attend UF if they are accepted. The deadline is Oct. 15th.
In-state tuition and fees: $18,228
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $57,498
UC Davis, located in the heart of California farm country, is a leader in agricultural, veterinary medical and climate research. In May the university celebrated the opening of the new Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation for classes and research. (It’s named for billionaire donors Lynda and Stewart Resnick, the founders of The Wonderful Company.) Davis is also the headquarters for the federal AI Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems. The LEED-certified center fits into a campus consistently named the “greenest campus in the nation” for its zero-waste goals and sustainable agriculture integration. In the 2025-2026 school year, UC Davis brought in $676 million in private donations, a university record. The school received a record 122,271 first-year and transfer applications for the 2026-2027 school year. It admitted 35% of in-state and 71% of out-of-state U.S. first-year applicants, plus 63% of California community college transfer applicants.
In-state tuition and fees: $20,289
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $59,559
UC Irvine is known for its research in a wide range of subjects, but particularly medicine and environmental sciences. It opened the nation’s first all-electric acute-care hospital in December of 2025 and has won the most LEED Platinum awards for eco-friendly new buildings of any campus in the U.S. Undergraduates can undertake faculty-mentored research in any major, including engineering, the humanities and social sciences. The campus, located in Orange County, is just five miles from the ocean. Freshman housing features residences themed after J.R.R. Tolkien’s books, while upper classmen can live in housing based on academic interest. The ANTrepreneur Center offers hands-on training to students interested in launching their own start-ups. In the class of 2026, more than 40% of UC Irvine’s bachelor’s degrees were earned by first generation college students. UC Irvine received 153,025 first-year and transfer applications for fall 2026 admission. It accepted 23% of in-state and 50% of out-of-state U.S. first year applicants and 40% of transfer applicants from California community colleges.
In-state tuition and fees: $17,673
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $56,943
UC Santa Barbara’s oceanfront campus is home to research in physics, engineering, and materials science. The school has eight Nobel Laureates on its faculty, and two physics professors shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics (along with a third emeritus professor from UC Berkeley) for their pioneering work on superconducting quantum circuits. Beyond STEM, the school supports interdisciplinary innovation through specialized programs like the College of Creative Studies, which allows students to conduct original research. Taking advantage of its location, UC Santa Barbara offers an unusual undergraduate major in aquatic biology. Like other UCs, the school is grappling with the financial impact of federal grant freezes and cuts, as well as structural budget problems. The campus, long known as a party school, has recently become known for its anti-ICE protests. After being flat for several years, first-year applications to the school for the fall of 2026 were down 1.5%; the first-year admission rate was 35% for in-state applicants and 64% for out-of-state U.S. applicants. Among transfer applicants, 65% from California community colleges were admitted.
In-state tuition and fees: $10,858 to $13,576
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $42,554 to $51,104
Texas’ flagship state university boasts strong academics and research, winning athletics teams and a sprawling 431-acre campus in a city known for live entertainment, big events (like South by Southwest) and a strong job market. UT-Austin has been on Forbes’ New Ivies list of 20 schools employers love for all three years we’ve published it. Earlier this year, the school announced plans to hire 50 faculty members for a newly created School of Computing. In recent years, UT has been subject to considerable political pressure; for example, there are new limits on how controversial topics can be taught. Last year, in a deal with the Trump Administration, Texas stopped enforcing a 2001 state law that had provided in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants who went to high school in the state. State law requires UT Austin to automatically accept the top 5% of each graduating high school class in the state, and Texas residents make up 80% of all students, with the rest split roughly between the other states and foreign students. That makes admission highly competitive for out-of-state U.S. students, with an admissions rate around 10%.
In-state tuition and fees: $12,835
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $44,086
Maryland’s flagship state university makes the most of its location near Washington D.C. and major federal facilities, with a top program in aerospace engineering and a computer science department that is strong in cybersecurity. The school’s physics department operates the Joint Quantum Institute with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In April, UMD broke ground on a new state-supported $65 million headquarters for its Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, which is affiliated with the Department of Defense. The school ranked 15th nationwide in fiscal 2024 when it comes to receipt of federal research funds. UMD isn’t just a creature of the federal government; it has notable programs in business, education and criminology. UMD received just over 67,000 applications for the freshmen class entering in the fall of 2026 and typically admits about 45% of both in-state and out-of-state first-year applicants.
In-state tuition and fees: $9,150
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $49,602
In addition to its men’s basketball program, North Carolina’s flagship university is known for strong research and academics across disciplines, including business, media and public health. UNC ranked 13th in overall federal research dollars in fiscal 2024. Last year, it was one of nine schools that the Trump Administration suggested would get preferential treatment for research funding if they would enter into a compact with the government agreeing to such actions as limiting foreign enrollment and protecting conservative ideas. UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts refused to sign on to the offer (as did the heads of other schools on the Trump list), calling it an “infringement on academic freedom.” In addition to charging out-of-state students five times what North Carolinians pay, a longstanding UNC policy caps them at 18% of first-year undergrads. While 16% of all students who applied for the entering class last year were admitted, the out-of-state admit rate was just half that.
In-state tuition and fees: $12,532
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $45,518
Minnesota resident tuition and fees: $18,328
Wisconsin’s flagship school has long been a research powerhouse, scoring 14th nationwide in federal research funding for fiscal 2024. But in February it reported that between grant terminations and stop-work orders, its federal research dollars were down 17% in 2025, while its new awards were off 30%. In response, the school admitted fewer graduate students dependent on research funding while increasing its undergraduate tuition-paying number. Despite such troubles, UW Madison remains a STEM and research leader. In July it announced it had received multiple U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission awards to use AI and supercomputing to solve critical scientific and energy challenges. Last year, it completed construction of a new $267 million School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences building, creating a dedicated hub for AI, robotics, and high-performance computing. Over the past decade, applications for the school’s freshman class have more than doubled, while its overall admission rate has fluctuated, but was down to 41% for the class that entered last year. A higher 56% of Wisconsin applicants were offered a spot. Students from Minnesota have a lower admission rate than those from other states, but also pay a lower tuition under a compact between the two states.
In-state tuition and fees: $9,992
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $28,794
Known for producing 30 astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, Purdue has competitive aerospace, agricultural, and engineering programs. In its efforts to stay on the cutting edge, the school has launched a new Quantum Degrees program, with both undergraduate and graduate degrees and deployed the Gautschi supercomputer, providing massive AI processing power to campus researchers. Professional Flight Technology remains its most competitive major, with the admission rate falling below 10%, while others are above 30%. A member of the Forbes New Ivies list of 20 schools employers love, Purdue has an 83% six-year graduation rate and a student-to-faculty ratio of 14.7:1.
In-state tuition and fees: $27,235
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $54,249
This Williamsburg, Virginia, school was founded in 1693 with a royal charter, making it the second oldest college in the U.S. It’s also the birthplace of the American college fraternity—Phi Beta Kappa, which has since become a national academic honor society. Today, the school pairs expansive liberal arts programs with intensive undergraduate research; about 80% of undergraduates participate in faculty mentored research before graduating. The school has been on the Forbes New Ivies list of 20 schools employers love for the last two years. In 2025, William & Mary launched its new School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics, bringing together several scientific disciplines in one space. It has a long-standing focus on environmental research and a new William & Mary Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences funded by a $100 million donation from Jane Batten, whose late husband was cofounder of The Weather Channel and a member of the Forbes 400. For the freshman class entering this fall, the school received 17,432 applications and offered admission to 34% of applicants.
In-state tuition and fees: $10,567
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $33,337
As the top ranked school in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, Binghamton competes with elite private institutions across the Empire State. Through collaborations between the New York Battery Tech Hub and the NSF Regional Innovation Engine, university researchers are advancing sustainable battery manufacturing and recycling technologies. Binghamton recently broadened its computer science curriculum to include dedicated tracks in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The school received 60,774 applications for the freshman class entering in 2026-2027 (down a tad from last year), though it did set a record when transfer and graduate applications are considered. Around 38% of first year applicants have been offered admission in recent years.
In-state tuition and fees: $10,930
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $34,910
As one of two official flagships of the 64-campus State University of New York system, Stony Brook offers more than 60 undergraduate majors and a long list of graduate programs (including medical and dental schools). Its sprawling location, on the North Shore of Long Island, is 55 miles from Manhattan and connected via the Long Island Rail Road. (The campus is also four miles from the beach.) Stony Brook is known for medical research and its STEM programs, including in math, engineering and computer science. Its two-year-old AI Innovation Institute works on research across departments; undergraduate AI courses range from honors research to computational linguistics and ethics in AI. Stony Brook leads the New York Climate Exchange, a research and innovation hub on Governors Island, with a long list of business and university partners. Last year, Stony Brook admitted 48% of first year applicants.
In-state tuition and fees: $14,682 to $15,720
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $37,616 to $38,654
One of three Cal Poly universities, San Luis Obispo is located on California’s Central Coast, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its engineering programs consistently rank among the best in the nation with undergraduates involved in project-based learning from their first semester as part of its “learn by doing” approach. That hands-on approach is furthered through research and partnerships like the campus Artificial Intelligence Factory and the College of Engineering’s Summer Undergraduate Research program. While the Cal Poly system sends acceptance letters to about 30% of first-year applicants, the school admits freshmen directly into a major, meaning admissions rates in a specific subject can be much lower.
In-state tuition and fees: $19,312
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $43,348
The flagship Minnesota university is spread over an urban Minneapolis campus on the east and west banks of the Mississippi River and a St. Paul campus three miles away. It has 17 specialized schools and colleges including liberal arts, medicine, nursing, and science and engineering. In April, the university launched its Artificial Intelligence Hub, appointing an inaugural Vice Provost for AI to oversee research and governance across disciplines. The school leads the $20 million federally funded AI Institute for Climate-Land Interactions, Mitigation, Adaptation, Tradeoffs and Economy, using AI for agriculture and forestry practices. Minnesota’s North Star Promise Scholarship covers the full cost of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at the school for eligible Minnesota residents with a family adjusted gross income below $80,000. The school admits three quarters of applicants, though some schools, such as nursing, have lower admission rates.
In-state tuition and fees: $9,247
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $34,961
NC State enrolls more students than any other institution in North Carolina. Recognized for its research in microelectronics and agriculture, the university combined these areas by hosting the 2026 National AI in Agriculture Conference for agtech leaders, researchers and government officials with a goal of defining AI’s role in climate adaptation and precision farming. In tandem, NC State launched the REFRAME project to harness AI for converting agricultural waste into commercial biomaterials. While NC State is nationally recognized for STEM, engineering, and agriculture, it also has popular programs in non-STEM subjects such as the humanities, business, and education. The school’s admission rate for first-year students is about 40% and for transfers, 45%.
In-state tuition and fees: About $13,000 (varies by major)
Out-of-state tuition and fees: About $40,100 (varies by major)
Texas A&M is one of the largest university campuses in the United States, with enrollment reaching almost 74,500 at its 5,200 acre College Station campus during the 2025-2026 academic year. It’s a land, sea and space grant institution, with a $200 million Texas A&M Space Institute set to open in the fall of 2026 next to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Its new TAMU-SPIRIT research platform is being designed to conduct experiments on the International Space Station. True to its original “agricultural & mechanical” name, the school is a heavy hitter in agricultural research and education. It’s also known for its Texas Aggie varsity sports and its 2,400-member Corps of Cadets, the oldest organization on campus. For the class entering in the fall of 2025, the main College Station campus admitted 50% of applicants. Texas high school seniors who graduate in the top 10% of their class are guaranteed admission to Texas A&M, though not necessarily to the major of their choice.
In-state tuition and fees: $6,507
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $25,692
FSU offers a full range of majors on its Tallahassee campus, from engineering and other STEM subjects, to business, psychology and filmmaking. It is the headquarters site of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, known as the MagLab, the largest and highest-powered magnetic laboratory in the world, which set a world record with its compact superconducting magnet. FSU reports 97% of freshmen return for their sophomore year, 78% graduate within four years and more than 25% participate in research. With applications up 12% for this year’s freshman class, FSU’s overall admission rate fell to 20%, with in-state rates far higher.
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