美国华盛顿特区的著名出版机构Kiplinger 最近推出了2009-2010美国最具性价比的公立大学排行榜。
该排行榜是Kiplinger 根据两大类指标排出的,一是学术指标,包括入学新生的SAT/ACT的成绩、录取率、四年毕业率、六年毕业率、师生比例等指标;二是费用和奖学金指标,包括州内学生花费(美国州立大学对本州学生收取的学费是外州学生的二分之一,甚至更低)、州外学生花费、获取奖学金比例等。
在金融危机之下,虽然很多美国大学,特别是美国州立大学的预算受到很大影响,但也有很多州立大学受到的影响很小,如以下排名靠前的大学。所谓Best Value,即性价比,上美国大学也是一项投资,从考虑投资回报的角度,以下这些大学是值得我们广大中国学生及家长重点考虑的。我个人认为比US NEWS的综合排名更有参考价值。很多家长在选择学校的误区是一要排名靠前,二要奖学金,在我实际接触中,发现这两项在家长眼里很多时候是为了满足一点虚荣心。比如有的大学学费很贵,4万美元一年,一般录取后后学校会给1万的奖学金,这样一来实际费用也要3万美元,还不如选择一所州立大学,虽然没有奖学金,但实际花费是要比这所大学低的。
值得注意的是,这个排名仅针对申请本科的学生。研究生的费用并没有作为权重,所以希望去读本科的家长和学生重点参考。
Kiplinger旗下拥有The Kiplinger Letter 和 Kiplinger's Personal Finance 两本期刊,总发行量超过100万,其网站每月的独立访问量即超过200万。
2009-2010美国最具性价比的公立大学(Best Values in Public Colleges 2009-10)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 北卡大学教堂山分校
University of Florida 佛罗里达大学
University of Virginia 弗吉尼亚大学
The College of William and Mary 威廉玛丽学院
State University of New York at Binghamton 纽约州立大学Binghamton分校
University of Georgia 乔治亚大学
University of Washington 华盛顿大学
University of Maryland, College Park 马里兰大学
State University of New York College at Geneseo 纽约州立大学Geneseo分校
North Carolina State University 北卡州立大学
University of California, San Diego 加州大学圣地亚哥分校
New College of Florida
University of California, Los Angeles 加州大学洛杉矶分校
University of Wisconsin -- Madison 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校
Georgia Institute of Technology 乔治亚理工大学
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Florida State University 佛罗里达州立大学
University of California, Berkeley 加州大学伯克利分校
University of Michigan 密歇根大学
University of California, Irvine 加州大学欧文分校
James Madison University 詹姆斯麦迪逊大学
Appalachian State University 阿帕拉契州立大学
The College of New Jersey 新泽西州大学
University of Delaware 特拉华大学
The University of Texas at Austin 德州奥斯汀分校
Truman State University
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Indiana University Bloomington
University of California, Santa Barbara
Texas A&M University
The Ohio State University
University of South Carolina
Clemson University
University of Connecticut
University of Pittsburgh
University of Central Florida
St. Mary's College of Maryland
University of Mary Washington
Stony Brook University, State University of New York
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus
University of California, Davis
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse
The University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Purdue University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick/Piscataway
Ramapo College of New Jersey
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Michigan State University
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
State University of New York at New Paltz
Western Washington University
University of Arkansas
College of Charleston
University of Missouri -- Columbia
The University of Tennessee
Salisbury University
University of South Florida
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Miami University
Auburn University
George Mason University
The University of Alabama
University of Nebraska -- Lincoln
University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire
University of California, Santa Cruz
Colorado School of Mines
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
University of Vermont
The University of Iowa
University of Colorado at Boulder
State University of New York College at Cortland
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
University of Oklahoma
North Georgia College & State University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Texas at Dallas
State University of New York College at Oneonta
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
University of New Hampshire
University at Albany, State University of New York
University of Oregon
University of Utah
State University of New York, Fredonia
Mississippi State University
Illinois State University
Georgia Southern University
Oklahoma State University
Louisiana Tech University
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology
Washington State University
State University of New York College at Brockport
Towson University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Colorado State University
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania |