《美国城市商报》(American City Business Journals)旗下著名网站“The Business Journals”于前几天发布了最新的美国公立大学排名Top 100。排在前5名的分别为密歇根大学、北卡罗莱纳州大学、弗吉尼亚大学、威廉与玛丽学院以及加州大学伯克利分校。该榜单参合了两种官方机构的调查数据及其他4个机构的大学排名，在高等教育成本上升的时代，是一份重要参照。
最新“公立常春藤”揭榜
据“The Business Journals”报导，资深招生官员理查德‧莫尔(Richard Moll)曾任职于多所公立和私立大学，包括私立的耶鲁大学在内，他觉得不少公立大学是以“在公立学校的价格提供常春藤盟校的教育”，但很多人并不清楚这一点。莫尔将这些一流的公立大学名之为“公立常春藤”(Public Ivies)，并在1985年出版了一本专著，点到了包括密歇根大学(University of Michigan)在内的8所学校。
30年过去，据《美国城市商报》(下简称《商报》)对全美484所公立大学的最新统计分析，密歇根大学仍然是领头羊，第2至5名分别为：北卡罗莱纳州大学、弗吉尼亚大学、威廉与玛丽学院以及加州大学伯克利分校。按莫尔书中的标准，这些学校都称得上是“公立常春藤”。
《商报》依据的是美国国家教育统计中心和美国人口普查局的社区调查数据，也综合参照了四种国家级出版物的大学排名，包括《福布斯》(Forbes)杂志、《基普林格》(Kiplinger's)、《美国新闻与世界报导》(U.S. News and World Report)和《华盛顿月刊》(Washington Monthly)。
美国最佳公立大学Top 100：
1.University of Michigan 密歇根大学
2. University of North Carolina 北卡罗莱纳大学
3. University of Virginia 弗吉尼亚大学
4. College of William and Mary 威廉与玛丽学院
5. University of California-Berkeley 加州大学伯克利分校
6. University of California-Los Angeles 加州洛杉矶大学
7. University of Florida 佛罗里达大学
8. University of Maryland 马里兰大学
9. University of Washington 华盛顿大学
10. University of Wisconsin 威斯康星大学
11. University of Illinois 伊利诺伊大学
12. University of Texas 得克萨斯大学
13. Georgia Institute of Technology 佐治亚理工学院
14. University of California-San Diego 加州大学圣地亚哥分校
15. Ohio State University 俄亥俄州立大学
16. University of Georgia 乔治亚大学
17. University of Minnesota 明尼苏达大学
18. Binghamton University 宾厄姆顿大学
19. University of Connecticut 康涅狄格大学
20. Texas A&M University得克萨斯州农工大学
21. University of California-Santa Barbara (California)
22. Indiana University (Indiana)
23. North Carolina State University (North Carolina)
24. Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia)
25. University of California-Irvine (California)
26. Pennsylvania State University (Pennsylvania)
27. University of Delaware (Delaware)
28. Purdue University (Indiana)
29. University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
30. Rutgers University (New Jersey)
31. Florida State University (Florida)
32. Stony Brook University (New York)
33. Clemson University (South Carolina)
34. University of California-Davis (California)
35. SUNY Geneseo (New York)
36. College of New Jersey (New Jersey)
37. Michigan State University (Michigan)
38. University of Iowa (Iowa)
39. James Madison University (Virginia)
40. Truman State University (Missouri)
41. Miami University (Ohio) (Ohio)
42. University of Vermont (Vermont)
43. University of South Carolina (South Carolina)
44. Iowa State University (Iowa)
45. University of Missouri (Missouri)
46. University of Texas at Dallas (Texas)
47. University at Buffalo (New York)
48. University of Massachusetts (Massachusetts)
49. University of North Carolina at Wilmington (North Carolina)
50. New College of Florida (Florida)
51. Baruch College (New York)
52. Auburn University (Alabama)
53. Colorado School of Mines (Colorado)
54. University of Utah (Utah)
55. University of Colorado (Colorado)
56. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (California)
57. University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
58. University of Alabama (Alabama)
59. University of Arkansas (Arkansas)
60. San Diego State University (California)
61. University of California-Santa Cruz (California)
62. George Mason University (Virginia)
63. University of South Florida (Florida)
64. University at Albany (New York)
65. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (New York)
66. Appalachian State University (North Carolina)
67. University of Mary Washington (Virginia)
68. University of New Hampshire (New Hampshire)
69. St. Mary's College of Maryland (Maryland)
70. Arizona State University (Arizona)
71. Louisiana State University (Louisiana)
72. SUNY New Paltz (New York)
73. University of Nebraska (Nebraska)
74. University of Kansas (Kansas)
75. Hunter College (New York)
76. University of Oregon (Oregon)
77. University of Mississippi (Mississippi)
78. University of Maryland Baltimore County (Maryland)
79. University of Arizona (Arizona)
80. College of Charleston (South Carolina)
81. Colorado State University (Colorado)
82. University of Minnesota-Morris (Minnesota)
83. University of Central Florida (Florida)
84. University of Tennessee (Tennessee)
85. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Wisconsin)
86. Ramapo College of New Jersey (New Jersey)
87. Virginia Military Institute (Virginia)
88. University of California-Riverside (California)
89. Citadel Military College of South Carolina (South Carolina)
90. Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma)
91. University of North Carolina at Asheville (North Carolina)
92. Queens College (New York)
93. Oregon State University (Oregon)
94. Mississippi State University (Mississippi)
95. SUNY Oneonta (New York)
96. City College of New York (New York)
97. Purchase College (New York)
98. University of Wyoming (Wyoming)
99. Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri)
100. Towson University (Maryland)