The 105 smartest public colleges in America

Jonathan Wai,Jenna GoudreauSep 30, 2015, 23:02 IST

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If you want to be surrounded by some of the smartest students in the US and get the most bang for your buck, you may want to consider one of the following universities.

Here are the smartest public colleges in America:

Smarts Rank	School	Average SAT
1	Georgia Institute of Technology	1400
2	University of California-?Berkeley	1390
3	University of Michigan-?Ann Arbor	1380
4	College of William and Mary	1370
5	University of Virginia	1355
6	Colorado School of Mines	1340
6	United States Air Force Academy	1340
8	University of California-?Los Angeles	1325
9	University of Maryland-?College Park	1315
10	University of North Carolina-?Chapel Hill	1305
10	University of Illinois-?Urbana-?Champaign	1305
12	University of California-?San Diego	1300
12	Ohio State University-?Columbus	1300
14	Binghamton University-?SUNY	1290
15	University of Wisconsin-?Madison	1285
15	Missouri University of Science & Technology	1285
15	United States Naval Academy	1285
18	University of Texas-?Austin	1280
18	New College of Florida	1280
20	United States Military Academy	1275
21	University of Pittsburgh	1270
22	University of Florida	1265
22	University of Minnesota-?Twin Cities	1265
22	United States Merchant Marine Academy	1265
25	Clemson University	1255
25	University of Texas-?Dallas	1255
25	United States Coast Guard Academy	1255
28	University of California-?Santa Barbara	1250
28	University of Connecticut	1250
28	Stony Brook University-?SUNY	1250
31	Miami University-?Oxford	1245
31	North Carolina State University-?Raleigh	1245
31	Florida State University	1245
31	Michigan Technological University	1245
35	University of Georgia	1235
36	University of Washington	1230
37	University of Colorado-?Boulder	1225
37	Auburn University	1225
37	University of Alabama-?Huntsville	1225
37	CUNY-?Baruch College (3)	1225
37	Truman State University	1225
37	California Polytechnic State University-?San Luis Obispo (3)	1225
43	SUNY-?Geneseo	1220
44	University of California-?Davis	1215
44	Virginia Tech	1215
44	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-?New Brunswick (3)	1215
44	University of Massachusetts-?Amherst	1215
44	College of New Jersey	1215
49	University of Maryland-?Baltimore County	1210
50	Purdue University-?West Lafayette	1205
50	University of Alabama	1205
50	University of Tennessee	1205
50	University of South Carolina	1205
54	University of Delaware	1200
55	University of North Carolina-?Asheville	1195
56	Pennsylvania State University-?University Park	1190
56	New Jersey Institute of Technology	1190
56	University of North Carolina-?Wilmington	1190
59	Texas A&M University-?College Station	1185
59	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	1185
59	University of Vermont	1185
59	University of Oklahoma	1185
59	University of Central Florida	1185
59	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	1185
65	University of California-?Irvine	1175
65	Indiana University-?Bloomington	1175
67	Michigan State University	1165
67	University of Iowa	1165
67	University of Missouri	1165
67	Louisiana State University-?Baton Rouge	1165
67	University of Arkansas	1165
67	University of Cincinnati	1165
67	CUNY-?Hunter College	1165
74	University of South Florida	1160
74	Virginia Military Institute (3)	1160
76	Christopher Newport University (2)	1155
77	University at Buffalo-?SUNY	1150
77	George Mason University (2)	1150
77	Salisbury University (9)	1150
77	Appalachian State University	1150
81	University of California-?Santa Cruz	1145
81	University of Nebraska-?Lincoln	1145
81	Iowa State University	1145
81	University of Kansas	1145
81	Arizona State University-?Tempe (2)	1145
81	University of Kentucky	1145
81	Kansas State University (2)	1145
81	Oklahoma State University	1145
81	University of Massachusetts-?Lowell	1145
81	University of Louisville (3)	1145
81	University of Houston	1145
81	University of Minnesota-?Morris	1145
81	University of Wisconsin-?La Crosse	1145
94	James Madison University	1140
94	University of South Florida-?St. Petersburg	1140
96	University of California-?Riverside	1130
96	College of Charleston	1130
96	Georgia College & State University	1130
99	University of Utah	1125
99	Colorado State University	1125
99	University of Illinois-?Chicago (3)	1125
99	Mississippi State University	1125
99	University of Wyoming	1125
99	Montana State University	1125
99	Montana Tech of the University of Montana	1125

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The 105 smartest public colleges in America

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