The University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked seventh nationally in the 2013 Best Value public colleges and universities Tuesday by the Princeton Review.
The Princeton Review ranks 75 public and 75 private colleges and universities based on data from Fall 2011 to Fall 2012, and 30 total qualifications including tuition costs, academics, financial aid, financial aid rewards and teacher assessments.
The Princeton Review has consistently ranked UW-Madison among the top valued public colleges and universities and was ranked fifth last year. Its number seven ranking this year makes UW-Madison the highest ranked Big Ten school on the list.
The top ranked public colleges were University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the New College of Florida.
The complete rankings of both private and public colleges can be found on the Princeton Review website.