Top 100 public universities in the US Based on WSJ/THE US College Rank 2018 |
| Rank | University | City | State |
| 1 | University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | Michigan |
| 3 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | North Carolina |
| 4 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | California |
| 5 | Purdue University | West Lafayette | Indiana |
| 6 | University of California, Davis | Davis | California |
| 7 | University of California, San Diego | La Jolla | California |
| 8 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Illinois |
| 9 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta | Georgia |
| 10= | University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Texas |
| 10= | University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia |
| 12 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Florida |
| 13 | Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison | Wisconsin |
| 15 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
| 16 | Michigan State University | East Lansing | Michigan |
| 17 | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park | Maryland |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle | Seattle | Washington |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-College Station | College Station | Texas |
| 20 | University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | California |
| 21 | William & Mary | Williamsburg | Virginia |
| 22 | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Connecticut |
| 23 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago | Illinois |
| 24 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo | New York |
| 25 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Minneapolis | Minneapolis |
| 26 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg | Virginia |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University | University Park | Pennsylvania |
| 28 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Raleigh | North Carolina |
| 29 | Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington | Indiana |
| 30 | University of California, Irvine | Irvine | California |
| 31 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Arizona |
| 32 | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa |
| 33= | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Brunswick | New Jersey |
| 33= | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | New York |
| 35 | University of Delaware | Newark | Delware |
| 36= | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Massachusetts |
| 36= | Michigan Technological University | Houghton | Michigan |
| 38 | Temple University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
| 39 | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder | Colorado |
| 40 | University of Arizona | Tucson | Arizona |
| 41 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla | Missouri |
| 42 | Clemson University | Clemson | South Carolina |
| 43 | Colorado School of Mines | Golden | Colorado |
| 44 | Virginia Military Institute | Lexington | Virginia |
| 45 | SUNY Binghamton University | Vestal | New York |
| 46 | Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | New Jersey |
| 47 | St Mary's College of Maryland | St. Mary's City | Maryland |
| 48= | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | California |
| 48= | Washington State University | Pullman | Washington |
| 49 | The College of New Jersey | Ewing | New Jersey |
| 50 | University of Colorado Denver | Denver | Colorado |
| 51 | University of Vermont | Burlington | Vermont |
| 52= | Florida State University | Tallahassee | Florida |
| 52= | University of Oklahoma | Norman | Oklahoma |
| 54 | SUNY University at Albany | Albany | New York |
| 55 | University of Georgia | Athens | Georgia |
| 56 | University of Kansas | Lawrence | Kansas |
| 57= | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama |
| 57= | University of South Carolina-Columbia | Columbia | South Carolina |
| 59 | CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College | New York | New York |
| 60= | CUNY City College of New York | New York | New York |
| 60= | University of California, Riverside | Riverside | California |
| 62 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Virginia |
| 63= | University of California, Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | California |
| 63= | University of Oregon | Eugene | Oregon |
| 65 | Rutgers University-Camden | Camden | New Jersey |
| 66 | Iowa State University | Ames | Iowa |
| 67 | Wayne State University | Detroit | Michigan |
| 68= | Auburn University | Auburn | Alabama |
| 68= | CUNY Hunter College | New York | New York |
| 68= | Oregon State University | Corvallis | Oregon |
| 71= | Miami University | Oxford | Ohio |
| 71= | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Knoxville | Tennessee |
| 71= | University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah |
| 71= | University of Washington-Tacoma | Tacoma | Washington |
| 75= | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Fort Collins | Colorado |
| 75= | University of Hawai'i at Manoa | Honolulu | Hawaii |
| 77 | Rowan University | Glassboro | New Jersey |
| 78= | University of Cincinnati-Uptown | Cincinnati | Ohio |
| 78= | University of Mississippi | University | Mississippi |
| 80= | University of Missouri-Columbia | Columbia | Missouri |
| 80= | University of Nevada, Reno | Reno | Nevada |
| 80= | CUNY Brooklyn College | Brooklyn | New York |
| 80= | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Carbondale | Illinois |
| 84 | University of Washington-Bothell | Bothell | Washington |
| 85 | Kansas State University | Manhattan | Kansas |
| 86 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Baltimore | Maryland |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky |
| 88 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Syracuse | New York |
| 89 | CUNY Queens College | Queens | New York |
| 90= | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark | New Jersey |
| 90= | University of Wyoming | Laramie | Wyoming |
| 92= | California State University Maritime Academy | Vallejo | California |
| 92= | The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina |
| 92= | San Diego State University | San Diego | California |
| 92= | West Virginia University | Morgantown | West Virginia |
| 96 | University of Houston | Houston | Texas |
| 97 | Illinois State University | Normal | Illinois |
| 98 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | Kansas City | Missouri |
| 99= | University of Louisville | Louisville | Kentucky |
| 99= | University of Michigan-Dearborn | Dearborn | Michigan |
| 99= | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | Virginia |