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LAWRENCE -- Kiplinger's magazine has ranked the University of Kansas 28th in the nation in best values in public colleges and one of nine of the best bargains for out-of-state tuition in an exclusive survey published in its October 2002 issue.
Comparing cost, quality and financial aid, Kiplinger's editors put KU in the top 30 in a list of 100 best values in public colleges in the nation. The cost analysis of KU included its fall 2002 tuition rate.
The magazine further lists KU as one of nine bargains for out-of-state students with tuition costs of less than $18,000. KU out-of-state tuition is $10,686.50 for two semesters; with other expenses such as room and board, total cost is about $17,092 a year.
"In these tight economic times, people are looking for a university that offers both high quality and reasonable cost," said Janet Murguia, KU executive vice chancellor for university relations. "We're pleased to see Kiplinger's confirm KU's national reputation."
Kiplinger's editors noted their survey of academic bargains "shows that you don't have to break the bank to get a great college education."
In ranking the schools, the magazine's editors used data supplied by the schools, much of which was collected by Wintergreen-Orchard House, a division of Riverside Publishing that annually gathers data on more than 600 four-year public colleges and universities. Information from the U.S. Department of Education and Kiplinger's own reporting services supplemented the Wintergreen data.
Kiplinger's editors first created a list of the 200 most selective public universities based on freshman entrance exam scores. To pick the final 100, the magazine editors looked at quality values such as the number of freshmen returning for sophomore year, four- and six-year graduation rates, student-faculty ratios, amounts spent on each student for instruction and amounts spent on library maintenance. The schools then were ranked according to a combination of quality and cost.
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, topped the list of 100.
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