Six Florida Universities Rate Among Best Values in Finance Report

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Six Florida universities ranked in Kiplinger’s newly released list of the nation’s 100 best values in public colleges — including the University of Florida, which placed third for in-state students. The rankings, released annually by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, are derived from editor compilations. A list of about 600 public, four-year schools is narrowed to about 130. … New College of Florida came in after UF among the Florida universities that made the top 100. It was No. 7 for in-state students and No. 30 for out-of-state. The magazine said 90 percent of the school’s students receive financial aid, but the average need-based aid brings the total cost for in-state students to “a bargain $7,674” a year.