The Southern region of the United States boasts some of the oldest public universities and strongest academic traditions in the United States, and deciding which school is "best" can be a daunting task. When conducting research about college, many perspective students look to information outside of the basic cost of attendance. To that end, we've compiled a list of the top ranked public universities in each of the 13 states in the southern region, as reported by U.S. News and World Report. The schools on our list are ranked according to their 30 year net return on investment for in-state students.
Methodology
We found the top public university in each state according U.S. News and World Report, grouped all those #1s by region of the U.S., and ranked them within those regions according to their net 30 year return on investment (ROI), as measured by PayScale. So, for example, the number #1 university in this list, Georgia Institute of Technology, has the highest net 30 year ROI of all the #1 ranked institutions in the Southern region of the United States. This enables a student interested in attending college in the Southern part of the U.S. to get a good sense of the top rated institutions with the highest potential return on investment.
While the schools were ranked based on in-state net ROI, the out-of-state net ROI is also included.
For an in-depth description of the methodology used to develop this list, please see this link.
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Additional Resources
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