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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is nuts. Virginia has a lot of good public colleges for only 8.6M residents. Way more options on a per capita basis than vast majority of states of a similar size. [/quote]

Pennsylvania has 12.9M residents.

How many decent public colleges/universities for a state of that size? Penn State and Pitt. That's it. Neither of which hold a candle to UVA, W&M, and VT. Pitt is a slightly better version of JMU. Penn State doesn't have an analogue in VA, it's more similar to UMD-CP.

So yeah, VA has an amazing public university system given the moderate size of the state. Sure, the UC system is the best in country but those schools are ENORMOUS. And "best" is really just a measurement of research dollars. If your kid wants a classic liberal arts education prior to going to law school, they are better off at UVA than UCLA or Berkeley. [/quote]

Pitt and PSU are better than VT gimme a break[/quote]

Why?

US news ranking

VT: 47
PSU: 60
Pitt: 67

To me they are comparable. [/quote]

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