UVA
Wm & Mary
UNC Chapel Hill
Michigan
UCLA and Berkley

plenty of others are good, too, but these are quite competitive to get into as an out of state applicant

The ones that come to mind for me (no particular order)

Berkeley
Michigan
UNC-Chapel Hill
UVA
W&M
UCLA

Purdue is public, and there is a school within Cornell that is public, I think PP is right that it is the ag college.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Purdue
UNC
UVA
Cornell (College of Agriculture)
SUNY Stonybrook (Math)
University of Indiana (School of Music)

If you're counting Purdue, then add Pitt, Penn State and U Del.

Don't think Purdue and Cornell are state schools.

Anonymous wrote:UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Purdue
UNC
UVA
Cornell (College of Agriculture)
SUNY Stonybrook (Math)
University of Indiana (School of Music)

If you're counting Purdue, then add Pitt, Penn State and U Del.

It really depends on the program, OP. Most public schools are major research universities and some tend to have marquee graduate programs. But most of them are definitely better for graduate school than undergrad.

Anonymous wrote:Miami of Ohio

Miami grad here.

Um, no. But, thanks for playing. Lovely parting gifts for you at the door and all that.

UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Purdue
UNC
UVA
Cornell (College of Agriculture)
SUNY Stonybrook (Math)
University of Indiana (School of Music)

Rice is private.

UCLA
Berkeley

Miami of Ohio

Michigan
University of Florida

UNC - Chapel Hill

Rice
UC Berkeley

In your mind (by definition subjective), which state colleges and universities do you consider to be prestigious. Michigan? UVA?