Rankings of the Best Value Colleges of 2009

The Princeton Review has released its rankings of the 50 Best Value Private Colleges and the 50 Best Value Public Colleges. Rankings are based on surveys of administrators and students at more than 650 public and private colleges and universities.

Top 5 Best Value Private Colleges for 2009:

1. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore PA)
2. Harvard College (Cambridge MA)
3. Princeton University (Princeton NJ)
4. Rice University (Houston TX)
5. Yale University (New Haven CT)

Top 5 Best Value Public Colleges for 2009:

1. University of Virginia (Charlottesville VA)
2. New College of Florida (Sarasota FL)
3. College of William & Mary (Williamsburg VA)
4. State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton NY)
5. Florida State University (Tallahassee FL)

You can see the complete lists of the 50 private and 50 public "best value colleges" at BestValueColleges.usatoday.com