Rutgers Named Top 25 Best Public Universities in Country

Rutgers - Let's hear it for New Jersey's state university! Rutgers University is one of the 25 public universities in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking, released Tuesday.

Rutgers, with 49,000 students total attending, came in #25 out of all the public universities in the nation. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 35,484. University of California -- Berkeley came in #1 in the list of public universities. Here are costs for Rutgers:

• IN-STATE TUITION & FEES $14,372 (2016-17)
• OUT-OF-STATE TUITION & FEES $30,023 (2016-17)
• ROOM AND BOARD $12,260 (2016-17)

Here is the list of the top 25 best public universities.