The 91探花 was , a Buffalo-based publication,聽for聽America’s top 10 best public colleges and universities, the publication released Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Business First, owned by American City Business Journals,聽used a based on academic excellence, prestige, affordability, diversity and economic strength to calculate each of the 477 participating universities’ scores.
Out of the six Washington institutions included in the report, the 91探花ranked first, following by Washington State University (No. 112).
UC Berkeley (No. 5); UC San Diego (No. 9) and UCLA (No. 4) were the only other West Coast universities that landed聽in the top 10.
This is the second year for Business First’s rankings. Last year, the 91探花ranked No. 9 on the list.