2 <p>Business magazine Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked the University of Wisconsin-Madison No. 14 in a <a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/money/collegevalues/">national ranking of the best values</a> in American public universities.</p> <p>Kiplinger.com analyzed records for about 120 universities, focusing on measures of academic quality, overall cost and financial aid availability. For example, the magazine looked at standardized admission test scores, student-faculty ratios and overall graduation rates to determine quality, while focusing on tuition, available need-based assistance and average debt after graduation to determine affordability.</p> <p>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was deemed the nation's top value among publics. UW-Madison is the highest-ranked Big 10 campus, followed by Michigan (26th), Ohio State (27th) and Indiana (40th). UW-La Crosse (38th) and UW-Eau Claire (65th) also made the list.</p> <p>UW-Madison ranked 14th in affordability for in-state students and 15th overall for non-resident students.</p> Business magazine Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked the University of Wisconsin-Madison No. 14 in a national ranking of the best values in American public universities. Kiplinger's declares UW-Madison a top value 15872 2008-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 14876 true bsmattmi@engr.wisc.edu Brian 2 Mattmiller 3557 false