Out of State Public Colleges

Big Ten Universities

The Big Ten Conference is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations.

Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are in the Big Ten but are listed in the Illinois College pages of this website.

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship institution of the Indiana University system and, with over 40,000 students, its largest university. Graduation Rate 76%, Acceptance Rate 77%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Iowa is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and the second-largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees Graduation Rate 72%, Acceptance Rate 83%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. Graduation Rate 83%, Acceptance Rate 47% U.S. News & World Report Overview
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan. MSU was founded in 1855 and served as a model for land-grant universities later created under the Morrill Act of 1862 Graduation Rate 78%, Acceptance Rate 78%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Michigan, often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state, the university is Michigan's oldest. Graduation Rate 91%, Acceptance Rate 23%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul approximately 3 miles apart, and the St. Paul location is in neighboring Falcon Heights. Graduation Rate 78%, Acceptance Rate 52%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is the state's oldest university and the largest in the University of Nebraska system. Graduation Rate 67%, Acceptance Rate 80% U.S. News & World Report Overview
The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College Graduation Rate: 83%, Acceptance Rate 52%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The Pennsylvania State University is a state-related, land-grant, research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State conducts teaching, research, and public service. Graduation Rate 85%, Acceptance Rate 56%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name Graduation Rate 76%, Acceptance Rate 58%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Rutgers University is an American public research university based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and today it is the eighth-oldest college in the United States, the second-oldest in New Jersey (after Princeton University), and one of the nine U.S. colonial colleges that were chartered before the American War of Independence. Graduation Rate 80% Acceptance Rate 58%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, UW–Madison is the official state university of Wisconsin, and the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. Graduation Rate: 85%, Acceptance Rate: 52%U.S. News & World Report Overview

This a small sample of the many great public colleges across the country. These featured institutions have been popular choices of BGHS graduates.

Arizona State University is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona. ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U.S.Graduation Rate 67%, Acceptance Rate 85%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. It is the largest university in the state of Iowa.Graduation Rate 75%, Acceptance Rate 91%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Louisiana State University is a public research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy Graduation Rate 68%, Acceptance Rate 74%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Miami University is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio and the 10th oldest public university in the United States. Graduation Rate 78%, Acceptance Rate 75%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the flagship of the University of Alabama System. Graduation Rate 68%, Acceptance Rate 59%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Arizona is a public research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885, the U of A was the first university in the Arizona Territory. Graduation Rate 60%, Acceptance Rate 84%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Kansas is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Graduation Rate 63%, Acceptance Rate 92%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Kentucky is a public research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities) and the institution with the highest enrollment in the state. Graduation Rate 63%, Acceptance Rate 94%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Louisville is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. Graduation Rate 52%, Acceptance Rate 72%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Missouri is a public research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. Founded in 1839, it was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. Graduation Rate 68%, Acceptance Rate 78%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The flagship of the University of North Carolina system, it is considered to be a Public Ivy, or a public institution which offers an academic experience equivalent to an Ivy League university. Graduation Rate 91%, Acceptance Rate 23%U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wisconsin System. Graduation Rate 40%, Acceptance Rate 74%U.S. News & World Report Overview