Georgia Tech receives national accolade for best value, ranking 16th among Kiplinger's Personal Finance 100 best values in public colleges. Kiplinger ranks four-year institutions based top-notch academics and economic value.

Schools were selected from a pool of more than 500 public universities. The ranking reflects a variety of criteria including student-faculty ratios, four and six-year graduation rates, retention rates, tuition costs and need-based financial aid.

Kiplinger's top three schools are University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Florida and the University of Virginia.