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Photo: SERSeanCrane / Flickr Image 1 of / 25 Caption Close Image 2 of 25 No. 2, private schools: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. No. 2, private schools: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. Photo: EAWB / Flickr Image 3 of 25 No. 3, private schools: Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. No. 3, private schools: Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Photo: File photo / Houston Chronicle Image 4 of 25 No. 4, private schools: Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. No. 4, private schools: Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Photo: WallyG / Flickr Image 5 of 25 Image 6 of 25 No. 5, private schools: Rice University, Houston, Texas No. 5, private schools: Rice University, Houston, Texas Photo: TODD SPOTH / For The Chronicle Image 7 of 25 No. 6, private schools: Pomona College, Claremont, Calif. No. 6, private schools: Pomona College, Claremont, Calif. Photo: WLC Architects / Flickr Image 8 of 25 No. 7, private schools: Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. No. 7, private schools: Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Photo: Deborah Stern Harris / Flickr Image 9 of 25 No. 8, private schools: Yale University, New Haven, Conn. No. 8, private schools: Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Photo: Douglas Healey / AP Image 10 of 25 Image 11 of 25 No. 9, private schools: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. No. 9, private schools: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Photo: NICK UT / AP Image 12 of 25 No. 10, private schools: Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. No. 10, private schools: Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. Photo: Kurt Wagner / Flickr Image 13 of 25 No. 1, public schools: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. No. 1, public schools: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 14 of 25 No. 2, public schools: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. No. 2, public schools: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 15 of 25 Image 16 of 25 No. 3, public schools: New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fla. No. 3, public schools: New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fla. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 17 of 25 No. 4, public schools: SUNY - Binghamton, Binghamton, N.Y. No. 4, public schools: SUNY - Binghamton, Binghamton, N.Y. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 18 of 25 No. 5, public schools:University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis. No. 5, public schools:University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 19 of 25 No. 6, public schools: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. No. 6, public schools: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 20 of 25 Image 21 of 25 No. 7, public schools: University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. No. 7, public schools: University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 22 of 25 No. 8, public schools: University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. No. 8, public schools: University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 23 of 25 No. 9, public schools: University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. No. 9, public schools: University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 24 of 25 No. 10, public schools:University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas No. 10, public schools:University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Photo: Wikimedia Commons Image 25 of 25 Rice, University of Texas among the best valued colleges 1 / 25 Back to Gallery

Rice University and University of Texas graduates have another reason to brag this morning.

The Princeton Review ranked the two Texas schools among the top 10 best-valued schools in the United States. Rice ranked fifth in the top 10 private schools, behind Harvard.

The University of Texas, meanwhile, barely squeaked into the rankings of the top 10 best public schools. The Longhorns ranked 10th.

Williams College in Massachusetts took the top nod in the private school category, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was the top school on the public side.

The schools were ranked based on student opinion, academics, costs and financial aid.

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