Florida tops the U.S. News and World Report ranking of state university systems
U.S. News & World Report has named Florida the top state in the country for higher education every year for the past five years.
Metrics considered in that ranking include the time it takes students to complete both two- and four-year college programs, the cost of in-state tuition and fees, and the debt burden that college graduates carry. Florida improved on three of the five metrics in the recent rankings, including four-year graduation rate, average debt, and tuition and fees.

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