According to Niche, a website that utilizes user-submitted responses to review and rank colleges, UNBC is worth every penny that students pay. They ranked among the 10 public colleges with the smartest students in a recent review by Niche. UMBC is already known for its technology, science and engineering courses and majors. Now it will also be known for its smart students.

And certainly, the price tag is right. As a state school, tuition for in-state students is less than $11,000 a year. They have approximately 14,000 students.

The list includes, from 1-20:

1. College of William & Mary — Williamsburg, Virginia
2.  University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, California
3. Georgia Institute of Technology — Atlanta, Georgia
4. University of Virginia — Charlottesville, Virginia
5. University of California, Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
6. University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan
7.  Colorado School of Mines — Golden, Colorado
8.  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
9.  New College of Florida — Sarasota, Florida
10.  University of Maryland, Baltimore County — Baltimore, Maryland
11.  Michigan Technological University — Houghton, Michigan
12.  University of California, Davis — Davis, California
13.  Truman State University — Kirksville, Missouri
14.  University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin
15.  University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California
16.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
17. California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo, California
18. New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology — Socorro, New Mexico
19. SUNY Geneseo — Geneseo, New York
20. University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida