Fobes: “The best public schools in the country are not just limited to those on the nation’s coasts. They can be found all across the country, and five schools from the heartland of the country make this year’s cut: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (No. 7), University of Wisconsin, Madison (No. 10) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (No. 11), Indiana University, Bloomington (No. 20), and University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (No. 23).”