LAIE, Hawaii — BYU-Hawaii has been ranked the best value in American private higher education by Consumers Digest magazine.

BYU, located in Provo, Utah, was ranked second.

The rankings, published in the magazine's June issue, examined 3,500 schools using a formula that blended academic excellence of first-time freshmen at a school with the institution's educational quality .

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Among private institutions, BYU-Hawaii and BYU took first and second. Among public institutions, Oklahoma State University ranked No. 1.

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