KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — Truman State University was cited as one of the nation’s 100 “best value colleges” for 2011 in a listing produced by The Princeton Review in cooperation with USA Today.

The list included 50 public colleges and universities, including Truman State, along with 50 private colleges. The selections were based on criteria covering academics, cost of attendance and financial aid.

Truman State was the only public college in Missouri making the list. Washington University in St. Louis was the only private university in Missouri making the list.

Representing Illinois on the list were the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The lone Iowa representatives were Grinnell College and Iowa State University at Ames.

The list was posted on Tuesday on the websites of The Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com/best-value-colleges.aspx) and USA Today (http://bestvaluecolleges.usatoday.com).

The methodology used for selection looked at more than 30 factors using data from surveys of administrators and students at 650 colleges with strong academic programs. Most of the data analyzed came from surveys conducted from fall 2009 through fall 2010.

Truman State also was cited recently in the U.S. News World Report’s 2011 edition of “Best Colleges,” which ranked the university the No. 1 public university in the Midwest region for the 14th consecutive year. Washington Monthly listed Truman in the top 10 for its “2010 College Rankings.”

In addition, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine listed Truman among its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges while Forbes listed Truman on its national “Best Buy” list.