Note that some "colleges" can provide an arguably superior education than some lower-end public universities because professors are chosen and paid for their teaching ability rather than their research.
Quite a few non-PhD granting colleges offer superior education (not even arguably superior, just superior) than all but the highest tier research universities, public or private.
I won't pick too many examples lest this gets bogged down haggling over details, but basically, Swarthmore.
