Original sentence: It is often ranked as the top public college in New Jersey, and repeatedly ranks high in national surveys comparing institutions of higher learning
Edited sentence: It is also placed in the "Most Competitive" category of national universities by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges along with schools such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale.It is ranked as the top public college in New Jersey (and in the entire Northeastern US) though as a publicly funded state school tuition remains relatively low