Assuming the financial burden is the same overall and private schools and out of state schools are judged as fairly.

ACC: Miami. The academics are pretty good and the location is great. The student life is good as well. Georgia Tech is a close second. UNC is also up there.

B1G: Wisconsin. Michigan, Ohio State, and Indiana are honorable mentions.

SEC: Vanderbilt. That was easy

Big 12: Texas. Once again, great academics, athletics, campus life, and location.

Pac 12: Stanford. USC, UCLA, Berkeley and Colorado are honorable mentions.

AAC: Tulane. Great academics and location. If we're talking which school is the best financially, Navy wins in a landslide for the AAC.

C-USA: Rice. You get the idea now.

MAC: I honestly don't know much about any of these schools academically or in campus life at all. I know Ohio has a good campus life, but Athens just isn't a good location. I'd probably go Kent State. I got a few friends there and it seems like a nice place.

Mountain West: Air Force or UNLV. Air Force has excellent academics and is free. UNLV has a great location.

Sun Belt: Once again, I don't know much about academics here. Georgia State for its basketball team and location though.

Independent: West Point. I'm not Mormon or Catholic, but I am an american. Also did I mention the access to free education.

In short, I want to go back in time and slap 18 year old me into going to a service academy. My lack of job prospects and crippling student debt are two things I could have gone without.