Best University for Physics: Public or Private?

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i am curious to know what university (public or private) is the best in physics?
 
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for grad or undergrad? I'm sure you can take a stab at which schools are the top ranked schools.
 
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for undergrad

MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, Stanford, Cornell, Princeton, UMich, etc, etc?
 

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