Top 10 Public Colleges in the West
| COLLEGE | OVERALL NATIONAL RANK | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, Los Angeles | 25 | |
| 2 | University of California, Berkeley | 34 | |
| 3 | University of California, Davis | 36 | |
| 4 | University of California, San Diego | 37 | |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle | 42 | |
| 6 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 71 | |
| 7 | University of California, Irvine | 73 | |
| 8 | University of Utah | 126 | |
| 9 | University of Arizona | 136 | |
| 10 | University of Colorado Boulder | 158 |
Top 10 Private Colleges in the West
| COLLEGE | LOCATION | OVERALL NATIONAL RANK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, Calif. | 5 | |
| 2 | Stanford University | Stanford, Calif. | 7 | |
| 3 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, Calif. | 18 | |
| 4 | Pomona College | Claremont, Calif. | 23 | |
| 5 | Claremont McKenna College | Claremont, Calif. | 38 | |
| 6 | Scripps College | Claremont, Calif. | 65 | |
| 7 | Reed College | Portland, Ore. | 75 | |
| 8 | Pitzer College | Claremont, Calif. | 77 | |
| 9 | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, Calif. | 87 | |
| 10 | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, Calif. | 90 |
