Top 10 Universities by U.S. Region

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<p>First of all, this is a completely subjective topic, so bashing people because of their “flaws” is pointless. States and countries are clearly defined; regions are subjective terms to refer to geographic areas. Example: I would not consider Rice University to be in the Southwest at all…it’s far closer to Louisiana than the nearest major “southwestern” city, San Antonio or Austin. So, IN MY OPINION, here are the major regions in the U.S. with only the top universities in that region, in no specific order (again, my opinion):</p>

<p>PACIFIC (Washington, Oregon, and California; 47 Million):
-Stanford
-CalTech
-Berkeley
-UCLA
-USC
-Washington
-UCSD
-UCI
-UCSB
-UC-Davis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN WEST (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico; 21.8 Million):
-CU-Boulder
-U of Arizona
-BYU
-AF Academy
-CO School of Mines
-Utah</p>

<p>MIDWEST/GREAT PLAINS (North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas; 20 Million):
-Washington Univ.
-U of Minnesota
-U of Iowa
-U of Nebraska
-U of Missouri
-U of Kansas</p>

<p>MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES (Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana; 46.4 Million):
-U of Chicago
-Northwestern
-U of Michigan
-Notre Dame
-U of Wisconsin
-U of Illinois
-Ohio State
-Case Western
-Purdue
-U of Indiana
-Michigan State</p>

<p>SOUTH-CENTRAL (Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi; 38.5 Million):
-Rice
-UT-Austin
-Texas A&M
-Southern Methodist
-Tulane
-Baylor
-U of Oklahoma</p>

<p>SOUTHEAST/DEEP SOUTH (Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky; 57 Million):
-Vanderbilt
-Emory
-Duke
-U of North Carolina
-U of Georgia
-U of Florida
-U of Alabama
-U of Miami
-Florida State
-Clemson
-Georgia Tech
-Wake Forest</p>

<p>CENTRAL ATLANTIC (Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware; 31 Million):
-U of Virginia
-Georgetown
-George Washington
-U of Maryland
-Penn
-Penn State
-William & Mary
-Princeton
-U of Delaware</p>

<p>NORTHEASY/NEW ENGLAND (New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine; 33.7 Million):
-Harvard
-Yale
-MIT
-Columbia
-Dartmouth
-Cornell
-NYU
-Boston College
-U of Connecticut
-Brown
-Tufts
-Etc.</p>

<p>There are my regions and what I consider to be the best universities in each region. Feel free to disagree with me as much as you like. Also, I did this off the top of my head so if there’s some obvious school that I missed, I apologize. Finally…I’ve lived in 7 states across the country and I’ve been to almost 40 of the lower 48. So through my experiences, these geographic sub-groups make the most sense to me.</p>