Top 10 Universities by U.S. Region

<p>FWIW, here’s how it would go if we used the new Times Higher Education rankings (just released):</p>

<p>NORTHEAST

  1. Harvard
  2. MIT
  3. Princeton
  4. Yale
  5. Cornell
    Honorable mention: Columbia, Penn</p>

<p>MIDWEST

  1. Chicago
  2. Michigan
  3. Northwestern
  4. Illinois
  5. Wash U
    Honorable mention: Wisconsin, Minnesota</p>

<p>SOUTHEAST

  1. Johns Hopkins
  2. Duke
  3. Georgia Tech
  4. UNC Chapel Hill
  5. Vanderbilt
    Honorable mention: Emory, UVA, William & Mary</p>

<p>SOUTHWEST/ROCKY MOUNTAIN

  1. Rice
  2. U Colorado
  3. Utah
  4. Arizona
  5. Arizona State
    Honorable mention: None (Not sure what happened to UT-Austin)</p>

<p>WEST

  1. Caltech
  2. Stanford
  3. UC Berkeley
  4. UCLA
  5. U Washington
    Honorable mention: UCSB, UCSD</p>