Best Regional Colleges in the West 2017

Carroll College is ranked No. 1 among the Best Regional Colleges in the West by 2017 U.S. News & World Report, followed by Texas Lutheran University in 2nd place.

Oregon Institute of Technology is ranked No. 1 as Top Public Western Regional College and the university moved up two spots in the ranking of Best Western Regional Colleges to No. 3. In the Best Western Colleges category, Oregon Tech received the highest peer assessment score at 3.8 out of 5, and showcased that the university receives freshman who are typically in the top 25% of their high school graduating class.

Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) is rated as Oklahoma's highest ranked college on the “Best Regional Colleges of the West” list. OBU also ranked in the top five “Least Debt” regional colleges list and placed sixth on the “Great Schools, Great Prices” list for Western universities. OBU is the only Oklahoma college listed on the “A-Plus Schools for B Students” list for regional colleges.

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