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Best Colleges in the West
Roughly two-thirds of the top-scoring schools in the western half of the country are public universities. Here’s a look at the best in the region.
| College Name
|
Acceptance Rate
|
Est. Full Price 2023-24
|
Est. Price with Average Grant
|
Graduation Rate
|
|
| 3% | $86,900 | $21,900 | 91% | ||
| 30% | $31,100 | $20,300 | 84% | ||
| 55% | $29,200 | $13,200 | 75% | ||
| 96% | $28,200 | $18,600 | 67% | ||
| 87% | $27,400 | $8,000 | 59% | ||
| 90% | $29,200 | $14,300 | 69% | ||
| 95% | $27,800 | $16,400 | 72% | ||
| 89% | $28,700 | $5,400 | 66% | ||
| 96% | $29,100 | $12,100 | 67% | ||
| 95% | $23,800 | $7,900 | 67% | ||
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| 67% | $28,900 | $8,400 | 78% | ||
| 40% | $27,200 | $9,900 | 81% | ||
| 87% | $31,900 | $6,100 | 68% | ||
| 92% | $28,900 | $12,100 | 71% | ||
| 91% | $24,600 | $9,400 | 66% | ||
| 93% | $29,900 | $12,300 | 66% | ||
| 91% | $26,700 | $9,300 | 70% | ||
| 95% | $26,500 | $11,100 | 66% | ||
| 97% | $24,600 | $8,000 | 69% | ||
| 10% | $85,400 | $30,300 | 91% | ||
| 58% | $41,100 | $31,100 | 85% | ||
| 75% | $49,000 | $16,100 | 71% | ||
| 70% | $72,500 | $40,900 | 87% | ||
| 13% | $88,300 | $42,100 | 92% | ||
| 89% | $67,400 | $33,400 | 76% | ||
| 93% | $28,500 | $18,300 | 57% | ||
| 7% | $84,400 | $21,100 | 94% | ||
| 88% | $77,100 | $34,000 | 76% | ||
| 39% | $33,400 | $13,800 | 81% | ||
| 94% | $30,300 | $14,000 | 66% | ||
| 77% | $32,100 | $15,000 | 73% | ||
| 52% | $82,000 | $53,400 | 92% | ||
| 94% | $28,400 | $16,400 | 67% | ||
| 4% | $85,400 | $19,300 | 95% | ||
| 85% | $41,600 | $25,600 | 80% | ||
| 11% | $44,700 | $20,400 | 93% | ||
| 37% | $40,100 | $18,400 | 88% | ||
| 21% | $38,800 | $14,800 | 86% | ||
| 9% | $38,400 | $18,000 | 92% | ||
| 89% | $40,400 | $14,300 | 70% | ||
| 69% | $38,700 | $15,300 | 80% | ||
| 24% | $38,500 | $17,000 | 89% | ||
| 26% | $39,400 | $17,800 | 85% | ||
| 47% | $40,200 | $19,000 | 79% | ||
| 93% | $75,700 | $35,600 | 84% | ||
| 12% | $88,400 | $38,900 | 92% | ||
| 93% | $75,200 | $29,800 | 70% | ||
| 89% | $27,700 | $13,100 | 62% | ||
| 48% | $33,400 | $11,200 | 83% | ||
| 83% | $30,900 | $18,900 | 64% | ||
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Notes: Students who get merit grants are full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and were awarded grants. Graduation rate measures degree completion within six years for both transfer students and first-time students. Early career earnings are the median earnings for both graduates and non-completers, 10 years after they first enrolled.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson’s, Money/Witlytic calculations.
