Claremont McKenna College is the highest-ranked small school in the Western U.S., Stanford University is the region’s top midsize school and the University of California, Berkeley is the No.

Augustana College is the No. 1 small college in the Midwest, the University of Notre Dame is the region’s top midsize school and the University of Michigan is its leading large school ...

Loyola University Maryland is the top Southern midsize school and the Georgia Institute of Technology is the No. 1 large school in the region, in the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2025 Best ...