Top Colleges by Quality 2026 — Page 38
Ranks 1851–1900 of 2,129 colleges
#
University
Quality
Value
Grad Rate
1851
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR · public
18.9
35
46%
1852
University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, AK · public
18.9
29
29%
1853
Hilbert College
Hamburg, NY · private
18.9
28
52%
1854
Concordia University Texas
Austin, TX · private
18.9
28
42%
1855
Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, AZ · public
18.9
20
22%
1856
Chamberlain University-Nevada
Las Vegas, NV · for-profit
18.9
17
20%
1857
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Lakewood, CO · for-profit
18.9
11
34%
1858
Baptist University of the Americas
San Antonio, TX · private
18.8
25
29%
1859
Baker College
Owosso, MI · private
18.8
23
33%
1860
Nelson University
Waxahachie, TX · private
18.8
21
39%
1861
Jackson College
Jackson, MI · public
18.8
20
17%
1862
Tusculum University
Greeneville, TN · private
18.8
15
28%
1863
Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC · private
18.7
67
47%
1864
Grayson College
Denison, TX · public
18.7
47
27%
1865
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
Canton, NY · public
18.7
32
41%
1866
Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, AK · private
18.7
30
47%
1867
Rockford University
Rockford, IL · private
18.7
26
43%
1868
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando
Orlando, FL · private
18.7
24
33%
1869
The King's University
Southlake, TX · private
18.6
32
44%
1870
Newberry College
Newberry, SC · private
18.6
25
45%
1871
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA · public
18.5
47
45%
1872
Strayer University-Georgia
Chamblee, GA · for-profit
18.5
12
23%
1873
Landmark College
Putney, VT · private
18.5
5
35%
1874
Urshan University
Wentzville, MO · private
18.5
0
49%
1875
Mid-America Christian University
Oklahoma City, OK · private
18.4
27
40%
1876
Life Pacific University
San Dimas, CA · private
18.4
25
48%
1877
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, OH · private
18.4
23
13%
1878
South University-Richmond
Glen Allen, VA · for-profit
18.4
8
29%
1879
Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli
New Windsor, NY · private
18.4
0
63%
1880
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA · public
18.3
35
42%
1881
Chamberlain University-Florida
Jacksonville, FL · for-profit
18.3
25
33%
1882
Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton, MO · public
18.3
20
19%
1883
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, OK · private
18.3
17
32%
1884
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV · public
18.2
97
20%
1885
Cameron University
Lawton, OK · public
18.2
24
26%
1886
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA · public
18.2
21
35%
1887
Nebraska Indian Community College
Macy, NE · public
18.2
7
22%
1888
Henry Ford College
Dearborn, MI · public
18.1
100
14%
1889
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Cobleskill, NY · public
18.1
25
42%
1890
The University of Olivet
Olivet, MI · private
18.1
20
36%
1891
Antioch College
Yellow Springs, OH · private
18.1
0
36%
1892
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC · public
18
47
37%
1893
Universidad Central de Bayamon
Bayamón, PR · private
18
47
37%
1894
University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, TX · public
18
42
33%
1895
Ohio State University-Marion Campus
Marion, OH · public
18
34
26%
1896
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus
San Juan, PR · private
18
25
31%
1897
South University-High Point
High Point, NC · for-profit
18
0
11%
1898
Governors State University
University Park, IL · public
17.9
25
21%
1899
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
Bloomfield, NJ · public
17.9
19
35%
1900
Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary
Staten Island, NY · private
17.9
0
7%