Top Colleges by Quality 2026 — Page 5
Ranks 201–250 of 2,129 colleges
#
University
Quality
Value
Grad Rate
201
Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, MN · private
57
55
76%
202
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO · private
56.9
58
80%
203
Lawrence University
Appleton, WI · private
56.9
46
77%
204
University of Denver
Denver, CO · private
56.9
38
77%
205
Carolinas College of Health Sciences
Charlotte, NC · public
56.8
0
100%
206
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH · private
56.7
47
74%
207
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX · public
56.4
70
75%
208
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA · public
56.4
60
80%
209
Drake University
Des Moines, IA · private
56.4
47
76%
210
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI · private
56.3
69
69%
211
Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · private
56.3
24
70%
212
Minerva University
San Francisco, CA · private
56.3
0
89%
213
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY · private
56.2
55
74%
214
Howard University
Washington, DC · private
56.2
22
69%
215
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
Concord, NC · private
56.1
52
62%
216
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO · public
56.1
51
75%
217
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN · public
56
79
81%
218
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA · private
55.9
53
68%
219
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT · private
55.9
39
77%
220
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY · private
55.5
23
71%
221
St. John's College
Annapolis, MD · private
55.4
20
69%
222
Kettering University
Flint, MI · private
55.3
48
71%
223
Thomas Aquinas College
Santa Paula, CA · private
55.3
44
83%
224
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA · private
55.2
42
83%
225
Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH · public
55.2
39
81%
226
Bennington College
Bennington, VT · private
55.2
21
69%
227
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · private
54.7
54
89%
228
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CA · private
54.7
46
77%
229
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY · private
54.6
35
75%
230
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR · private
54.6
32
73%
231
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · public
54.5
98
84%
232
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Norton, MA · private
54.5
42
74%
233
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX · private
54.5
35
71%
234
Touro University
New York, NY · private
54.5
31
68%
235
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA · public
54.4
89
79%
236
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN · private
54.4
55
77%
237
Washington College
Chestertown, MD · private
54.4
41
70%
238
University of Portland
Portland, OR · private
54.3
59
80%
239
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL · private
54.3
34
67%
240
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN · private
54.2
43
80%
241
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · public
54.1
100
84%
242
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA · private
54.1
58
79%
243
Seattle University
Seattle, WA · private
54.1
40
74%
244
SUNY College at Geneseo
Geneseo, NY · public
54
66
72%
245
Siena University
Loudonville, NY · private
54
42
75%
246
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA · public
53.8
100
85%
247
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MI · private
53.7
68
79%
248
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · public
53.7
63
74%
249
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH · private
53.7
62
75%
250
Berea College
Berea, KY · private
53.5
100
60%