Best West

Alaska (AK), California (CA), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), Nevada (NV), Oregon (OR), Utah (UT), Washington (WA), and Wyoming (WY)

For our "2025 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, we salute 631 colleges in seven zones—Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, West, and International (outside of the United States)—that we consider academically outstanding and well worth consideration in your college search.

Please note that these lists are not ranked. These lists appear in alphabetical order. Schools marked "featured" have paid a fee for that designation but not for inclusion in this list.


Showing 26 - 50 of 79 results

Sort by:
Featured Our marketing partner institutions Near Me Sorted by distance from your search location Popularity Sorted by number of views Size Sorted by total enrollment Name Listed in alphabetical order

Menlo College

  • Atherton, CA
  • •
  • 777 Full-Time Enrollment

Montana Technological University

  • Butte, MT
  • •
  • 2,134 Full-Time Enrollment

Northwest Nazarene University

  • Nampa, ID
  • •
  • 1,156 Full-Time Enrollment

Occidental College

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • •
  • 1,854 Full-Time Enrollment

Oregon State University

  • Corvallis, OR
  • •
  • 25,699 Full-Time Enrollment

Otis College of Art and Design

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • •
  • 1,197 Full-Time Enrollment

Pacific Lutheran University

  • Tacoma, WA
  • •
  • 2,393 Full-Time Enrollment

Pepperdine University

  • Malibu, CA
  • •
  • 3,629 Full-Time Enrollment

Pitzer College

  • Claremont, CA
  • •
  • 1,204 Full-Time Enrollment

Pomona College

  • Claremont, CA
  • •
  • 1,761 Full-Time Enrollment

Portland State University

  • Portland, OR
  • •
  • 15,960 Full-Time Enrollment

Saint Mary's College of California

  • Moraga, CA
  • •
  • 2,044 Full-Time Enrollment

San Diego State University

  • San Diego, CA
  • •
  • 32,896 Full-Time Enrollment

Santa Clara University

  • Santa Clara, CA
  • •
  • 6,249 Full-Time Enrollment

Scripps College

  • Claremont, CA
  • •
  • 1,082 Full-Time Enrollment

Seattle Pacific University

  • Seattle, WA
  • •
  • 2,428 Full-Time Enrollment

Seattle University

  • Seattle, WA
  • •
  • 4,171 Full-Time Enrollment

Sonoma State University

  • Rohnert Park, CA
  • •
  • 8,565 Full-Time Enrollment

Southern Utah University

  • Cedar City, UT
  • •
  • 9,271 Full-Time Enrollment

Stanford University

  • Stanford, CA
  • •
  • 8,054 Full-Time Enrollment

The University of Montana—Missoula

  • Missoula, MT
  • •
  • 7,714 Full-Time Enrollment

Thomas Aquinas College (CA)

  • Santa Paula, CA
  • •
  • 367 Full-Time Enrollment

University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Fairbanks, AK
  • •
  • 5,704 Full-Time Enrollment

University of California—Berkeley

  • Berkeley, CA
  • •
  • 33,405 Full-Time Enrollment

University of California—Davis

  • Davis, CA
  • •
  • 31,162 Full-Time Enrollment

Page 2 of 4