Bringing the College Consensus method to the Best Regional Colleges-Midwest means giving students a fully rounded, unbiased perspective on what those in the know have to say about their higher education options. With a wide range of published rankings and student reviews out there, College Consensus brings together the most trustworthy data to make an aggregate ranking. That provides the fullest picture available for Midwestern students and future students.
How Do We Rank the Best Regional Colleges in the Midwest?
The College Consensus method looks across the crowded landscape of college rankings and boils it all down to a functional rating. The Publisher Rating portion of the College Consensus is based on published rankings by numerous reputable ranking agencies, including U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Wallethub. The Student Review Rating includes verified student reviews from sites like Students Review and Unigo, summed up into one rating. The College Consensus combines the two into a single ranking – the final, aggregate ranking. Read more about our rankings methodology and sources at our about page.
The Midwest’s best regional colleges are the undergraduate institutions preparing the Midwest’s professional and technical workforce. The College Consensus Best Regional Colleges-Midwest highlights the smaller public and private bachelor’s and associate’s degree colleges that don’t get the glory, but make a difference in students’ lives. It’s the 2-year and 4-year colleges that keep the economy humming, and that’s especially true in the Midwest, with vast rural areas and industrialized manufacturing cities. For Midwestern students and prospective students, the College Consensus best regional ranking is a valuable research tool.
What’s Different About the College Consensus Ranking?
The special method developed by College Consensus puts the realities of ranking front and center. Every ranking has its own methodology and bias, but putting them all together gives College Consensus a birds-eye view of the landscape. That wider perspective ensures prospective students that they are getting a comprehensive ranking that takes in all of what’s known and thought about the Midwest’s regional colleges. And that makes College Consensus a one-stop shop for rankings.
The Consensus Best Regional Colleges-Midwest are listed in descending order by their Consensus score. In the event of ties, schools are ranked in alphabetical order with the same rank number.
1
Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, SD
2
Cottey CollegeNevada, MO
3
Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, MI
4
Taylor UniversityUpland, IN
5
College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, MO
6
Cedarville UniversityCedarville, OH
7
Northwestern College (IA)Orange City, IA
8
Ohio Northern UniversityAda, OH
9
Dordt UniversitySioux Center, IA
10
Goshen CollegeGoshen, IN
11
University of Mount UnionAlliance, OH
12
Clarke UniversityDubuque, IA
13
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeSaint Mary of the Woods, IN
14
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD
15
Marietta CollegeMarietta, OH
16
Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeMilwaukee, WI
17
Huntington UniversityHuntington, IN
18
Hastings CollegeHastings, NE
19
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL
20
Kuyper CollegeGrand Rapids, MI
21
Benedictine CollegeAtchison, KS
22
Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester, IN
23
Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL
24
Loras CollegeDubuque, IA
25
University of JamestownJamestown, ND
26
Crown CollegeSaint Bonifacius, MN
27
University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, MN
28
McPherson CollegeMcPherson, KS
29
Valley City State UniversityValley City, ND
30
Adrian CollegeAdrian, MI
31
Trine UniversityAngola, IN
32
Defiance CollegeDefiance, OH
33
York CollegeYork, NE
34
Oakland City UniversityOakland City, IN
35
Eureka CollegeEureka, IL
36
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, MO
37
Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, IL
38
Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, ND
39
Tabor CollegeHillsboro, KS
40
Wilmington CollegeWilmington, OH
41
Culver-Stockton CollegeCanton, MO
42
Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalina, KS
43
Olivet CollegeOlivet, MI
44
MacMurray CollegeJacksonville, IL
45
Grand View UniversityDes Moines, IA
46
Rochester UniversityRochester Hills, MI
47
Midland UniversityFremont, NE
48
North Central UniversityMinneapolis, MN
49
Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, MI
