In the September 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report, the college rankings for best regional universities were unveiled.

If you are looking at colleges in the Northern region of the U.S., you may be interested to see which universities rank the best.

While the official rankings list the top 45 universities in the Northern United States, I have only included the top 20 universities in the Northern region of the United States.

You will notice that there are some ties, which resulted in multiple universities having the same rank.

Here is the list of the top 20 best universities in the Northern United States, according to U.S. News & World Report:

1. Villanova University
2. Providence College
3. Loyola University Maryland
4. Bentley University
4. College of New Jersey
4. Fairfield University
7. Ithaca College
7. Rochester Institute of Technology
9. Quinnipiac University
10. Marist College
10. University of Scranton
12. SUNY – Geneseo
13. St. Joseph’s University
14. Emerson College
14. Simmons College
16. Bryant University
17. Le Moyne College
19. La Salle University
20. Alfred University
20. Canisius College