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

If you are looking at colleges, you may be interested to see which colleges rank the best in the North, South, Midwest and West regions of the U.S..

While the official rankings list the top 47 colleges in the regions, I have only included the top 15 colleges for each 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 15 best colleges by region in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report:

NORTH
1. U.S. Coast Guard Academy
2. Cooper Union
3. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
4. Messiah College
5. Elizabethtown College
6. Elmira College
7. Lebanon Valley College
8. Roger Williams University
9. Marine Maritime Academy
10. Endicott College
11. Stevenson University
12. Seton Hill University
13. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
13. York College of Pennsylvania
15. St. Joseph’s College of New York
15. Wilson College

SOUTH
1. Ouachita Baptist University
2. John Brown University
3. High Point University
4. Erskine College
5. Tuskegee University
6. Covenant College
7. LaGrange College
8. Florida Southern College
9. Flagler College
10. Milligan College
11. Lenoir-Rhyne University
11. University of Charleston
13. University of the Ozarks
14. Claflin University
15. Catawba College

MIDWEST
1. Taylor University
2. Marietta College
3. Dordt College
3. Ohio Northern University
5. Augustana College
5. Cedarville University
7. College of the Ozarks
8. Huntington University
9. Northwestern College (IA)
10. Franklin College
11. Carthage College
11. Loras College
11. Milwaukee School of Engineeering
14. Buena Vista University
15. Northwestern College (MN)

WEST
1. U.S. Air Force Academy
2. Master’s College and Seminary
2. Oklahoma Baptist University
4. California Maritime Academy
5. Corban University
6. Oklahoma Wesleyan University
7. Oregon Institute of Technology
7. Rocky Mountain College
9. Vanguard University of Southern California
10. Montana Tech of the University of Montana
10. Pacific Union College
12. Northwest University
12. University of Montana – Western
14. McMurray University
14. University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma