30 Best College Values in the West/Southwest, 2014
| Sortable Rankings | SPECIAL REPORT: College Rankings, 2014
Public Colleges
1. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2. University of California, Berkeley

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4. University of California, San Diego
6. University of California, Santa Barbara
7. University of Texas at Austin
8. University of California, Irvine
9. University of California, Davis
10. University of Texas at Dallas
Private Universities
3. California Institute of Technology
4. University of Southern California
Liberal Arts Colleges
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