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Best Schools for Best in the Southwest Region
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the best degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Best
Northern Arizona University tops our 2026 ranking of the best best schools. Set in the city of Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University is a very large public institution. About 61% of students finish within six years. Northern Arizona University awarded about 13 best degrees in the most recent data year. Graduates of the best program make about $47,056 in their early career. Typical student debt for the program is $21,645.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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by our College Data Analytics Team