Students wishing to study in the midwestern region of the United States have no shortage of exceptional schools to apply to. The midwestern region of our country boasts some of the highest profile public universities in the United States.
To help empower students to make better informed decisions when choosing a school, we have compiled the following list of the top ranked universities in each of the individual midwestern states, according to U.S. News and World Report's ranking of the country's top public schools.
Methodology
We took the top public university in each state according U.S. News and World Report, grouped all those #1s by region of the U.S., and ranked them within those regions according to their 30 year return on investment (ROI) as measured by PayScale. So, for example, the number #1 university in this list, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, has the highest ROI of all the #1 ranked institutions in the Midwestern region. This enables a student interested in attending school in the Midwestern part of the U.S. to get a good sense of the top rated institutions with the highest potential return on investment.
While the schools were ranked based on in-state net ROI, the out-of-state net ROI is also included.
For more information about the methodology used to compile this list, please see the methodology page.
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Additional Resources
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