Western Four Year Colleges

There are 284 four year colleges and universities in the West enrolling 2,426,469 students. Explore the list below to find the four year college match for you.

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University of California Merced Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Merced, CA
  • 3.0 | 1 reviews
  • Nov 30 application deadline

UC Merced is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, biology, and psychology. The newest University of California campus is located in California's Central Valley.

#15 Best Public Universities in California 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 960-1140
  • Avg GPA 3.55
  • Acceptance Rate 91%
  • Net Price $13,690
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University of the Pacific Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Stockton, CA
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Pacific is a private university known for its Conservatory of Music and undergraduate programs in business and health sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential Stockton campus in California's Central Valley.

#12 Best Private Colleges in California 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1183-1480
  • Avg GPA 3.58
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $31,670
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California State University San Marcos Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • San Marcos, CA
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • Nov 30 application deadline

Cal State San Marcos is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban hillside campus is in North San Diego County.

#20 Best Public Universities in California 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 950-1130
  • Avg GPA 3.32
  • Acceptance Rate 95%
  • Net Price $10,241
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Denver, CO
  • 3.0 | 5 reviews
  • Aug 1 application deadline

CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Colorado 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 980-1220
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $14,831
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California State Polytechnic University Humboldt Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Arcata, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Apr 30 application deadline

Cal Poly Humboldt is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate environmental science, forestry, and marine biology. The campus is set among coastal redwoods in far northern California.

#18 Best Public Universities in California 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1190
  • Avg GPA 3.33
  • Acceptance Rate 98%
  • Net Price $14,090
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California Institute of the Arts Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Valencia, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

CalArts is a highly selective private arts college known for undergraduate animation, film, and the performing arts. The suburban campus is in Valencia, north of Los Angeles.

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  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 32%
  • Net Price $56,239
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Brigham Young University Idaho Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Rexburg, ID
  • 4.8 | 4 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

BYU-Idaho is a private university affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The campus is in Rexburg, a small college town in eastern Idaho.

#3 Best Private Colleges in Idaho 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1200
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.34
  • Acceptance Rate 96%
  • Net Price $8,528
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Seattle University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Seattle, WA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Seattle University is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing and business. The urban campus sits on First Hill near downtown Seattle.

#3 Best Colleges in Washington 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1200-1430
  • Avg GPA 3.62
  • Acceptance Rate 77%
  • Net Price $36,948
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University of Portland Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Portland, OR
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

University of Portland is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and business. The campus sits on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in North Portland.

#2 Best Colleges in Oregon 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.66
  • Acceptance Rate 89%
  • Net Price $30,985
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California Baptist University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Riverside, CA
  • | 0 reviews

California Baptist is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and engineering. The suburban Riverside campus lies in Southern California's Inland Empire.

#30 Best Private Colleges in California 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 960-1150
  • Avg GPA 3.58
  • Acceptance Rate 85%
  • Net Price $27,862
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California State Polytechnic University Pomona Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Pomona, CA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Nov 30 application deadline

Cal Poly Pomona is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and agriculture. The hillside campus includes working farm facilities and an Arabian horse center.

#12 Best Public Universities in California 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1010-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.69
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $11,940
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Point Loma Nazarene University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • San Diego, CA
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Point Loma Nazarene is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, biology, and business. The campus sits on coastal bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

#17 Best Private Colleges in California 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1175-1365
  • Avg GPA 3.65
  • Acceptance Rate 84%
  • Net Price $39,696
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University of Wyoming Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Laramie, WY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Aug 10 application deadline

Wyoming is a public university known for undergraduate geology, petroleum engineering, and agriculture. The campus sits in the college town of Laramie near the Medicine Bow Mountains.

#1 Best Value in Wyoming 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1040-1240
  • Avg GPA 3.53
  • Acceptance Rate 97%
  • Net Price $14,872
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Adams State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Alamosa, CO
  • | 0 reviews

Adams State is a small public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The campus sits in rural Alamosa in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

#11 Best Public Universities in Colorado
  • SAT Range 910-1130
  • Avg GPA 3.2
  • Acceptance Rate 100%
  • Net Price $13,340
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University of Redlands Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Redlands, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 1 application deadline

University of Redlands is a private university known for undergraduate music, business, and the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. The residential campus sits in Redlands in Southern California's Inland Empire.

#15 Best Private Colleges in California 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1107-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.74
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $28,482
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Hawaii Pacific University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Honolulu, HI
  • | 0 reviews
  • Sep 6 application deadline

Hawaii Pacific is a private university known for undergraduate marine science, nursing, and international business. The urban campus sits in downtown Honolulu near the waterfront.

#3 Best Private Colleges in Hawaii 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 998-1200
  • Avg GPA 3.56
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $30,950
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University of Idaho Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Moscow, ID
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Idaho is a public university known for undergraduate agriculture, natural resources, and engineering. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Moscow in northern Idaho.

#1 Best Public Universities in Idaho 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 990-1230
  • Avg GPA 3.47
  • Acceptance Rate 76%
  • Net Price $15,111
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Reed College Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Portland, OR
  • | 0 reviews

Reed is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences and humanities. All seniors complete a required year-long thesis on a wooded residential campus in southeast Portland.

#1 Best Value in Oregon 9/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1290-1520
  • Avg GPA 4.0
  • Acceptance Rate 25%
  • Net Price $30,953
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