Where the Pac-12 Colleges Rank Among the 2017 U.S. News Best Colleges

Darian Somers

Pac-12 Has Schools Near the Top of the Pack

For those looking to attend college with big time athletics, the Pac-12 offers quite a few schools.

The conference, which spans six western states, also boasts quite a few highly ranked schools.

Four of the 12 conference schools can be found in the top 25 of the 2017 U.S. News Best National Universities rankings, with Stanford University leading the way as the highest-ranked National University in the Power 5 conference, tied for No. 5. The Power 5 conferences include the Pac-12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12.

Here's where the Pac-12 schools rank in the 2017 Best Colleges rankings.

Washington State University

Location: Pullman, Washington

U.S. News rank: 143 (tie)

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Oregon State University

Location: Corvallis, Oregon

U.S. News rank: 143 (tie)

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Arizona State University--Tempe

Location: Tempe, Arizona

U.S. News rank: 129 (tie)

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University of Arizona

Location: Tucson, Arizona

U.S. News rank: 124 (tie)

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University of Utah

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

U.S. News rank: 111 (tie)

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University of Oregon

Location: Eugene, Oregon

U.S. News rank: 103 (tie)

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University of Colorado--Boulder

Location: Boulder, Colorado

U.S. News rank: 92 (tie)

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University of Washington

Location: Seattle, Washington

U.S. News rank: 54 (tie)

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University of California--Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles, California

U.S. News rank: 24 (tie)

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University of Southern California

Location: Los Angeles, California

U.S. News rank: 23 (tie)

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University of California--Berkeley

Location: Berkeley, California

U.S. News rank: 20 (tie)

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Stanford University

Location: Stanford, California

U.S. News rank: 5 (tie)

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Darian Somers is an associate social media editor at U.S. News. You can follow him on Twitter or email him at dsomers@usnews.com.