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Like a few other US-based university ranking publications, Forbes Magazine has recently released its 2015 selections for best U.S. colleges and universities. Schools were ranked in categories such as Public, Liberal Arts, Best Value, and Return on Investment. They were also ranked by major U.S. region: Southern, Midwest, Northeast and Western. We've linked Study in the USA schools with their school profiles, as grouped under regional headings, so you can learn more right away. 

Forbes' Best Northeast U.S. Colleges and Universities include:

Yale University

University of Pennsylvania

Columbia University

Georgetown University

Tufts University

Forbes' Best Southern U.S. Colleges and Universities include:

University of Florida

University of Texas at Austin

Rice University

Emory University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Virginia Tech

University of Miami

Forbes' Best Midwest U.S. Colleges and Universities include:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Indiana University

University of Minnesota

Forbes' Best Western U.S. Colleges and Universities include:

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

University of Southern California (USC)

University of Washington

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, San Diego

Photo: University of California - San Diego students

On Forbes.com:

America's Top Colleges

Top 25 Southern Colleges

Top 25 Midwest Colleges

Top 25 Northeast Colleges

Top 25 Western Colleges