--- title: These 5 States Have the Best Colleges description: Money.com ranked the nation's top 50 colleges, and also took a look at which states have the most of those colleges. canonical: https://time.com/3055403/states-best-colleges/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-29T22:12:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:44.774Z og:title: These 5 States Have the Best Colleges og:description: Money.com ranked the nation's top 50 colleges, and also took a look at which states have the most of those colleges. og:url: https://time.com/3055403/states-best-colleges/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5662845f53037e2b/69869db4cd6848e40c095db4/162749395.jpg?branch=production&width=667&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 667 og:image:height: 375 og:image:alt: College og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These 5 States Have the Best Colleges twitter:description: Money.com ranked the nation's top 50 colleges, and also took a look at which states have the most of those colleges. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5662845f53037e2b/69869db4cd6848e40c095db4/162749395.jpg?branch=production&width=667&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These 5 States Have the Best Colleges by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 29, 2014 10:12 PM UTC  Caucasian graduate walking in portico Caucasian graduate walking in porticoGetty Images by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 29, 2014 10:12 PM UTC _Money_ ranked [the nation’s top 50 colleges](http://time.com/money/3024906/moneys-best-colleges-top-50/), and also took a look at which states have the most of those colleges. From California to New York, here are the top five, followed by the “Top 50” colleges that are in each of the five states. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3055403/states-best-colleges/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3055403/states-best-colleges/"},"headline":"These 5 States Have the Best Colleges","datePublished":"2014-07-29T22:12:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:44.774Z","description":"Did your state or school make the cut?","url":"https://time.com/3055403/states-best-colleges/","keywords":["Living","Education","College"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5662845f53037e2b/69869db4cd6848e40c095db4/162749395.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5662845f53037e2b/69869db4cd6848e40c095db4/162749395.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"College","caption":"College","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3055403/states-best-colleges/","name":"These 5 States Have the Best Colleges"}}]}] ```