Editing Midwestern United States (section)

=== Education ===
[[File:Ohio University Cutler Hall.png|thumb|[[Manasseh Cutler Hall]], constructed by 1816, was the first academic building in the former [[Northwest Territory]].]]
[[File:Campus Spring.jpg|thumb|The [[University of Chicago]] is considered among the most prestigious universities in the US.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmcgIYDVWoIC&pg=PA66|title=The University of Chicago and its Neighbors: A Case Study in Community Delveopment|author=Henry S. Webber|editor1=David C. Perry|editor2= Wim Wiewel|page=66|publisher=[[Lincoln Institute of Land Policy]]/[[M. E. Sharpe]]|series=The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis|date=August 16, 2023 |isbn=9780765615411 }}</ref>]]
Many Midwestern universities are members of the [[Association of American Universities]] (AAU), a bi-national organization founded in Chicago of leading [[research universities]]. Of the 69 members from the U.S. and Canada, 17 are located in the Midwest.  These include private schools [[Case Western Reserve University]], the [[University of Chicago]], [[Northwestern University]], [[University of Notre Dame]], and [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and public institutions, the [[University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign]], [[Indiana University Bloomington]], the [[University of Iowa]], the [[University of Kansas]], the [[University of Michigan]], [[Michigan State University]], the [[University of Minnesota]], the [[University of Missouri]], the [[Ohio State University]], [[Purdue University]], and the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aau.edu/about/default.aspx?id=4020 |title=AAU Membership |publisher=Association of American Universities |access-date=June 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623003501/http://www.aau.edu/about/default.aspx?id=4020 |archive-date=June 23, 2015 }}</ref>

Other notable major [[List of research universities in the United States|research-intensive]] public universities include the [[University of Cincinnati]], the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]], [[Iowa State University]], [[Kansas State University]], the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]], [[Ohio University]], [[Southern Illinois University]], and [[Wayne State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/standard.php#standard_basic2005_list|title=Carnegie Classifications – Highest Research Doctoral |date=April 14, 2018 |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref>

Numerous state university systems have established regional campuses statewide. The numerous state teachers colleges were upgraded into state universities after 1945.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first3=Andrew R. L. |editor-last3=Cayton |editor-first2=Christian |editor-last2=Christian |editor-first1=Richard |editor-last1=Sisson |title=The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3Xn7jMx1RYC&pg=PA809|year=2006|publisher=Indiana UP|pages=809–12|isbn=978-0253003492}}</ref>

Other notable private institutions include [[Beloit College]], [[John Carroll University]], [[Saint Louis University]], [[Butler University]], [[Loyola University Chicago]], [[DePaul University]], [[Creighton University]], [[Drake University]], [[Marquette University]], [[University of Dayton]], and [[Xavier University]]. Local boosters, usually with a church affiliation, created numerous colleges in the mid-19th century.<ref>Kenneth H. Wheeler, ''Cultivating Regionalism: Higher Education and the Making of the American Midwest'' (2011)</ref> In terms of national rankings, the most prominent [[liberal arts colleges]] today include [[Augustana College (Illinois)|Augustana College]], [[Carleton College]], [[Denison University]], [[DePauw University]], [[Earlham College]], [[Grinnell College]], [[Hamline University]], [[Kalamazoo College]], [[Kenyon College]], [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]], [[Macalester College]], [[Lawrence University]], [[Oberlin College]], [[St. Olaf College]], [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University]], [[Mount Union University]], [[Wabash College]], [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]], and [[The College of Wooster]].<ref>Edward Fiske, ''Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015'' (2014)</ref>