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Best Liberal Arts Colleges
8 x7 I$ U- w* v0 xRank School (State) (*Public)
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1. Amherst College (MA)
3 R; ?: s& p5 }! w# F1. Williams College (MA)9 ~! f2 M2 L( d8 A8 Y+ Y D x
3. Swarthmore College (PA); L+ d! Y& B6 S
4. Wellesley College (MA)
5 n4 ?; U1 u( t- ^( f5. Middlebury College (VT)
" s2 H2 @7 |( g) |2 o6. Bowdoin College (ME)! Z! h5 r. G& M' Y
6. Pomona College (CA)
" O4 ~; o2 R+ L) D5 k8. Carleton College (MN)
1 h. J( n8 n6 e7 P& ~9 T9. Davidson College (NC)8 Y) _% S' ?0 h" z/ i- s
10. Haverford College (PA)
& Y5 q( {& A2 P |0 O11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)
S! p. t$ j1 j11. Vassar College (NY)4 ]5 ^% U- T r) d2 d1 I4 a
13. Wesleyan University (CT). _9 m) v2 M; ?( E
14. Grinnell College (IA)+ D5 d0 ~! q$ H A& K. f" I
14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)- n) K: r) f. g
14. United States Military Academy (NY)*
3 j# C _' h: v0 {" H17. Washington and Lee University (VA)$ a5 Q0 @1 w2 u. q# d1 i% ?& S: a
18. Colgate University (NY); ] o: l) N% a
18. Smith College (MA)
( {0 ]& N* r1 E20. Hamilton College (NY)6 ^( t+ e0 y! W5 i) U. ^5 s* q
20. Oberlin College (OH)
6 M- S5 a: b. W; S& ^! w8 o22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*+ B+ P- q2 ?" W7 L3 Q- f. i% q) f
23. Bryn Mawr College (PA)$ {/ ?7 c1 w3 ?0 ]8 C+ P
23. Colby College (ME)+ _, G7 p* _# }' Y% V
25. Bates College (ME)$ T0 p, j' S4 s
25. Macalester College (MN)
1 h; t! h2 s3 X! \/ y& T0 A27. Barnard College (NY)
" |, M. o; r" _" T27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)( p6 U* I3 N5 R' S+ w) e
27. Scripps College (CA)
9 H# h. Y. A, I" C30. Bucknell University (PA)% k0 s, y" k# j0 O- c; T, k
30. Colorado College9 {, s3 v" ?0 C$ o( ]
32. Kenyon College (OH)& r3 Y7 B7 e( y( y: z% F
33. Trinity College (CT)- G! Z2 f, N# i U" G# A% \0 @0 h
33. University of Richmond (VA)
i5 x J6 L+ B6 D3 ^35. College of the Holy Cross (MA)
8 @. _0 j- x0 ]6 `3 ?35. Lafayette College (PA)/ z7 H1 H& X; f
37. Bard College (NY)
! X+ F: d1 f. U \7 R# r8 f37. Furman University (SC)
8 a; q/ [+ y3 ^6 k& k' L" u. P37. Occidental College (CA)
' Q5 l; x4 K0 H* D! V37. Whitman College (WA)# m, j4 R* G% T- J x, S% C
41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)0 H% |' }/ U( q& y( v9 q
42. Connecticut College
- }8 ]9 R) |; d; U+ R" f6 ~42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)
0 S9 Q& O; W, v* s% x" M42. Union College (NY)" C, d. P9 G, W1 K% q W0 z0 s
45. Centre College (KY)8 D& h# S2 i& O4 S
45. Dickinson College (PA)& N2 n, Z8 ]! }3 x1 s
47. Skidmore College (NY)* y8 H/ ~, M0 y# a {% |
47. St. Olaf College (MN)% V7 r& ?8 s$ w i" w
49. DePauw University (IN)
0 I, A2 P" |$ ^' k49. Gettysburg College (PA). b1 Y& a \7 E6 d# \! ]
49. Pitzer College (CA)
7 {( O/ [- L- Y) J* o6 @5 Y) \/ l! o49. Rhodes College (TN)9 a$ J+ f% W9 b" ^6 t- z I
53. Denison University (OH)* U% N: I6 C. i$ y( r1 R
54. Reed College (OR)
, C2 E8 s% e9 N; z% g54. Wabash College (IN)5 k) d: A0 L, z$ [1 X6 q' \
56. Lawrence University (WI)
4 a2 ]' e, q. b5 V56. Wheaton College (IL)
/ I# Q/ n* m* \. L/ B& k) I58. St. Lawrence University (NY)
; U7 i. |) ]& N/ I8 N/ N58. Wheaton College (MA)( u: i& K3 W9 [6 S
60. Agnes Scott College (GA)
7 Y3 T/ V& L2 g5 V0 t60. Beloit College (WI)4 W' Q! R: q; b8 L
60. Illinois Wesleyan University9 z/ i) z6 Q" U% F
60. Kalamazoo College (MI)
" Q9 ~9 }, E# F60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)/ J/ Q; v5 K8 O1 I9 r5 W
60. Willamette University (OR)
* s, ~$ R9 A( D P- g) w) b60. Wofford College (SC)
z8 I- ?8 w. ?- V( b/ z67. Earlham College (IN)4 B1 H* u; w& Q3 k. a1 t
68. Berea College (KY)2 D1 c5 g0 I5 ?, W
68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)
0 P8 ], ]) p3 t/ D; v" A) C68. Southwestern University (TX)- @6 q4 B1 [* _8 p
71. Austin College (TX)8 z3 p$ r) E9 _
71. Drew University (NJ)( B5 e! t* K7 n. n! ~
71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)
3 ~# D3 @: r0 W: ?71. Muhlenberg College (PA)) e! f' N8 |' `/ C5 Q# T8 {4 \
71. St. John’s University (MN)5 D) m9 x# Q# N6 K
71. Virginia Military Institute*
2 y3 N; {1 @6 E1 |77. College of Wooster (OH)
0 i1 r+ y( _; m77. Hendrix College (AR)/ N, e- a$ A# i0 \: Q" g
77. Spelman College (GA)
o. i5 u( C. w77. Transylvania University (KY)0 k* T: x7 m/ x4 Z
81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL)
. p3 l4 M) e; u) @! X4 \' B% W81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)
% e" {2 v; W/ j; _81. Ursinus College (PA)9 W) B6 i' o& l0 m( |- O2 z i& j
84. College of St. Benedict (MN)
& ^3 L& N# [0 L# x84. Millsaps College (MS)! f; x% ^4 y$ O( H# J* T
84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*5 [7 t/ l' n' j3 X: X
84. Sweet Briar College (VA)' m6 a. X8 }9 ~2 s3 B, t. H
88. Augustana College (IL)
9 v" A4 g: F3 u7 `0 r88. Cornell College (IA), v' I% J% s! W5 X# p X6 r0 Z2 a
88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN)
) s0 y3 p8 j( F# d* M. O$ u88. Hope College (MI)6 m* s, {5 s! t/ b1 _( A
88. Knox College (IL)3 _6 P# }" y9 J4 O! c- E' O* M
88. Luther College (IA)
2 [9 X6 n* e9 Q! c3 \: i5 C2 Z3 e# W94. Allegheny College (PA)' E% Z) C, T( u9 _0 X2 E
94. Lake Forest College (IL)
- f, \0 W: e! f5 Z" M& D94. New College of Florida*
/ i5 [. |7 G6 E7 _* R94. Washington College (MD)
* Q2 ~( |+ X$ c8 Q2 ~& k98. Coe College (IA)" w# c |+ a& j1 M/ q$ M
98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA) H: p% `. o S5 v$ V$ @ q. x
98. Hanover College (IN)
& r- J! Y* O. `1 l# m& V+ u3 g% E98. Hillsdale College (MI)7 w1 e( X$ J2 X6 Z
98. Hollins University (VA)) w, }2 i: T/ N9 E; B. F
98. Juniata College (PA)+ n) H' e# \0 u
104. Albion College (MI)9 m6 O& t( M$ S' C: n2 _/ E1 Z! P1 C
104. Bennington College (VT)5 F- Y" o; ]4 ^! R
104. Hampshire College (MA). D% o9 |5 X# [
104. Presbyterian College (SC); a) w( L5 z b: i( F8 Z, a! H
104. St. Mary’s College (IN)
( j! ]# q, p0 y( Q104. St. Michael’s College (VT)& j! y' Z* o( e1 C" L" Y- N( t
104. Washington & Jefferson (PA), {+ c3 a$ L$ H8 x
111. Goucher College (MD)2 I4 q( p" X% B! Z3 Y
111. Lyon College (AR) g; M( u8 C; r$ U: ?
111. Ohio Wesleyan University2 Z: h. z9 B* `+ ]$ F: o( u
111. Westmont College (CA) A- o& C0 U9 P7 @1 ]+ m: k
115. Calvin College (MI)+ }3 ]' `3 O- Q/ W
115. Stonehill College (MA)
1 G% r4 d0 O3 K115. Susquehanna University (PA) a6 F4 X6 x$ ~# d9 l
118. Berry College (GA)
) O+ d" Y7 c* ]118. Linfield College (OR)
3 m% @$ e6 O& g2 {6 z118. Randolph College (VA)
( |$ i3 ^0 k; T118. Siena College (NY)
8 q* k. B2 t* s+ f2 g0 f) z122. Central College (IA)
. I' O) o" X6 J/ K2 k- G122. St. John’s College (NM)
. S/ j# W0 k& y! c4 D122. Westminster College (PA)
. b! w0 V% I/ n9 L3 O! d/ MTHIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)
. r; g( s" ~. t; J% hAlbright College (PA)& F) i! C- ^1 k8 w9 }3 z7 S$ Y
Alma College (MI)
( ?: ]4 Q7 b8 }- ^4 X5 nAmerican Jewish University (CA)/ R4 q3 X- h3 l* q
Asbury College (KY)
6 B& \. X. w' p% lBaker University (KS)& h& `0 N2 _/ X A) W9 t
Bethany College (WV)
) `6 {0 y; `" E/ cBridgewater College (VA)
1 i$ b" O8 n7 l" h% f( WCarroll College (MT)7 Y0 B3 C8 J3 P* c% U/ ?+ t
Carson-Newman College (TN)
8 k$ h8 W( \% x0 M. ]! W. x& zCedar Crest College (PA)
( j" q) A' ~( z5 l+ s0 [7 f, lCentenary College of Louisiana
5 P) Y' b) L. Q( zClarke College (IA) B4 m3 u; v+ @( P5 B- v1 D
College of Idaho (ID)0 X9 t& i8 e. |% k1 Q
College of the Atlantic (ME)
7 t& Q$ R$ m1 G5 }( j, N* W" PConcordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)
" x9 T5 Z. \7 R5 w0 i; r# }, D7 l5 ?Dillard University (LA)
% F+ Y8 z0 E! k1 _% O5 d dDoane College (NE)
# t7 f. p+ \4 `7 l% x1 i; @2 _Eastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)
3 I" K p7 K3 I6 hEckerd College (FL): A: B& j' `$ g. i9 C! Y" ]
Emory and Henry College (VA)* f' l7 j8 m; T' ]6 ]& u( n
Fisk University (TN)) I. [/ `' K1 C3 M
Georgetown College (KY)/ H" C# f# @; q1 V. G% b
Gordon College (MA); v& Z# f* l4 t+ k
Goshen College (IN)
( u! m3 {/ u3 A+ P7 i3 r" _- SGrove City College (PA)& |, I& G: r$ l
Guilford College (NC)* m) n8 e6 a0 C
Hartwick College (NY)
9 {& S+ K3 ?# ^1 D) fHastings College (NE)
' c1 Z; q9 s# }2 t" `% KHiram College (OH)
9 R1 F, q, l, K* @6 I. E, |6 F% HHoughton College (NY)& U- K( }; h# F1 ], ^
Illinois College
, Z2 H2 V) E4 [Lycoming College (PA). I8 m( r F4 e6 K& a2 }
Maryville College (TN)
' K" [9 Y6 f0 l; cMcDaniel College‡ (MD); M3 D R2 a4 i1 c1 }; x% P
Meredith College (NC)
} B6 ~' ^, {) W& ~1 s9 k" P! _Merrimack College (MA)' K. ]- L3 m$ R0 d% o
Millikin University (IL)1 M: ~3 `. f8 l- @
Monmouth College (IL)0 X, s# m1 S, F5 M) K0 _# x
Moravian College (PA)
+ I4 d0 m- b' y" Y6 w; sMorehouse College (GA)
, m( [, |6 `3 }Mount Union College (OH)+ R" c" j3 R* B3 ~) s; q( L& F; h
Nebraska Wesleyan University( `1 J& C/ n( ?& G( D& m2 [
Oglethorpe University (GA)
. q& X/ Q! w6 g7 PPrincipia College1(IL)5 D/ C( i6 q) }# e- H
Randolph-Macon College (VA)
l- A) }3 G& [0 p) eRipon College (WI)% W. e8 y' C, U; y
Roanoke College (VA)) u/ O( [9 t. v
Russell Sage College (NY)
: }. J! A/ Y9 t# s7 ?2 J% USalem College (NC); c: _" e! A2 j" Q$ p/ f2 R& b; E+ _
Simpson College (IA)' q/ b2 E8 g1 b, p8 x4 n6 z
St. Anselm College (NH)
6 S8 I* ^5 H6 j! ~) p: dSt. John’s College1(MD)
9 m' m- D m4 @0 P5 D( _0 USt. Norbert College (WI)3 f, x* | F) C) ~+ o% V
St. Vincent College (PA)! s. R# h; _2 B5 y
University of Minnesota—Morris*6 H! M! U, w! c* Z
U. of North Carolina—Asheville*
G( f, G" s1 i! e+ W3 W' o; |( dWarren Wilson College (NC)1 n6 P/ b6 U2 C1 \( l9 t P. b
Wartburg College (IA)
3 ]( S5 X! p/ u) F, T/ IWells College (NY)
: L) f0 }" D2 W! z4 X5 v. o' hWesleyan College (GA)
! `3 y7 P* m% P* v: W! k! EWestminster College (MO)% h, x+ l" a: Q4 m' {* l- G5 i
Whittier College (CA), ]3 p; j0 t, @ D* o9 \: Q
William Jewell College (MO)
0 P; O5 S+ u# U+ T& M9 s$ a6 y7 i' UWisconsin Lutheran College
9 o% C% L# V( S9 {* QWittenberg University (OH)8 J; l$ Z$ K+ i4 x
FOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)
9 ~- J3 g2 r o( S- y1 _Albertus Magnus College (CT)
4 z2 R" c# P9 B' L) Z! k/ XAtlantic Union College (MA)
. @2 L( @! d6 S. a8 W: M0 l" sBennett College (NC)# ?; P. e5 P) r5 S2 D3 l
Bethel College (KS); O v9 ^! b5 Y7 L w5 H7 f- ^0 Q f
Bloomfield College (NJ) r, _! E0 p+ N" m4 } x
Brevard College (NC)
0 |7 y" q4 k" p) I6 y* rBrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii17 [$ ~6 @+ m: s3 W) t" S) A
California State U.—Monterey Bay*: o4 a* O& J, ~
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)*7 _! v8 U R) G3 m% ~
Coastal Carolina University (SC)*7 S9 d/ a, P5 h+ U
Colorado State Univ.—Pueblo*' e" E0 ^, w! S# ~: `2 U' D
Concordia College (NY)7 m# y" P* _2 Y* i- O; s
Evangel University (MO)( c' F; Z0 h* q
Ferrum College (VA)
6 \ ?+ f z, h5 h* Z7 PFort Lewis College (CO)*% ^0 `( D: {4 G+ l0 r3 b( Y
Franklin Pierce University1 (NH)6 d; s+ \, E2 w- l& ~; o
Green Mountain College (VT)
9 M1 g1 Z9 f7 j" }Greensboro College (NC)& h' ?0 ?( G1 N
Huntingdon College (AL): L$ {9 h4 a: ?$ o) p
Huston-Tillotson University1 (TX)# }! ^, G% z0 m
Jarvis Christian College (TX)9 X& P& x: O- F" \+ x- c/ j) F( K( w
Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
& ?' \* m4 F6 ]# n1 A7 jJudson College1(AL)
' V& G! P/ a# h) |* x4 u, a' C9 QKentucky Wesleyan College13 E4 j; c7 P7 }: s% [. V3 ^" u/ e5 s4 B
Lambuth University (TN)( G2 r: ^# e" ~# c
Lane College1(TN)
: Q# w1 F6 a3 Q3 CLindsey Wilson College (KY)% Z) |& k& t6 [- n, S( E- t9 \
Marlboro College1(VT)
; a. D) F3 ~ r4 R5 ~, P3 dMarymount Manhattan Col. (NY)- M$ Z0 \$ M! R" q/ Z
Mass. Col. of Liberal Arts*7 G8 m- h, z. B3 _8 _2 n0 b
McPherson College (KS)
& _3 y5 L j7 FMesa State College (CO) *, I* y5 m7 q/ b) k: \
Metropolitan State Col. of Denver*2 _$ V+ v- L1 T; X4 c, ~
North Greenville University (SC)
- b9 I; [" t. n9 @0 \4 |; P! BNorthland College (WI)
& ?8 G' l( L" ~4 h0 L/ dOlivet College (MI)
8 m8 E2 r# s+ C/ w% U. ?Paine College (GA)
, {( u6 z- ]5 U$ Y. u2 yPeace College (NC)
) K* g4 w% x% M2 H$ f& rPine Manor College (MA): `/ @& A: ?! I7 L: b* K* B- [; L
Sierra Nevada College (NV)/ V: [' A3 j8 t. {; ]
Simpson University1(CA)
) X- k+ R( r9 _0 V4 iSt. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)4 f( g# H, l6 {
Stephens College (MO)
1 h4 l, a' S. `0 {/ ?% z0 `: D6 FSterling College (KS)' i5 u, X8 |+ e n. W& {5 s6 |( ]
SUNY College—Old Westbury*% V- V G; L$ L' H
SUNY—Purchase College*
8 ?9 f3 ^6 Y. E, R) i# b" X& c7 lTalladega College (AL)
9 g$ h" B( m; L) |Texas Lutheran University. Z& N& f# Z& {, A+ B4 z
Thiel College (PA)
0 n1 F4 y* ?: ?9 x' p5 XTougaloo College1(MS)' n7 u# ` _3 d, N# f( P( V
University of Hawaii—Hilo*7 @. O& O/ e, Q. B
University of Maine—Machias*: A# e5 e. G' t" {4 o: N6 g3 E
University of Virginia—Wise*" f5 E, K. g; m5 E) b1 G4 C
Univ. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*
$ _7 k7 X" n' x1 a& c" [5 tUniv. of Wisconsin—Parkside*$ R0 w$ P( V& k5 q5 p: L
Virginia Wesleyan College1 w0 y w! q1 a% b6 l
West Virginia State University*2 ` p0 F4 t& C) x9 o+ {2 w
West Virginia Wesleyan College) v0 b9 |) Q4 Y# Z9 J1 T+ W
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