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Best Liberal Arts Colleges; A8 ` i9 k* x! W
Rank School (State) (*Public)
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6 D; m" V. P W) p+ g) ?2 O1. Amherst College (MA)
" B; T. G/ I& G1. Williams College (MA)
@: y' b) ?+ [' X3 p$ _. W6 f3. Swarthmore College (PA)6 j O: S2 a# ]5 u& d, l! `: K* U. _
4. Wellesley College (MA)
: ^ i0 A, \- f. p+ s5. Middlebury College (VT)8 n% q% v( \7 m3 ]1 C# }
6. Bowdoin College (ME)
! b, S2 i' O6 E* c. F4 c$ }6 l" F6. Pomona College (CA)! C& }% X! |% g6 \( E b
8. Carleton College (MN)
' W3 w7 k$ i; |, ?5 ^. G9. Davidson College (NC) j9 P. R# A: _9 |/ w7 t% R
10. Haverford College (PA)
$ W7 f# C, i: F1 _11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)0 E- O& m7 E& E( K! f3 b4 z
11. Vassar College (NY). `( z2 p; C( W# P% `8 g V
13. Wesleyan University (CT) _: x' {6 ~ a8 y" u2 e4 W
14. Grinnell College (IA) y$ y7 W D$ w5 B8 @
14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)6 I: _$ _: }, k: A# _
14. United States Military Academy (NY)*) v- c1 r1 x) E" Z8 ]* d
17. Washington and Lee University (VA)( l- ^8 Z3 }( E) |$ T
18. Colgate University (NY)
0 }# I7 P! q( m: c2 P18. Smith College (MA)
1 X+ T: V% `, {20. Hamilton College (NY)
. p" m, ?) ]' I& R& \20. Oberlin College (OH)( _2 o6 Y$ Z" Y) {
22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*' J# M* D, l5 Q
23. Bryn Mawr College (PA) \7 S5 c0 W$ h% x
23. Colby College (ME)/ Z9 J9 [! S/ R
25. Bates College (ME)
* w H: x% v" Q4 R' E" x9 {( |25. Macalester College (MN)
5 q0 v5 n, H+ M4 e4 e. V7 F27. Barnard College (NY)+ R! _5 F3 K% P" y& a& T' q! s
27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)
. c3 Z3 w8 f* H8 `, T! `, o) l3 J27. Scripps College (CA)- `/ u& X# n+ Q9 q0 L3 _
30. Bucknell University (PA)
, R1 K$ r8 H$ x+ I5 p4 {6 b& l9 ]. t30. Colorado College
9 Y! Z- d8 k& I# s5 w32. Kenyon College (OH)
/ }: `" L8 E7 i" G% \2 y" u# E g7 D33. Trinity College (CT)5 z: Q. n+ Q( U0 ? m& g7 N3 f
33. University of Richmond (VA)/ w$ V- L. i3 U7 k1 I' z
35. College of the Holy Cross (MA)' e4 ~' _4 a" h. C1 x' R
35. Lafayette College (PA)
|2 D& B2 E5 z6 @ C5 ?37. Bard College (NY)
. v9 {5 T% R7 h/ c/ B37. Furman University (SC)* @1 Y. M5 k3 l; B ?8 [
37. Occidental College (CA)( {+ t) ^$ \ `6 G. u8 ~" K
37. Whitman College (WA)0 i; Q: k( P) d* [& |1 e8 f- I9 \
41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)
+ ?& K3 d; W; E2 u. A" ~42. Connecticut College/ g. y/ b* r$ [+ p
42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)
: }) @ j; C, U. U& o42. Union College (NY)9 l+ ^0 \. A9 t" I
45. Centre College (KY)1 V" o P; o9 F% _! L4 @7 A
45. Dickinson College (PA)
( e0 F' |5 b# m. W6 I. n+ i5 X- l47. Skidmore College (NY)( p& B/ i! h& _. u. i
47. St. Olaf College (MN)
, B9 x0 n4 w$ C1 ?& b49. DePauw University (IN); P! v0 S X- K+ m1 q. y2 K
49. Gettysburg College (PA)
D9 a$ ]8 n. l. ^( e1 B49. Pitzer College (CA)1 Y4 q' ^ P. e& O4 E2 b
49. Rhodes College (TN)
% |; A/ z1 J: W' R! C7 F" h3 y2 j53. Denison University (OH)
4 R$ W. |) x: U2 E" U- j7 i54. Reed College (OR)
6 D, O+ { y) Q" p- `54. Wabash College (IN)
: a1 A# D! m( A56. Lawrence University (WI)
, F' ?$ ]2 D$ W `56. Wheaton College (IL)
# _% m* l& g% I6 h" n( |" q58. St. Lawrence University (NY)
$ O- ~7 \5 u& w; @% ^( V8 v9 f58. Wheaton College (MA)
. ^0 M- @' ?; y6 g9 S+ m3 l60. Agnes Scott College (GA)1 d g. L, n9 h) [
60. Beloit College (WI)
6 ]% O$ j$ u7 E* h0 g60. Illinois Wesleyan University
; {$ i2 P* B; l8 G60. Kalamazoo College (MI)
0 N' S% I% H) f6 W60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)* R( s1 A. d- L- ]
60. Willamette University (OR)0 X, G j" V( G7 M
60. Wofford College (SC)" L4 ?& q6 w5 Q) p) i
67. Earlham College (IN)
. B* N% |! {; u' Z/ _7 G s68. Berea College (KY)
6 F, C, r5 X% g, N2 y$ H/ G6 }68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)# X% d& C5 y7 b1 F2 N0 `
68. Southwestern University (TX)
1 I/ ^, i, w7 i71. Austin College (TX)3 h* t1 U$ w2 p6 r) }. E# i1 q
71. Drew University (NJ)! L( W0 Z7 x& K6 Q7 s: r
71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)
3 c2 ], _' A. Q5 ^& v71. Muhlenberg College (PA)
( Q3 @$ L7 o+ Y) w71. St. John’s University (MN), A; _' k& \% o
71. Virginia Military Institute*
. y% Q6 K2 G) g% A. n# _# ~77. College of Wooster (OH)7 s" g/ w+ A9 }* l
77. Hendrix College (AR)
, p) U* G8 e! o9 R77. Spelman College (GA)% A0 @6 a: _& |9 V
77. Transylvania University (KY)
- x& ^1 b' Q+ c. p1 t* d j81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL)
* A. ]0 p3 Z1 r, t1 g81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)
1 S* g& v, x+ _: {* F! o# j9 S81. Ursinus College (PA)
9 F. q8 t$ h" ?9 I! V84. College of St. Benedict (MN)
: {" C2 ?1 J6 M9 _5 ]) F: g ~84. Millsaps College (MS)
6 }' B) g7 m+ J84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*
% Z5 D! q C1 q0 Z, v# m( G% g) y84. Sweet Briar College (VA)
% O" I! P- D+ G, ?( W2 e88. Augustana College (IL)
2 }, z3 B# |- Z* S0 o0 S8 m88. Cornell College (IA)0 D" T" |3 v: t8 \' j. |- i; H
88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN)# Y; u" E! b- p2 A- O
88. Hope College (MI)7 m! ~. ~2 |1 m& ^
88. Knox College (IL)
8 u; S- j1 Z7 M* X/ x88. Luther College (IA)8 v& x# d- P% H/ K2 y
94. Allegheny College (PA)
( q' n! }- y' X- }/ v& o/ q94. Lake Forest College (IL); p$ T: K7 X. U. l; o J
94. New College of Florida*
9 v* g, k& ]8 x8 {, J+ k s94. Washington College (MD)
0 x) ~! p! l! ?2 ], }7 Z98. Coe College (IA). h! e- r5 s( Z8 U/ j- L. _- _
98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)0 o, x3 ~! H' z1 Z4 F
98. Hanover College (IN)
: N& l2 S; m* F/ O) P98. Hillsdale College (MI)
8 \. K' K# E) W0 x9 G+ @98. Hollins University (VA)$ R: u" X" i1 @2 N& }
98. Juniata College (PA)
9 v2 |3 l! M& M( B0 F: h104. Albion College (MI)
5 ]6 a+ w5 G- u Z; a3 c104. Bennington College (VT)! _% e7 b9 U4 U! Y& {4 V
104. Hampshire College (MA); |, K1 x0 y% G! Y3 h/ h& x
104. Presbyterian College (SC)
4 }: Z3 j( ?' C, s104. St. Mary’s College (IN)% i) B; o3 L9 {4 Y9 B* m: F) U
104. St. Michael’s College (VT)( J/ ?% a! I! {* L2 N+ P1 k. s5 t% h
104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)
c- j, V* l% a5 I111. Goucher College (MD)/ d9 A: K0 h; t; F* Z
111. Lyon College (AR), I7 [# r# m) l$ @3 g
111. Ohio Wesleyan University# q" k% b# x4 ?; j+ n, Y
111. Westmont College (CA)* a' U* [6 w* Y$ C8 M
115. Calvin College (MI)
& |# W% Y/ y" B. R9 W! p3 p& V115. Stonehill College (MA) ~9 ?! `/ f q( \
115. Susquehanna University (PA)
$ r3 w" R, `( U- t118. Berry College (GA). N* y6 }# H0 D4 X, e+ Y" p
118. Linfield College (OR): r. ~* h3 y# H8 h
118. Randolph College (VA)/ ~, I2 t3 `1 A# A1 ?& a
118. Siena College (NY)6 Q# r, R4 m' ]. u8 Q( A
122. Central College (IA)
2 Z9 f7 i7 M; E" T0 }. k- u8 q8 A3 `122. St. John’s College (NM)8 I% ], V5 f. B6 K5 y) b% P; l
122. Westminster College (PA)
& ~3 F! F" p+ {$ ~5 V$ OTHIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)
6 _+ E' O# ]3 W4 VAlbright College (PA)
( \/ K1 `$ @ A* pAlma College (MI)
- ?8 b9 s! C) t, g" I# iAmerican Jewish University (CA)% e0 A! d5 a; V6 v1 l" g5 y9 V7 h
Asbury College (KY): g0 _ b, U9 x# @
Baker University (KS)
3 k& s$ M/ N& bBethany College (WV)
% Q. t+ a6 ^" a5 R; A! ABridgewater College (VA)& l1 s" d: C* k0 {& A" H
Carroll College (MT)" _+ ^( I6 u$ J3 L
Carson-Newman College (TN)
' O+ }* k( j S7 D9 d% eCedar Crest College (PA)
2 s$ q" k0 H3 ~3 P, J* ?Centenary College of Louisiana
( E( L/ ]3 {9 R2 @$ w! HClarke College (IA)
2 s1 H& G0 k7 a0 M" s! ICollege of Idaho (ID)$ ~8 ]. O' O8 M2 Q6 z6 p
College of the Atlantic (ME)8 G$ Q( ?! H& C
Concordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)0 l. H) }) \% ?- P
Dillard University (LA)5 A5 T) a6 a' ~& h# h
Doane College (NE)) O+ y' C, N* t
Eastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)) x A M7 r S2 M0 k! f& N$ j5 s
Eckerd College (FL)
, @$ w( I; Y# a0 H7 |- }Emory and Henry College (VA)
" w! H; ?0 F$ ^. }7 rFisk University (TN)% |7 {9 Q+ m" E* f4 ]! |- K
Georgetown College (KY)+ L8 f! l7 y& ~- @! ^* `) N! Z
Gordon College (MA)! E; Y, X& D! |7 p0 T5 C1 u( u
Goshen College (IN)
& M. P/ J- [& m. T+ SGrove City College (PA)
! w1 W+ j7 F+ B/ q7 a# M* wGuilford College (NC). q: c$ {) d* N0 Q8 Y
Hartwick College (NY)& }5 M3 _3 o+ I
Hastings College (NE)
6 X( g3 @0 d% y& }( zHiram College (OH)
/ {& @5 t, ^7 MHoughton College (NY)' N& p# r3 H; e, L" [
Illinois College
- L' y% P% P5 O2 D6 s- x5 |Lycoming College (PA)
8 g1 M1 k8 Y) h+ E/ _Maryville College (TN)' k2 g5 D8 v2 F+ L
McDaniel College‡ (MD)* d9 X3 I0 f6 S* h4 V6 {
Meredith College (NC)& [/ ^# L) W! J0 Q9 S7 ~+ L
Merrimack College (MA)
" S7 d* O/ V7 Q+ ?6 l9 C( `Millikin University (IL)3 E9 I' p7 A0 G! }
Monmouth College (IL)
, ]: U- j7 T, K9 @ u4 BMoravian College (PA)9 Z e6 ^+ a6 x+ m7 }4 R! ]& ^9 f
Morehouse College (GA)4 Q/ a- g) H5 t. Y% n5 I5 k5 {! D
Mount Union College (OH)
: U& r. H' c3 D9 cNebraska Wesleyan University" R* T9 F% Y* p- l6 X$ U
Oglethorpe University (GA)% B8 w7 P! c6 h$ t( w0 f
Principia College1(IL)1 P2 l5 S5 E% a% z! n$ [/ A3 R0 U
Randolph-Macon College (VA)4 q: n& v7 Z. F8 L( S6 X/ {
Ripon College (WI)2 N+ ?- m* z& k
Roanoke College (VA)
7 E5 [. m1 I- J8 G7 u/ A8 aRussell Sage College (NY)
* v( s" h8 F$ L7 z1 T0 ]Salem College (NC)
/ l X; z, n ]! A0 @Simpson College (IA)4 f3 V9 F) F2 s& j# r8 l# M
St. Anselm College (NH)1 r% _9 b u0 t8 I* _1 |' d1 ?9 l$ w
St. John’s College1(MD)( t# L; M6 e3 x8 y1 y
St. Norbert College (WI)$ C! r; q9 E* S. v$ J! u# h
St. Vincent College (PA)+ i- j, p( H: s# p8 _& x
University of Minnesota—Morris*9 o2 T7 E; k5 Z6 U' y- ^% U, O4 W
U. of North Carolina—Asheville*
) ~, V, R) i8 T2 S" J# L% L( P+ w6 LWarren Wilson College (NC)
+ V& ~5 W7 F( k( ?1 p, a- YWartburg College (IA)
; W% t# U7 C* L' g! Y7 K" _Wells College (NY): }6 S7 B( R7 A& r
Wesleyan College (GA)8 d4 [0 [4 r+ m; B1 J4 O# U/ k
Westminster College (MO)
# W5 `9 ^, S) A% S& J$ {; r1 RWhittier College (CA)
0 n5 g6 Y/ {- x! j, sWilliam Jewell College (MO)
4 Y7 |9 r% A! FWisconsin Lutheran College2 b+ E. b. f- D' O2 d
Wittenberg University (OH)
l- ]* ?+ k* M( }7 B: E- B" AFOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)
1 I+ s: N0 A6 @, U9 A( j$ OAlbertus Magnus College (CT)
( j; J N3 `) mAtlantic Union College (MA)
! Y0 e9 ~, z: Z# T. ?( O4 MBennett College (NC), a! |8 [) H& v$ b
Bethel College (KS)
3 P/ X9 n3 F, l9 LBloomfield College (NJ)
8 Z G+ b0 |6 c" K* s5 OBrevard College (NC)
5 P6 u) I" u' \$ s) A% ?/ `9 BBrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii1: z7 f" \( N- O8 O+ b
California State U.—Monterey Bay*3 }' R& N) e% E: H& D
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)*0 Y* i: J- I% [, n* i3 F
Coastal Carolina University (SC)*
+ r! P6 j' D! k- I0 ~. bColorado State Univ.—Pueblo*# k; b& Q4 v% Y3 `6 ?8 f, j
Concordia College (NY)
- C- H& c5 }" @2 O% MEvangel University (MO)8 t7 p# O0 } `+ ?
Ferrum College (VA); t$ A$ ?; ^+ ~; u. U0 f. o
Fort Lewis College (CO)*
) S0 }& R5 ~# Q$ x5 zFranklin Pierce University1 (NH)1 z- |9 w( D8 [' R3 }
Green Mountain College (VT)& H5 @- m& W% E" ^/ \8 u3 f
Greensboro College (NC)
5 v" h2 z8 H' L" V; P7 g. h' OHuntingdon College (AL)* D3 A, |7 t' m8 v: O8 B
Huston-Tillotson University1 (TX)" C3 A. s% t0 x* ~# u8 F. D
Jarvis Christian College (TX)
; |9 r) P* m' p4 T4 Z) V5 tJohnson C. Smith University (NC)
9 g& @+ ?4 p% u0 g7 kJudson College1(AL)1 t& X, |% y/ _4 n$ Y
Kentucky Wesleyan College1
% N4 V1 d- w* ?5 i: A) }2 M6 ?Lambuth University (TN)4 C1 p0 W+ o) Z1 g4 {5 t# Y
Lane College1(TN)
6 y& |& y. y r. U; W" Z& k) N8 MLindsey Wilson College (KY)
" o4 W* }2 I2 M4 I* eMarlboro College1(VT)
- k6 o5 G R- G7 M' tMarymount Manhattan Col. (NY)1 `" V3 x+ Q+ S. c4 g9 z
Mass. Col. of Liberal Arts*
! t1 E! U$ ]4 |' e6 x- ~/ QMcPherson College (KS)
3 @# \1 S7 w# `1 l0 m C1 |0 {% WMesa State College (CO) *+ D7 p4 f0 v7 F. y/ s: }* H& I
Metropolitan State Col. of Denver*
/ X7 Y, e4 U3 B8 o* ~, ~0 ?: LNorth Greenville University (SC)$ s$ _, I# F( m8 C$ B5 f* f3 g! F
Northland College (WI)& C9 Y, y2 X( T9 g7 \
Olivet College (MI)
1 i/ C. g! X# Y5 g+ oPaine College (GA)% E- k$ i; _- o9 G
Peace College (NC)
' q6 b) N3 A/ N/ s+ d9 @Pine Manor College (MA)
, |: Q+ h1 K& ?Sierra Nevada College (NV)
1 [% C5 j$ @2 j6 ]' O- y4 c+ G& ZSimpson University1(CA)) H- i1 P: c5 S* Q, E: n& \/ a
St. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)- k8 D5 |& T1 a8 Q6 B6 x- _; K5 l
Stephens College (MO)# U. `( e; Y9 B
Sterling College (KS)
5 m/ _+ R, s/ n, G9 o0 iSUNY College—Old Westbury*$ v$ Q) b$ w- ~6 H
SUNY—Purchase College*
3 v% m- e8 l( F" K% D6 l U4 RTalladega College (AL)
( ?7 a& [; `( lTexas Lutheran University
* V0 ?/ ~6 C8 r% X( y. l6 [Thiel College (PA)
! u0 O% t& w* ~) H" c7 `Tougaloo College1(MS)( ], \$ `; l. r7 C! D2 G
University of Hawaii—Hilo*
" t4 M; b& N3 v, G7 Y( W: eUniversity of Maine—Machias*# f0 P3 @1 I8 M/ D6 o5 t
University of Virginia—Wise*
) t9 p% R* ?+ ?+ k/ lUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*
0 @2 `0 `* o. }& {" o! g, CUniv. of Wisconsin—Parkside*
2 e9 P) h2 D4 i: z7 ?* ~Virginia Wesleyan College- ^6 S6 J& P- m0 |+ O2 D' [1 q! D
West Virginia State University*+ h+ [. y* M' p4 C. g5 s% V; a8 N5 y
West Virginia Wesleyan College# _6 z: T) H3 p
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