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Best Liberal Arts Colleges" ~' [0 G) J# _/ y# _/ ~
Rank School (State) (*Public): W: a7 v2 X3 X. O& o
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1. Amherst College (MA)
4 n8 _. R% s1 U9 l% e7 h: r1. Williams College (MA)
7 B& k: [/ j( X; S+ v) g3. Swarthmore College (PA)
% y3 f" d$ j! U1 h5 ]! N* z4. Wellesley College (MA)
5 p3 X8 }' D3 j E0 E" K5. Middlebury College (VT)
2 B* ~5 z1 x2 m! b: N$ c6. Bowdoin College (ME)) r: g; p3 q+ `" ^! f, u" J
6. Pomona College (CA)
[& I8 t% T3 J _8 @* o8 O8. Carleton College (MN)" P( K# s) {2 e8 w5 w6 L( S
9. Davidson College (NC)
+ A( E! H2 e# A- |7 n) O10. Haverford College (PA)
$ V' B. p$ O# s1 i/ R11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)
( A! g. i" s- q11. Vassar College (NY)
5 i2 Q. ^& g; j% ^5 i13. Wesleyan University (CT)
5 X" U% T4 S/ |, r; }' G& D! ?- t14. Grinnell College (IA)7 d0 m* a& w/ x Q/ s( k
14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)* N+ L8 A4 ^3 H7 U; l3 D
14. United States Military Academy (NY)*! |# ] ]# \: ?9 c4 g2 A6 K
17. Washington and Lee University (VA)) X+ Y. M( o8 T. [4 U
18. Colgate University (NY)$ M- r" Y& b/ t" ]* {; G# ]
18. Smith College (MA)
5 ], @% e8 s! u" H+ s! `20. Hamilton College (NY)
; f8 L7 `; s, G20. Oberlin College (OH) B3 |' P9 s' b& r8 G
22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*
9 D; o3 O# x8 P y/ H) r1 t23. Bryn Mawr College (PA). B. E% @/ B& f
23. Colby College (ME)
& m: s) a$ V* ?2 x3 ^25. Bates College (ME)# ^) I, I# Y+ W1 b. [ p* p
25. Macalester College (MN)
4 [ l$ E/ b5 `27. Barnard College (NY)
! M0 Q0 g/ ~2 u6 o27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)
; x* t2 G6 v% }+ s& i7 ^) j27. Scripps College (CA)
, w% \( L8 t% [% _$ ]1 D1 O, ^# m30. Bucknell University (PA)
; E" ]6 W$ r8 c) K: B30. Colorado College9 K9 G7 x3 _! y4 _1 [
32. Kenyon College (OH)8 ] C" ^$ O8 e9 a' W
33. Trinity College (CT)
5 ]/ c% }1 D# V" m33. University of Richmond (VA)' q# p( P0 B0 S: h2 o
35. College of the Holy Cross (MA)$ W/ z; t6 h+ M; L5 z
35. Lafayette College (PA): v o% t( E9 l$ x" o" y" E: p8 I0 W
37. Bard College (NY)) X" u6 D+ j/ B/ N' R
37. Furman University (SC)$ e( o/ B6 A3 p6 C
37. Occidental College (CA)$ H0 ~6 I( J: ~: \& z& D- b
37. Whitman College (WA)
6 V+ C* j0 w t- x+ Q; w# p4 a41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)
% S: _' P' A6 H8 P: ~42. Connecticut College
5 j! T0 L! _% `/ d5 z1 c* a% H* t; U42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)0 o7 r$ X X% q. L, q8 S! J
42. Union College (NY)
, Y- d; c7 R, D: F' w45. Centre College (KY)
, h# L, M: [1 ^, O; z+ L+ _45. Dickinson College (PA)
9 l; i! h/ O7 }& k1 j2 q47. Skidmore College (NY)7 W3 q2 l. ~3 p7 H4 ?
47. St. Olaf College (MN)
% T l$ D* T m. a49. DePauw University (IN)6 O$ ~$ ^$ M" E H8 _
49. Gettysburg College (PA)1 B: F. A0 y& ^. Y# M2 s0 q/ A$ T
49. Pitzer College (CA)
$ ]7 f" a5 n$ [6 I' b' E49. Rhodes College (TN)3 W' B4 d2 `2 m
53. Denison University (OH)
1 Y" m4 d; g* \1 g0 G3 L54. Reed College (OR)% H) U9 G v# k e
54. Wabash College (IN)& q( H- X2 l j0 e' I7 L
56. Lawrence University (WI)
a* h2 J2 S8 S1 V5 F56. Wheaton College (IL)0 ^2 o1 @( z. {+ ]1 T. C
58. St. Lawrence University (NY)8 b5 }' V) o% w- K ?5 C
58. Wheaton College (MA); I. c& R* @- q4 H1 P
60. Agnes Scott College (GA)0 t% i; L1 N% g9 w% _7 U" \) R
60. Beloit College (WI)! r" x+ S2 m2 @; u5 E$ G9 h
60. Illinois Wesleyan University9 {/ t7 A* A; }0 A. i# V# ?! t
60. Kalamazoo College (MI)
, n$ {* m# `, O. P& Y9 n% N0 U60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)
4 P( F$ }: @/ w, e0 a9 ~60. Willamette University (OR)- u& G7 J9 l: q
60. Wofford College (SC)/ e6 N# G3 I1 {; N8 @
67. Earlham College (IN)( e' b2 @* u+ J4 R6 Y% l" l, X
68. Berea College (KY)- N3 v2 s$ {5 r- j2 Q7 O9 O
68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)
E( j( V* l+ @( P68. Southwestern University (TX)
) d4 c. F3 `7 [$ c- @71. Austin College (TX)
# h m, E( ?, F# v1 W& D71. Drew University (NJ)# | S1 A" \4 M: X/ X
71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)( T0 I" s( q( d- P: v
71. Muhlenberg College (PA)- H' z, O# B4 |( a2 m8 _2 G2 N
71. St. John’s University (MN)5 `$ s5 n# `) }! H) {
71. Virginia Military Institute*
4 X: s2 M7 x1 C' q* L/ C5 ~5 s! ?+ L77. College of Wooster (OH)! I) O: e2 K' M4 U3 g" w
77. Hendrix College (AR)
$ ~# ? G) X' `2 V0 n0 X77. Spelman College (GA)5 b( F) e1 x% o2 }) |5 p
77. Transylvania University (KY), h$ @7 s, n& l p& Z+ G1 T) k
81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL): X7 u% X) ]; |) a/ D6 }
81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)
/ D# S# g' t0 x2 c2 e: b81. Ursinus College (PA)
: s9 T! Y0 W4 d- C, K4 f84. College of St. Benedict (MN)
& w5 Y" l$ Q D/ k* s: ]5 o84. Millsaps College (MS)
2 c% g8 s# G8 q8 r5 \% V84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*% ?3 `4 v9 Y) f4 K, c7 c6 W
84. Sweet Briar College (VA)$ N, \+ }6 Y9 f" e* c
88. Augustana College (IL)
: b' x; P8 A8 ?% Q+ U88. Cornell College (IA)
. T4 [% M5 \, @+ [+ S88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN)" I. S; x5 W" |
88. Hope College (MI)
( N0 w2 b5 x0 w W7 z7 D88. Knox College (IL)
7 N1 s: d' b+ s/ V5 v4 U88. Luther College (IA)' H, j# q1 W2 a( } w1 c4 }
94. Allegheny College (PA)
. X) x K/ i# v# t6 ^. G1 K94. Lake Forest College (IL)) N$ `6 @5 A: g2 I' E1 o( `. n
94. New College of Florida* y3 d/ w, Z9 e, n
94. Washington College (MD)9 u7 X3 [, X. G, ?- [3 L- ?6 k
98. Coe College (IA)' G0 V" u: L1 i: T/ E# l
98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)
) q0 T/ G6 j D2 {! f l I98. Hanover College (IN)$ L! X: H' p: F( T
98. Hillsdale College (MI)
4 S1 ~( K2 b1 V0 f, B* B& N98. Hollins University (VA)
2 w8 E+ U" z* N& X98. Juniata College (PA)
0 \: H8 N1 R" `3 U+ n104. Albion College (MI)
) H1 ^1 `& S0 k% `4 n" M9 {104. Bennington College (VT)
7 K1 P. p$ m) f' [) T" X4 F104. Hampshire College (MA)
; b& A1 i3 q$ }# P3 n" Y104. Presbyterian College (SC)
' z2 u. b- R1 q0 S& p3 |104. St. Mary’s College (IN)- b! F5 ~$ w- d" i# M& f4 d6 t
104. St. Michael’s College (VT)
# g# ^1 J( J0 ^! P, {7 F) |# m104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)2 g' p0 r n% o1 ?, `. b
111. Goucher College (MD)
0 j( q- ^" }' x& a* b9 ?( u111. Lyon College (AR)) H, e. S/ [% M5 P3 m
111. Ohio Wesleyan University' ?" \" W M: l6 {$ Q* D; Z
111. Westmont College (CA)
5 U- P0 `4 ^) i% Y" b* ^, ^! Q115. Calvin College (MI)
7 O0 `) T* ~4 a5 ~115. Stonehill College (MA)
; n5 t5 @8 a2 Y& i! Y0 h) f0 E115. Susquehanna University (PA)
6 o9 Q1 f1 Z1 v$ C5 ?5 `( K2 Q118. Berry College (GA)
: Q/ j& D2 ^; G# Z6 |* ?" N9 [118. Linfield College (OR)2 A# A4 T& J7 @4 Y/ t
118. Randolph College (VA)7 V) T$ O+ m' Y
118. Siena College (NY)) l8 \! ] f: S; C
122. Central College (IA)
( c0 V+ `# f7 T, I122. St. John’s College (NM)5 r& u, U' C5 t- O9 I% g
122. Westminster College (PA)
" M# v Z4 A( Q J! JTHIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)) y0 L" v) t' ?( _
Albright College (PA)4 M: L! R. G% \8 R5 ?8 G
Alma College (MI)6 B% }# ^. P9 E' c8 ^1 z( b
American Jewish University (CA)
1 [4 @1 [$ ~1 C- v5 n( A) \- ]Asbury College (KY)6 [+ c" v' Q" X H' p1 j
Baker University (KS)
, C# n6 s1 F' [- B6 ?& b* SBethany College (WV)
A7 N0 q! ^* P6 c1 C# }Bridgewater College (VA)
# b/ |" `# Y- ?& e6 ~Carroll College (MT)0 d: K1 s, \& V3 P3 j. H) @( C
Carson-Newman College (TN)( V5 A7 _$ P' U4 c; U y
Cedar Crest College (PA)) b% Y: u" u$ H; Z u+ ?
Centenary College of Louisiana7 Y$ S( {4 y' S' R; m1 s! ^8 B. l
Clarke College (IA)7 v7 d! \4 j; d! {) |% t
College of Idaho (ID), L7 [4 @' ^0 O7 p8 J/ }
College of the Atlantic (ME)
' ?6 o, d! Y6 q9 q% q# OConcordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)$ s& p8 h, H" Z/ P3 F
Dillard University (LA)7 Q+ R! [; T0 t7 i3 _/ ?0 }
Doane College (NE)
5 J7 [$ w* A6 R% _6 n; r2 r+ K$ E( J; AEastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)
. v m3 r1 d1 E8 {Eckerd College (FL)
4 E; t& v6 _+ q5 ^6 ~6 ~Emory and Henry College (VA)
6 h- t; O0 ~( E7 M% u2 V) }Fisk University (TN)
1 d8 y% C0 o, x+ F# BGeorgetown College (KY)
+ ?2 K2 k* y$ A1 U" [! tGordon College (MA)
3 D2 B: ^9 n {4 hGoshen College (IN)! K/ ?& N5 _/ B) O$ [" w4 T
Grove City College (PA)
% ^: ?& I" I' r# Y6 o6 }1 X, OGuilford College (NC)
) u2 ~: i, Q3 VHartwick College (NY)
# C6 G& v3 F( W" RHastings College (NE)
% J: R3 t& |% P' X$ d$ b0 F `( ?/ NHiram College (OH)
/ E- {- y2 P$ `, J1 C7 e: lHoughton College (NY)( R" _# {% g3 P3 Y6 m
Illinois College% {- k/ _/ A5 f. F2 T+ O% y8 ^6 G
Lycoming College (PA): f2 j% `5 E( {3 v
Maryville College (TN)5 F: ]* _4 U2 l9 s
McDaniel College‡ (MD)
6 D5 a* R* R# P: y3 W- \4 JMeredith College (NC)
5 q. z7 ], ?+ z" ]* R( u5 ^Merrimack College (MA)( J" u% t) f, O# P d, W" E
Millikin University (IL)
5 H7 r; i/ \% @# \! p7 i m0 ]Monmouth College (IL)+ H, s3 N8 h: d2 `& ?' |4 r
Moravian College (PA)0 {1 i" O% y- N" x; K$ f
Morehouse College (GA)1 c* K+ e8 V/ f9 V$ w) a
Mount Union College (OH)% C" a& v) h" }! C/ s
Nebraska Wesleyan University7 U" g0 X, \/ {9 B6 N m& D
Oglethorpe University (GA)
* m( _/ r* e8 I- g1 }Principia College1(IL)
% W6 J4 O3 W) M/ ?Randolph-Macon College (VA)
5 S' B% U1 ^) \' w) fRipon College (WI)
# I3 f; B# ^! p* R! n, IRoanoke College (VA) K! _0 K1 u" B' s5 c
Russell Sage College (NY)
) h7 z9 T5 F% kSalem College (NC)
( t4 I9 u+ V5 ~Simpson College (IA)
% ^( P3 ]* \6 w1 N7 YSt. Anselm College (NH)
# F! i9 X5 \. D4 tSt. John’s College1(MD)
# |+ K% B1 M+ t9 PSt. Norbert College (WI)/ k: Q$ k- P0 |$ _& _
St. Vincent College (PA)
' E( I( N* k i- c. T5 rUniversity of Minnesota—Morris*
; o; p G# H$ y: _, G% |( T9 U n: MU. of North Carolina—Asheville*% t3 _% d. W# D4 Z/ l
Warren Wilson College (NC)0 x, i: U; r1 o7 e" _7 T: b
Wartburg College (IA)
/ B9 o$ c8 K# l+ t- Q! ?$ AWells College (NY)
6 `+ l8 X7 ]% G0 f8 y& \3 k2 G0 gWesleyan College (GA)
: w, ?1 x* {2 _( Z8 S" `( r6 y% y0 EWestminster College (MO)5 ^6 z, `% w+ |, F
Whittier College (CA)
. v6 ?4 V4 t. m3 x3 e9 v7 x- SWilliam Jewell College (MO)
# l. {& Q, L4 W1 BWisconsin Lutheran College7 ]5 Y. |5 d0 Z& o1 v; I
Wittenberg University (OH)8 [+ f+ l1 n$ M# [) X
FOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)$ ]! V6 `. t) j) w- ^8 [& {7 @; ]0 I
Albertus Magnus College (CT)4 a1 ]* |( _9 _4 w+ p
Atlantic Union College (MA)* ~- i, s. ~7 _
Bennett College (NC)! p0 j8 Q0 @ W; i8 Q6 p; b1 o
Bethel College (KS)
) H8 @. i1 Z0 `7 V/ O" @/ ^Bloomfield College (NJ), O& H7 P. {0 b; `9 F
Brevard College (NC)
Y/ w9 r3 D) D& C1 DBrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii1
) z, ?( Y) E2 B2 I; r, TCalifornia State U.—Monterey Bay*
4 h! K/ D1 U( F D" U9 [: w, e8 NChristopher Newport Univ. (VA)*
; W- Z- _9 o5 I2 FCoastal Carolina University (SC)*
7 D8 `. e0 j9 K. P! mColorado State Univ.—Pueblo*: S; |4 k. `) w, v$ N) F4 l# P
Concordia College (NY)
1 ]" p7 R9 n: c7 q; ~Evangel University (MO)
9 s z# O1 E$ f& XFerrum College (VA)3 r+ a" e) ^2 v& w
Fort Lewis College (CO)*, f' x4 W5 j- F/ P0 n
Franklin Pierce University1 (NH)1 u6 X3 ^3 t! {; H
Green Mountain College (VT)
/ [# L8 p, T! Z0 |6 gGreensboro College (NC)
1 q- `! L5 G. QHuntingdon College (AL)
3 R; R8 T2 n9 q6 x4 ^) }) f: SHuston-Tillotson University1 (TX)
* ` c3 q w9 t3 _' e vJarvis Christian College (TX)! y1 o1 l% r8 G! @
Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
9 q# O, Y3 i# AJudson College1(AL)1 ]4 n( ]+ t+ b- e6 L# {8 T; u
Kentucky Wesleyan College17 B: K4 J; N/ E( }( ]4 M! c' Z; a
Lambuth University (TN)0 k3 Q) Z, d# f$ Z+ L
Lane College1(TN)
5 n( f9 c$ w; O( S1 E0 GLindsey Wilson College (KY)- k2 n( y& J+ T
Marlboro College1(VT)
4 \7 P8 Z. I) X, LMarymount Manhattan Col. (NY)
' g2 M/ E, I) D' L/ h- R7 UMass. Col. of Liberal Arts*# `+ _& k. b9 C: O
McPherson College (KS)
0 D4 G$ Y' L" u. f6 wMesa State College (CO) *5 Q6 H! d. ?& K+ i4 c
Metropolitan State Col. of Denver*
; i. S9 _8 p* d1 P7 FNorth Greenville University (SC)
* }' M5 ~7 r+ r! zNorthland College (WI)
& s4 J3 k, L, g8 n+ NOlivet College (MI)
( L' v" M* A% P2 j) QPaine College (GA)1 h0 c) c- w+ u1 d; [# G# b- |, w& Y
Peace College (NC)
. N, S7 w" r$ Y( `, G4 r6 XPine Manor College (MA)
( Z J2 a8 E" E( c+ sSierra Nevada College (NV)7 a& D( \' `) r3 x) J6 Y
Simpson University1(CA), H2 b! r+ z) \" J5 D. j# u* C1 ~2 v
St. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)' M! y$ Q' Z) t7 R; l* H2 p
Stephens College (MO)4 x3 c0 _+ o/ K) u$ J& J' N( A$ B
Sterling College (KS)3 s" V" {6 k" b' l5 s& J2 q& Y
SUNY College—Old Westbury*( @; A: \/ v" k
SUNY—Purchase College*4 y% o5 A$ ~) u) \. f1 B3 y, m3 u
Talladega College (AL)
/ d3 p) Y9 p5 oTexas Lutheran University, ~! Y0 Z% K( J
Thiel College (PA)
0 w0 S: a B5 QTougaloo College1(MS)
( ~5 P {! X$ xUniversity of Hawaii—Hilo*7 Q L+ s5 w/ ~: M8 ^' [0 B1 ~5 k9 m' i
University of Maine—Machias*1 q0 {* @" }, c9 J
University of Virginia—Wise*
: i8 z. Q0 b; W3 pUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*
8 g* X' _$ ]) @: mUniv. of Wisconsin—Parkside*
]" R+ C& g7 E/ k9 xVirginia Wesleyan College, s" i) g: s; d8 J t4 g
West Virginia State University*; m& z; }1 F/ j& P
West Virginia Wesleyan College
" F& h7 m0 H/ G; g% SWingate University (NC) |
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