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Best Liberal Arts Colleges
$ k3 B4 K+ W5 f6 S* b0 @Rank School (State) (*Public)* S$ A3 m1 I* L; f
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1. Amherst College (MA), J. c% H- P* {$ f1 _' A
1. Williams College (MA)( A; H! f% _% h
3. Swarthmore College (PA)
, n6 x3 R9 \- {3 \* N4. Wellesley College (MA)0 o6 a6 h) z; }" ~
5. Middlebury College (VT)
5 b6 W6 ]8 a8 x7 d+ f6 ]. }6. Bowdoin College (ME)
% X$ d. V/ e$ ~+ G6. Pomona College (CA)
! }4 k, |; ?0 ?$ L1 W. R; i$ W9 k8. Carleton College (MN)/ ^$ p1 @/ Z$ Z- O$ E7 w0 A! B3 f2 C
9. Davidson College (NC)
( A1 S0 R' h5 ~/ t10. Haverford College (PA)) K& q1 c1 R- Q3 J
11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)
3 ~3 X, p1 v" P8 y3 L; D11. Vassar College (NY)( }( o: ]) i* @
13. Wesleyan University (CT)* t4 }' n+ a; M E: v
14. Grinnell College (IA)
# \; q9 x9 K# G14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)" ^- C5 w) _5 x& ?9 {+ Y5 o
14. United States Military Academy (NY)** K z8 M2 Z8 ?. Q+ t8 h4 m; \
17. Washington and Lee University (VA)
7 B! K3 Z$ U0 w F1 v3 G18. Colgate University (NY)
# _3 Z) e" l1 X18. Smith College (MA)
/ U/ I W% t: m# X20. Hamilton College (NY)$ N' f, W2 P2 q4 |( m3 a" A9 @
20. Oberlin College (OH)
! O5 x& N. e8 {22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*4 r& x/ [, v+ z7 ?0 S$ T" G
23. Bryn Mawr College (PA)! l9 C- S- p2 U( p& m
23. Colby College (ME)
3 i% ]# Y) w1 I" @9 E% S! l25. Bates College (ME)4 l6 O8 U! B1 v3 o" ^% J
25. Macalester College (MN)7 q3 f5 ~/ A4 b9 O
27. Barnard College (NY)
$ _. ^. ~! O% G& c27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)1 Q$ k! g+ x4 s0 `# D& m h9 F! p+ q
27. Scripps College (CA)5 `) s6 [- |4 l* u6 b( q
30. Bucknell University (PA)
6 U3 l C9 |. d+ G' t$ }30. Colorado College8 ]: h" i1 r0 [$ ?6 X" n
32. Kenyon College (OH)
# U; P& k8 W* O+ D: [7 m& t33. Trinity College (CT): u3 u2 U& Y0 `& w% Y
33. University of Richmond (VA)7 [+ h, {* b/ b% f' T: C
35. College of the Holy Cross (MA) g! p# A+ w! M% h6 r, p* i3 `
35. Lafayette College (PA)
3 t4 Q8 s* t( n+ N% T- n2 b9 q2 x* i37. Bard College (NY)
2 x) e+ `5 L; v N& d" ?5 t; Y37. Furman University (SC)
7 [% P" e0 Q! X2 \+ L37. Occidental College (CA)
, J6 T8 D8 h X! G+ f& ?. v37. Whitman College (WA)4 q/ ~* y+ g8 b! o3 x0 u# F
41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)( x- M! Y z' T! b
42. Connecticut College
" Q+ Y( b; `! ?42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)
0 ~+ N, c/ J* ?7 P$ ~42. Union College (NY)! X2 J3 o8 ?6 c: x3 }% t
45. Centre College (KY)
+ s2 o7 Z; b0 Q2 m45. Dickinson College (PA)& M. H- F0 U$ V8 j! A
47. Skidmore College (NY)
' s/ M" a, W3 t7 c& P47. St. Olaf College (MN)% t% s3 ?4 @& p
49. DePauw University (IN)
4 r. u% _1 q% h49. Gettysburg College (PA)# k# C! u5 t* C6 a
49. Pitzer College (CA)
9 P+ \5 R" X- h" p6 w' W49. Rhodes College (TN)
5 S# l/ h) ]$ T( d' O" u! q" `53. Denison University (OH)
; o1 u7 R: `$ ` v7 w54. Reed College (OR)
/ e2 f8 X" x* E4 d/ j0 k* F54. Wabash College (IN)
6 {; H) \# ]; m9 J56. Lawrence University (WI)
6 z' v9 Q/ F# C+ ?2 V56. Wheaton College (IL)9 u! k$ v1 J7 t9 `7 u% }, o
58. St. Lawrence University (NY)8 Z8 H8 k; [6 a- D
58. Wheaton College (MA)0 U! C& g/ Z1 A9 e7 ^% o
60. Agnes Scott College (GA)4 e3 \& Q& ]6 F1 @/ x8 r
60. Beloit College (WI)( z. {& {' {/ U& J, l* H
60. Illinois Wesleyan University
3 l4 ^1 D2 d/ a0 S/ f6 i" u60. Kalamazoo College (MI)8 D' X G3 C) a, {: L4 x, _
60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)' p7 V5 q& n' e* _- o' H' H+ D, g. j3 O
60. Willamette University (OR)$ h- V8 Z4 V& `6 |. x" C! `7 E$ t
60. Wofford College (SC)
# \1 u( T( g; S! R# B4 G+ [67. Earlham College (IN)
& R( W3 o9 g. p9 f& k! E68. Berea College (KY)2 R* ~, k$ Z x6 `/ A L
68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)
) R: {, z) {8 s9 I' F+ [ s68. Southwestern University (TX)( t* V7 M# r$ t
71. Austin College (TX)
8 J' O+ s& |! y6 B f8 v71. Drew University (NJ)
1 _" q$ D1 Q& _5 k+ J71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)2 A; c$ i- I# w
71. Muhlenberg College (PA)! \- Y q5 b5 I( }5 v
71. St. John’s University (MN): B9 j2 ^1 g$ Z! }, i+ B
71. Virginia Military Institute*4 g0 `& A, M0 L( { s" Y s K
77. College of Wooster (OH)- _) I& G7 c/ f8 u; W
77. Hendrix College (AR)* S! y7 O+ |0 H4 [/ q
77. Spelman College (GA)
9 K1 Y' L* {# I7 y1 W3 q+ {77. Transylvania University (KY)! p' m# O5 f8 L' A8 @0 O: W
81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL)
# H# [+ Y0 V% ?/ @" `6 _* z81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)/ N( O3 c# ]- V0 I
81. Ursinus College (PA)1 y& r$ g' E; f, P0 L" P- w
84. College of St. Benedict (MN)( q- y9 O, I( I" x4 w: A
84. Millsaps College (MS)) U' C5 Q6 g- D8 ]8 a$ a
84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*3 w' c1 |2 W9 o' m
84. Sweet Briar College (VA): ^2 H+ K; H# [& Y' q) c
88. Augustana College (IL)
" w/ h- x' [6 m7 X; [88. Cornell College (IA)
: i3 h$ _1 N; W0 E4 a9 B88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN). Y, z5 K: a# |! l5 C
88. Hope College (MI)
9 F g3 K% S7 k* J88. Knox College (IL)3 u" J) g, f9 F: N0 Z
88. Luther College (IA): z) t6 T: n; a7 K- K( d
94. Allegheny College (PA)% m: p: H+ X& J/ ^" I$ ~9 a! q8 }5 g* _7 |
94. Lake Forest College (IL)
s+ j, f, I5 C0 X2 S2 v( w94. New College of Florida*
! w! w: L3 X% C6 h94. Washington College (MD)
* N. T& a+ o' T98. Coe College (IA)
; v- x8 H Z" C4 A( n98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)4 |: r# t( N0 ]0 |2 U! e
98. Hanover College (IN)1 U* B$ q; i5 Y' J7 H
98. Hillsdale College (MI)7 |" A N8 w0 c% }
98. Hollins University (VA)8 r0 ~) P5 Z+ |7 ?! E
98. Juniata College (PA)
0 d" U0 n) t7 z104. Albion College (MI)
! `- Z) Z, _/ H! n) V* G104. Bennington College (VT)
7 E. o' L3 F4 W5 p. B3 d) G104. Hampshire College (MA)
: T, w& \& e" [+ V6 O' y. |3 i104. Presbyterian College (SC)
* S- w1 ~- _) n' e4 m104. St. Mary’s College (IN)
4 P7 a+ G$ Y. D8 ~ e' |104. St. Michael’s College (VT)
9 K% O* j+ e1 ]6 O3 S104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)4 T$ n% D6 v% X7 w
111. Goucher College (MD)
7 S- ^1 S9 f8 |! F! i+ B8 v111. Lyon College (AR)& o/ [) F) T3 @9 u2 D5 d' T' O. e
111. Ohio Wesleyan University
' I+ f) m, }2 D" k8 ^111. Westmont College (CA)6 F$ L& D4 M6 J' W1 p2 T
115. Calvin College (MI)
5 `7 X4 t2 X" B2 z; x115. Stonehill College (MA)
4 K% y9 N J* N9 w# M( S115. Susquehanna University (PA)* b6 s; O; E1 y" j" e( t' m: x
118. Berry College (GA)% z9 p! ~4 e z; N
118. Linfield College (OR)+ t& |2 f1 F M- m
118. Randolph College (VA)! x: _% z9 I5 H- X X+ J, K3 {
118. Siena College (NY). a. u) W8 x0 _7 y1 J
122. Central College (IA)
4 C- D- e) X' n& N122. St. John’s College (NM); R- l* i- w* {$ @" f+ h, @
122. Westminster College (PA)+ {) @5 j" \7 n3 Q! P# I$ B
THIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)
$ u! K6 [% c& w' [8 y+ \9 d1 \5 iAlbright College (PA)9 |3 G8 r1 ~6 @, B
Alma College (MI)1 D M$ H1 M7 v1 A! ^. v) W
American Jewish University (CA)2 i& c* |$ n3 c. N0 u! ]3 S
Asbury College (KY)
: y# p$ T! i) ^7 t1 e9 t: ABaker University (KS)
+ O* k* R/ t- ~' O y* Q4 bBethany College (WV)
: Z; y: D* a0 L9 ` y5 CBridgewater College (VA)- _ p) n1 q, z- p1 h( C
Carroll College (MT)$ T. R( [' [0 u" i1 a
Carson-Newman College (TN)! D0 ? H# o: y- j0 G3 y5 m+ R( l. m, C( l
Cedar Crest College (PA), |; q' [, J$ w1 W( N
Centenary College of Louisiana, q7 Q7 y$ y, Y; g. b: G
Clarke College (IA)
, I" E; B3 H" VCollege of Idaho (ID)
3 p2 y6 B. }, x! }5 dCollege of the Atlantic (ME)7 T# ?/ H/ o4 f( Z! ~ g1 ]
Concordia Col.—Moorhead (MN): W: v4 N8 s& Z3 k
Dillard University (LA). p: f* F [. y. m
Doane College (NE)
! I( d$ v$ y( V; @' F0 t: EEastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)5 l! C; x0 `! \& I
Eckerd College (FL)) g2 U5 R' _, g1 E! Y3 V: P
Emory and Henry College (VA)
; S8 h2 T9 i" c- T% e1 D6 hFisk University (TN)
! t+ U+ [' s0 y2 hGeorgetown College (KY)
, y7 e# }7 s4 m* \6 K- O: o( V! t% OGordon College (MA)1 _) k5 U4 F# x6 S. W/ s+ y! ^
Goshen College (IN)5 Z* _' B$ t9 T" m- ^1 @9 E
Grove City College (PA)+ b" O0 U6 ^$ ?8 T8 \8 s# U0 Q+ O
Guilford College (NC)7 C8 s- i6 k2 s- G
Hartwick College (NY)
! {- _) Z* s3 |" U+ m9 B6 AHastings College (NE)
4 U& n2 i* B# T2 ]- SHiram College (OH)
5 Y- d6 `6 m; J4 G5 O! W; \/ |Houghton College (NY)
% k! A' p9 \( p: B7 mIllinois College
) C; P) M" s( U" aLycoming College (PA)
( c7 J8 }. N* }; pMaryville College (TN)
b% W( t$ G2 M6 i7 dMcDaniel College‡ (MD)
`; X4 |1 @% q. ^- ^1 r0 z; N3 LMeredith College (NC)& e+ b% S7 W( l. t$ c- |
Merrimack College (MA)- a- K: O" b4 k: x
Millikin University (IL)5 @7 X1 s! F3 o* m% t# S6 U
Monmouth College (IL)- o% b1 l4 t9 }+ ~) Y1 r
Moravian College (PA)/ W& Q3 I: ~- f: m' g
Morehouse College (GA)+ f% c5 t$ S* V3 ^ v6 s- f
Mount Union College (OH)
9 s a3 d* B INebraska Wesleyan University+ q j' J7 g' I; W
Oglethorpe University (GA)
6 ?7 k6 s9 Q7 |4 i7 D# E' S, DPrincipia College1(IL)
5 E' Q C2 X+ r p# bRandolph-Macon College (VA)
) h0 {# B/ l# @Ripon College (WI)! s7 y+ X4 ~: S: j( o# r
Roanoke College (VA)) j. I a5 l6 }2 b( {
Russell Sage College (NY)7 v+ v2 z @% W t9 x: B0 P) {7 m4 U
Salem College (NC)
1 O" K' G4 D) [3 K/ a1 P) Q RSimpson College (IA)
$ b W5 A" ~. K* v, p$ |# e& P$ YSt. Anselm College (NH)
& y+ T% v. O4 G) PSt. John’s College1(MD)
" q- Z% f0 x% |1 @4 ~- ISt. Norbert College (WI). c* A. @ X7 k; T" Z
St. Vincent College (PA)
+ x9 P' F7 v9 x2 b3 a/ dUniversity of Minnesota—Morris*
( P, X- K2 E+ O% _) mU. of North Carolina—Asheville*
# V W) e, ~0 m, G9 B" q% wWarren Wilson College (NC)
( K9 d/ L' v9 O3 G4 B( l+ SWartburg College (IA)3 C. A5 q% n& S4 B
Wells College (NY)
$ f. i! G4 _2 z. ^Wesleyan College (GA)1 K3 {* q7 i' I+ h# k
Westminster College (MO)
7 T) T n( }3 o4 K* l# F( @Whittier College (CA)
% G2 c( x6 H3 r K1 F/ [' zWilliam Jewell College (MO)
4 w9 E# H) A6 G) k% WWisconsin Lutheran College
8 s' s4 a1 E9 ^5 `Wittenberg University (OH)
0 C3 z5 Y( Y1 c3 N/ x4 A N) Q8 @FOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)6 w, j0 p T8 Y+ U8 w
Albertus Magnus College (CT); W8 E! y% N9 z3 l1 b5 t0 W0 ?
Atlantic Union College (MA)
4 t4 T* H7 a$ W' q# F+ dBennett College (NC)
; o+ S! r0 P' M7 y# K4 {' KBethel College (KS)7 y' i) `: Q( ^) T& `1 P) J
Bloomfield College (NJ)% d& Z$ E4 D% ^
Brevard College (NC)
* v5 G' y4 F, ?$ _. q8 qBrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii1
& O3 Q" H- ?$ c( K6 d7 ^California State U.—Monterey Bay*( \+ w' Q8 ~6 N
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)* g6 i( e/ `# z9 j
Coastal Carolina University (SC)*
8 Z2 }" h3 l$ f+ q* G( GColorado State Univ.—Pueblo*
# u! k0 I7 R* aConcordia College (NY)' Y/ ?4 _, @$ f7 a# v: Y: W' ^
Evangel University (MO)* a2 O7 r" ^, j, v/ v
Ferrum College (VA)( f/ ]! {0 `" M1 ?- E9 |5 {: N
Fort Lewis College (CO)*
# B5 _7 t- z: E3 {/ Q. d: u7 qFranklin Pierce University1 (NH), [. j. v8 ]! x0 J2 w4 e
Green Mountain College (VT)) `1 A; t; }# Q0 J2 J
Greensboro College (NC)2 ^/ _* \. K) P9 B" w7 [) [
Huntingdon College (AL)$ ~' Z9 I9 d. f! U0 s. D# R I
Huston-Tillotson University1 (TX)
# m0 Q! {$ f" o) r R. ~Jarvis Christian College (TX)8 m" T1 O2 w; E# L$ P. _* s
Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
7 K4 n! c5 I R" J6 W4 ZJudson College1(AL)
# Q/ u0 t. \5 L$ f5 p9 RKentucky Wesleyan College1& q' U7 X- F( p) T% z0 g. P
Lambuth University (TN)" r9 b ^# S6 x7 D& g, M2 J9 g
Lane College1(TN)! {1 d, `. Y2 y( z
Lindsey Wilson College (KY)
8 R' i* T' c3 B9 i' m qMarlboro College1(VT)
1 @) g9 j" b& {Marymount Manhattan Col. (NY)
, d0 K4 q: b- g, r; L) yMass. Col. of Liberal Arts*1 @- z* v3 U4 f% ^! Z* E2 g: Q
McPherson College (KS)
3 b* u L' H7 C- o: X4 g- w, F& _Mesa State College (CO) *: [- [ N4 b6 K x, |0 e1 K+ D
Metropolitan State Col. of Denver*4 z% {* ~0 s. e' r$ @+ [0 K6 N/ Q
North Greenville University (SC)$ g" t' ^( ~& t; P- M0 m
Northland College (WI)
* o$ z+ x& ^! k R0 g# j. {2 vOlivet College (MI)
/ C0 w' H' h4 k$ {Paine College (GA)" L6 J( b) p/ O& {, r7 q
Peace College (NC)
/ }7 G' n; o$ {& t/ N# {. zPine Manor College (MA)
7 C0 H$ a- W0 T& }& _Sierra Nevada College (NV)
( p/ m3 Z' ~3 b4 h* b$ |% e J: SSimpson University1(CA)2 k( m; S; m! b6 f
St. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC), |6 f5 a: b+ L. {& A
Stephens College (MO)3 ?+ l2 d% n% Z
Sterling College (KS)
1 g. v, o/ n+ J1 f+ o4 RSUNY College—Old Westbury*# R0 m8 V. q$ `4 k' z
SUNY—Purchase College*
- z2 k3 W* l$ ^Talladega College (AL)
5 `" v/ w1 s+ {) ATexas Lutheran University
) T2 f$ R* q+ }$ L DThiel College (PA)
; E/ G8 _; p' }3 M$ OTougaloo College1(MS)
+ t: {4 S- {* ]& z4 f7 o3 i+ JUniversity of Hawaii—Hilo*
% O) i; r, B6 x* i4 U2 |University of Maine—Machias*
8 C7 K% _8 ?/ `' E3 IUniversity of Virginia—Wise*
( M& N; ]1 w- ^) |3 x( t' O7 C, w- kUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*
9 ^' y) N2 W* UUniv. of Wisconsin—Parkside*
8 r" Z+ @( E/ i2 F2 JVirginia Wesleyan College" `8 j& @: g$ {
West Virginia State University*
% B7 \+ X9 t4 f- ^West Virginia Wesleyan College
( X3 t& z' [/ Z0 _ E3 ~6 G) f `Wingate University (NC) |
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