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Best Liberal Arts Colleges
' t0 u/ U$ C! d$ t' u3 ~Rank School (State) (*Public): R$ d, g% R( k% c; ?! _. \, m
" Z6 {* J0 n) ~& U' I1. Amherst College (MA)
% b7 A; q5 W- |/ C* b- X. @1. Williams College (MA)
. k' x7 I4 C8 ?8 K3. Swarthmore College (PA)$ a3 V+ x) b5 Y) o% u* ^
4. Wellesley College (MA)' U) v3 V6 m! F: l: \9 x
5. Middlebury College (VT)- j5 _4 I: |6 g& m
6. Bowdoin College (ME)# _2 @3 `$ t: E2 [" J1 t( U' h
6. Pomona College (CA)
m# w) f' g0 H2 Y7 k7 U8 D! ]/ M8. Carleton College (MN)/ j! e L3 l' L6 s1 s. w+ n
9. Davidson College (NC)
' C1 D. f- _2 B10. Haverford College (PA)! v$ S1 j1 {# e& U/ H; O% V& z( S0 E
11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)
5 p; R, Z: Y$ S& P6 e$ T% _: G11. Vassar College (NY)
2 _+ V0 d) K+ w q4 B) k& q13. Wesleyan University (CT): W( `( G1 B+ Q& P1 m" ~% V4 V
14. Grinnell College (IA)7 H9 ?( k/ Z! c2 p9 \* m0 d
14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)
! t4 ?. }" S3 ~7 {) X- k/ H; [14. United States Military Academy (NY)* R6 p' k2 }; e# W8 `1 J0 G& s
17. Washington and Lee University (VA)2 m" T7 Q6 \- \* _, u1 w+ [4 A' d
18. Colgate University (NY)/ B8 x+ k7 k3 p# \
18. Smith College (MA)* B1 j& v; b. Y1 l5 }
20. Hamilton College (NY)$ w4 K" O9 E" n& i! j! A5 {
20. Oberlin College (OH)
% ~- D4 D j; [/ b$ i0 L22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*# r# o. Z& j2 D
23. Bryn Mawr College (PA)
* H V9 V% {- b23. Colby College (ME)
5 _; _* J- \: ]6 B+ e8 w$ Z) o. C25. Bates College (ME)
9 L# H( S6 w, V. a25. Macalester College (MN)
3 {4 s- s+ Y9 c, W+ y27. Barnard College (NY)
+ N) }' r/ M& l& O; X; a3 b1 k27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)
* X. q% ]8 f8 ]) Y; B# t/ l$ G27. Scripps College (CA)! `: N& n; d' }9 O+ W
30. Bucknell University (PA)
. F; a! ]/ Z3 M30. Colorado College/ X. @ {- C+ N# f g; T' _. V
32. Kenyon College (OH)3 k& H9 M! ~% q" j# Y! d
33. Trinity College (CT)* ]5 }; v5 T9 Q: ^" o, r6 c; w' s
33. University of Richmond (VA)! ^, m; w! q8 M0 y* Z" O5 h( b
35. College of the Holy Cross (MA)
+ Z. O! l" @ D& n4 A0 s- V8 X35. Lafayette College (PA)7 I, O) O/ K1 n# y# ]) F2 x' X, M
37. Bard College (NY); _ }$ _( @+ W( d. f$ Z- Y
37. Furman University (SC)
4 ? I' W4 h* {" K) _. g/ O( u37. Occidental College (CA) R o9 J2 M- v3 ~
37. Whitman College (WA)- w8 O+ N2 Q' S6 f9 S% L+ {8 @
41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)
( h% G: k- j" v42. Connecticut College- P1 U4 P9 R- e' m4 C
42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)! t+ e0 \# C0 w$ h
42. Union College (NY)
1 ^+ _# _: d9 h' v4 M, L- [6 B45. Centre College (KY). ~( a6 p# m0 y, N4 x
45. Dickinson College (PA)
# b5 y; S. Q% _47. Skidmore College (NY)% K. J: v. ^ R0 E$ q
47. St. Olaf College (MN): p: n. R) ~8 h; u" c# B8 r
49. DePauw University (IN)
* B- P4 M4 T1 k- | @/ L( o49. Gettysburg College (PA)" r G: O" O+ j: v$ l O- `( d- E( E6 k
49. Pitzer College (CA)& n) k" j! ~, x8 t5 a
49. Rhodes College (TN)$ C; U& A6 f* Y
53. Denison University (OH)
E! Q, m! X; |2 ^+ q1 I' Z54. Reed College (OR)9 A2 x- Z+ W8 \' O1 C0 Y
54. Wabash College (IN)
7 ]! b" v7 |- W/ ?; F0 a8 D56. Lawrence University (WI)
5 G, { R+ V7 Y9 O8 m" g" a56. Wheaton College (IL)
3 Y. E1 n* y! _) J58. St. Lawrence University (NY)
7 O4 W2 Q9 d/ l8 m9 F) l58. Wheaton College (MA)
" P0 D, B: Z, _" i3 b/ E& g, J; x60. Agnes Scott College (GA)8 e/ Z' e: k1 K% |3 M4 o
60. Beloit College (WI)
/ w8 j2 q- [$ G5 U; \ e60. Illinois Wesleyan University
) f0 {* Z$ V- U, w5 Y+ }+ e60. Kalamazoo College (MI) u# @8 J; g! G' w2 }9 ]1 @
60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)
. s" J" a1 g' h" M+ q9 r60. Willamette University (OR)! E% p# I% k- A5 ^5 M* @( V
60. Wofford College (SC)
6 f/ t) Q0 ?. b/ d k67. Earlham College (IN)
/ y1 \& S8 g1 q3 j- R& L68. Berea College (KY)" h2 w/ W: |" ^: `
68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)
6 H: }3 }: P5 J68. Southwestern University (TX); o! `3 u1 [0 V' s7 z
71. Austin College (TX)
* W0 N- x: i, @* P& A71. Drew University (NJ)
' x6 J# f9 b$ p- k4 |* h71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)
3 T9 b3 A9 j4 j M7 B+ h$ ^71. Muhlenberg College (PA)
' b' e" M4 p* N71. St. John’s University (MN)( y* ^; y4 G. M, [5 U0 X6 X
71. Virginia Military Institute*
2 }' k' W) s1 M& D! d1 u5 l3 |9 w77. College of Wooster (OH)
2 h- j$ N a; g+ q% m77. Hendrix College (AR)
w2 V5 B4 w& J7 `, q) p77. Spelman College (GA). S8 i& t- p7 E: r% T- j7 [/ o" }7 A
77. Transylvania University (KY)' V z+ m' x" _1 Z# Y2 ^
81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL)7 w: m% z" A7 }
81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)7 M& ?2 n0 ~9 @* H% A4 _2 j
81. Ursinus College (PA)
6 V+ |6 _8 G- x1 i7 a, u( `" h84. College of St. Benedict (MN)9 } g5 O7 J. M. J
84. Millsaps College (MS) x* v" {9 e( N0 p+ C
84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*
1 u4 A- n% d2 U' v; o/ C$ z84. Sweet Briar College (VA)
/ t" t1 K' B( M9 ]88. Augustana College (IL)" `9 e. Q7 m U
88. Cornell College (IA)+ o$ ^- c2 i/ s; x4 q% m2 U/ X9 v' ^
88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN)% V6 V" \% h; i
88. Hope College (MI)8 e8 R, W J/ t2 E v. ^8 [2 l
88. Knox College (IL)4 H( x. T ]4 {
88. Luther College (IA)
" G/ N3 u8 w2 w94. Allegheny College (PA)7 Z$ R% {/ Z1 j4 @) [. D$ q! K
94. Lake Forest College (IL)2 Q& G' f6 {# z( U& j& w
94. New College of Florida*$ _2 R; I- p6 ?
94. Washington College (MD)# S! g3 a; Q: i7 C
98. Coe College (IA); Q6 e7 t/ N9 J/ d; Z4 _
98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)8 X) ?2 y+ `3 g$ d( M
98. Hanover College (IN): K. s! D" X1 J1 W
98. Hillsdale College (MI)
- f6 g9 {3 O3 y. @" Y% c; ?0 J0 c98. Hollins University (VA)
' f7 d E7 e1 X% @$ j" f" N98. Juniata College (PA)
1 X) w0 q" ]# p2 M; W7 i104. Albion College (MI)6 \; l+ v) h0 {
104. Bennington College (VT)
}2 u: O( `& \' N7 l104. Hampshire College (MA)
$ H/ {' E# j7 ?! C, l104. Presbyterian College (SC)' X9 k! ^, y4 i
104. St. Mary’s College (IN) v' f% g- B' F" z
104. St. Michael’s College (VT)
: n3 C5 u i/ s! U104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)
, _/ f) n% B% T9 [111. Goucher College (MD)
1 j! j2 e+ v ? @# R111. Lyon College (AR)
9 c- R6 Y) `5 O111. Ohio Wesleyan University" ^" @( ^: a9 D0 U
111. Westmont College (CA)
& I0 i% x/ B. b6 i: m115. Calvin College (MI)6 Y$ i) b; p5 @% \
115. Stonehill College (MA). Y. r- s% ?. ^* V- Q' B0 g7 R0 V( y
115. Susquehanna University (PA)
8 E- \! l5 y3 r: K118. Berry College (GA): Z5 [4 Z1 T# l) j2 e- M. Y, D
118. Linfield College (OR)
/ Y, z) R! e2 g8 a) S, I+ ?118. Randolph College (VA)( z! w) u. W" G$ l
118. Siena College (NY)
3 \* z$ m' m' a! \+ g122. Central College (IA)
2 K: s7 j+ T8 w7 Z5 C122. St. John’s College (NM)
& B* _- G1 o8 e9 e/ I- X3 k2 d. j122. Westminster College (PA)
i" i, a2 u! L, G8 d% uTHIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)
' |* q0 w) I6 o5 `Albright College (PA)
; z N9 `4 O* r+ g1 w; \% J; D1 \. {0 fAlma College (MI)
5 ]; T1 s, D3 \) J2 W9 p5 @American Jewish University (CA)
0 D3 C) q' X; T6 IAsbury College (KY)
2 s% F O( L: Z9 R* O6 ~Baker University (KS)
6 ` F p$ r: a# v* E/ V# j9 k7 R+ wBethany College (WV)2 T0 j. k! C$ u3 d) X
Bridgewater College (VA)
, q+ ^1 `' V* {7 r( F9 a; ?Carroll College (MT)
; R5 f5 O1 J# O4 o8 N' p, j' dCarson-Newman College (TN)
, g( ]) _3 q7 ^0 sCedar Crest College (PA)
2 P* H9 N. P t+ j3 ?+ f2 [0 u2 H% {Centenary College of Louisiana; ]# R5 C: o7 H b
Clarke College (IA)+ P8 ?3 Q( S0 a& A: o8 e
College of Idaho (ID)
& ?; J, u! ] ?4 rCollege of the Atlantic (ME)
+ u4 c8 [- r, I s$ A7 [7 xConcordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)4 E' m& ~/ ]2 q$ O0 Q( G
Dillard University (LA)
6 } A5 p1 q8 i; y% Q5 UDoane College (NE)/ U/ m& N4 M1 }* M
Eastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)
$ R6 ~) A6 b( x1 AEckerd College (FL)
* O8 X, J' B8 F6 G L- o; L ?Emory and Henry College (VA)
4 c9 d" b* C: j6 {3 i# F+ UFisk University (TN)" D$ z, v: A4 X0 P. e, R
Georgetown College (KY)( m Y2 B8 `9 x
Gordon College (MA)3 Q) J9 P6 y/ g9 E4 p
Goshen College (IN), ?9 Y8 l# T3 {- N8 P7 \. {
Grove City College (PA)
I2 b, w. v* G: K- _* ~9 LGuilford College (NC)0 u; i# w3 l7 d7 P' D+ G# `0 F
Hartwick College (NY)
& V" A9 F" g: v. \Hastings College (NE)& D: N1 a( |7 ?6 j6 C
Hiram College (OH)
4 a& U6 P% z+ R, U' [5 FHoughton College (NY)
1 m( y( r* j8 j6 D- D# uIllinois College
# F/ o: B; H! D1 j7 g* [3 BLycoming College (PA)
0 ^) x: ]1 k( D0 ]1 ^) P( UMaryville College (TN)
# \" s" `9 \% H6 L2 m0 HMcDaniel College‡ (MD)
, U% N& x3 C* V8 ?: F/ C. NMeredith College (NC)
9 p# y6 E0 p: }5 J7 D. C. pMerrimack College (MA)6 D! v y# F/ B+ b4 t1 K& T
Millikin University (IL)
2 q2 j4 H4 d% G5 S2 m! q3 vMonmouth College (IL)
6 h/ j) d/ x( TMoravian College (PA)
- v: r9 [% D# l1 h/ \3 L! PMorehouse College (GA)
) P1 G; o: c4 w6 ^5 YMount Union College (OH)$ O/ {$ t" a l0 r* K& U
Nebraska Wesleyan University; y" E4 l9 a' V9 s, c5 A$ X
Oglethorpe University (GA)' f2 L. g9 n% ?! G) d$ b
Principia College1(IL)
1 T: b0 C, ?7 j6 ~2 q" m: `( vRandolph-Macon College (VA)
+ p2 G0 W9 q! u1 _Ripon College (WI)% |7 p3 s3 O2 i; W% @& O- y
Roanoke College (VA)6 X, }* t) y; h) ?4 C
Russell Sage College (NY)3 f9 D5 d% ^6 h- \
Salem College (NC)
# [9 _. F# t5 A; RSimpson College (IA)
$ v T& c9 {' f- d) {St. Anselm College (NH), A- `. M' `7 M' i" h
St. John’s College1(MD)
1 d6 a1 D' `6 I( }2 ^' NSt. Norbert College (WI), H1 T2 y- X& ~1 l# t) b+ w! ]
St. Vincent College (PA)
1 o4 {( V4 |, p+ m7 AUniversity of Minnesota—Morris*6 t7 ` d- y$ T7 n; J
U. of North Carolina—Asheville*+ w' O1 z1 [0 \
Warren Wilson College (NC)! P$ W8 E0 S; v' W# |& P
Wartburg College (IA)
2 { z0 S* E S* L( AWells College (NY): Q6 `" c) n6 M. A( A
Wesleyan College (GA)
9 j" ]( ~" @' o2 e/ }Westminster College (MO)
: q H k2 p4 \5 m! AWhittier College (CA)
4 l3 `( X0 d" ?2 ?5 wWilliam Jewell College (MO)2 g( M% k& s+ Z+ z
Wisconsin Lutheran College
" X$ ?2 K4 X# F3 D: ]Wittenberg University (OH)
5 h0 n8 c& u, p' ~0 LFOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)* s$ Z% i/ t' x, ~% j# w: U
Albertus Magnus College (CT)
8 P! V0 A; u( _) ^Atlantic Union College (MA)6 I2 i! V. i: h4 F) l
Bennett College (NC)2 T5 w) Z/ _5 a* K4 m Z1 d/ Y5 n6 `
Bethel College (KS)# o- ^( s# u4 L) F
Bloomfield College (NJ): s4 E0 G5 O8 I6 I
Brevard College (NC)
- V0 S. T" V# k4 V# A/ B' SBrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii16 [# F- e7 Y- l3 k+ w* g. O3 q8 N
California State U.—Monterey Bay*+ B4 H( ]9 m3 y8 ]5 Y" ?( m
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)*: [; n0 R8 ~8 m1 b/ n+ t7 d
Coastal Carolina University (SC)*
1 @8 m z; ?- |6 [/ ^Colorado State Univ.—Pueblo*
/ [6 f; h7 N& j$ a( WConcordia College (NY)' J/ i" f1 K6 F8 e& ~' D: |
Evangel University (MO), b: a" D g; i; ^
Ferrum College (VA), a; s6 K# s, \) ]
Fort Lewis College (CO)*9 @9 K4 i3 T& Z
Franklin Pierce University1 (NH)( R- v9 E( D7 s" ?; @
Green Mountain College (VT)
5 J0 V M/ L" c0 B% v" K' hGreensboro College (NC)' x) j9 X: W) K# D: K" M
Huntingdon College (AL)3 N, B z! Z! O1 V" x0 e W/ @7 Y
Huston-Tillotson University1 (TX) I7 x1 ]# G, k
Jarvis Christian College (TX)
" z* f# p+ N" ?8 cJohnson C. Smith University (NC)
2 c7 l3 q2 U& k/ W2 _- g: x9 TJudson College1(AL)
% p0 y! P2 N* R. S N" t& mKentucky Wesleyan College1
4 j+ J% m( a; B+ ?) A) v! t+ m; lLambuth University (TN)# n3 C$ z: |& B/ O% x
Lane College1(TN)
- c2 a( N0 K* m; F0 c& XLindsey Wilson College (KY)
9 F* J6 x2 h! |1 i5 _7 HMarlboro College1(VT)' w, ? _+ u; T. r
Marymount Manhattan Col. (NY); @) i+ s8 k+ k$ X7 Q
Mass. Col. of Liberal Arts*
8 t% e6 l8 P0 R" o1 W1 AMcPherson College (KS)
+ U) e0 T0 `6 t3 @" p: }2 r; f2 a" b) U, lMesa State College (CO) *
2 b" s# v# o4 Q# o1 w; iMetropolitan State Col. of Denver*' v( d$ b* |. c; s! p
North Greenville University (SC)
% t6 A" T9 ?1 V/ H& f3 u8 k2 U/ lNorthland College (WI)
# L0 `9 f6 ]* w: p; uOlivet College (MI)
5 C3 r) n+ T& b% j6 XPaine College (GA)2 p0 U% V& a6 ~
Peace College (NC)
) \! W# W k2 ^Pine Manor College (MA)
o+ x/ a0 _4 b }9 FSierra Nevada College (NV)- b" E* Q3 y( R8 i. i% B4 M
Simpson University1(CA)
1 w: _& W2 e7 |3 b8 O- s: O- kSt. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)& I, G" U4 F5 Y4 Y
Stephens College (MO)
! V0 l/ u4 ~& U5 ?Sterling College (KS)5 H' Z: w* k0 A2 B
SUNY College—Old Westbury*
4 S4 b4 U5 o# l% ISUNY—Purchase College*
( P7 g8 R. H3 O. b# r" ~) uTalladega College (AL)
9 ~, G+ T& N% U6 MTexas Lutheran University B5 E& V9 Z7 ?9 O
Thiel College (PA)
4 C% V( ]. j, y6 T rTougaloo College1(MS)& f* \& W$ |$ H" V1 E& L3 }0 E
University of Hawaii—Hilo*7 y( d n$ @. M% L6 G+ p
University of Maine—Machias*
5 p! U2 m& M; Y2 ?% XUniversity of Virginia—Wise*
1 i; X+ o- N; B" Z. tUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*/ a4 F+ ?# H, ] H4 K5 Y2 V/ G
Univ. of Wisconsin—Parkside*
$ \7 ~' f3 J+ z( w$ \0 \' [Virginia Wesleyan College3 W, |6 b0 I( S' R
West Virginia State University* q3 I g. F4 Z. L( s h: T
West Virginia Wesleyan College' c2 R8 R, a/ J) C1 }
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