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Best Liberal Arts Colleges1 }- R3 {% w: y1 J
Rank School (State) (*Public)
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# ~" T- v0 [) W' n% Z$ I1. Amherst College (MA)- U/ S( q% f! F: X9 _7 F4 D
1. Williams College (MA)
/ L: x/ V. \+ H; M2 ?3. Swarthmore College (PA)
. z: Z& m7 l( H4. Wellesley College (MA)* V3 C3 k% @0 W9 i# M5 h
5. Middlebury College (VT)$ m1 O2 Q0 c6 e7 J- k! T4 m" Y
6. Bowdoin College (ME). R- y/ q$ p' _/ G5 J6 n. i0 i) b7 m
6. Pomona College (CA)
9 @( Q/ v( Y* Z6 y8 }$ ^: Z# j( C8. Carleton College (MN)" C, g3 k: ]) O7 B( w6 L
9. Davidson College (NC)
+ s" X. i' c3 i/ y- Y10. Haverford College (PA)2 X3 Z9 p. g. o$ j* e% ~ W6 h
11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)& z b8 G# _; b' t/ r
11. Vassar College (NY)
+ R9 r- M8 k( m/ h13. Wesleyan University (CT)
8 J+ u8 B$ p' o) S) Z14. Grinnell College (IA)
5 \' H1 j& j4 y* v2 _+ S+ G14. Harvey Mudd College (CA) X) S9 V8 Y' `! e$ D
14. United States Military Academy (NY)*
+ v8 x- f1 z+ H% j% @4 @5 O17. Washington and Lee University (VA)* P/ c6 K$ t8 {
18. Colgate University (NY)
5 F& ?( l: f7 d" p% o% B7 v8 \18. Smith College (MA)- I( f- e7 E) b g
20. Hamilton College (NY)& X9 n/ B1 i: [3 ^ g0 L. a3 D; |
20. Oberlin College (OH)& ^* \8 D \( m9 i9 k4 X
22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*
y* M& }$ M/ [* g23. Bryn Mawr College (PA)7 T" @6 w/ o+ F0 e+ S
23. Colby College (ME)
# t) N& X, O0 }. y% P/ U5 f25. Bates College (ME)* c6 |( |: A8 c( S) n8 N
25. Macalester College (MN)9 G1 @2 x b3 |9 s2 z1 r
27. Barnard College (NY)) G* X8 N8 e6 c/ {4 T4 g. M! e
27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)' T! H( J9 i' v B
27. Scripps College (CA)- x- K8 V$ d' i, K$ u. v
30. Bucknell University (PA)
8 e/ [" M# Y8 C! D' u+ M8 E9 u) |# y30. Colorado College" ~; m2 ~3 E: I$ T
32. Kenyon College (OH)
) S7 C2 C* k2 j3 V33. Trinity College (CT)
* m( s6 e. m& ^3 H# Y33. University of Richmond (VA)) P4 m2 W* i: j& F) ?* p: h
35. College of the Holy Cross (MA)% Z( f3 U! g- j
35. Lafayette College (PA)% r% A# z! t, V6 ~+ e6 T( T
37. Bard College (NY)8 _: O+ X) F' A* j- L) Y6 _* f/ K1 [
37. Furman University (SC)2 m! l! ?; ^3 N0 ~8 t9 r9 Y
37. Occidental College (CA)4 b7 F9 O9 ~7 ~' f. V/ ^
37. Whitman College (WA) \8 u2 g" S( S+ E! e3 I
41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)+ z; e! y* q% w7 |3 A3 J- s
42. Connecticut College
, O6 [% S& F5 s4 Q% z; x+ B42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)$ a) s) T* I% A( J2 Z
42. Union College (NY)
' z4 |* G/ w2 \, L45. Centre College (KY)
/ ^% [( `5 G% Z' m45. Dickinson College (PA) D+ o4 E, D8 p/ t
47. Skidmore College (NY)
* v8 g; M+ ^5 l# P% h% d47. St. Olaf College (MN)
* |$ I5 }- y+ @# O49. DePauw University (IN)
) v( Q3 F/ V/ H49. Gettysburg College (PA)
% N; E( k6 G& V( n6 x4 M, K$ r49. Pitzer College (CA)# U& i; o1 y8 ~9 V* ~2 g& O) E
49. Rhodes College (TN)+ X: X7 q3 i. Z2 D' q8 O M
53. Denison University (OH)9 M- F1 D5 k3 b' ]* ~% |
54. Reed College (OR)+ d' n7 {, ]. y+ H: ^ q% S
54. Wabash College (IN)
+ w6 T0 _% J+ j2 D* K56. Lawrence University (WI)
* A" {: k! `+ }' O; o) @56. Wheaton College (IL)
$ `! w9 Q( m9 {! Q; F9 ?& V' y! p58. St. Lawrence University (NY)
3 Z# \* r y) a5 X2 i( h58. Wheaton College (MA)
w+ @! u8 F8 P; h" O8 J60. Agnes Scott College (GA)) C1 g& E1 @# J7 Q( V2 I
60. Beloit College (WI)/ {: h8 P, x7 d
60. Illinois Wesleyan University. K6 r% f8 f8 L S) K
60. Kalamazoo College (MI)8 r7 V0 w5 V5 W4 ^
60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)' w- Y* C, f C% }; ^" s: `
60. Willamette University (OR)
: Z' k+ q8 o# `1 F P$ X60. Wofford College (SC)* F0 H" Q9 M* ~$ ^* e% C V
67. Earlham College (IN)
! C9 q; o: w5 a" z68. Berea College (KY)7 _' b$ m( A5 N# s" W, V2 @
68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)& f9 l6 n* _# @% s! _7 S9 l- K
68. Southwestern University (TX)9 h" k4 Q5 ?" T K
71. Austin College (TX): D/ e- B2 [' {6 W6 O
71. Drew University (NJ)0 Y) l9 p. }% B0 z1 [
71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)2 }! R8 i! ~$ [5 }9 M$ B& P
71. Muhlenberg College (PA)' f( Y3 n$ d5 ^; d* P
71. St. John’s University (MN)
" x3 v( i) \6 k3 h71. Virginia Military Institute*
( j3 k' C0 \ h' _: g; M; J77. College of Wooster (OH)
$ ^ F7 @ m$ T) X( c3 W77. Hendrix College (AR)% r" y8 G' L6 ~8 C1 e) X$ u
77. Spelman College (GA)5 S/ V: c2 ]2 q9 ~2 `
77. Transylvania University (KY)
- M0 K* a5 ]7 m( B0 ~81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL)
% B+ f( N4 W7 m, d/ C81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)
; |9 B" f0 X: j) O/ c3 a, b81. Ursinus College (PA)
$ O1 E5 N. S' Q' g! t5 |" _84. College of St. Benedict (MN)
9 p$ Z) m+ ~# S( z84. Millsaps College (MS), H O }% T' \9 J
84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*" r/ K2 P! C- N9 v- k! S& P
84. Sweet Briar College (VA)
( G% F. W6 C4 S4 y* {0 O+ f88. Augustana College (IL)
# y5 T2 a* J( E: w88. Cornell College (IA)6 d) z! D: X" \1 U; n$ D, F0 F
88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN)
6 c. C: G% G# k88. Hope College (MI)8 j* X& z: r& ^& I' z$ O
88. Knox College (IL) }( W: E, b. e1 E5 ~- B
88. Luther College (IA)
, r& Q, \ u6 T# l; {3 u4 g94. Allegheny College (PA)% L' F, G1 i$ U2 U* A$ s# a; P( [
94. Lake Forest College (IL)
3 p G; Q. V2 B `94. New College of Florida*
6 t0 X C+ m# M; Z- q$ g94. Washington College (MD)
9 {" s1 d* i+ h( [, v5 Y# F8 r98. Coe College (IA)
( C# }0 m8 |' O9 G98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)
& {! l0 n; h+ V2 O1 z% V. P2 R98. Hanover College (IN)
1 v7 u2 D6 X1 A$ D* _98. Hillsdale College (MI)9 S" [$ D w% S# a8 P9 ?
98. Hollins University (VA)
# A5 K2 w; g& [6 x" G# h# L98. Juniata College (PA)0 {2 T1 j: _% n
104. Albion College (MI)! W) z B5 {/ E" f' P5 S' t g
104. Bennington College (VT)
/ Z, _8 I; x# I& B* e5 g6 n104. Hampshire College (MA)4 B! |7 P& ]" G4 w% _# s% z4 N& \
104. Presbyterian College (SC)
# T' ?- N: `& Y5 n- T* z% D; A104. St. Mary’s College (IN)" F$ |( u6 U- @& c0 ^* W' V
104. St. Michael’s College (VT)
; [8 z$ y$ i$ _% q. L104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)
/ N Z4 k3 C' v+ H" E111. Goucher College (MD)$ p4 [ U" w- a6 C
111. Lyon College (AR)
. o( Z5 s; U+ j1 x! E111. Ohio Wesleyan University
$ o% n7 R" d; q/ {0 ~9 s( s111. Westmont College (CA)+ ^0 C% i( c3 ?& W. @
115. Calvin College (MI)
! V& |6 Y5 }! g6 \9 f115. Stonehill College (MA)
" Y, h) N2 j4 e( s115. Susquehanna University (PA)
5 P' s& E& t( C, R- s/ Y118. Berry College (GA)
" w4 z. \- k U' n118. Linfield College (OR)
) \) p' e' W" D$ N; p% V7 l4 F118. Randolph College (VA)3 O2 F- J8 S3 i8 n0 c5 O/ `2 K v
118. Siena College (NY)
) x: I. B. N8 c" C& O$ W/ ?122. Central College (IA)
' |+ |8 r) N6 [2 ]# x122. St. John’s College (NM)0 X9 g9 r0 G2 o- p# P1 w
122. Westminster College (PA)( T4 F" Q% v3 D5 S' A' @1 s- @
THIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)
* h+ z) ^& [2 w$ gAlbright College (PA)6 u0 K5 u! q9 Z
Alma College (MI)
" k9 d! r5 U$ h+ g& ?8 g. d- m8 CAmerican Jewish University (CA)5 R2 y* ?- n$ v4 ^ B
Asbury College (KY)
9 K2 O+ H6 ]# P, v1 _% H& PBaker University (KS)
1 H* n$ N; |) ]Bethany College (WV), G/ { r1 \/ {# U; r
Bridgewater College (VA)
9 D$ N2 u" y8 Y: E* l; UCarroll College (MT)
3 m9 f U: ]5 T8 \5 tCarson-Newman College (TN)8 b* l0 c' i' @
Cedar Crest College (PA)6 z( P0 D0 Q/ x7 @" \; o% w: s
Centenary College of Louisiana
1 o. T* Q4 e' S1 S* |Clarke College (IA)# O s# l5 T. L4 u7 K$ m
College of Idaho (ID)
$ D9 }( m4 x M& d. YCollege of the Atlantic (ME)
; M0 Y# B+ e; ]* F9 ?6 W: e6 O7 tConcordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)5 B, t8 L( E" C7 A0 h# E
Dillard University (LA)
; r6 x L( ?3 z J3 L) \, Z; S+ ~Doane College (NE)6 G9 @* t }4 I4 a6 a
Eastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)
$ i1 a, Z8 C6 ~7 \; {0 kEckerd College (FL)8 i. T0 Y) l0 u
Emory and Henry College (VA)
% q& P i2 x2 E4 qFisk University (TN)
& e0 X9 Q* i7 @. ]Georgetown College (KY)
& j) Z0 A( {& ~. x3 U5 }( @Gordon College (MA)
! B# p/ _3 j d" j7 mGoshen College (IN)
8 A1 E6 G" _+ G5 ]4 m, WGrove City College (PA)' I" g' @7 k5 `1 `
Guilford College (NC)
% w3 g7 ]: o- Y0 uHartwick College (NY); F2 Z" d9 N) S! i+ J
Hastings College (NE)
! P/ @9 I* E- x. F% [+ _ EHiram College (OH)
& o- A+ U1 h' EHoughton College (NY). ~! z" b9 r3 k
Illinois College$ F8 b7 Y( d* ^0 L
Lycoming College (PA)9 l8 x5 [; e- I# g
Maryville College (TN)
3 a' c9 ]2 z) z/ E% o! r2 H5 wMcDaniel College‡ (MD)
5 D. s$ W* U1 H+ GMeredith College (NC)' x. y+ K& ~: V; G( U
Merrimack College (MA)# U& ^% E/ n* x: V% ?( t8 L; U6 f
Millikin University (IL)
: O/ H3 p* B1 n/ iMonmouth College (IL)% N& I; I) [$ l+ h' ^* I6 ~0 f
Moravian College (PA)5 O: Y1 A" Q: ? ~& Y
Morehouse College (GA)
$ z5 f3 M0 ^/ j/ ]4 S }8 e# ]Mount Union College (OH)
3 ]4 Y) g Y" t `) q/ nNebraska Wesleyan University
. y8 v% X" X+ O1 ?! }( H! K: BOglethorpe University (GA)% L: Z, f" s' j) j
Principia College1(IL)
z3 l% V! y( NRandolph-Macon College (VA)
, m K3 Q, D3 A4 ORipon College (WI)
$ N! d# X* d' e( V1 URoanoke College (VA)
( m% z! L3 _. [+ zRussell Sage College (NY)
1 w" E* X6 V) \6 s' c+ r. y1 GSalem College (NC), V3 A9 k* l3 e0 B% m L/ F/ z
Simpson College (IA)
7 E ?/ f2 h+ [) J% ~St. Anselm College (NH)
8 E5 P$ p% v9 N! z% n, ESt. John’s College1(MD)
; ~, K9 T5 T) u+ g, B+ uSt. Norbert College (WI): u' q/ q, J& u1 E0 l
St. Vincent College (PA)- [7 p i* f' u: S
University of Minnesota—Morris*+ K4 n- s, A. v: I! k
U. of North Carolina—Asheville*, ]3 R8 z; Z" t7 b; I- O
Warren Wilson College (NC)/ g6 D, Q* I7 p) Z/ C- y
Wartburg College (IA)
! ?) y B" ?# b' d0 c: _& f; O% z/ a( IWells College (NY)
$ U9 b: ~$ H$ JWesleyan College (GA)2 l+ w5 U% n: i! X0 `2 G! r; e
Westminster College (MO)* k* @1 D* Y. L. W: `
Whittier College (CA)& @7 Y* _' y/ Y7 ?% O* F( q
William Jewell College (MO)
' ^. K P( D5 |8 E- i9 m' D+ @Wisconsin Lutheran College6 R; k" A+ p9 ^) B
Wittenberg University (OH)& C8 [- J& W6 n
FOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)7 `9 h1 q3 }, S, P% J8 k! b
Albertus Magnus College (CT)
! J* J/ |5 Z8 k8 P3 J* WAtlantic Union College (MA): ^8 c- o% B+ ` ^# D$ o3 R: o
Bennett College (NC)1 M+ x. z- v+ ]' Y6 U2 V& d0 D9 G. {! Z
Bethel College (KS)
$ d7 U0 r! ]% q$ h7 CBloomfield College (NJ)7 P1 S. k2 c3 E5 S2 ~" _
Brevard College (NC)
& b( L; T# U0 f2 fBrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii1
: E& K* z3 `0 E: n6 {, D* rCalifornia State U.—Monterey Bay*1 w7 v g0 ~2 X! i& w
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)*9 M8 X" s& Y" q; I( K
Coastal Carolina University (SC)*
6 R8 C$ r! S$ }) k1 i0 i7 g! tColorado State Univ.—Pueblo*
- ]' x* n8 |/ H1 l: wConcordia College (NY)2 o5 l' y: V0 m& m* }
Evangel University (MO)
A) c2 f# a% c& C* PFerrum College (VA)
4 e% |. b! a, ?8 t" e+ \2 l! [Fort Lewis College (CO)*! i% X/ h X+ x8 @! |( E: y- s
Franklin Pierce University1 (NH)
7 D- m+ F. v0 ?, b. `Green Mountain College (VT)7 V+ `1 E3 W6 }
Greensboro College (NC)1 i- Y: Z c0 F& ~' ^
Huntingdon College (AL)9 x6 H) J5 s% S6 F8 U7 u
Huston-Tillotson University1 (TX)6 U- C _% d8 U ?' ~: P2 i: a6 q
Jarvis Christian College (TX) z9 R, o. u& X# L
Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
, T! f& L2 t; s' V" Z: tJudson College1(AL)
7 M" c: x9 Z; b3 y3 v3 u" \1 \' t" sKentucky Wesleyan College1
; p6 t" v6 Z8 w9 ILambuth University (TN)
- g- o. w) l# H) X; M7 }+ d3 rLane College1(TN)
& ]/ T8 q1 S+ W; }4 ULindsey Wilson College (KY)
, Q+ C( M7 Y0 @& |# M4 B: JMarlboro College1(VT)& H. v9 A2 C7 _3 s: ^1 q
Marymount Manhattan Col. (NY)6 x/ }. U, Q F- _6 y" T
Mass. Col. of Liberal Arts*
: D& Y1 b* g% bMcPherson College (KS)" B8 b+ L o0 Q0 T% x. e2 l) I
Mesa State College (CO) *
9 _. s1 ~8 z/ Q7 Y0 i3 }Metropolitan State Col. of Denver*
- P5 ~+ ] I" N$ X9 I" b+ q O6 rNorth Greenville University (SC)
0 G5 D+ T$ J; c3 P6 Q# ]7 rNorthland College (WI)
8 D2 m+ o1 G) YOlivet College (MI). h) N6 r: |8 c' ~! \
Paine College (GA)
* Y, f: }: v3 ?- G8 sPeace College (NC)
8 D. [9 C2 `3 N8 r0 j BPine Manor College (MA)
, O+ v: R. x& s, F/ @/ n, E- k6 Y/ Q7 bSierra Nevada College (NV)
1 C) I2 t' V x1 f& G" u m6 ESimpson University1(CA) p8 J$ o0 A* j' v2 u; A; M
St. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)7 y! C! r4 \6 U8 _2 {1 G# P$ d
Stephens College (MO)
. G, b3 [. G1 F0 q5 USterling College (KS)+ |1 I. t, h: c- r+ F0 K
SUNY College—Old Westbury*9 V$ Q* F4 J+ V9 W) K. o6 j
SUNY—Purchase College*
$ n: G2 _% g+ ATalladega College (AL)
7 f5 ]) {0 o! fTexas Lutheran University: k8 A- S9 Z% `7 x3 l5 R
Thiel College (PA)
$ B* f+ _' [2 z; y( D, w9 P* |Tougaloo College1(MS)
9 m" z2 R, C2 n/ t, u9 kUniversity of Hawaii—Hilo*! C/ a5 J% u: ~/ @# D# A
University of Maine—Machias*
( v- n) Q. L- e+ D; }4 W* @" ]3 b* {University of Virginia—Wise*
( m! D& C: U; r9 Y) x( @" n8 nUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*- @) h* y; P" M" V) ?, e8 q
Univ. of Wisconsin—Parkside*+ g, v/ j( I9 b$ H3 V
Virginia Wesleyan College0 @3 N3 i1 v3 X' v; a3 P
West Virginia State University*
1 G4 K' U9 u {6 d% AWest Virginia Wesleyan College) h0 T7 j$ H( e) o
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