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Best Liberal Arts Colleges( j9 |& e7 }4 V4 R- i
Rank School (State) (*Public)+ {. I) q* x2 |2 w+ ]4 z7 F1 s. b0 N
) M6 z' a7 }+ c6 r' {1. Amherst College (MA)- O+ c9 j/ x7 q$ b
1. Williams College (MA)
f/ t& t8 ]) m* G) I1 [3. Swarthmore College (PA)* h% |3 D6 _" k6 S
4. Wellesley College (MA)9 J0 `' ?( d& ]) _
5. Middlebury College (VT)- [) _: P- C& H1 U/ [
6. Bowdoin College (ME)
8 I# Z. |6 v" a* [- }. I6. Pomona College (CA)! `7 s5 L+ r3 z) M
8. Carleton College (MN)1 o \9 h* x' H
9. Davidson College (NC)
1 v7 |" s3 [8 s o' N8 ^- @10. Haverford College (PA)
, }4 }$ g) O- f- ]" {11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)
1 c: V/ Z# H: q+ C" `" |11. Vassar College (NY); a$ r) S* N9 v. t9 Q7 [) _
13. Wesleyan University (CT)
% w+ W, J8 z: ?6 Z14. Grinnell College (IA)
: R1 R: C/ c1 M3 q) G! k6 g14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)
3 e2 ?1 Y- T/ \- Y0 w9 S14. United States Military Academy (NY)*
. l* x( ~; d/ w+ [17. Washington and Lee University (VA)4 b7 \* E# Z. H* a0 @& A& K4 V
18. Colgate University (NY)
6 l( Y& m* [/ B$ w18. Smith College (MA)
4 H' z$ o6 O9 Z9 B1 U3 t1 @20. Hamilton College (NY)% C) W* s* j6 D) [' f* z
20. Oberlin College (OH)% \( E$ e" f% c& e. {& p, u
22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*
% p' i2 U3 A& ~1 u23. Bryn Mawr College (PA)+ s) I" u: w1 d
23. Colby College (ME)! q6 `) j4 x$ k; v3 {
25. Bates College (ME)
3 o# S5 r: ]2 [" y% p8 F0 n25. Macalester College (MN)8 e7 ~) y) v+ b9 m2 q! M
27. Barnard College (NY): X: H8 g2 F0 B$ o
27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)5 m" z# v5 [; D. E0 C
27. Scripps College (CA)1 |' _8 K9 a, G8 [6 m
30. Bucknell University (PA)
! o4 S5 V% c) P. `2 w9 r! G& K- _30. Colorado College
; W% m' Z) `7 q. N; f5 ~32. Kenyon College (OH)0 z, l$ m% u( } Y @7 u
33. Trinity College (CT)# v2 e; x5 X! E7 K# h; D6 I! p& F
33. University of Richmond (VA)
. v% g, i6 w+ D$ ]& e' B" ^35. College of the Holy Cross (MA), o! r" v1 s$ v6 b% i
35. Lafayette College (PA), X/ j- n; o# ?; R. I; t) z; m$ I1 @! f2 Q
37. Bard College (NY)
) R$ F8 Q( l6 Y% V, A% h; |" i" _7 a& G37. Furman University (SC)9 Z8 H0 z$ T! S5 Q
37. Occidental College (CA)
" S, ^* f1 D% }; R- M1 S- C37. Whitman College (WA)
: O3 v' c$ E! h41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN)
& ?% x" s) h7 n7 G/ Z/ @* v42. Connecticut College& [! ^/ D3 ^! m8 L K
42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)
3 e8 k# c) E: W" Y; o/ i0 a42. Union College (NY)8 z' c: j8 @6 k; {
45. Centre College (KY)
8 l/ T. w$ v3 |0 G; z7 n2 E45. Dickinson College (PA)
1 n- V1 ?+ Y$ | O |47. Skidmore College (NY)
: R: [ u! _8 x/ X7 O47. St. Olaf College (MN)! i4 i5 d9 |+ y0 H* {, O- {
49. DePauw University (IN)' L% K7 W; |9 o1 T
49. Gettysburg College (PA)% k. a, e7 `3 m1 }0 o5 C
49. Pitzer College (CA)' V" z' ?; `! I. ^3 d0 y0 w
49. Rhodes College (TN)) q5 s8 m# \) r( u! C8 g3 N" s
53. Denison University (OH)1 I1 L, t1 E& X% i* M& I- h8 @
54. Reed College (OR)/ a7 U8 j+ ^ ~. O+ n9 r9 M7 N g3 B
54. Wabash College (IN). ^% n+ ?* S: P* S/ E
56. Lawrence University (WI)
1 P. Z* z6 V* W/ C4 A56. Wheaton College (IL)
. u& A. s- V$ O' A: c7 A58. St. Lawrence University (NY): `" d8 M8 v" G9 O
58. Wheaton College (MA)
6 c% t, T2 A$ b( D( M60. Agnes Scott College (GA)
5 [3 e" [, z7 f" S# D- [60. Beloit College (WI)
# G5 [0 u5 B6 v G60. Illinois Wesleyan University% u4 c+ m" O( h2 ^/ J
60. Kalamazoo College (MI)
% o0 l. Y& q; g: ?60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)
1 a* g z0 _ j60. Willamette University (OR)
4 l+ z' D9 C: d- L60. Wofford College (SC)$ n* _) z( G% C& x+ `
67. Earlham College (IN)
) u2 D1 M6 I9 u* U68. Berea College (KY)
, A# e( f! L: S* d) I& P68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)' E: f, r1 B7 u q( m
68. Southwestern University (TX)8 y- D* P9 Z$ r& R6 g6 I% O" Z
71. Austin College (TX)
% S# V: L4 r& C( b, G* F8 U71. Drew University (NJ)$ R7 @2 a' B; B- y& H
71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)
- | G/ E0 P) B' w( F9 V71. Muhlenberg College (PA); X$ P! j) S N E# |$ w2 `
71. St. John’s University (MN)
; u& x( m( _- G2 v7 Q% g0 J71. Virginia Military Institute*
' ~; Z2 u2 z+ b; i3 B- N3 S77. College of Wooster (OH)6 _" X* \! S* N5 b
77. Hendrix College (AR)
1 d$ V6 u: t/ b5 [" B* D J/ X77. Spelman College (GA)8 Q# S* s4 e6 `+ u8 M
77. Transylvania University (KY)5 G) F' z7 D. w* L* V# M
81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL), N$ Y8 }5 M1 Y
81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)- U: I6 F6 B! F1 ]" D% E
81. Ursinus College (PA)# ^4 V; x# G; }
84. College of St. Benedict (MN)
6 E7 ? e3 q% y2 ?, z. q ~6 @84. Millsaps College (MS)
5 k3 y! n7 R. b2 s9 R* J: b7 I4 G84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*; M0 X: [* s& `# T. |" l" [0 o
84. Sweet Briar College (VA)
5 v5 u' B6 }6 u8 V1 Y. K- a0 P88. Augustana College (IL)1 R3 ?/ |5 r* \0 y3 o3 o! N
88. Cornell College (IA)
: Y& }4 H$ c2 S {$ ?88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN)
* \, W; I$ P6 o$ t' ^* j88. Hope College (MI)/ J S8 N( d4 L/ ~2 E1 W
88. Knox College (IL)
( {+ m; D5 R* R: P3 n88. Luther College (IA)
$ K" N! w; d6 d9 u7 Y+ W/ L94. Allegheny College (PA)& E0 {/ L% r: V) e% D* V. h# ^
94. Lake Forest College (IL)
( g3 @' u) X5 k7 L/ [94. New College of Florida*+ ?, j% m) B/ H+ R ]) L* b
94. Washington College (MD)* ~' _' o* H8 f0 b% g j1 v/ h0 q
98. Coe College (IA)" M+ Q. O- t$ i% q! b2 I0 g
98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)
, `( X W! i+ f# b$ j2 T98. Hanover College (IN)! Q: P' a7 E) g, o U
98. Hillsdale College (MI). n8 L0 t+ v5 t9 A5 Q3 m% ]
98. Hollins University (VA)% ^5 }, e5 Y& s3 `! f, V2 A
98. Juniata College (PA)8 G9 o- N- |& ?& r% z
104. Albion College (MI)
8 B d: s5 A$ a9 H104. Bennington College (VT) j* k3 F* y) m/ `% |) o. ^! T* _
104. Hampshire College (MA)
' ?. s6 n L+ C& g& \104. Presbyterian College (SC)
5 l' r+ p* E, \) b8 j* s) q) ^104. St. Mary’s College (IN)
+ Y" z E/ P; O" P104. St. Michael’s College (VT)2 G# q( F/ Y, u" T, m
104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)
6 \8 W3 J( x7 z, c/ d2 @111. Goucher College (MD), O. t5 G1 N0 @* {+ L' a2 o3 ~6 a
111. Lyon College (AR)
6 \% o5 j$ H4 {* s& }* B x0 Q111. Ohio Wesleyan University
1 F. {- u* y; e2 ]$ m111. Westmont College (CA)
5 p6 v6 h" U# h/ {' Y! Y115. Calvin College (MI)$ ?/ b! J; G; N
115. Stonehill College (MA)2 x* o" Q/ L/ t- x+ x$ F$ L2 z: F/ i
115. Susquehanna University (PA)) }% x1 Q; R$ R0 p- B$ D2 K+ N
118. Berry College (GA)- a% z5 u8 d8 F* O1 k& a; p2 T- w
118. Linfield College (OR)6 L! q, F y0 E' I
118. Randolph College (VA)
$ {: S+ J$ G% a$ V- z118. Siena College (NY)- ?. U. O: i; e
122. Central College (IA); K& }; K; E' K: C/ [4 {- R
122. St. John’s College (NM)" S6 E' K! r" {9 s4 H: h
122. Westminster College (PA)/ ~& A# X" Q6 l$ a$ F
THIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)5 C* P" H, B' A: s4 X, y* h6 y) f3 m
Albright College (PA); q* e* B1 E! E Q E3 X
Alma College (MI)( M2 @* E. t" O1 R& ?
American Jewish University (CA)
, W) n3 l4 o9 ?# s$ K4 d+ R( H3 e u: EAsbury College (KY)/ n# f3 ]' F, c; F7 i9 y: U. F" J
Baker University (KS)
1 ^! T2 ]" l, m; [Bethany College (WV), T/ r! v/ D5 F) s9 n
Bridgewater College (VA)2 s* d: ~7 M, W. B( [
Carroll College (MT)3 K1 J1 ^, D0 U
Carson-Newman College (TN)
) b: C: I$ B; D. W- h% K1 d+ a& ECedar Crest College (PA)
* y: t2 L# e% ^" RCentenary College of Louisiana
# b4 X7 @1 G$ L* f# yClarke College (IA)
+ `; L% }9 ^+ ^/ `* Q% OCollege of Idaho (ID)- f# B2 e: ]0 `% a' r
College of the Atlantic (ME)8 q$ A6 s" l, Q* Y' F# L
Concordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)
( h! y% A$ u1 l' n* Q4 d4 h* `Dillard University (LA)
! j2 R) w* a" O4 yDoane College (NE)3 S+ j5 U! y3 b/ p" M& m, U F
Eastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)8 I0 l% ~6 _) ]) e D
Eckerd College (FL)
. X5 G' r* s" l: h3 bEmory and Henry College (VA)5 A; C8 ~3 w7 G
Fisk University (TN)& {# p* |1 T# M8 Y$ J
Georgetown College (KY)
+ h6 Y2 k6 \6 ]$ rGordon College (MA)/ F# T1 D- n2 @( `: x& M
Goshen College (IN); k" T- C/ b6 d6 I; X
Grove City College (PA)
1 \9 R. m* M6 G3 CGuilford College (NC)5 \. A% y% W* y* A8 ~- b* [* {
Hartwick College (NY)
0 g1 F+ D4 V) ^5 JHastings College (NE)* R' x2 b- w2 W- j; s% E
Hiram College (OH)& }* q- R& @$ R2 u1 \
Houghton College (NY)/ t* P. N# s- A0 A3 S A
Illinois College7 ~' L6 k) m2 Z% a9 }' b& o. v% m9 r4 O
Lycoming College (PA)& g* u3 {( G$ X$ y7 T3 c
Maryville College (TN)4 U! u% d% _, z4 \0 T7 {
McDaniel College‡ (MD). }! h" {9 P6 `/ f# W6 s
Meredith College (NC), C' h0 f! n1 k# ~- i
Merrimack College (MA)
# A" T5 ~$ O" l( y! y' LMillikin University (IL)' ^7 `% g a, A/ ]% B% N
Monmouth College (IL)$ O0 Y" V/ s0 A
Moravian College (PA)3 {1 L: ]# w {
Morehouse College (GA)
; i& k) \2 E( ZMount Union College (OH)
# u+ t9 D$ g" n( B: Y1 xNebraska Wesleyan University
* x& n. e: w. H9 q/ iOglethorpe University (GA)
% x2 J9 s1 x: n& F$ XPrincipia College1(IL)
$ p( E$ A) e( PRandolph-Macon College (VA)* o" t* \6 j1 @ [4 D
Ripon College (WI)
9 @/ Z: Y, B6 ?' W- l4 \Roanoke College (VA)
+ s* ?6 p4 e e+ N2 M0 s. LRussell Sage College (NY)3 l% _+ k" `( s6 b
Salem College (NC)6 C- \6 z& ?* a2 ]) }+ k) f
Simpson College (IA)/ v' e. c1 r, t. T( h! B5 O
St. Anselm College (NH)) _% M* j8 J! c! l& C1 b8 e5 y
St. John’s College1(MD)- @7 }2 U1 F2 p8 i4 h( ~. d
St. Norbert College (WI)6 E% L5 H$ d8 x; c& z0 A/ D
St. Vincent College (PA)7 A- U9 Y3 s3 h1 F$ s$ N
University of Minnesota—Morris*
& X& p1 N! p8 M2 N1 k1 v; |9 |7 OU. of North Carolina—Asheville*
+ g9 ^! @+ o- n& O7 k% uWarren Wilson College (NC)+ a' R+ X7 {! q& R& w" ]
Wartburg College (IA)
" t, K2 W+ L- ?9 Q7 uWells College (NY)( m N# }/ c) M6 B" ~/ i
Wesleyan College (GA)* R* k8 q5 i& W! z; {& {
Westminster College (MO); `% j/ K4 R* C& x
Whittier College (CA)9 ` \; a6 y" L2 j1 `
William Jewell College (MO)
( M. _$ o; m! V0 b9 V4 \Wisconsin Lutheran College) y8 S8 H' E" ]2 [+ F- d7 D* Q" ?! B
Wittenberg University (OH)
4 } M6 w$ A( b: Q- M. I z& WFOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)6 H5 Q6 U6 O/ o# a3 U
Albertus Magnus College (CT)
) |( x( n, F9 S2 }, rAtlantic Union College (MA)
3 S% S# @ Z% Z9 LBennett College (NC), f4 |7 {& S, L
Bethel College (KS)9 Z: [9 h- J$ `7 V, q9 j
Bloomfield College (NJ)
2 e( M# v5 v, l! m; |4 O, zBrevard College (NC)
8 u- N+ Y" U* e3 @! W2 c8 ABrigham Young Univ.—Hawaii1) W6 R! f( X, s6 I
California State U.—Monterey Bay*8 f2 |8 {5 m3 R/ _* |! R; V/ O+ |
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)*
$ f L: q4 a3 u3 `Coastal Carolina University (SC)*( r7 o5 t0 z' N, `; i8 J
Colorado State Univ.—Pueblo*
6 C" a3 P- e9 h3 MConcordia College (NY)% z1 i9 P c. z! e- M2 j8 U7 q
Evangel University (MO)
. T1 H) |- [8 I) {3 R3 X. Y- }) MFerrum College (VA)8 w7 T4 A/ O/ }, e; V- p3 m
Fort Lewis College (CO)*: j& L' W( {' H1 t+ ]
Franklin Pierce University1 (NH)
+ T. w) n* r b9 ]0 l( J% b2 {% k1 p' SGreen Mountain College (VT)3 d9 T# A; U; l" N. J7 D3 V( W* k
Greensboro College (NC)8 m0 P* L2 e) O# v
Huntingdon College (AL)
2 X# |# S: A W2 \) U. HHuston-Tillotson University1 (TX)
( a8 i$ p( N# w7 FJarvis Christian College (TX)& [6 \; n% [$ B, q' f
Johnson C. Smith University (NC)& C, ^* v$ m! _$ d6 I
Judson College1(AL), u3 A. z- d5 o0 d0 b
Kentucky Wesleyan College14 V4 ^4 ~, X% I0 v
Lambuth University (TN)
' g0 D6 g7 F; A7 ^) y: J1 [- e" RLane College1(TN)* y! e; U: N2 E2 W0 H! v
Lindsey Wilson College (KY)
; E% X6 E" O* I, w+ B$ F* @Marlboro College1(VT)
/ G4 Y ?% c6 |" _' kMarymount Manhattan Col. (NY)
2 b: y0 ?1 d7 Y/ y- x; NMass. Col. of Liberal Arts*
1 x( V. C9 a7 Q: Z; ]# M- z/ @McPherson College (KS)( e6 n: M7 \5 L1 W& {: |0 K% H. p
Mesa State College (CO) *
3 B" |0 \- x( A( I2 Z$ Y" X/ CMetropolitan State Col. of Denver*6 L# q) I. W7 [ L3 h5 ~
North Greenville University (SC)8 }- I2 t" J: d( o0 l& y5 ^
Northland College (WI) }( ^6 m- `4 i5 O$ g: G" b
Olivet College (MI)
" k/ [9 f$ l0 A X% O& kPaine College (GA)& T6 u9 {* o& ^+ N
Peace College (NC)7 }6 h! W+ v$ w/ U. d7 k+ s
Pine Manor College (MA)
- I' Q1 z" _4 F# N1 N- BSierra Nevada College (NV)
; {7 y0 q, ^! _# OSimpson University1(CA)6 S1 G' x0 ]- R* {0 t, Y- E
St. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)
9 ?# l$ Q/ h2 C" o5 T! GStephens College (MO)
0 }( B9 V% X- U& R3 [1 U0 W/ g+ A) bSterling College (KS)
- ^ [. ~5 m; ]* s. [SUNY College—Old Westbury*/ p, |2 C; u% H$ w" `- \
SUNY—Purchase College*/ F' J( q* Z, V i1 K
Talladega College (AL)
6 J2 S3 n ` a- H( U" s+ U( [9 yTexas Lutheran University
" i5 W* e5 [* s; V! lThiel College (PA)
4 M# l* N- t4 w% S8 I0 Y6 UTougaloo College1(MS)
' k6 t6 X7 n3 KUniversity of Hawaii—Hilo*
) G; I; y6 k* M: Q' @1 l3 J# CUniversity of Maine—Machias*8 m9 Y2 V' r; y7 R' C/ r* x( c# q M
University of Virginia—Wise*
" C! _3 j4 X {7 OUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay*7 p2 Q0 S& b" {2 ?9 k
Univ. of Wisconsin—Parkside*
5 d$ r1 Z8 u) ~! ]4 c/ ^6 GVirginia Wesleyan College
) A, [/ ` S" ~- rWest Virginia State University*6 c1 W8 [$ }+ t5 D/ U; B( u8 G( B
West Virginia Wesleyan College- P( K& r: a( }+ G$ k- s
Wingate University (NC) |
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