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Best Liberal Arts Colleges
& E [; H" s# `' N5 l yRank School (State) (*Public)- T: r' r2 q! {, L% ] t
# m& j7 z' c4 J1. Amherst College (MA). U. I5 _. C) j' v
1. Williams College (MA)
) p7 }; J- t, G$ f3 \9 ^1 C3. Swarthmore College (PA)7 C( o- s: i6 R5 t" W/ A; P9 G5 p
4. Wellesley College (MA)
8 i: h6 q' g' ?% }% q5. Middlebury College (VT)
. E! y! @$ [' i* h! |! P! }$ S6. Bowdoin College (ME)
. a" M; R- x0 \- u" m1 r6. Pomona College (CA)
8 d) h4 i( P9 O( d# {& |2 b8. Carleton College (MN)
+ [& m1 K4 q9 D9. Davidson College (NC)
) _1 N# d( y, A' p2 P0 R10. Haverford College (PA)/ D7 V! Z6 b* z$ C2 v+ W; j
11. Claremont McKenna College (CA)' A8 m4 w2 X+ c
11. Vassar College (NY)# }1 w% v. @0 n* U7 }$ r
13. Wesleyan University (CT)
; q* a) F) a7 T2 O9 |& n+ n! R- i) V14. Grinnell College (IA)" g; R3 B* ?) n; s
14. Harvey Mudd College (CA)
# x* C3 P8 Z5 ~) ~$ D# X14. United States Military Academy (NY)*
2 {# r2 K" w G+ C6 ~% A. ?17. Washington and Lee University (VA)7 ^2 I, X; |/ p2 w
18. Colgate University (NY)
6 r/ u0 B2 o5 D$ A$ R% h3 V18. Smith College (MA)3 s: v5 D/ K! e; {2 W
20. Hamilton College (NY); b8 }; L! q) n0 ]
20. Oberlin College (OH)) \# w4 i1 w/ ^& U" e. f
22. United States Naval Academy (MD)*
. D' P9 n0 Y+ Z: J23. Bryn Mawr College (PA)3 X; Y% c+ U' S4 n3 M. v1 v
23. Colby College (ME)
8 j+ T1 Z8 j g0 }( P4 d& n25. Bates College (ME)# _$ V3 _- {! s# ]3 E Q1 `
25. Macalester College (MN)
, I% v8 P/ A' W27. Barnard College (NY)1 K$ K6 p1 Y* J! H
27. Mount Holyoke College (MA)
( F* g$ A7 ~8 Z! X2 h) v27. Scripps College (CA)
; z; F. Y/ y, d, R3 R1 ]30. Bucknell University (PA)( p; W$ x w! F, r2 C. Q, U
30. Colorado College f7 Q4 f7 m2 A P
32. Kenyon College (OH)6 z" o/ a0 a5 f/ l8 [
33. Trinity College (CT)
8 a% a8 E1 r( Z6 t# A" G8 s33. University of Richmond (VA)
+ \$ F( J; s1 l z, r. U" O35. College of the Holy Cross (MA)
O3 @% ~8 ]# V) q! K35. Lafayette College (PA)
# P4 \9 K; E# y2 s4 D+ C a37. Bard College (NY)# [# e/ a P7 f# y
37. Furman University (SC)0 Z# l/ X2 H0 [- Q
37. Occidental College (CA)
% ?3 v0 P* f( H# P8 i4 i0 t37. Whitman College (WA)$ o* C- f* z- Y# J2 k' h
41. Sewanee—University of the South (TN). ^& M# l5 |% k9 M8 O( h6 v
42. Connecticut College# Z' d) J" d7 Y; t% [
42. Franklin and Marshall College (PA)
1 E; P5 U9 c- b) e% g42. Union College (NY)6 a, g9 C6 \. \2 }
45. Centre College (KY); z* ?1 P) |: z' p
45. Dickinson College (PA)8 N- m- \3 U" u, L
47. Skidmore College (NY)
$ U% ]0 z3 O- z/ i& m' ?* P- U47. St. Olaf College (MN)( G% j- H7 l3 X2 t' C* D C; V7 Y
49. DePauw University (IN)$ [- D& F0 z* r! Q
49. Gettysburg College (PA)6 s" S7 ^/ z, x' r9 E* o3 r. c
49. Pitzer College (CA)* W) @1 @. O1 w9 n3 N
49. Rhodes College (TN)0 _2 \' q5 b9 d; G5 Q4 E! t
53. Denison University (OH)
7 X8 `7 W# X8 G& l. U" ]/ B \ q54. Reed College (OR)
8 n, ~+ S" A) ?0 X. b- W( j54. Wabash College (IN)% {$ j9 e9 T& W
56. Lawrence University (WI)6 e4 G5 W( V- ~4 \' ?% b ~
56. Wheaton College (IL)
w2 e) V* m* z @2 I% V" ]58. St. Lawrence University (NY)9 X/ X2 V( S5 k& Z% o0 l$ ^
58. Wheaton College (MA)$ E- }' p9 X! s9 S* ]! }
60. Agnes Scott College (GA): O" H- `+ o- A5 b9 B7 a5 w" V5 j
60. Beloit College (WI)
" T1 H/ K$ B3 v" b) b6 G h4 u0 T+ z60. Illinois Wesleyan University3 v) N9 c6 c% n- x, Y8 S3 p
60. Kalamazoo College (MI)$ n0 S; q. ?; j4 G% s. H% V
60. Thomas Aquinas College (CA)
- f9 L. j! S. t( L' E$ {' g* V M60. Willamette University (OR) |- ]7 ^2 Z' Y7 u, ]+ r
60. Wofford College (SC)
7 H' ]7 j0 S) p! j2 O- K" r67. Earlham College (IN)& X2 R6 h+ b* ]% Y- d5 i
68. Berea College (KY)' S' H9 y8 o; C
68. Hobart & Wm. Smith Col. (NY)9 Z3 l* J8 h8 X
68. Southwestern University (TX)- c: G, v4 \6 c9 n- V
71. Austin College (TX)
7 z+ e" E' D/ m# E4 l$ b71. Drew University (NJ)
3 O% c$ Q8 T: \8 T+ I71. Lewis and Clark College (OR)
* P5 x5 E7 u% n# L2 E# }; l5 T71. Muhlenberg College (PA)
( X( L) l4 ~ o/ g- F9 x% D G71. St. John’s University (MN)
: N$ ^6 m: {4 q! }9 N71. Virginia Military Institute*
% X6 k& M8 L* X) v$ g77. College of Wooster (OH)
; W, z: v$ F9 Q( c, k77. Hendrix College (AR). ^+ e* `! _% A) r
77. Spelman College (GA)1 s7 O3 Q: g- P1 ]
77. Transylvania University (KY)
* v/ w" y8 k7 e0 E/ z4 }; \ ^4 q81. Birmingham-Southern Col. (AL)
7 J$ v; h) V, n7 H8 B5 |$ `. j; O) r( ?8 z. j81. Univ.of Puget Sound (WA)
/ L2 |8 \) r1 ?% O' a8 b/ P) c81. Ursinus College (PA)
$ a/ r3 b: G+ k84. College of St. Benedict (MN): y+ z6 f R+ D6 P3 _% {
84. Millsaps College (MS)
) ]/ d5 t! A+ j: D84. St. Mary’s Col. of Maryland*- u9 P& ^6 ~2 c6 J5 ^
84. Sweet Briar College (VA)
. u% H/ ^1 j, ^1 T1 ]/ k a88. Augustana College (IL)9 N# Q, [$ {; I
88. Cornell College (IA)7 g) i: m" j9 l) p) k
88. Gustavus Adolphus Col. (MN). p8 v8 Z& b& q2 o G3 i# G: W: [8 i
88. Hope College (MI)
9 [$ t+ H* X* ^- s88. Knox College (IL)
6 Y+ I- y7 l2 V9 Y- L& }88. Luther College (IA)
% g/ M( f+ E. q8 V0 d94. Allegheny College (PA)
# E& [5 E$ b2 S94. Lake Forest College (IL)
; J5 Q1 B) {" G# C2 h% q94. New College of Florida*
, f% |& g4 }6 q( y) B94. Washington College (MD)
- @" U3 D i! j1 r98. Coe College (IA)& R# e6 Y# ^8 f* ~1 J2 Y/ X8 w7 M! ^
98. Hampden-Sydney Col. (VA)
) d- f1 R* p D, F; B, H98. Hanover College (IN)4 T$ w4 @) w9 L6 T
98. Hillsdale College (MI)& c( d6 F t) |" w- w4 `* U
98. Hollins University (VA)
x7 Q$ K& d$ h" q, i6 M4 [7 }; L98. Juniata College (PA)
. z; w3 C& b" u U104. Albion College (MI)
% a( n) M9 A7 d) I3 E# o104. Bennington College (VT)) p- i, U2 a& c8 K- T: D
104. Hampshire College (MA)
1 z7 X8 D# d! g6 O104. Presbyterian College (SC)
/ N5 j: `+ q! @) k# F6 y( }104. St. Mary’s College (IN)5 J: d; I9 o; s q$ K/ K
104. St. Michael’s College (VT)3 X; o9 Y: |$ m
104. Washington & Jefferson (PA)
8 i5 z0 [$ z$ |) \5 g6 f2 I111. Goucher College (MD)
K' h: ^2 {% w4 r% w" O! N111. Lyon College (AR)& h( n, ^* A# r
111. Ohio Wesleyan University; U5 b$ f8 w- h, w, L
111. Westmont College (CA)3 T& a6 X5 a& G N1 N+ a
115. Calvin College (MI). t& m- a; r/ ^% F
115. Stonehill College (MA)5 X- |* l- A( T
115. Susquehanna University (PA)5 t8 A# b. ^- A$ {
118. Berry College (GA)
! N" f% V" X8 y7 k118. Linfield College (OR)
- j# T) b6 u+ ~# m118. Randolph College (VA)
0 N% S6 y2 |1 y, M' g2 C118. Siena College (NY)! R1 g9 O/ ^, V7 M& u/ @
122. Central College (IA)
: X1 D: D4 Y4 a9 S( i5 `8 x! i122. St. John’s College (NM)
; b/ n7 w0 N9 Z M% d& C8 ~1 v- g122. Westminster College (PA)
( ], M1 V* T/ ?7 jTHIRD TIER (Schools ranked 125 through a tie at 186 are listed here alphabetically)
3 e8 p1 c+ X2 p$ W, _, N2 IAlbright College (PA)
, S- p: X+ s' o6 N& d8 ZAlma College (MI)
2 y2 t, x7 |2 f+ D2 A4 wAmerican Jewish University (CA)+ g& q- ]5 z2 Z! [- R2 l9 d
Asbury College (KY)
1 y* E& F, F7 G2 ~- C* ]6 p: ABaker University (KS)/ e# i8 ?3 }" o4 W. k5 R
Bethany College (WV): V w9 H( |% ?
Bridgewater College (VA)
7 }& v/ M( d2 |; r& eCarroll College (MT)
/ C+ Q1 G7 H) B/ Y$ \- QCarson-Newman College (TN). p; o' S6 r5 v) Q; c
Cedar Crest College (PA)
2 s7 A5 V/ O, \" y+ U! F( yCentenary College of Louisiana4 y8 Q! r9 o+ S0 a% A
Clarke College (IA): `# O% q! O$ e. ~# D/ M$ c
College of Idaho (ID)
) @& U7 Q9 W5 X/ ECollege of the Atlantic (ME)2 k: U! J: r+ e3 K, A
Concordia Col.—Moorhead (MN)
5 x1 q) e8 {% f9 f% t* }7 V: iDillard University (LA)0 U5 l$ @6 Y1 s* q& h& `
Doane College (NE)
, N# i( t$ {' `+ b7 A! O* k8 s) TEastern Mennonite Univ. (VA)
0 n. t# W3 K7 [% g+ _2 b& FEckerd College (FL)2 a, k+ j$ C( I7 } u: B! D5 c* \) r0 {
Emory and Henry College (VA)
: W) P7 d. U; [( Y3 ?7 {Fisk University (TN)# w: y' k0 I$ s, z$ g8 L- h+ |# _. P
Georgetown College (KY)' A# L/ O( x; o0 e/ `& K f
Gordon College (MA)
# M# |3 h/ w" h1 O2 RGoshen College (IN) }( j5 V5 {3 F, @
Grove City College (PA)4 ^. ?8 h6 H8 M) L! I8 ~
Guilford College (NC)
1 H0 R; H, s" H+ c1 K% q' ]9 l0 _Hartwick College (NY)
) ~6 [3 C& j- u& d- G' V. |Hastings College (NE)
2 u* @5 ?8 Y) [9 N4 l! H: B8 ~: BHiram College (OH)
4 i- C" I& [4 |# ?) KHoughton College (NY)2 v0 _9 }, Q& G/ O" O* w( k
Illinois College: p% ~5 W+ C- |$ n- }
Lycoming College (PA)
6 T- x2 r% K& l" @: o6 T& ?Maryville College (TN)
" j- w. k2 @/ ]McDaniel College‡ (MD)" i7 \: b, a t3 R1 e
Meredith College (NC)
! I, g7 E/ G6 f6 r; M) tMerrimack College (MA)
6 i: y- i8 b6 i) l" S. {Millikin University (IL)# X* n0 ?% i" K5 W- J* K
Monmouth College (IL)5 @* ?2 M/ X/ S4 i6 R, T
Moravian College (PA)
7 l( S6 v) h) NMorehouse College (GA)' D9 ?) J- Z0 m, o. y. K6 Y. Z5 L
Mount Union College (OH)
( x2 u$ B% C/ [* H) C; v- s; b" NNebraska Wesleyan University
% f; u; l' M' f' J+ }2 a1 YOglethorpe University (GA)
) m6 x# I' m# _$ l( g2 tPrincipia College1(IL)7 s2 E/ h' p3 l& @+ P: k$ y
Randolph-Macon College (VA)+ K$ h) z( G! v* W2 ~* D- k, o
Ripon College (WI)
# p. ^/ ]% `$ d7 _" ]. Y$ F7 pRoanoke College (VA)
' W7 M; g( e# g; S+ E8 G( L4 ^# ?Russell Sage College (NY)7 O. ^8 K$ O! d. y C
Salem College (NC)
/ B6 l( g7 ^7 Y/ YSimpson College (IA)3 Z0 |2 _$ F5 Q; W
St. Anselm College (NH). S a/ t7 [ M" |$ _# S5 @4 z$ `
St. John’s College1(MD)' r& {+ a2 H2 |5 N6 [6 L9 x
St. Norbert College (WI)
4 l# s$ |3 ]( _6 SSt. Vincent College (PA)
, L/ o! L6 ~2 [0 B+ KUniversity of Minnesota—Morris*
, x# C% Y( T: D8 O& ]% K! D6 l' ^U. of North Carolina—Asheville*
& \" E) [+ u3 x0 u% m5 kWarren Wilson College (NC)$ O/ M' `* n1 S% N' Y h0 H
Wartburg College (IA)
, t. Z1 \# I: s/ } pWells College (NY)
3 b! P* B1 V5 N( u" NWesleyan College (GA)
- x4 r( h* r, t+ z3 G e" @5 ?* h+ QWestminster College (MO)1 V$ c6 m% H8 `0 G
Whittier College (CA)
0 ?8 I6 g, I) J* x+ h% cWilliam Jewell College (MO); ]) L0 A% f7 t
Wisconsin Lutheran College, @/ t8 h) q6 l* O0 v1 S- y
Wittenberg University (OH)+ b0 y4 `8 p: a, V5 c
FOURTH TIER (Schools ranked 190 through 248 are listed here alphabetically)! R5 x$ C; C3 B$ o+ w1 l; n7 n
Albertus Magnus College (CT)
& Y2 x6 R- M7 D! |6 v) gAtlantic Union College (MA)1 m: _% n. `0 S
Bennett College (NC)
$ B6 m B- b1 h0 uBethel College (KS)
3 x0 g0 h! W+ ]Bloomfield College (NJ)& k0 V# E* n- h x
Brevard College (NC)- _) V# K& b- n
Brigham Young Univ.—Hawaii1
$ ~0 \" z: T8 E* aCalifornia State U.—Monterey Bay*0 l# f8 c' B4 }1 B
Christopher Newport Univ. (VA)*& {% e+ ~' G# h
Coastal Carolina University (SC)*
6 j+ L) p8 A6 XColorado State Univ.—Pueblo*
/ `4 a) H/ @( Z" ^( R7 iConcordia College (NY)* k2 C) C3 w, O" C, y' A
Evangel University (MO)
@' i6 z; k% ?2 ~Ferrum College (VA)
, _5 C- K" s* L3 eFort Lewis College (CO)*
3 S7 J! ]! e' m h: h/ \* CFranklin Pierce University1 (NH)6 X0 v( C* p2 h& r9 @% ~5 y! a) `! V
Green Mountain College (VT)
; v; x. F, T0 A1 A& n* q! fGreensboro College (NC)
# z5 \9 Z# p, {7 l/ ~; g2 P4 \Huntingdon College (AL)2 Y5 h! N1 r+ q
Huston-Tillotson University1 (TX)
( f6 R, U ?2 \, s% g1 hJarvis Christian College (TX)
; Q* ?& B+ A$ n8 K' DJohnson C. Smith University (NC)
9 M& N9 a4 }5 R% g& ^# YJudson College1(AL)
% |# F2 \) h' f. [5 {# hKentucky Wesleyan College1
$ n& i. k$ E) {% ~5 b; |9 j0 O# ]Lambuth University (TN)! `6 a3 B& P. i$ S& ?0 P
Lane College1(TN)
3 @ e) {! H6 tLindsey Wilson College (KY)
I- n, A& B" A3 p0 R/ r. a! @/ p7 fMarlboro College1(VT)
; Z# u. A# g a( ?) wMarymount Manhattan Col. (NY)
: v4 z, e) F% A$ `: sMass. Col. of Liberal Arts*- S" @6 R0 R/ J6 c
McPherson College (KS)
, T% m* m8 k" c, e7 rMesa State College (CO) *
7 g' O5 A: S4 b8 q) dMetropolitan State Col. of Denver*5 Q! b# E3 d, V8 D
North Greenville University (SC)
1 [" n; Q$ w" Q% RNorthland College (WI)
" C" K; \3 _4 P: y2 F4 ~' y5 ^Olivet College (MI)
- m% X. R- l0 G+ }, f9 H9 ]Paine College (GA)
9 V, G9 |; \6 N! V& ePeace College (NC)
2 [$ |+ M, z2 z; t+ OPine Manor College (MA)
3 i* w% q3 ~6 z RSierra Nevada College (NV)8 G0 A, u x: }4 z' A) {. o, M. _
Simpson University1(CA)' F, X6 G: z. }- B$ g8 f. I
St. Andrews Presb. Col. (NC)
0 b$ X) g2 f$ I% |$ e5 d% {" tStephens College (MO)
7 k! R4 [0 `; Y3 v' F* B+ B8 G: qSterling College (KS)
) ]4 i7 l" v" A8 G: ?4 ISUNY College—Old Westbury*( }8 k" K& r$ O% w
SUNY—Purchase College** [9 j" Q! v2 g$ g9 i! T0 f
Talladega College (AL); c6 N; ]1 M0 j6 Q6 h3 M
Texas Lutheran University
3 P% E+ i" Q, U5 Y( G3 a" lThiel College (PA)
9 D+ k9 X9 r( e. E! FTougaloo College1(MS)# Z6 S/ @- s, R3 Z2 a* V% A- a
University of Hawaii—Hilo*7 }( Z& E9 m4 v" P
University of Maine—Machias*9 C& a a6 x/ _8 u
University of Virginia—Wise*
0 H# _+ u1 O# I1 Q. XUniv. of Wisconsin—Green Bay** `9 X5 K; i9 s# B
Univ. of Wisconsin—Parkside*
2 e, }2 C3 n$ @1 n$ Z# {Virginia Wesleyan College0 n! d* D6 Y+ s5 H n
West Virginia State University*" T/ a7 |. U& _) g
West Virginia Wesleyan College
" p8 p5 i# B+ L6 }0 w5 t7 ?( JWingate University (NC) |
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