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The following table compares the basic academic information between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges. By school type, there are 8 public and 92 private schools in Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges. By school level, all 100 schools are 4 years or high institutes.
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Academic Comparison - Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankNameLocationType/LevelHighest DegreeOffered Degree
1 Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
2 Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
3 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
4 Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
5 Barnard College New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
6 Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
7 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
8 Washington and Lee University Lexington, VAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Doctorate
9 Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
10 Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
11 Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
12 Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
13 Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
14 Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
15 Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
16 Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
17 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MDPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
18 Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
19 Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
20 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
21 Scripps College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Post-Graduate
22 Pitzer College Claremont, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
23 Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
24 Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
25 Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
26 Principia College Elsah, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
27 University of Richmond University of Richmond, VAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
28 Lafayette College Easton, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
29 Oberlin College Oberlin, OHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NHPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor
31 Berea College Berea, KYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
32 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
33 United States Military Academy West Point, NYPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
34 Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
35 Macalester College Saint Paul, MNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
36 Bates College Lewiston, MEPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
37 United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, COPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
38 Trinity College Hartford, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
39 Smith College Northampton, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
40 Wheaton College Wheaton, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
41 Connecticut College New London, CTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor
42 St. John's College Annapolis, MDPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
43 Occidental College Los Angeles, CAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
44 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor
45 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
46 Kenyon College Gambier, OHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
47 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
48 Denison University Granville, OHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
49 St Olaf College Northfield, MNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
50 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
51 St. John's College Santa Fe, NMPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
52 Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MIPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
53 Whitman College Walla Walla, WAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
54 Reed College Portland, ORPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
55 Union College Schenectady, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
56 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
57 Wabash College Crawfordsville, INPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
58 Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
60 Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
61 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VAPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
62 Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
63 Saint Johns University Collegeville, MNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
64 Muhlenberg College Allentown, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
65 Hope College Holland, MIPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
66 Centre College Danville, KYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
67 Hendrix College Conway, ARPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
68 St Lawrence University Canton, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
69 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, ILPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
70 Ursinus College Collegeville, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
71 Wofford College Spartanburg, SCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
72 Furman University Greenville, SCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
73 Lawrence University Appleton, WIPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
74 College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate
75 DePauw University Greencastle, INPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
76 Saint Anselm College Manchester, NHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor, Master
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VAPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
78 Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, INPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeBachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
79 Bennington College Bennington, VTPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master
80 Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, LAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
81 Wesleyan College Macon, GAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
82 Allegheny College Meadville, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
83 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
84 The King's College New York, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor
85 Dickinson College Carlisle, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor, Master
86 The College of Wooster Wooster, OHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PAPublic, four-yearsBachelor's Degree-
88 Earlham College Richmond, INPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
89 Luther College Decorah, IAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
90 Meredith College Raleigh, NCPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
91 Rhodes College Memphis, TNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
92 Agnes Scott College Decatur, GAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
93 Austin College Sherman, TXPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MAPublic, four-yearsMaster's DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack, NHPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
96 Gordon College Wenham, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
97 Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
98 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NYPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsDoctor's DegreeAssociate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
99 Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MNPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
100 Emmanuel College Boston, MAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
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Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges is $45,239 for State residents and $52,379 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 44.80% and graduation rate is 81.02%. The following table compares key facts for each schools including acceptance rate, graduation rate, tuition, student to faculty ratio, and student population.
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Key Facts Comparison Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankNameTuition & FeesAcceptance RateGraduation RateStudent Faculty RatioStudent Population
1 Pomona College $59,238 7.00% 93% 7:11,764
2 Claremont McKenna College $60,715 10.00% 93% 8:11,422
3 Swarthmore College $59,328 7.00% 94% 8:11,651
4 Williams College $61,770 8.00% 94% 6:12,224
5 Barnard College $62,525 9.00% 93% 10:13,043
6 Amherst College $64,100 7.00% 92% 7:11,971
7 Harvey Mudd College $62,817 13.00% 94% 9:1905
8 Washington and Lee University $61,750 17.00% 94% 8:12,238
9 Bowdoin College $61,528 9.00% 94% 9:11,951
10 Davidson College $57,340 16.99% 90% 10:11,973
11 Wellesley College $61,920 14.00% 92% 8:12,461
12 Soka University of America $35,544 57.03% 91% 7:1445
13 Carleton College $62,634 17.00% 91% 8:12,044
14 Colby College $63,520 8.00% 87% 10:12,262
15 Middlebury College $62,460 13.00% 91% 9:12,937
16 Thomas Aquinas College $27,000 85.11% 86% 11:1497
17 United States Naval Academy -$1 / - 8.45% 91% 8:14,528
18 Haverford College $63,628 14.00% 90% 8:11,420
19 Hamilton College $62,670 12.00% 92% 9:12,055
20 Vassar College $64,800 19.00% 93% 8:12,516
21 Scripps College $60,712 28.01% 82% 10:11,116
22 Pitzer College $60,578 18.00% 88% 12:11,168
23 Colgate University $64,290 12.00% 90% 9:13,176
24 Wesleyan University $64,322 14.00% 91% 8:13,581
25 Colorado College $65,028 16.00% 86% 9:12,266
26 Principia College $32,130 47.85% 86% 5:1321
27 University of Richmond $60,330 24.00% 89% 8:13,890
28 Lafayette College $59,368 34.00% 88% 10:12,725
29 Oberlin College $62,024 35.00% 82% 9:12,953
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester $15,804 / $34,664 85.00% 60% 9:1664
31 Berea College $45,026 24.99% 66% 9:11,468
32 Bucknell University $61,746 33.00% 88% 9:13,757
33 United States Military Academy $0 / - 10.66% 84% 7:14,594
34 Grinnell College $61,480 11.00% 87% 9:11,748
35 Macalester College $62,500 28.01% 90% 10:12,244
36 Bates College $61,066 14.00% 92% 10:11,821
37 United States Air Force Academy $0 / - 12.43% 86% 8:14,181
38 Trinity College $63,930 36.00% 85% 9:12,190
39 Smith College $58,768 23.00% 91% 9:12,924
40 Wheaton College $42,240 88.01% 88% 11:13,047
41 Connecticut College $63,005 40.00% 81% 9:11,829
42 St. John's College $37,260 50.00% 75% 8:1540
43 Occidental College $60,566 39.00% 83% 9:11,964
44 Skidmore College $62,398 26.00% 84% 8:12,686
45 Bryn Mawr College $59,330 31.00% 87% 9:11,778
46 Kenyon College $66,490 33.99% 87% 9:11,875
47 Mount Holyoke College $58,498 40.01% 85% 10:12,342
48 Denison University $60,000 22.00% 81% 9:12,321
49 St Olaf College $54,650 55.99% 85% 12:12,988
50 College of the Holy Cross $58,360 36.00% 93% 10:13,029
51 St. John's College $37,090 54.08% 72% 7:1449
52 Hillsdale College $30,902 21.01% 88% 8:11,602
53 Whitman College $58,622 48.01% 89% 9:11,559
54 Reed College $64,760 31.00% 73% 9:11,566
55 Union College $63,954 47.00% 85% 9:12,096
56 Sarah Lawrence College $61,234 50.00% 76% 11:11,766
57 Wabash College $47,475 61.02% 83% 9:1840
58 Franklin and Marshall College $65,844 36.00% 83% 9:12,145
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) $60,230 78.99% 73% 12:11,701
60 Elizabethtown College $35,670 80.99% 75% 12:11,933
61 Virginia Military Institute $19,914 / $49,722 70.97% 74% 10:11,652
62 Hobart William Smith Colleges $61,725 68.00% 73% 9:11,684
63 Saint Johns University $52,164 85.99% 79% 11:11,643
64 Muhlenberg College $58,205 66.00% 82% 9:12,095
65 Hope College $38,370 80.01% 81% 11:13,132
66 Centre College $48,070 63.00% 86% 9:11,320
67 Hendrix College $35,100 59.99% 73% 11:11,120
68 St Lawrence University $62,020 62.99% 82% 11:12,279
69 Illinois Wesleyan University $53,814 41.99% 81% 12:11,653
70 Ursinus College $58,016 81.99% 72% 10:11,556
71 Wofford College $51,530 60.00% 80% 11:11,765
72 Furman University $55,772 66.99% 82% 9:12,463
73 Lawrence University $53,979 72.00% 80% 8:11,483
74 College of Saint Benedict $52,108 87.98% 77% 11:11,557
75 DePauw University $55,410 66.00% 83% 9:11,724
76 Saint Anselm College $45,340 81.99% 77% 11:11,977
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise $11,498 / $31,592 76.05% 39% 11:11,814
78 Saint Mary's College $49,930 83.98% 74% 9:11,527
79 Bennington College $61,448 44.98% 68% 10:1884
80 Centenary College of Louisiana $38,820 64.00% 57% 8:1542
81 Wesleyan College $27,650 67.03% 56% 9:1734
82 Allegheny College $53,610 70.01% 75% 9:11,575
83 Gettysburg College $61,760 56.00% 82% 10:12,401
84 The King's College $21,690 44.95% 58% 10:1384
85 Dickinson College $61,351 35.00% 82% 9:12,186
86 The College of Wooster $57,500 56.01% 77% 11:11,968
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine $15,139 / $24,833 - - 13:11,351
88 Earlham College $50,058 73.02% 73% 7:1736
89 Luther College $48,160 75.00% 73% 11:11,744
90 Meredith College $42,540 73.01% 68% 10:11,711
91 Rhodes College $52,310 54.01% 85% 10:12,073
92 Agnes Scott College $45,786 67.00% 75% 12:11,109
93 Austin College $44,950 54.01% 68% 11:11,228
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts $11,590 / $20,535 92.03% 58% 9:1994
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts $28,000 - 90% 11:189
96 Gordon College $27,040 91.97% 72% 11:11,804
97 Sweet Briar College $23,590 76.00% 42% 10:1454
98 Bard College $60,622 46.00% 71% 9:12,591
99 Concordia College at Moorhead $28,916 66.00% 74% 12:11,919
100 Emmanuel College $44,908 80.00% 70% 13:11,950
Average$45,239 / $52,37944.80%81.02%9.43:11,900
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