Top Liberal Arts Colleges

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Institutional Characteristics

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 institutions.

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Academic Comparison - Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
Rank	Name	Location	Type/Level	Highest Degree	Offered Degree
1	Pomona College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
2	Claremont McKenna College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
3	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
4	Williams College	Williamstown, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
5	Barnard College	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
6	Amherst College	Amherst, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
7	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
8	Washington and Lee University	Lexington, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Doctorate
9	Bowdoin College	Brunswick, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
10	Davidson College	Davidson, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
11	Wellesley College	Wellesley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
12	Soka University of America	Aliso Viejo, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
13	Carleton College	Northfield, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
14	Colby College	Waterville, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
15	Middlebury College	Middlebury, VT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
16	Thomas Aquinas College	Santa Paula, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
17	United States Naval Academy	Annapolis, MD	Public, four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
18	Haverford College	Haverford, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
19	Hamilton College	Clinton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
20	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
21	Scripps College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Post-Graduate
22	Pitzer College	Claremont, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
23	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
24	Wesleyan University	Middletown, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
25	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, CO	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
26	Principia College	Elsah, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
27	University of Richmond	University of Richmond, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
28	Lafayette College	Easton, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
29	Oberlin College	Oberlin, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
30	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	Manchester, NH	Public, four-years	Master's Degree	Associate, Bachelor
31	Berea College	Berea, KY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
32	Bucknell University	Lewisburg, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
33	United States Military Academy	West Point, NY	Public, four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
34	Grinnell College	Grinnell, IA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
35	Macalester College	Saint Paul, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
36	Bates College	Lewiston, ME	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
37	United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, CO	Public, four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
38	Trinity College	Hartford, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
39	Smith College	Northampton, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
40	Wheaton College	Wheaton, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
41	Connecticut College	New London, CT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
42	St. John's College	Annapolis, MD	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
43	Occidental College	Los Angeles, CA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
44	Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
45	Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
46	Kenyon College	Gambier, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
47	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
48	Denison University	Granville, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
49	St Olaf College	Northfield, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
50	College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
51	St. John's College	Santa Fe, NM	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
52	Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, MI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
53	Whitman College	Walla Walla, WA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
54	Reed College	Portland, OR	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
55	Union College	Schenectady, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
56	Sarah Lawrence College	Bronxville, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
57	Wabash College	Crawfordsville, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
58	Franklin and Marshall College	Lancaster, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
59	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	Norton, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
60	Elizabethtown College	Elizabethtown, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
61	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, VA	Public, four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
62	Hobart William Smith Colleges	Geneva, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
63	Saint Johns University	Collegeville, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
64	Muhlenberg College	Allentown, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
65	Hope College	Holland, MI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
66	Centre College	Danville, KY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
67	Hendrix College	Conway, AR	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
68	St Lawrence University	Canton, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
69	Illinois Wesleyan University	Bloomington, IL	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
70	Ursinus College	Collegeville, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
71	Wofford College	Spartanburg, SC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
72	Furman University	Greenville, SC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
73	Lawrence University	Appleton, WI	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
74	College of Saint Benedict	Saint Joseph, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
75	DePauw University	Greencastle, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
76	Saint Anselm College	Manchester, NH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
77	University of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise, VA	Public, four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
78	Saint Mary's College	Notre Dame, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
79	Bennington College	Bennington, VT	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master
80	Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport, LA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
81	Wesleyan College	Macon, GA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
82	Allegheny College	Meadville, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
83	Gettysburg College	Gettysburg, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
84	The King's College	New York, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor
85	Dickinson College	Carlisle, PA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
86	The College of Wooster	Wooster, OH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
87	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	Media, PA	Public, four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Certificate, Associate, Bachelor
88	Earlham College	Richmond, IN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
89	Luther College	Decorah, IA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
90	Meredith College	Raleigh, NC	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
91	Rhodes College	Memphis, TN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
92	Agnes Scott College	Decatur, GA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
93	Austin College	Sherman, TX	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
94	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams, MA	Public, four-years	Master's Degree	Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
95	Thomas More College of Liberal Arts	Merrimack, NH	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Bachelor's Degree	Bachelor
96	Gordon College	Wenham, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate
97	Sweet Briar College	Sweet Briar, VA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
98	Bard College	Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Doctor's Degree	Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
99	Concordia College at Moorhead	Moorhead, MN	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master
100	Emmanuel College	Boston, MA	Private (not-for-profit), four-years	Master's Degree	Bachelor, Master, Post-Graduate

Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges is - for all undergraduate students. 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
	Rank	Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Graduation Rate	Student Faculty Ratio	Student Population
	1	Pomona College	$65,420	7.09%	93%	7:1	1,700
	2	Claremont McKenna College	$67,980	9.59%	91%	8:1	1,393
	3	Swarthmore College	$65,494	7.46%	92%	7:1	1,623
	4	Williams College	$68,560	8.25%	94%	6:1	2,164
	5	Barnard College	$69,888	8.84%	93%	10:1	3,487
	6	Amherst College	$70,480	9.01%	94%	6:1	1,914
	7	Harvey Mudd College	$68,613	12.66%	92%	8:1	951
	8	Washington and Lee University	$68,045	13.97%	94%	7:1	2,241
	9	Bowdoin College	$67,832	7.13%	95%	9:1	1,881
	10	Davidson College	$64,430	13.37%	91%	8:1	1,869
	11	Wellesley College	$67,176	14.05%	92%	7:1	2,407
	12	Soka University of America	$38,728	43.38%	92%	7:1	495
	13	Carleton College	$68,892	20.41%	90%	8:1	2,128
	14	Colby College	$69,600	7.09%	89%	9:1	2,412
	15	Middlebury College	$67,600	10.75%	91%	8:1	2,803
	16	Thomas Aquinas College	$30,200	83.09%	84%	11:1	566
	17	United States Naval Academy	-$1 / -	9.27%	93%	8:1	4,474
	18	Haverford College	$70,398	12.37%	90%	8:1	1,431
	19	Hamilton College	$68,960	13.62%	91%	9:1	2,031
	20	Vassar College	$71,030	18.57%	91%	7:1	2,462
	21	Scripps College	$65,950	38.29%	83%	10:1	1,137
	22	Pitzer College	$65,192	25.16%	83%	10:1	1,242
	23	Colgate University	$70,306	13.88%	91%	9:1	3,211
	24	Wesleyan University	$70,042	16.49%	93%	8:1	4,011
	25	Colorado College	$70,734	18.47%	88%	9:1	2,056
	26	Principia College	$34,680	-	74%	6:1	339
	27	University of Richmond	$65,230	22.20%	85%	7:1	3,722
	28	Lafayette College	$64,648	31.45%	88%	10:1	2,775
	29	Oberlin College	$67,366	34.18%	81%	9:1	2,909
	30	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	$15,838 / $36,418	80.87%	50%	8:1	663
	31	Berea College	$51,658	19.34%	58%	9:1	1,527
	32	Bucknell University	$67,812	28.93%	86%	9:1	3,969
	33	United States Military Academy	$0 / -	12.45%	87%	6:1	4,473
	34	Grinnell College	$68,196	14.51%	88%	9:1	1,788
	35	Macalester College	$68,104	28.52%	87%	10:1	2,138
	36	Bates College	$66,590	13.32%	90%	9:1	1,760
	37	United States Air Force Academy	$0 / -	14.09%	88%	7:1	4,114
	38	Trinity College	$70,770	29.25%	84%	9:1	2,238
	39	Smith College	$65,178	21.00%	89%	8:1	2,857
	40	Wheaton College	$45,546	87.40%	85%	10:1	2,874
	41	Connecticut College	$67,242	37.04%	82%	9:1	1,990
	42	St. John's College	$40,684	55.24%	71%	8:1	583
	43	Occidental College	$66,274	44.17%	81%	9:1	1,881
	44	Skidmore College	$67,140	21.05%	83%	8:1	2,704
	45	Bryn Mawr College	$65,920	29.43%	82%	8:1	1,679
	46	Kenyon College	$71,520	31.03%	82%	9:1	2,249
	47	Mount Holyoke College	$67,018	36.03%	84%	9:1	2,275
	48	Denison University	$67,000	17.39%	79%	9:1	2,394
	49	St Olaf College	$59,760	48.32%	84%	11:1	3,124
	50	College of the Holy Cross	$64,500	17.61%	87%	9:1	3,126
	51	St. John's College	$40,514	53.15%	55%	8:1	467
	52	Hillsdale College	$33,189	20.72%	90%	8:1	1,792
	53	Whitman College	$64,050	38.15%	81%	10:1	1,561
	54	Reed College	$69,350	24.61%	71%	9:1	1,358
	55	Union College	$69,039	43.92%	80%	9:1	2,065
	56	Sarah Lawrence College	$66,862	61.73%	71%	10:1	1,798
	57	Wabash College	$50,800	63.30%	77%	9:1	866
	58	Franklin and Marshall College	$70,794	28.19%	84%	9:1	1,808
	59	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	$63,960	67.73%	73%	11:1	1,785
	60	Elizabethtown College	$37,950	77.87%	76%	13:1	2,283
	61	Virginia Military Institute	$21,046 / $52,638	71.25%	76%	9:1	1,527
	62	Hobart William Smith Colleges	$64,928	63.99%	77%	11:1	1,841
	63	Saint Johns University	$55,816	90.62%	75%	12:1	1,572
	64	Muhlenberg College	$62,805	71.99%	82%	9:1	1,788
	65	Hope College	$39,484	79.24%	80%	9:1	3,395
	66	Centre College	$52,820	54.36%	81%	10:1	1,404
	67	Hendrix College	$38,200	55.65%	72%	11:1	1,110
	68	St Lawrence University	$65,900	54.34%	79%	11:1	1,991
	69	Illinois Wesleyan University	$57,704	39.31%	75%	12:1	1,582
	70	Ursinus College	$61,061	91.77%	73%	10:1	1,502
	71	Wofford College	$56,005	51.94%	84%	12:1	1,817
	72	Furman University	$59,770	42.95%	79%	10:1	2,554
	73	Lawrence University	$56,982	63.94%	77%	7:1	1,417
	74	College of Saint Benedict	$55,756	91.52%	77%	11:1	1,429
	75	DePauw University	$59,070	57.19%	75%	10:1	1,917
	76	Saint Anselm College	$48,920	78.05%	80%	12:1	2,111
	77	University of Virginia's College at Wise	$11,780 / $28,010	28.54%	47%	14:1	2,167
	78	Saint Mary's College	$53,230	75.97%	69%	9:1	1,601
	79	Bennington College	$66,262	44.53%	71%	9:1	927
	80	Centenary College of Louisiana	$41,200	55.74%	56%	8:1	712
	81	Wesleyan College	$27,650	59.10%	45%	8:1	531
	82	Allegheny College	$56,550	54.57%	73%	8:1	1,171
	83	Gettysburg College	$66,640	38.90%	83%	10:1	2,812
	84	The King's College	$21,690	-	56%	8:1	326
	85	Dickinson College	$65,650	42.09%	80%	11:1	2,314
	86	The College of Wooster	$61,640	59.53%	74%	10:1	1,738
	87	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	$15,208 / $25,392	98.11%	26%	15:1	1,236
	88	Earlham College	$53,930	73.11%	69%	7:1	753
	89	Luther College	$52,120	71.54%	71%	9:1	1,384
	90	Meredith College	$45,630	74.18%	70%	10:1	1,465
	91	Rhodes College	$57,110	50.35%	85%	9:1	1,861
	92	Agnes Scott College	$50,604	62.15%	71%	10:1	1,079
	93	Austin College	$48,121	47.65%	67%	11:1	1,217
	94	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	$12,436 / $21,381	89.74%	56%	8:1	896
	95	Thomas More College of Liberal Arts	$30,400	-	63%	10:1	97
	96	Gordon College	$30,700	69.23%	69%	10:1	1,595
	97	Sweet Briar College	$26,160	75.54%	52%	9:1	444
	98	Bard College	$66,436	52.12%	68%	9:1	2,911
	99	Concordia College at Moorhead	$31,170	62.65%	61%	12:1	1,935
	100	Emmanuel College	$48,550	75.65%	68%	13:1	1,983
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