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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, 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, Post-Graduate
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-yearsBachelor'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-yearsBachelor'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, Post-Graduate
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, Post-Graduate
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-yearsDoctor's DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Post-Graduate
61 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VAPublic, four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
62 Hobart and 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-yearsMaster'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 DegreeCertificate, Bachelor, 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-yearsDoctor'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-yearsMaster'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, Post-Graduate
82 Allegheny College Meadville, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBachelor's DegreeBachelor
83 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PAPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaster's DegreeBachelor, Master
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-yearsMaster'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 DegreeCertificate, Associate, Bachelor
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 $45,250 for State residents and $54,627 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 45.41% and graduation rate is 79.99%. 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 $62,326 7.02% 94% 7:11,716
2 Claremont McKenna College $64,150 10.35% 91% 8:11,389
3 Swarthmore College $62,412 6.93% 93% 8:11,625
4 Williams College $64,860 8.50% 95% 6:12,222
5 Barnard College $66,246 8.79% 91% 10:13,442
6 Amherst College $67,280 7.26% 91% 7:11,898
7 Harvey Mudd College $66,255 13.36% 92% 8:1922
8 Washington and Lee University $64,525 16.96% 94% 7:12,243
9 Bowdoin College $64,910 9.19% 94% 9:11,915
10 Davidson College $60,300 16.95% 91% 9:11,927
11 Wellesley College $64,320 13.57% 90% 7:12,447
12 Soka University of America $37,450 56.63% 87% 7:1455
13 Carleton College $65,457 16.63% 90% 8:12,059
14 Colby College $66,600 7.61% 88% 10:12,299
15 Middlebury College $65,280 12.69% 93% 9:12,843
16 Thomas Aquinas College $28,700 84.73% 85% 11:1516
17 United States Naval Academy -$1 / - 10.75% 89% 8:14,450
18 Haverford College $68,300 14.21% 91% 8:11,421
19 Hamilton College $65,740 11.78% 92% 9:12,072
20 Vassar College $67,805 18.66% 91% 7:12,459
21 Scripps College $63,434 27.91% 84% 10:11,099
22 Pitzer College $62,692 18.40% 85% 10:11,212
23 Colgate University $67,024 12.43% 91% 9:13,141
24 Wesleyan University $67,316 14.43% 93% 7:13,253
25 Colorado College $67,932 16.30% 86% 10:12,203
26 Principia College $33,280 47.85% 76% 6:1323
27 University of Richmond $62,600 24.37% 87% 8:13,876
28 Lafayette College $62,574 33.63% 89% 10:12,729
29 Oberlin College $64,646 34.87% 83% 9:12,992
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester $15,820 / $35,530 85.28% 63% 7:1534
31 Berea College $49,326 24.58% 61% 8:11,433
32 Bucknell University $64,772 32.55% 86% 9:13,787
33 United States Military Academy $0 / - 11.95% 87% 7:14,393
34 Grinnell College $64,862 10.76% 88% 9:11,759
35 Macalester College $64,908 28.42% 87% 10:12,175
36 Bates College $63,478 13.74% 92% 10:11,790
37 United States Air Force Academy $0 / - 16.23% 99% 7:14,085
38 Trinity College $67,420 36.14% 83% 8:12,205
39 Smith College $61,568 22.86% 88% 8:12,873
40 Wheaton College $43,930 88.43% 88% 12:12,885
41 Connecticut College $64,812 40.40% 84% 10:11,948
42 St. John's College $39,126 49.90% 77% 8:1541
43 Occidental College $63,446 39.40% 82% 9:11,942
44 Skidmore College $62,248 25.54% 84% 8:12,758
45 Bryn Mawr College $62,560 30.75% 82% 8:11,742
46 Kenyon College $69,330 34.30% 87% 9:11,885
47 Mount Holyoke College $64,142 39.76% 82% 9:12,392
48 Denison University $64,000 21.96% 84% 9:12,416
49 St Olaf College $56,970 56.41% 84% 12:13,046
50 College of the Holy Cross $60,850 36.36% 91% 10:13,083
51 St. John's College $38,946 54.08% 71% 8:1439
52 Hillsdale College $32,092 20.58% 86% 8:11,678
53 Whitman College $61,492 47.70% 90% 9:11,493
54 Reed College $67,020 30.80% 79% 9:11,534
55 Union College $66,456 46.51% 84% 9:12,107
56 Sarah Lawrence College $63,678 49.88% 71% 11:11,696
57 Wabash College $49,125 61.49% 75% 9:1835
58 Franklin and Marshall College $68,380 36.23% 85% 9:11,990
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) $62,080 79.48% 79% 11:11,667
60 Elizabethtown College $36,842 81.12% 76% 13:12,021
61 Virginia Military Institute $20,484 / $51,186 71.06% 76% 10:11,512
62 Hobart and William Smith Colleges $63,268 68.38% 73% 8:11,607
63 Saint Johns University $53,942 86.24% 75% 11:11,645
64 Muhlenberg College $60,240 65.51% 82% 8:11,959
65 Hope College $40,420 80.45% 80% 11:13,251
66 Centre College $50,550 62.85% 86% 10:11,357
67 Hendrix College $36,650 60.28% 68% 11:11,144
68 St Lawrence University $63,870 63.50% 83% 11:12,175
69 Illinois Wesleyan University $55,704 42.22% 79% 11:11,527
70 Ursinus College $59,196 82.21% 73% 10:11,527
71 Wofford College $54,100 60.18% 82% 11:11,823
72 Furman University $58,312 67.02% 85% 9:12,443
73 Lawrence University $55,461 72.27% 78% 8:11,426
74 College of Saint Benedict $53,884 87.80% 78% 11:11,470
75 DePauw University $57,070 65.80% 79% 9:11,752
76 Saint Anselm College $46,810 82.30% 85% 11:11,977
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise $11,656 / $32,540 75.57% 44% 14:11,704
78 Saint Mary's College $51,430 83.89% 74% 9:11,519
79 Bennington College $64,644 45.31% 69% 9:1880
80 Centenary College of Louisiana $40,000 63.65% 60% 8:1556
81 Wesleyan College $27,650 66.80% 45% 7:1660
82 Allegheny College $54,960 69.65% 67% 8:11,353
83 Gettysburg College $64,230 56.31% 81% 10:12,854
84 The King's College $21,690 45.27% 56% 8:1326
85 Dickinson College $63,475 34.92% 83% 9:12,137
86 The College of Wooster $59,550 56.27% 74% 11:11,967
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine $15,180 / $25,118 96.19% 25% 13:11,196
88 Earlham College $51,840 73.24% 74% 6:1677
89 Luther College $50,320 75.32% 74% 11:11,610
90 Meredith College $43,936 73.18% 67% 10:11,587
91 Rhodes College $54,892 53.91% 85% 9:12,008
92 Agnes Scott College $48,150 66.52% 76% 11:11,114
93 Austin College $46,500 54.37% 73% 11:11,182
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts $11,884 / $20,559 92.45% 55% 9:1938
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts $29,300 - 70% 9:189
96 Gordon College $28,100 91.76% 68% 14:11,628
97 Sweet Briar College $25,110 75.75% 61% 8:1460
98 Bard College $63,612 46.08% 71% 9:12,706
99 Concordia College at Moorhead $30,020 65.53% 69% 12:11,903
100 Emmanuel College $46,686 79.69% 65% 13:12,012
Average$45,250 / $54,62745.41%79.99%9.23:11,879
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