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 or high institutes.
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Rank | Name | Location | Type/Level | Highest Degree | Offered Degree | |
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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 | Bachelor'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 and 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 $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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Rank | Name | Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate | Student Faculty Ratio | Student Population | |
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1 | Pomona College | $62,326 | 7.02% | 94% | 7:1 | 1,716 | |
2 | Claremont McKenna College | $64,150 | 10.35% | 91% | 8:1 | 1,389 | |
3 | Swarthmore College | $62,412 | 6.93% | 93% | 8:1 | 1,625 | |
4 | Williams College | $64,860 | 8.50% | 95% | 6:1 | 2,222 | |
5 | Barnard College | $66,246 | 8.79% | 91% | 10:1 | 3,442 | |
6 | Amherst College | $67,280 | 7.26% | 91% | 7:1 | 1,898 | |
7 | Harvey Mudd College | $66,255 | 13.36% | 92% | 8:1 | 922 | |
8 | Washington and Lee University | $64,525 | 16.96% | 94% | 7:1 | 2,243 | |
9 | Bowdoin College | $64,910 | 9.19% | 94% | 9:1 | 1,915 | |
10 | Davidson College | $60,300 | 16.95% | 91% | 9:1 | 1,927 | |
11 | Wellesley College | $64,320 | 13.57% | 90% | 7:1 | 2,447 | |
12 | Soka University of America | $37,450 | 56.63% | 87% | 7:1 | 455 | |
13 | Carleton College | $65,457 | 16.63% | 90% | 8:1 | 2,059 | |
14 | Colby College | $66,600 | 7.61% | 88% | 10:1 | 2,299 | |
15 | Middlebury College | $65,280 | 12.69% | 93% | 9:1 | 2,843 | |
16 | Thomas Aquinas College | $28,700 | 84.73% | 85% | 11:1 | 516 | |
17 | United States Naval Academy | -$1 / - | 10.75% | 89% | 8:1 | 4,450 | |
18 | Haverford College | $68,300 | 14.21% | 91% | 8:1 | 1,421 | |
19 | Hamilton College | $65,740 | 11.78% | 92% | 9:1 | 2,072 | |
20 | Vassar College | $67,805 | 18.66% | 91% | 7:1 | 2,459 | |
21 | Scripps College | $63,434 | 27.91% | 84% | 10:1 | 1,099 | |
22 | Pitzer College | $62,692 | 18.40% | 85% | 10:1 | 1,212 | |
23 | Colgate University | $67,024 | 12.43% | 91% | 9:1 | 3,141 | |
24 | Wesleyan University | $67,316 | 14.43% | 93% | 7:1 | 3,253 | |
25 | Colorado College | $67,932 | 16.30% | 86% | 10:1 | 2,203 | |
26 | Principia College | $33,280 | 47.85% | 76% | 6:1 | 323 | |
27 | University of Richmond | $62,600 | 24.37% | 87% | 8:1 | 3,876 | |
28 | Lafayette College | $62,574 | 33.63% | 89% | 10:1 | 2,729 | |
29 | Oberlin College | $64,646 | 34.87% | 83% | 9:1 | 2,992 | |
30 | University of New Hampshire at Manchester | $15,820 / $35,530 | 85.28% | 63% | 7:1 | 534 | |
31 | Berea College | $49,326 | 24.58% | 61% | 8:1 | 1,433 | |
32 | Bucknell University | $64,772 | 32.55% | 86% | 9:1 | 3,787 | |
33 | United States Military Academy | $0 / - | 11.95% | 87% | 7:1 | 4,393 | |
34 | Grinnell College | $64,862 | 10.76% | 88% | 9:1 | 1,759 | |
35 | Macalester College | $64,908 | 28.42% | 87% | 10:1 | 2,175 | |
36 | Bates College | $63,478 | 13.74% | 92% | 10:1 | 1,790 | |
37 | United States Air Force Academy | $0 / - | 16.23% | 99% | 7:1 | 4,085 | |
38 | Trinity College | $67,420 | 36.14% | 83% | 8:1 | 2,205 | |
39 | Smith College | $61,568 | 22.86% | 88% | 8:1 | 2,873 | |
40 | Wheaton College | $43,930 | 88.43% | 88% | 12:1 | 2,885 | |
41 | Connecticut College | $64,812 | 40.40% | 84% | 10:1 | 1,948 | |
42 | St. John's College | $39,126 | 49.90% | 77% | 8:1 | 541 | |
43 | Occidental College | $63,446 | 39.40% | 82% | 9:1 | 1,942 | |
44 | Skidmore College | $62,248 | 25.54% | 84% | 8:1 | 2,758 | |
45 | Bryn Mawr College | $62,560 | 30.75% | 82% | 8:1 | 1,742 | |
46 | Kenyon College | $69,330 | 34.30% | 87% | 9:1 | 1,885 | |
47 | Mount Holyoke College | $64,142 | 39.76% | 82% | 9:1 | 2,392 | |
48 | Denison University | $64,000 | 21.96% | 84% | 9:1 | 2,416 | |
49 | St Olaf College | $56,970 | 56.41% | 84% | 12:1 | 3,046 | |
50 | College of the Holy Cross | $60,850 | 36.36% | 91% | 10:1 | 3,083 | |
51 | St. John's College | $38,946 | 54.08% | 71% | 8:1 | 439 | |
52 | Hillsdale College | $32,092 | 20.58% | 86% | 8:1 | 1,678 | |
53 | Whitman College | $61,492 | 47.70% | 90% | 9:1 | 1,493 | |
54 | Reed College | $67,020 | 30.80% | 79% | 9:1 | 1,534 | |
55 | Union College | $66,456 | 46.51% | 84% | 9:1 | 2,107 | |
56 | Sarah Lawrence College | $63,678 | 49.88% | 71% | 11:1 | 1,696 | |
57 | Wabash College | $49,125 | 61.49% | 75% | 9:1 | 835 | |
58 | Franklin and Marshall College | $68,380 | 36.23% | 85% | 9:1 | 1,990 | |
59 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | $62,080 | 79.48% | 79% | 11:1 | 1,667 | |
60 | Elizabethtown College | $36,842 | 81.12% | 76% | 13:1 | 2,021 | |
61 | Virginia Military Institute | $20,484 / $51,186 | 71.06% | 76% | 10:1 | 1,512 | |
62 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $63,268 | 68.38% | 73% | 8:1 | 1,607 | |
63 | Saint Johns University | $53,942 | 86.24% | 75% | 11:1 | 1,645 | |
64 | Muhlenberg College | $60,240 | 65.51% | 82% | 8:1 | 1,959 | |
65 | Hope College | $40,420 | 80.45% | 80% | 11:1 | 3,251 | |
66 | Centre College | $50,550 | 62.85% | 86% | 10:1 | 1,357 | |
67 | Hendrix College | $36,650 | 60.28% | 68% | 11:1 | 1,144 | |
68 | St Lawrence University | $63,870 | 63.50% | 83% | 11:1 | 2,175 | |
69 | Illinois Wesleyan University | $55,704 | 42.22% | 79% | 11:1 | 1,527 | |
70 | Ursinus College | $59,196 | 82.21% | 73% | 10:1 | 1,527 | |
71 | Wofford College | $54,100 | 60.18% | 82% | 11:1 | 1,823 | |
72 | Furman University | $58,312 | 67.02% | 85% | 9:1 | 2,443 | |
73 | Lawrence University | $55,461 | 72.27% | 78% | 8:1 | 1,426 | |
74 | College of Saint Benedict | $53,884 | 87.80% | 78% | 11:1 | 1,470 | |
75 | DePauw University | $57,070 | 65.80% | 79% | 9:1 | 1,752 | |
76 | Saint Anselm College | $46,810 | 82.30% | 85% | 11:1 | 1,977 | |
77 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | $11,656 / $32,540 | 75.57% | 44% | 14:1 | 1,704 | |
78 | Saint Mary's College | $51,430 | 83.89% | 74% | 9:1 | 1,519 | |
79 | Bennington College | $64,644 | 45.31% | 69% | 9:1 | 880 | |
80 | Centenary College of Louisiana | $40,000 | 63.65% | 60% | 8:1 | 556 | |
81 | Wesleyan College | $27,650 | 66.80% | 45% | 7:1 | 660 | |
82 | Allegheny College | $54,960 | 69.65% | 67% | 8:1 | 1,353 | |
83 | Gettysburg College | $64,230 | 56.31% | 81% | 10:1 | 2,854 | |
84 | The King's College | $21,690 | 45.27% | 56% | 8:1 | 326 | |
85 | Dickinson College | $63,475 | 34.92% | 83% | 9:1 | 2,137 | |
86 | The College of Wooster | $59,550 | 56.27% | 74% | 11:1 | 1,967 | |
87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | $15,180 / $25,118 | 96.19% | 25% | 13:1 | 1,196 | |
88 | Earlham College | $51,840 | 73.24% | 74% | 6:1 | 677 | |
89 | Luther College | $50,320 | 75.32% | 74% | 11:1 | 1,610 | |
90 | Meredith College | $43,936 | 73.18% | 67% | 10:1 | 1,587 | |
91 | Rhodes College | $54,892 | 53.91% | 85% | 9:1 | 2,008 | |
92 | Agnes Scott College | $48,150 | 66.52% | 76% | 11:1 | 1,114 | |
93 | Austin College | $46,500 | 54.37% | 73% | 11:1 | 1,182 | |
94 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | $11,884 / $20,559 | 92.45% | 55% | 9:1 | 938 | |
95 | Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | $29,300 | - | 70% | 9:1 | 89 | |
96 | Gordon College | $28,100 | 91.76% | 68% | 14:1 | 1,628 | |
97 | Sweet Briar College | $25,110 | 75.75% | 61% | 8:1 | 460 | |
98 | Bard College | $63,612 | 46.08% | 71% | 9:1 | 2,706 | |
99 | Concordia College at Moorhead | $30,020 | 65.53% | 69% | 12:1 | 1,903 | |
100 | Emmanuel College | $46,686 | 79.69% | 65% | 13:1 | 2,012 | |
Average | $45,250 / $54,627 | 45.41% | 79.99% | 9.23:1 | 1,879 |