Top Liberal Arts Colleges Comparison Comparison

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

Key Facts Comparison

The average tuition & fees of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges is $45,663 for in-state students and $47,999 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 47.08% and graduation rate is 79.94%. Next 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	$52,780	8%	94%	7:1	1,573
	2	Claremont McKenna College	$54,405	9%	93%	8:1	1,327
	3	Swarthmore College	$52,588	9%	94%	8:1	1,559
	4	Harvey Mudd College	$56,620	14%	92%	8:1	902
	5	Williams College	$55,450	13%	95%	6:1	2,149
	6	Amherst College	$56,426	13%	93%	7:1	1,855
	7	Barnard College	$55,032	14%	92%	9:1	2,562
	8	Washington and Lee University	$52,455	21%	95%	8:1	2,223
	9	Bowdoin College	$53,922	10%	95%	9:1	1,828
	10	Davidson College	$51,447	19%	90%	9:1	1,843
	11	Wellesley College	$53,732	20%	92%	8:1	2,534
	12	Middlebury College	$54,450	17%	91%	8:1	2,611
	13	Pitzer College	$54,056	13%	84%	10:1	1,072
	14	Carleton College	$54,759	20%	93%	9:1	2,097
	15	Wesleyan University	$54,944	17%	89%	8:1	3,217
	16	Colorado College	$55,470	15%	89%	10:1	2,144
	17	Soka University of America	$33,146	39%	90%	8:1	442
	18	Haverford College	$54,838	19%	92%	8:1	1,310
	19	Vassar College	$56,960	25%	92%	8:1	2,456
	20	United States Naval Academy	-$1 / -	9%	91%	8:1	4,512
	21	Hamilton College	$54,620	21%	93%	9:1	2,005
	22	Thomas Aquinas College	$25,000	78%	86%	11:1	407
	23	Colby College	$55,210	13%	90%	10:1	2,000
	24	Principia College	$29,470	92%	75%	6:1	447
	25	University of Richmond	$52,610	30%	87%	8:1	4,002
	26	Colgate University	$55,870	25%	89%	9:1	2,969
	27	Scripps College	$55,024	24%	88%	10:1	1,071
	28	Oberlin College	$55,052	36%	86%	9:1	2,812
	29	Bates College	$53,794	18%	89%	10:1	1,832
	30	Smith College	$52,404	31%	89%	9:1	2,903
	31	United States Military Academy	$0 / -	11%	85%	7:1	4,589
	32	Bryn Mawr College	$52,360	34%	87%	9:1	1,690
	33	Lafayette College	$53,630	29%	87%	10:1	2,642
	34	Grinnell College	$52,392	24%	84%	9:1	1,716
	35	Bucknell University	$56,092	33%	88%	9:1	3,668
	36	Berea College	$39,990	38%	63%	10:1	1,673
	37	St. John's College	$53,343	58%	76%	7:1	527
	38	Macalester College	$54,344	41%	90%	10:1	2,174
	39	College of the Holy Cross	$52,770	38%	92%	10:1	2,939
	40	Kenyon College	$55,930	36%	87%	10:1	1,730
	41	Union College	$55,290	39%	88%	10:1	2,197
	42	Wheaton College	$36,420	83%	87%	10:1	2,944
	43	Trinity College	$56,910	34%	84%	9:1	2,235
	44	Franklin and Marshall College	$56,550	35%	83%	9:1	2,309
	45	Bard College at Simon's Rock	$55,082	81%	60%	6:1	396
	46	Skidmore College	$52,446	27%	86%	8:1	2,613
	47	Connecticut College	$54,820	38%	81%	9:1	1,844
	48	Whitman College	$52,764	50%	87%	9:1	1,475
	49	Bennington College	$53,860	57%	74%	9:1	811
	50	St Olaf College	$47,840	50%	86%	12:1	3,048
	51	St. John's College	$54,118	67%	64%	7:1	371
	52	United States Air Force Academy	$0 / -	11%	83%	8:1	4,336
	53	Reed College	$56,340	35%	81%	9:1	1,503
	54	Occidental College	$54,686	37%	85%	9:1	1,930
	55	Sarah Lawrence College	$55,900	56%	73%	9:1	1,709
	56	Denison University	$51,960	34%	85%	9:1	2,394
	57	Hillsdale College	$27,578	36%	87%	9:1	1,521
	58	Dickinson College	$54,661	49%	84%	9:1	2,399
	59	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	$15,265 / $30,635	68%	41%	10:1	750
	60	Mount Holyoke College	$49,998	51%	83%	9:1	2,335
	61	Agnes Scott College	$41,160	70%	69%	10:1	1,030
	62	Gettysburg College	$54,480	45%	82%	9:1	2,441
	63	American Jewish University	$31,946	96%	60%	7:1	168
	64	Wabash College	$43,650	65%	71%	10:1	882
	65	Muhlenberg College	$52,595	62%	82%	10:1	2,340
	66	Bard College	$54,680	65%	75%	9:1	2,207
	67	Saint Johns University	$44,990	80%	76%	12:1	1,777
	68	Lewis & Clark College	$50,934	74%	75%	12:1	3,396
	69	Wheaton College	$52,626	70%	78%	11:1	1,760
	70	The University of the South	$45,120	65%	84%	10:1	1,785
	71	Centre College	$41,700	73%	81%	11:1	1,434
	72	Thomas More College of Liberal Arts	$21,600	50%	30%	9:1	90
	73	Hobart William Smith Colleges	$55,255	57%	78%	10:1	2,241
	74	Hampshire College	$51,668	63%	66%	10:1	1,191
	75	Willamette University	$50,279	84%	74%	11:1	2,363
	76	Illinois Wesleyan University	$47,636	59%	79%	11:1	1,693
	77	St Lawrence University	$54,846	46%	82%	11:1	2,522
	78	Drew University	$39,800	69%	62%	11:1	2,263
	79	Virginia Military Institute	$18,862 / $45,706	51%	78%	10:1	1,685
	80	DePauw University	$49,704	63%	85%	9:1	2,156
	81	College of Saint Benedict	$45,264	83%	80%	12:1	1,782
	82	Elizabethtown College	$46,940	76%	73%	11:1	1,687
	83	Hope College	$34,010	76%	79%	11:1	3,149
	84	Stonehill College	$42,746	70%	79%	12:1	2,556
	85	Lawrence University	$47,475	62%	80%	8:1	1,463
	86	Ursinus College	$52,050	71%	79%	10:1	1,435
	87	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks	$15,198 / $24,450	87%	59%	15:1	2,578
	88	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny	$13,702 / $21,886	87%	46%	9:1	462
	89	Saint Mary's College	$42,220	82%	78%	9:1	1,611
	90	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver	$13,702 / $21,886	64%	46%	13:1	622
	91	College of the Atlantic	$43,542	67%	67%	9:1	337
	92	Juniata College	$45,597	70%	79%	11:1	1,433
	93	Marlboro College	$40,840	59%	63%	4:1	142
	94	Allegheny College	$47,540	64%	74%	10:1	1,771
	95	Wofford College	$43,985	64%	81%	11:1	1,666
	96	Hendrix College	$45,790	72%	71%	10:1	1,208
	97	The King's College	$36,450	54%	51%	15:1	554
	98	Ave Maria University	$20,850	83%	56%	14:1	1,122
	99	Saint Anselm College	$41,200	77%	77%	11:1	2,024
	100	Furman	$49,532	61%	80%	10:1	2,947
Average			$45,663 / $47,999	47.08%	79.94%	9.43:1	1,891