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Acceptance Rate and Application Statistics

The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges. The average acceptance rate of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges is 29.97% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 20.39%.
Pomona College has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 7.09% and United States Naval Academy has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 84.20% among Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges. The numbers in parenthesis() in below table represent the number and rate by gender (men/women). The statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025.
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Admission Stats Comparison Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankName ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateEnrollment Rate
1 Pomona College
12,249 (5,283/6,956) 868 (401/466) 436 (194/242) 7% (8%/7%) 50% (48%/3%)
2 Claremont McKenna College
6,529 (2,967/3,225) 626 (291/312) 337 (171/156) 10% (10%/10%) 54% (59%/5%)
3 Swarthmore College
13,065 (5,746/7,311) 975 (465/510) 427 (203/224) 7% (8%/7%) 44% (44%/3%)
4 Williams College
15,411 (7,280/7,256) 1,272 (582/638) 547 (261/278) 8% (8%/9%) 43% (45%/4%)
5 Barnard College
11,836 (0/11,836) 1,046 (0/1,046) 718 (0/718) 9% (0%/9%) 69% (0%/6%)
6 Amherst College
13,743 (6,121/6,776) 1,238 (508/652) 480 (196/255) 9% (8%/10%) 39% (39%/4%)
7 Harvey Mudd College
5,094 (3,424/1,664) 645 (293/351) 231 (115/116) 13% (9%/21%) 36% (39%/7%)
8 Washington and Lee University
8,213 (4,222/3,990) 1,147 (525/622) 472 (231/241) 14% (12%/16%) 41% (44%/6%)
9 Bowdoin College
13,265 (6,244/7,013) 946 (434/511) 507 (232/275) 7% (7%/7%) 54% (53%/4%)
10 Davidson College
8,114 (3,956/4,156) 1,085 (519/565) 520 (252/268) 13% (13%/14%) 48% (49%/6%)
11 Wellesley College
8,714 (0/8,714) 1,224 (0/1,224) 583 (0/583) 14% (0%/14%) 48% (0%/7%)
12 Soka University of America
634 (249/384) 275 (80/195) 126 (35/91) 43% (32%/51%) 46% (44%/24%)
13 Carleton College
7,133 (3,820/3,305) 1,456 (677/776) 507 (260/247) 20% (18%/23%) 35% (38%/7%)
14 Colby College
19,187 (9,391/9,785) 1,360 (690/670) 628 (326/302) 7% (7%/7%) 46% (47%/3%)
15 Middlebury College
12,540 (5,539/6,985) 1,348 (677/670) 598 (272/326) 11% (12%/10%) 44% (40%/5%)
16 Thomas Aquinas College
272 (144/128) 226 (119/107) 153 (83/70) 83% (83%/84%) 68% (70%/55%)
17 United States Naval Academy
15,149 (10,288/4,861) 1,405 (943/462) 1,183 (812/371) 9% (9%/10%) 84% (86%/8%)
18 Haverford College
7,341 (3,631/3,705) 908 (401/506) 387 (183/203) 12% (11%/14%) 43% (46%/5%)
19 Hamilton College
8,531 (3,964/4,560) 1,162 (515/645) 453 (215/238) 14% (13%/14%) 39% (42%/5%)
20 Vassar College
12,447 (4,283/8,147) 2,311 (874/1,433) 665 (251/411) 19% (20%/18%) 29% (29%/5%)
21 Scripps College
3,199 (0/3,199) 1,225 (0/1,225) 313 (0/313) 38% (0%/38%) 26% (0%/10%)
22 Pitzer College
3,438 (973/1,565) 865 (256/462) 310 (126/165) 25% (26%/30%) 36% (49%/11%)
23 Colgate University
20,682 (10,080/10,588) 2,871 (1,196/1,674) 825 (359/466) 14% (12%/16%) 29% (30%/4%)
24 Wesleyan University
14,389 (5,915/8,460) 2,373 (1,066/1,304) 825 (388/437) 16% (18%/15%) 35% (36%/5%)
25 Colorado College
8,511 (3,689/4,531) 1,572 (651/855) 476 (220/227) 18% (18%/19%) 30% (34%/5%)
26 Principia College
No admission statistics available for the school.
27 University of Richmond
16,152 (6,749/9,397) 3,585 (1,613/1,969) 841 (382/459) 22% (24%/21%) 23% (24%/5%)
28 Lafayette College
10,195 (5,322/4,871) 3,206 (1,566/1,640) 698 (338/360) 31% (29%/34%) 22% (22%/7%)
29 Oberlin College
10,536 (4,723/5,787) 3,601 (1,353/2,236) 701 (279/417) 34% (29%/39%) 19% (21%/7%)
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester
481 (193/288) 389 (161/228) 66 (38/28) 81% (83%/79%) 17% (24%/10%)
31 Berea College
3,857 (1,793/2,064) 746 (295/451) 401 (166/235) 19% (16%/22%) 54% (56%/11%)
32 Bucknell University
11,377 (5,691/5,684) 3,291 (1,460/1,830) 991 (470/521) 29% (26%/32%) 30% (32%/9%)
33 United States Military Academy
12,320 (8,549/3,771) 1,534 (1,175/359) 1,195 (931/264) 12% (14%/10%) 78% (79%/7%)
34 Grinnell College
9,758 (5,048/4,421) 1,416 (637/725) 438 (211/211) 15% (13%/16%) 31% (33%/5%)
35 Macalester College
8,968 (4,097/4,855) 2,558 (1,033/1,521) 560 (247/310) 29% (25%/31%) 22% (24%/6%)
36 Bates College
10,027 (5,012/5,007) 1,336 (612/724) 488 (220/268) 13% (12%/14%) 37% (36%/5%)
37 United States Air Force Academy
10,187 (7,057/3,130) 1,435 (999/436) 1,126 (792/334) 14% (14%/14%) 78% (79%/11%)
38 Trinity College
7,460 (3,401/4,055) 2,182 (939/1,242) 542 (265/277) 29% (28%/31%) 25% (28%/7%)
39 Smith College
8,666 (0/8,666) 1,820 (0/1,820) 645 (0/645) 21% (0%/21%) 35% (0%/7%)
40 Wheaton College
2,040 (955/1,085) 1,783 (806/977) 533 (244/289) 87% (84%/90%) 30% (30%/27%)
41 Connecticut College
7,950 (3,464/4,473) 2,945 (1,048/1,889) 451 (178/273) 37% (30%/42%) 15% (17%/6%)
42 St. John's College
849 (373/413) 469 (179/241) 117 (51/59) 55% (48%/58%) 25% (28%/14%)
43 Occidental College
6,461 (2,628/3,821) 2,854 (1,066/1,783) 509 (210/299) 44% (41%/47%) 18% (20%/8%)
44 Skidmore College
11,889 (5,086/6,783) 2,503 (890/1,608) 666 (243/421) 21% (17%/24%) 27% (27%/6%)
45 Bryn Mawr College
4,094 (0/4,094) 1,205 (0/1,205) 380 (0/380) 29% (0%/29%) 32% (0%/9%)
46 Kenyon College
7,726 (3,872/3,843) 2,397 (959/1,434) 439 (196/242) 31% (25%/37%) 18% (20%/6%)
47 Mount Holyoke College
5,226 (0/5,226) 1,883 (0/1,883) 512 (0/512) 36% (0%/36%) 27% (0%/10%)
48 Denison University
15,012 (7,494/7,518) 2,611 (1,197/1,414) 621 (287/334) 17% (16%/19%) 24% (24%/4%)
49 St Olaf College
6,623 (2,979/3,490) 3,200 (1,268/1,840) 859 (333/489) 48% (43%/53%) 27% (26%/14%)
50 College of the Holy Cross
9,568 (4,481/5,084) 1,685 (794/890) 835 (374/460) 18% (18%/18%) 50% (47%/9%)
51 St. John's College
397 (174/156) 211 (89/97) 78 (31/40) 53% (51%/62%) 37% (35%/26%)
52 Hillsdale College
3,181 (1,525/1,655) 659 (314/345) 366 (182/184) 21% (21%/21%) 56% (58%/11%)
53 Whitman College
7,243 (3,271/3,957) 2,763 (1,017/1,735) 390 (157/228) 38% (31%/44%) 14% (15%/6%)
54 Reed College
9,431 (4,099/4,597) 2,321 (729/1,303) 303 (106/123) 25% (18%/28%) 13% (15%/3%)
55 Union College
8,210 (4,418/3,789) 3,606 (1,718/1,887) 500 (263/237) 44% (39%/50%) 14% (15%/6%)
56 Sarah Lawrence College
4,617 (872/3,727) 2,850 (535/2,302) 417 (88/326) 62% (61%/62%) 15% (16%/9%)
57 Wabash College
2,199 (2,199/0) 1,392 (1,392/0) 256 (256/0) 63% (63%/0%) 18% (18%/0%)
58 Franklin and Marshall College
9,881 (4,983/4,893) 2,785 (1,262/1,519) 477 (228/249) 28% (25%/31%) 17% (18%/5%)
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
5,835 (2,095/3,697) 3,952 (1,268/2,668) 511 (186/321) 68% (61%/72%) 13% (15%/9%)
60 Elizabethtown College
3,624 (1,456/2,168) 2,822 (1,076/1,746) 498 (205/293) 78% (74%/81%) 18% (19%/14%)
61 Virginia Military Institute
2,066 (1,590/476) 1,472 (1,153/319) 467 (385/82) 71% (73%/67%) 32% (33%/17%)
62 Hobart William Smith Colleges
5,904 (2,812/2,946) 3,778 (1,627/2,056) 553 (254/297) 64% (58%/70%) 15% (16%/10%)
63 Saint Johns University
1,685 (1,685/0) 1,527 (1,527/0) 335 (335/0) 91% (91%/0%) 22% (22%/0%)
64 Muhlenberg College
4,963 (2,233/2,730) 3,573 (1,519/2,054) 466 (204/262) 72% (68%/75%) 13% (13%/10%)
65 Hope College
5,150 (2,150/2,999) 4,081 (1,626/2,454) 821 (350/471) 79% (76%/82%) 20% (22%/16%)
66 Centre College
3,747 (1,965/1,782) 2,037 (988/1,049) 395 (195/200) 54% (50%/59%) 19% (20%/11%)
67 Hendrix College
3,161 (1,709/1,452) 1,759 (850/909) 318 (163/155) 56% (50%/63%) 18% (19%/11%)
68 St Lawrence University
6,089 (2,877/3,208) 3,309 (1,475/1,830) 424 (215/209) 54% (51%/57%) 13% (15%/7%)
69 Illinois Wesleyan University
9,558 (4,671/4,857) 3,757 (1,496/2,241) 461 (209/248) 39% (32%/46%) 12% (14%/5%)
70 Ursinus College
3,304 (1,619/1,685) 3,032 (1,471/1,561) 378 (215/163) 92% (91%/93%) 12% (15%/10%)
71 Wofford College
4,459 (2,027/2,432) 2,316 (969/1,347) 427 (219/208) 52% (48%/55%) 18% (23%/9%)
72 Furman University
10,813 (4,826/5,984) 4,644 (1,789/2,852) 608 (251/355) 43% (37%/48%) 13% (14%/6%)
73 Lawrence University
3,270 (1,675/1,594) 2,091 (984/1,107) 351 (186/165) 64% (59%/69%) 17% (19%/10%)
74 College of Saint Benedict
1,840 (0/1,840) 1,684 (0/1,684) 363 (0/363) 92% (0%/92%) 22% (0%/20%)
75 DePauw University
6,683 (3,302/3,381) 3,822 (1,715/2,107) 505 (260/245) 57% (52%/62%) 13% (15%/7%)
76 Saint Anselm College
4,423 (1,881/2,542) 3,452 (1,387/2,065) 569 (212/357) 78% (74%/81%) 16% (15%/14%)
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise
6,581 (2,308/4,273) 1,878 (763/1,115) 284 (116/154) 29% (33%/26%) 15% (15%/4%)
78 Saint Mary's College
2,588 (0/2,588) 1,966 (0/1,966) 396 (0/396) 76% (0%/76%) 20% (0%/15%)
79 Bennington College
2,996 (1,125/1,854) 1,334 (271/1,051) 154 (34/117) 45% (24%/57%) 12% (13%/6%)
80 Centenary College of Louisiana
1,715 (841/874) 956 (438/518) 232 (119/113) 56% (52%/59%) 24% (27%/13%)
81 Wesleyan College
1,352 (0/1,352) 799 (0/799) 107 (0/107) 59% (0%/59%) 13% (0%/8%)
82 Allegheny College
5,758 (3,109/2,626) 3,142 (1,484/1,650) 326 (170/155) 55% (48%/63%) 10% (11%/6%)
83 Gettysburg College
8,366 (4,538/3,828) 3,254 (1,527/1,727) 508 (272/236) 39% (34%/45%) 16% (18%/6%)
84 The King's College
No admission statistics available for the school.
85 Dickinson College
7,258 (3,036/4,218) 3,055 (1,143/1,910) 646 (268/378) 42% (38%/45%) 21% (23%/9%)
86 The College of Wooster
5,473 (2,968/2,498) 3,258 (1,600/1,652) 372 (177/193) 60% (54%/66%) 11% (11%/8%)
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
2,431 (1,258/1,142) 2,385 (1,240/1,114) 401 (251/142) 98% (99%/98%) 17% (20%/12%)
88 Earlham College
2,075 (1,046/961) 1,517 (714/743) 211 (106/98) 73% (68%/77%) 14% (15%/10%)
89 Luther College
2,632 (1,561/1,069) 1,883 (1,080/802) 375 (206/169) 72% (69%/75%) 20% (19%/16%)
90 Meredith College
1,983 (0/1,983) 1,471 (0/1,471) 272 (0/272) 74% (0%/74%) 18% (0%/14%)
91 Rhodes College
6,365 (2,797/3,459) 3,205 (1,255/1,879) 388 (171/210) 50% (45%/54%) 12% (14%/6%)
92 Agnes Scott College
2,090 (0/2,085) 1,299 (0/1,297) 210 (0/209) 62% (0%/62%) 16% (0%/10%)
93 Austin College
5,282 (2,488/2,494) 2,517 (1,049/1,312) 357 (181/166) 48% (42%/53%) 14% (17%/7%)
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
1,208 (353/851) 1,084 (296/785) 125 (44/80) 90% (84%/92%) 12% (15%/9%)
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
No admission statistics available for the school.
96 Gordon College
2,366 (961/1,405) 1,638 (658/980) 353 (137/216) 69% (68%/70%) 22% (21%/15%)
97 Sweet Briar College
1,239 (0/1,239) 936 (0/936) 124 (0/124) 76% (0%/76%) 13% (0%/10%)
98 Bard College
7,583 (2,891/4,673) 3,952 (1,253/2,686) 505 (183/317) 52% (43%/57%) 13% (15%/7%)
99 Concordia College at Moorhead
4,763 (2,145/2,531) 2,984 (1,247/1,680) 556 (236/320) 63% (58%/66%) 19% (19%/13%)
100 Emmanuel College
6,099 (1,566/4,533) 4,614 (1,048/3,566) 516 (124/392) 76% (67%/79%) 11% (12%/9%)
Average6,877 (3,024/3,184)2,061 (841/1,111)491 (234/253)29.97% (27.8%/34.9%)20.39% (23.8%/19.5%)
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SAT Scores Comparison

The average SAT score of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges is 1358. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 683 and the average SAT Math score is 675.
Pomona College has the highest SAT scores of 1,540 and University of Virginia's College at Wise has the lowest SAT scores of 1,050 among Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges. The following table compares SAT Scores between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges for the academic year 2024-2025.
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SAT Score Comparison Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankNameSubmit%*
(Submit#**)		SAT TotalEvidence-Based Reading and WritingMath
1Pomona College
36%
(155)		1540760780
2Claremont McKenna College
26%
(87)		1530750780
3Swarthmore College
39%
(168)		1540760780
4Williams College
35%
(190)		1540760780
5Barnard College
35%
(248)		1520750770
6Amherst College
39%
(187)		1540760780
7Harvey Mudd College
52%
(119)		1540750790
8Washington and Lee University
24%
(111)		1480730750
9Bowdoin College
31%
(158)		1520750770
10Davidson College
28%
(147)		1460720740
11Wellesley College
43%
(248)		1520750770
12Soka University of America
16%
(20)		1440675765
13Carleton College
34%
(170)		1515745770
14Colby College
36%
(224)		1510740770
15Middlebury College
25%
(151)		1500740760
16Thomas Aquinas College
42%
(64)		1310690620
17United States Naval Academy
74%
(862)		1300650650
18Haverford College
39%
(151)		1510750760
19Hamilton College
34%
(156)		1500740760
20Vassar College
31%
(208)		1500750750
21Scripps College
24%
(76)		1500750750
22Pitzer College
Test Score is NOT considered for Pitzer College admission.
23Colgate University
22%
(184)		1500740760
24Wesleyan University
29%
(239)		1490740750
25Colorado College
29%
(136)		1340680660
26Principia College
No data is available.
27University of Richmond
19%
(156)		1480730750
28Lafayette College
24%
(164)		1430710720
29Oberlin College
32%
(221)		1450740710
30University of New Hampshire at Manchester
18%
(12)		1100565535
31Berea College
6%
(24)		1240630610
32Bucknell University
29%
(283)		1400700700
33United States Military Academy
68%
(817)		1330660670
34Grinnell College
29%
(129)		1490730760
35Macalester College
29%
(162)		1440720720
36Bates College
12%
(60)		1465730735
37United States Air Force Academy
60%
(660)		1330660670
38Trinity College
7%
(38)		1405715690
39Smith College
29%
(189)		1490750740
40Wheaton College
38%
(202)		1380700680
41Connecticut College
18%
(83)		1430720710
42St. John's College
38%
(44)		1370720650
43Occidental College
20%
(101)		1440720720
44Skidmore College
23%
(155)		1390710680
45Bryn Mawr College
50%
(189)		1390710680
46Kenyon College
11%
(48)		1420720700
47Mount Holyoke College
14%
(69)		1460740720
48Denison University
29%
(183)		1410700710
49St Olaf College
11%
(92)		1380700680
50College of the Holy Cross
30%
(254)		1340670670
51St. John's College
35%
(27)		1420710710
52Hillsdale College
32%
(117)		1420730690
53Whitman College
9%
(35)		1410710700
54Reed College
52%
(158)		1420730690
55Union College
32%
(161)		1390690700
56Sarah Lawrence College
9%
(39)		1360690670
57Wabash College
52%
(134)		1170580590
58Franklin and Marshall College
25%
(120)		1375695680
59Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
18%
(94)		1295670625
60Elizabethtown College
30%
(147)		1200600600
61Virginia Military Institute
4%
(19)		1180590590
62Hobart William Smith Colleges
22%
(119)		1300660640
63Saint Johns University
4%
(14)		1100555545
64Muhlenberg College
16%
(76)		1330680650
65Hope College
28%
(232)		1215605610
66Centre College
8%
(33)		1360680680
67Hendrix College
10%
(31)		1240610630
68St Lawrence University
15%
(64)		1350690660
69Illinois Wesleyan University
21%
(97)		1240610630
70Ursinus College
23%
(88)		1305660645
71Wofford College
26%
(112)		1277651626
72Furman University
27%
(166)		1340680660
73Lawrence University
21%
(74)		1350680670
74College of Saint Benedict
4%
(16)		1160620540
75DePauw University
39%
(198)		1315650665
76Saint Anselm College
19%
(106)		1200620580
77University of Virginia's College at Wise
10%
(29)		1050550500
78Saint Mary's College
33%
(131)		1220590630
79Bennington College
10%
(16)		1335725610
80Centenary College of Louisiana
17%
(40)		1120555565
81Wesleyan College
19%
(20)		1070550520
82Allegheny College
25%
(80)		1250640610
83Gettysburg College
27%
(135)		1370690680
84The King's College
No data is available.
85Dickinson College
23%
(148)		1380700680
86The College of Wooster
25%
(92)		1330680650
87Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
29%
(115)		1200610590
88Earlham College
24%
(50)		1190610580
89Luther College
9%
(33)		1215610605
90Meredith College
11%
(30)		1185625560
91Rhodes College
21%
(80)		1385695690
92Agnes Scott College
27%
(56)		1240660580
93Austin College
24%
(85)		1200610590
94Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts admission.
95Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
No data is available.
96Gordon College
29%
(102)		1250640610
97Sweet Briar College
9%
(11)		1230630600
98Bard College
13%
(66)		1380710670
99Concordia College at Moorhead
Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
100Emmanuel College
8%
(43)		1250640610
Average25.97% 1358683675

*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

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ACT Scores Comparison

The average ACT score of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges is 30. By subject, the average ACT English score is 31 and the ACT math score is 28.
The following table compares ACT Scores between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges for academic year 2024-2025.
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ACT Score Comparison Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankNameSubmit%*
(Submit#**)		CompositeEnglishMath
1Pomona College
14%
(59)		343533
2Claremont McKenna College
13%
(45)		343533
3Swarthmore College
16%
(69)		343533
4Williams College
17%
(92)		343534
5Barnard College
15%
(109)		343532
6Amherst College
22%
(105)		343534
7Harvey Mudd College
16%
(36)		353535
8Washington and Lee University
20%
(94)		343532
9Bowdoin College
17%
(85)		343532
10Davidson College
23%
(121)		33
11Wellesley College
18%
(106)		343532
12Soka University of America
1%
(1)
13Carleton College
25%
(129)		343532
14Colby College
16%
(98)		333531
15Middlebury College
17%
(100)		34
16Thomas Aquinas College
16%
(24)		303326
17United States Naval Academy
44%
(516)		282827
18Haverford College
17%
(67)		343533
19Hamilton College
16%
(71)		34
20Vassar College
12%
(83)		33
21Scripps College
16%
(49)		333530
22Pitzer College
Test Score is NOT considered for Pitzer College admission.
23Colgate University
14%
(116)		343532
24Wesleyan University
16%
(132)		343531
25Colorado College
16%
(77)		313227
26Principia College
No data is available.
27University of Richmond
14%
(117)		34
28Lafayette College
10%
(70)		313430
29Oberlin College
17%
(119)		323530
30University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
31Berea College
35%
(142)		262524
32Bucknell University
10%
(96)		323329
33United States Military Academy
32%
(378)		313229
34Grinnell College
21%
(92)		333431
35Macalester College
23%
(128)		323429
36Bates College
4%
(18)		33
37United States Air Force Academy
40%
(431)		302929
38Trinity College
3%
(15)		323430
39Smith College
14%
(88)		343531
40Wheaton College
20%
(105)		303327
41Connecticut College
6%
(27)		323328
42St. John's College
12%
(14)		302927
43Occidental College
8%
(41)		333430
44Skidmore College
10%
(66)		323429
45Bryn Mawr College
21%
(79)		313428
46Kenyon College
10%
(42)		323529
47Mount Holyoke College
2%
(11)		333530
48Denison University
22%
(138)		313328
49St Olaf College
29%
(249)		303228
50College of the Holy Cross
15%
(127)		303127
51St. John's College
14%
(11)		323328
52Hillsdale College
34%
(124)		313428
53Whitman College
7%
(29)		313429
54Reed College
21%
(65)		333431
55Union College
11%
(56)		313329
56Sarah Lawrence College
4%
(18)		303227
57Wabash College
7%
(19)		262327
58Franklin and Marshall College
9%
(43)		323330
59Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
2%
(12)		313227
60Elizabethtown College
1%
(7)		272629
61Virginia Military Institute
3%
(16)		282426
62Hobart William Smith Colleges
7%
(38)		303127
63Saint Johns University
49%
(165)		242225
64Muhlenberg College
6%
(27)		303426
65Hope College
9%
(77)		293026
66Centre College
46%
(182)		292926
67Hendrix College
50%
(158)		272725
68St Lawrence University
5%
(20)		32
69Illinois Wesleyan University
10%
(46)		292827
70Ursinus College
3%
(12)		293327
71Wofford College
22%
(92)		283026
72Furman University
22%
(133)		313328
73Lawrence University
33%
(115)		292826
74College of Saint Benedict
43%
(155)		232222
75DePauw University
14%
(70)		313229
76Saint Anselm College
1%
(5)		252826
77University of Virginia's College at Wise
8%
(24)		202118
78Saint Mary's College
11%
(45)		282926
79Bennington College
4%
(6)		323224
80Centenary College of Louisiana
63%
(146)		232321
81Wesleyan College
7%
(7)		212117
82Allegheny College
8%
(27)		292826
83Gettysburg College
8%
(41)		313227
84The King's College
No data is available.
85Dickinson College
5%
(33)		322833
86The College of Wooster
22%
(81)		303027
87Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
1%
(4)
88Earlham College
9%
(20)		272825
89Luther College
17%
(65)		252425
90Meredith College
14%
(37)		252524
91Rhodes College
41%
(158)		293126
92Agnes Scott College
17%
(36)		27
93Austin College
8%
(27)		262525
94Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Test Score is NOT considered for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts admission.
95Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
No data is available.
96Gordon College
8%
(27)		283026
97Sweet Briar College
Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
98Bard College
9%
(46)		303327
99Concordia College at Moorhead
11%
(63)		242325
100Emmanuel College
0%
(1)
Average16.29% 303128

*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

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Application Requirements

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Application Requirements Comparison Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
Rank NameHS GPAHS RankHS Record Prep. ProgramRec.Compe.SAT/ACTTOEFL
1 Pomona College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
2 Claremont McKenna College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
3 Swarthmore College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
4 Williams College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
5 Barnard College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
6 Amherst College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
7 Harvey Mudd College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
8 Washington and Lee University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
9 Bowdoin College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
10 Davidson College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
11 Wellesley College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
12 Soka University of America
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
13 Carleton College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
14 Colby College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
15 Middlebury College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
16 Thomas Aquinas College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✔✓
17 United States Naval Academy
✔✔ ✓✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
18 Haverford College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
19 Hamilton College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
20 Vassar College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
21 Scripps College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
22 Pitzer College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✗✔
23 Colgate University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
24 Wesleyan University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
25 Colorado College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✓
26 Principia College
Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
27 University of Richmond
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
28 Lafayette College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
29 Oberlin College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
31 Berea College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
32 Bucknell University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
33 United States Military Academy
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✔✔
34 Grinnell College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
35 Macalester College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
36 Bates College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
37 United States Air Force Academy
✔✔ ✔✗ ✔✗ ✔✗
38 Trinity College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
39 Smith College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
40 Wheaton College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
41 Connecticut College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
42 St. John's College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
43 Occidental College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
44 Skidmore College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
45 Bryn Mawr College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
46 Kenyon College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
47 Mount Holyoke College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
48 Denison University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
49 St Olaf College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
50 College of the Holy Cross
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
51 St. John's College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
52 Hillsdale College
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✓
53 Whitman College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
54 Reed College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
55 Union College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
56 Sarah Lawrence College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
57 Wabash College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
58 Franklin and Marshall College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
60 Elizabethtown College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
61 Virginia Military Institute
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
62 Hobart William Smith Colleges
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
63 Saint Johns University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
64 Muhlenberg College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✓
65 Hope College
✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
66 Centre College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
67 Hendrix College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
68 St Lawrence University
✔✓ ✓✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
69 Illinois Wesleyan University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✔
70 Ursinus College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
71 Wofford College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
72 Furman University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
73 Lawrence University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
74 College of Saint Benedict
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
75 DePauw University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
76 Saint Anselm College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✗
78 Saint Mary's College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
79 Bennington College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
80 Centenary College of Louisiana
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
81 Wesleyan College
✔✗ ✔✗ ✓✗ ✓✔
82 Allegheny College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
83 Gettysburg College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
84 The King's College
Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
85 Dickinson College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
86 The College of Wooster
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
✔✗ ✔✓ ✗✗ ✓✔
88 Earlham College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
89 Luther College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
90 Meredith College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✓
91 Rhodes College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
92 Agnes Scott College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
93 Austin College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✓
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✗✗
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
96 Gordon College
✔✗ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
97 Sweet Briar College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
98 Bard College
✔✓ ✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✔
99 Concordia College at Moorhead
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
100 Emmanuel College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔

✔: Required △: Considered but not Required ✔: Recommended ✗: Neither Required nor Recommended

  • HS GPA: High School or Secondary School GPA
  • HS Rank: High School or Secondary School Rank
  • HS Record: High School or Secondary School Record
  • Prep. Program: Completion of College Preparatory Program
  • Rec.: Recommendations
  • Comp.: Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments)
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