US National Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings 2016
US News Best Colleges (Undergraduate Rankings)
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| U.S. News rank | School | Tuition and Fees | Overall Score | Total enrollment | Fall 2014 acceptance rate | 6-year graduation rate | Average freshman retention rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Williams College (Williamstown, MA) |
$50,070 | 100 | 2,099 | 19.3% | 95% | 97% |
| #2 | Amherst College (Amherst, MA) |
$50,562 | 96 | 1,792 | 13.8% | 94% | 98% |
| #3 | Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA) |
$47,442 | 94 | 1,542 | 17% | 94% | 96% |
| #4 | Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME) |
$48,212 | 92 | 1,805 | 14.9% | 93% | 97% |
| #4 | Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT) |
$47,828 | 92 | 2,533 | 17.2% | 94% | 96% |
| #4 | Pomona College (Claremont, CA) |
$47,620 | 92 | 1,650 | 12.2% | 93% | 98% |
| #4 | Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA) |
$46,836 | 92 | 2,323 | 30.4% | 91% | 96% |
| #8 | Carleton College (Northfield, MN) |
$49,263 | 91 | 2,057 | 22.8% | 93% | 97% |
| #9 | Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA) |
$49,045 | 89 | 1,324 | 10.8% | 90% | 96% |
| #9 | Davidson College (Davidson, NC) |
$46,966 | 89 | 1,770 | 21.7% | 93% | 96% |
| #9 | United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD) |
$0 | 89 | 4,511 | 7.9% | 89% | 97% |
| #12 | Haverford College (Haverford, PA) |
$49,098 | 88 | 1,194 | 24.7% | 94% | 97% |
| #12 | Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY) |
$51,300 | 88 | 2,418 | 23.5% | 92% | 96% |
| #14 | Hamilton College (Clinton, NY) |
$49,500 | 86 | 1,900 | 26.4% | 91% | 95% |
| #14 | Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) |
$48,594 | 86 | 804 | 14.3% | 94% | 98% |
| #14 | Smith College (Northampton, MA) |
$46,288 | 86 | 2,989 | 42.2% | 87% | 94% |
| #14 | Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) |
$46,417 | 86 | 2,264 | 19.6% | 88% | 96% |
| #14 | Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) |
$48,974 | 86 | 3,224 | 23.9% | 93% | 95% |
| #19 | Colby College (Waterville, ME) |
$49,120 | 85 | 1,847 | 28.1% | 90% | 94% |
| #19 | Colgate University (Hamilton, NY) |
$49,970 | 85 | 2,888 | 26.2% | 92% | 95% |
| #19 | Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA) |
$46,990 | 85 | 1,734 | 28% | 89% | 94% |
| #22 | United States Military Academy (West Point, NY) |
$0 | 83 | 4,414 | 9.5% | 80% | 95% |
| #23 | Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) |
$48,887 | 82 | 2,073 | 36.4% | 90% | 94% |
| #23 | Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH) |
$50,586 | 82 | 2,978 | 32.7% | 87% | 93% |
| #25 | Bates College (Lewiston, ME) |
$48,435 | 81 | 1,773 | 25.4% | 88% | 94% |
| #25 | Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA) |
$47,140 | 81 | 1,709 | 40.5% | 82% | 91% |
| #25 | Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO) |
$48,996 | 81 | 2,067 | 17.9% | 86% | 95% |
| #25 | Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) |
$49,140 | 81 | 1,662 | 25.1% | 89% | 96% |
| #29 | Barnard College (New York, NY) |
$47,631 | 80 | 2,573 | 23.8% | 89% | 96% |
| #29 | Scripps College (Claremont, CA) |
$49,152 | 80 | 988 | 27.3% | 87% | 93% |
| #29 | United States Air Force Academy (USAF Academy, CO) |
$0 | 80 | 3,952 | 16.6% | 84% | 92% |
| #32 | Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA) |
$50,152 | 79 | 3,624 | 30.7% | 89% | 94% |
| #32 | College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) |
$47,176 | 79 | 2,937 | 43.3% | 92% | 95% |
| #32 | University of Richmond (Univ. of Richmond, VA) |
$48,090 | 79 | 3,514 | 31.8% | 84% | 94% |
| #35 | Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA) |
$43,886 | 78 | 2,255 | 54.7% | 80% | 91% |
| #36 | Pitzer College (Claremont, CA) |
$48,660 | 77 | 1,076 | 13% | 84% | 92% |
| #37 | Lafayette College (Easton, PA) |
$47,010 | 76 | 2,503 | 29.8% | 90% | 94% |
| #38 | Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY) |
$48,970 | 75 | 2,646 | 37.3% | 87% | 94% |
| #38 | Union College (Schenectady, NY) |
$50,013 | 75 | 2,242 | 41.1% | 86% | 93% |
| #40 | Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) |
$49,464 | 74 | 2,364 | 48.1% | 84% | 90% |
| #40 | Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA) |
$50,400 | 74 | 2,209 | 38.9% | 87% | 92% |
| #40 | Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA) |
$46,138 | 74 | 1,498 | 41% | 87% | 94% |
| #43 | Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA) |
$49,278 | 73 | 2,040 | 42% | 85% | 93% |
| #43 | Trinity College (Hartford, CT) |
$50,776 | 73 | 2,350 | 33% | 84% | 90% |
| #45 | Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY) |
$49,906 | 72 | 2,306 | 44.6% | 75% | 87% |
| #45 | Centre College (Danville, KY) |
$38,200 | 72 | 1,387 | 71.6% | 82% | 91% |
| #45 | Soka University of America (Aliso Viejo, CA) |
$30,642 | 72 | 418 | 43.5% | 79% | 96% |
| #48 | Connecticut College (New London, CT) |
$49,350 | 71 | 1,900 | 37.6% | 83% | 90% |
| #48 | Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA) |
$49,140 | 71 | 2,451 | 45.4% | 84% | 90% |
| #48 | Sewanee—University of the South (Sewanee, TN) |
$38,700 | 71 | 1,714 | 64.7% | 79% | 89% |
| #51 | DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) |
$44,678 | 69 | 2,216 | 56.8% | 80% | 92% |
| #51 | Furman University (Greenville, SC) |
$46,012 | 69 | 2,973 | 68.7% | 84% | 89% |
| #51 | Rhodes College (Memphis, TN) |
$43,224 | 69 | 2,054 | 60% | 80% | 91% |
| #51 | St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN) |
$42,940 | 69 | 3,034 | 51.3% | 89% | 94% |
| #55 | Denison University (Granville, OH) |
$47,290 | 68 | 2,280 | 50.6% | 82% | 90% |
| #55 | St. John's College (Annapolis, MD) |
$49,119 | 68 | 472 | 86.7% | 70% | 86% |
| #57 | Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) |
$43,740 | 67 | 1,519 | 73% | 80% | 89% |
| #57 | Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY) |
$51,034 | 67 | 1,761 | 53.1% | 77% | 87% |
| #57 | Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) |
$32,950 | 67 | 2,914 | 69.2% | 89% | 95% |
| #60 | St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY) |
$49,420 | 66 | 2,508 | 47.6% | 85% | 91% |
| #61 | Beloit College (Beloit, WI) |
$45,050 | 65 | 1,303 | 69.3% | 80% | 89% |
| #61 | College of Wooster (Wooster, OH) |
$44,950 | 65 | 2,066 | 59.1% | 76% | 89% |
| #61 | Earlham College (Richmond, IN) |
$44,390 | 65 | 1,076 | 64.5% | 72% | 85% |
| #61 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY) |
$49,677 | 65 | 2,425 | 49.6% | 79% | 88% |
| #61 | Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN) |
$39,980 | 65 | 926 | 70% | 73% | 86% |
| #66 | Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI) |
$42,846 | 64 | 1,461 | 69.7% | 82% | 92% |
| #67 | Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA) |
$37,236 | 63 | 873 | 67.7% | 74% | 83% |
| #67 | Berea College (Berea, KY) |
$870 | 63 | 1,621 | 33.7% | 62% | 82% |
| #67 | Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI) |
$24,592 | 63 | 1,504 | 53% | 82% | 96% |
| #67 | Wheaton College (Norton, MA) |
$47,700 | 63 | 1,587 | 69.6% | 77% | 85% |
| #67 | Willamette University (Salem, OR) |
$45,616 | 63 | 3,060 | 81.3% | 77% | 86% |
| #72 | Allegheny College (Meadville, PA) |
$42,470 | 62 | 2,023 | 71.8% | 78% | 86% |
| #72 | Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL) |
$42,490 | 62 | 1,893 | 60.4% | 81% | 90% |
| #72 | Knox College (Galesburg, IL) |
$41,847 | 62 | 1,399 | 68.2% | 80% | 88% |
| #72 | Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR) |
$45,104 | 62 | 3,504 | 66.6% | 79% | 87% |
| #72 | Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) |
$45,875 | 62 | 2,440 | 52.8% | 85% | 91% |
| #72 | Spelman College (Atlanta, GA) |
$26,388 | 62 | 2,135 | 54% | 74% | 89% |
| #72 | University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) |
$44,976 | 62 | 2,826 | 79.3% | 76% | 87% |
| #79 | Austin College (Sherman, TX) |
$34,840 | 61 | 1,301 | 54.4% | 77% | 83% |
| #79 | Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN) |
$41,620 | 61 | 2,456 | 61.1% | 82% | 91% |
| #79 | St. John's University (Collegeville, MN) |
$40,226 | 61 | 1,895 | 78.8% | 80% | 89% |
| #82 | College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME) |
$42,084 | 60 | 386 | 71.1% | 71% | 83% |
| #82 | Hendrix College (Conway, AR) |
$40,870 | 60 | 1,358 | 82.8% | 71% | 85% |
| #82 | New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL) |
in-state: $7,040, out-of-state: $30,069 | 60 | 834 | 59.9% | 69% | 83% |
| #82 | St. Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) |
$37,400 | 60 | 1,519 | 83.3% | 81% | 88% |
| #82 | Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, CA) |
$24,500 | 60 | 378 | 82.7% | 72% | 90% |
| #82 | Transylvania University (Lexington, KY) |
$34,370 | 60 | 1,014 | 82.6% | 70% | 86% |
| #82 | Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, VA) |
in-state: $16,536, out-of-state: $39,550 | 60 | 1,700 | 44.4% | 71% | 86% |
| #82 | Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC) |
$38,705 | 60 | 1,608 | 77.4% | 78% | 89% |
| #90 | College of St. Benedict (St. Joseph, MN) |
$40,846 | 59 | 2,020 | 82.2% | 81% | 89% |
| #90 | Luther College (Decorah, IA) |
$39,190 | 59 | 2,385 | 71.2% | 82% | 87% |
| #90 | Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX) |
$37,560 | 59 | 1,538 | 48.5% | 73% | 85% |
| #93 | Bennington College (Bennington, VT) |
$48,220 | 58 | 755 | 67.2% | 67% | 84% |
| #93 | Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA) |
$38,700 | 58 | 1,077 | 73.6% | 67% | 82% |
| #93 | Millsaps College (Jackson, MS) |
$35,510 | 58 | 845 | 57.2% | 64% | 80% |
| #93 | Reed College (Portland, OR) |
$47,760 | 58 | N/A | 48.5% 4 | 79% 6 | 94% 8 |
| #93 | St. Mary's College of Maryland (St. Mary's City, MD) |
in-state: $13,895, out-of-state: $28,745 | 58 | 1,721 | 78.9% | 81% | 88% |
| #93 | Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA) |
$47,700 | 58 | 1,681 | 83.2% | 80% | 90% |
| #93 | Westmont College (Santa Barbara, CA) |
$41,360 | 58 | 1,313 | 79.4% | 78% | 87% |
| #100 | Albion College (Albion, MI) |
$39,128 | 57 | 1,268 | 60.8% | 72% | 81% |
| #100 | Hope College (Holland, MI) |
$30,550 | 57 | 3,432 | 81.6% | 80% | 90% |
| #100 | St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM) |
$49,194 | 57 | 402 | 93.4% | 50% | 76% |
| #100 | Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA) |
$43,226 | 57 | 1,362 | 41.6% | 76% | N/A |
| #100 | Washington College (Chestertown, MD) |
$43,850 | 57 | 1,485 | 55.7% | 74% | 83% |
| #105 | Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) |
$38,466 | 56 | 2,497 | 53.6% | 74% | 85% |
| #105 | Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA) |
$40,600 | 56 | 1,632 | 74.2% | 78% | 88% |
| #105 | St. Michael's College (Colchester, VT) |
$40,750 | 56 | 2,617 | 80.5% | 79% | 89% |
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