A-plus Schools for B Students Rankings - US National Liberal Arts Colleges 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 Overall Score Selectivity SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile Fall 2014 acceptance rate
#38

Skidmore College

(Saratoga Springs, NY)

75 more selective 1130-1350 37.3%
#43

Trinity College

(Hartford, CT)

73 more selective 1150-1340 33%
#48

Sewanee—​University of the South

(Sewanee, TN)

71 more selective 26-30 2 64.7%
#51

Furman University

(Greenville, SC)

69 more selective 1130-1340 2 68.7%
#60

St. Lawrence University

(Canton, NY)

66 more selective 1110-1290 2 47.6%
#61

Beloit College

(Beloit, WI)

65 more selective 24-30 2 69.3%
#61

College of Wooster

(Wooster, OH)

65 more selective 25-30 59.1%
#61

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

(Geneva, NY)

65 more selective 1140-1320 2 49.6%
#61

Wabash College

(Crawfordsville, IN)

65 selective 1020-1240 70%
#66

Kalamazoo College

(Kalamazoo, MI)

64 more selective 25-30 69.7%
#67

Agnes Scott College

(Decatur, GA)

63 more selective 1060-1260 2 67.7%
#67

Berea College

(Berea, KY)

63 more selective 22-27 33.7%
#67

Wheaton College

(Norton, MA)

63 more selective 1120-1350 2 69.6%
#67

Willamette University

(Salem, OR)

63 more selective 1080-1320 81.3%
#72

Allegheny College

(Meadville, PA)

62 more selective 1050-1270 71.8%
#72

Illinois Wesleyan University

(Bloomington, IL)

62 more selective 25-30 60.4%
#72

Knox College

(Galesburg, IL)

62 more selective 23-30 2 68.2%
#72

Muhlenberg College

(Allentown, PA)

62 more selective 1120-1330 2 52.8%
#72

University of Puget Sound

(Tacoma, WA)

62 more selective 1110-1330 79.3%
#79

Austin College

(Sherman, TX)

61 more selective 22-27 54.4%
#79

Gustavus Adolphus College

(St. Peter, MN)

61 more selective 24-30 2 61.1%
#79

St. John's University

(Collegeville, MN)

61 more selective 23-28 78.8%
#82

St. Mary's College

(Notre Dame, IN)

60 more selective 23-28 83.3%
#82

Thomas Aquinas College

(Santa Paula, CA)

60 more selective 1180-1350 82.7%
#82

Virginia Military Institute

(Lexington, VA)

60 selective 1070-1250 3 44.4%
#82

Wofford College

(Spartanburg, SC)

60 more selective 24-30 77.4%
#90

College of St. Benedict

(St. Joseph, MN)

59 more selective 23-29 82.2%
#90

Luther College

(Decorah, IA)

59 more selective 23-28 71.2%
#90

Southwestern University

(Georgetown, TX)

59 more selective 1050-1260 48.5%
#93

Cornell College

(Mount Vernon, IA)

58 more selective 23-30 73.6%
#93

Millsaps College

(Jackson, MS)

58 more selective 23-29 57.2%
#93

Ursinus College

(Collegeville, PA)

58 selective 1050-1260 2 83.2%
#93

Westmont College

(Santa Barbara, CA)

58 more selective 1050-1290 79.4%
#100

Hope College

(Holland, MI)

57 more selective 23-29 81.6%
#100

Washington College

(Chestertown, MD)

57 more selective 1040-1270 2 55.7%
#105

Augustana College

(Rock Island, IL)

56 more selective 23-29 2 53.6%
#105

Juniata College

(Huntingdon, PA)

56 selective 1040-1250 9 74.2%
#105

St. Michael's College

(Colchester, VT)

56 selective 1050-1250 2 80.5%
#108

Lake Forest College

(Lake Forest, IL)

55 more selective 23-28 2 55.2%
#108

Ohio Wesleyan University

(Delaware, OH)

55 more selective 22-28 2 74.3%
#112

Drew University

(Madison, NJ)

54 selective 1000-1220 2 70.2%
#112

Goucher College

(Baltimore, MD)

54 selective 1020-1280 2 75.7%
#112

Siena College

(Loudonville, NY)

54 selective 1020-1220 2 58%
#112

St. Anselm College

(Manchester, NH)

54 selective 1050-1230 2 76.1%
#116

Coe College

(Cedar Rapids, IA)

53 more selective 22-28 55.3%
#116

Ripon College

(Ripon, WI)

53 selective 21-27 67.5%
#116

Stonehill College

(Easton, MA)

53 selective 1010-1220 2 77%
#120

Birmingham-​Southern College

(Birmingham, AL)

52 more selective 23-29 53.4%
#120

Calvin College

(Grand Rapids, MI)

52 more selective 23-29 2 73.1%
#120

Concordia College—​Moorhead

(Moorhead, MN)

52 more selective 23-28 64.3%
#120

Susquehanna University

(Selinsgrove, PA)

52 selective 1020-1210 2 78.2%
#125

Randolph-​Macon College

(Ashland, VA)

51 selective 980-1190 60.3%
#127

Berry College

(Mount Berry, GA)

50 more selective 24-29 60.8%
#127

St. Norbert College

(De Pere, WI)

50 more selective 22-27 81.7%
#134

Grove City College

(Grove City, PA)

49 more selective 1070-1334 87.5%
#134

McDaniel College

(Westminster, MD)

49 selective 980-1200 76.1%
#136

Central College

(Pella, IA)

48 selective 21-27 66%
#136

Houghton College

(Houghton, NY)

48 selective 980-1260 93.8%
#136

Salem College

(Winston-Salem, NC)

48 more selective 21-27 59.9%
#136

University of Minnesota—​Morris

(Morris, MN)

48 more selective 22-28 63.6%
#143

Alma College

(Alma, MI)

47 selective 21-27 72%
#143

Nebraska Wesleyan University

(Lincoln, NE)

47 more selective 22-27 78.1%
#143

Roanoke College

(Salem, VA)

47 selective 980-1210 69.3%
#143

Simpson College

(Indianola, IA)

47 more selective 22-27 85.4%
#143

Wartburg College

(Waverly, IA)

47 more selective 21-27 78.8%
#148

University of North Carolina—​Asheville

(Asheville, NC)

46 more selective 1100-1290 73.3%
#148

Westminster College

(Fulton, MO)

46 more selective 22-27 67.1%
#148

Wittenberg University

(Springfield, OH)

46 selective 22-28 2 91.4%
#154

Carthage College

(Kenosha, WI)

45 more selective 21-27 71.6%
#158

Doane College

(Crete, NE)

44 selective 21-25 3 79.4%
#158

Gordon College

(Wenham, MA)

44 selective 1030-1280 3 88.4%
#158

William Jewell College

(Liberty, MO)

44 more selective 22-28 2 62.8%
#164

Hartwick College

(Oneonta, NY)

43 selective 1010-1200 2 89.6%
#167

Oglethorpe University

(Atlanta, GA)

42 selective 1040-1230 78.5%
#170

Ouachita Baptist University

(Arkadelphia, AR)

40 more selective 21-28 70.6%
#174

Wisconsin Lutheran College

(Milwaukee, WI)

38 selective 21-26 64.3%

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