A+ Schools for B Students National Liberal Arts Colleges

A+ Schools for B Students Methodology

If you're a good student with less than stellar test scores or a so-so GPA, these are the schools for you. These colleges, which have strong ratings in the 2013 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, accept a significant number of students with nonstratospheric transcripts.

Save U.S. News rank School Selectivity Fall 2011 acceptance rate SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#36 Sewanee–​University of the South

Sewanee, TN

more selective 61.4% 26-30 9
#43 Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

more selective 42.1% 1150-1350
#49 Furman University

Greenville, SC

more selective 83.0% 1130-1340 2
#49 Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo, CA

more selective 49.2% 1010-1300
#56 St. Lawrence University

Canton, NY

more selective 43.4% 1150-1320 9
#56 Wabash College

Crawfordsville, IN

more selective 62.9% 1048-1260
#60 Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

more selective 59.6% 1125-1300 9
#60 Wheaton College

Norton, MA

more selective 60.2% 1160-1340 9
#63 Beloit College

Beloit, WI

more selective 70.6% 25-30
#63 College of Wooster

Wooster, OH

more selective 60.7% 24-30

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