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National Liberal Arts College Rankings

National Liberal Arts College Methodology

Among the National Liberal Arts Colleges are schools like Amherst College and Middlebury College, which emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the liberal arts fields of study.

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Save U.S. News rank School Tuition Total enrollment Fall 2011 acceptance rate Average freshman retention rate 6-year graduation rate Classes with under 20 students SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#75 Agnes Scott College

Decatur, GA

 $33,461 871 45.9% 83% 65 Locked Locked
#112 Albion College

Albion, MI

 $34,194 1,514 91.6% 84% 76 Locked Locked
#172 Albright College

Reading, PA

 $35,320 2,411 49.1% 74% 60 Locked Locked
#82 Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

 $37,610 2,123 57.6% 87% 80 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Allen University

Columbia, SC

 $11,940 644 60.5% 45% 9 Locked Locked
#130 Alma College

Alma, MI

 $30,960 1,417 72.9% 78% 67 Locked Locked
#151 American Jewish University

Bel-Air, CA

 $27,080 268 94.9% 90% 38 Locked Locked
#2 Amherst College

Amherst, MA

 $44,610 1,791 13.3% 98% 96 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Amridge University

Montgomery, AL

 $9,260 780 N/A N/A 22 6 Locked Locked
#96 Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

 $34,614 2,518 61.6% 86% 76 Locked Locked
#63 Austin College

Sherman, TX

 $32,825 1,353 52.5% 84% 75 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Ave Maria University

Ave Maria, FL

 N/A 858 N/A N/A 52 6 Locked Locked
#36 Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

 $44,798 2,302 34.6% 87% 77 Locked Locked
#28 Barnard College

New York, NY

 $43,502 2,438 24.9% 94% 92 Locked Locked
#22 Bates College

Lewiston, ME

 $44,300 1,769 27.0% 94% 92 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bay Path College

Longmeadow, MA

 $28,532 2,191 58.7% 74% 65 Locked Locked
Unranked Beacon College 1

Leesburg, FL

 N/A N/A N/A 86% 8 58 6 Locked Locked
#63 Beloit College

Beloit, WI

 $38,474 1,385 70.6% 88% 76 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bennett College

Greensboro, NC

 $16,794 736 62.5% 74% 39 Locked Locked
#100 Bennington College

Bennington, VT

 $44,220 822 72.4% 88% 67 Locked Locked
#75 Berea College

Berea, KY

 $980 1,661 12.5% 80% 62 Locked Locked
#124 Berry College

Mount Berry, GA

 $27,650 2,093 62.3% 77% 57 Locked Locked
#178 Bethany College

Bethany, WV

 $23,880 811 59.5% 64% 48 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, MN

 $23,140 612 84.3% 72% 53 Locked Locked
#124 Birmingham-​Southern College

Birmingham, AL

 N/A 1,305 64.2% 80% 61 Locked Locked

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