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 |
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Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, NJ |
$25,050 | 2,146 | 50.5% | 70% | 32 | Locked | Locked | |
| #6 |
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME |
$44,118 | 1,778 | 16.1% | 96% | 92 | Locked | Locked | |
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Brevard College
Brevard, NC |
$23,900 | 627 | 55.2% | 60% | 35 | Locked | Locked | |
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Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA |
$28,000 | 1,648 | 51.5% | 73% | 59 | Locked | Locked | |
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Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Bryn Athyn, PA |
$16,878 | 252 | 44.4% | 72% | 30 | Locked | Locked | |
| #26 |
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA |
$42,246 | 1,785 | 46.3% | 92% | 87 | Locked | Locked | |
| #32 |
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA |
$45,378 | 3,635 | 27.6% | 94% | 91 | Locked | Locked | |
| Unranked |
Burlington College
Burlington, VT |
$22,410 | 187 | 85.6% | 54% | 34 | Locked | Locked | |
| #110 |
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI |
$26,705 | 3,967 | 75.3% | 87% | 77 | Locked | Locked | |
| #8 |
Carleton College
Northfield, MN |
$44,445 | 2,018 | 31.0% | 97% | 93 | Locked | Locked | |
| #161 |
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI |
$33,000 | 3,082 | 69.5% | 77% | 59 | Locked | Locked | |
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Castleton State College
Castleton, VT |
in-state: $9,864, out-of-state: $22,464 | 2,192 | 77.5% | 70% | 52 | Locked | Locked | |
| #170 |
Centenary College of Louisiana
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Shreveport, LA |
$29,500 | N/A | 63.1% | 71% 8 | 60 6 | Locked | Locked | |
| #151 |
Central College
Pella, IA |
$29,540 | 1,604 | 73.2% | 80% | 63 | Locked | Locked | |
| #52 |
Centre College
Danville, KY |
$35,000 | 1,309 | 70.5% | 91% | 82 | Locked | Locked | |
| Unranked |
Charter Oak State College
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New Britain, CT |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Locked | Locked | |
| Unranked |
Chester College of New England
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Chester, NH |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 70 6 | Locked | Locked | |
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Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC |
$14,498 | 1,961 | 39.1% | 72% | 40 | Locked | Locked | |
| #10 |
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA |
$44,085 | 1,321 | 14.1% | 96% | 91 | Locked | Locked | |
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Clearwater Christian College
Clearwater, FL |
N/A | 520 | 72.1% | 69% | 54 | Locked | Locked | |
| #112 |
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA |
$34,220 | 1,378 | 64.3% | 80% | 72 | Locked | Locked | |
| #18 |
Colby College
Waterville, ME |
$55,700 (total tuition/fees/room/board) | 1,815 | 29.4% | 95% | 91 | Locked | Locked | |
| #18 |
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY |
$44,640 | 2,964 | 29.4% | 94% | 92 | Locked | Locked | |
| #164 |
College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID |
$23,025 | 1,041 | 65.6% | 81% | 63 | Locked | Locked | |
| #96 |
College of St. Benedict
St. Joseph, MN |
$36,218 | 2,086 | 73.2% | 89% | 81 | Locked | Locked |
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