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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| #10 |
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA |
$44,085 | 1,321 | 14.1% | 96% | 91 | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT |
$44,111 | 2,507 | 18.3% | 96% | 90 | Locked | Locked | |
| #6 |
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME |
$44,118 | 1,778 | 16.1% | 96% | 92 | Locked | Locked | |
| #46 |
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA |
$44,210 | 2,494 | 39.9% | 91% | 85 | Locked | Locked | |
| #28 |
University of Richmond
Univ. of Richmond, VA |
$44,210 | 3,555 | 32.7% | 93% | 83 | Locked | Locked | |
| #100 |
Bennington College
Bennington, VT |
$44,220 | 822 | 72.4% | 88% | 67 | Locked | Locked | |
| #22 |
Bates College
Lewiston, ME |
$44,300 | 1,769 | 27.0% | 94% | 92 | Locked | Locked | |
| #16 |
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY |
$44,350 | 1,864 | 27.4% | 95% | 89 | Locked | Locked | |
| #46 |
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA |
$44,360 | 2,363 | 38.5% | 93% | 85 | Locked | Locked | |
| #56 |
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY |
$44,400 | 2,457 | 43.4% | 91% | 80 | Locked | Locked | |
| #32 |
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH |
$44,420 | 1,657 | 33.5% | 92% | 87 | Locked | Locked | |
| #60 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY |
$44,438 | 2,242 | 59.6% | 87% | 75 | Locked | Locked | |
| #12 |
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA |
$44,442 | 777 | 22.3% | 98% | 84 | Locked | Locked | |
| #8 |
Carleton College
Northfield, MN |
$44,445 | 2,018 | 31.0% | 97% | 93 | Locked | Locked | |
| #46 |
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA |
$44,551 | 2,397 | 41.9% | 91% | 84 | Locked | Locked | |
| #39 |
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA |
$44,570 | 2,132 | 38.0% | 92% | 83 | Locked | Locked | |
| #2 |
Amherst College
Amherst, MA |
$44,610 | 1,791 | 13.3% | 98% | 96 | Locked | Locked | |
| #18 |
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY |
$44,640 | 2,964 | 29.4% | 94% | 92 | Locked | Locked | |
| #112 |
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA |
$44,700 | 1,500 | 71.4% | 82% | 63 | Locked | Locked |
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