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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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
Rank Not Published	Ave Maria University Ave Maria, FL	N/A	858	N/A	N/A	52 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Beacon College ¹ Leesburg, FL	N/A	N/A	N/A	86% ⁸	58 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#124	Birmingham-Southern College Birmingham, AL	N/A	1,305	64.2%	80%	61	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Charter Oak State College ¹ New Britain, CT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Chester College of New England ¹ Chester, NH	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	70 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Clearwater Christian College Clearwater, FL	N/A	520	72.1%	69%	54	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	College of St. Thomas More ¹ Fort Worth, TX	N/A	N/A	100.0%	33% ⁸	N/A	Locked	Locked
Unranked	Ellis University ¹ Chicago, IL	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Locked	Locked
#156	Erskine College ¹ Due West, SC	N/A	N/A	66.8%	74%	63 ⁸	Locked	Locked
#140	Goshen College Goshen, IN	N/A	945	59.5%	81%	73	Locked	Locked

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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

Rank Not Published

Ave Maria University

Ave Maria, FL

N/A

858

N/A

52 ⁶

Locked

Unranked

Beacon College ¹

Leesburg, FL

N/A

86% ⁸

58 ⁶

Locked

#124

Birmingham-Southern College

Birmingham, AL

N/A

1,305

64.2%

80%

Locked

Unranked

Charter Oak State College ¹

New Britain, CT

N/A

Locked

Unranked

Chester College of New England ¹

Chester, NH

N/A

70 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

Clearwater Christian College

Clearwater, FL

N/A

520

72.1%

69%

Locked

Rank Not Published

College of St. Thomas More ¹

Fort Worth, TX

N/A

100.0%

33% ⁸

N/A

Locked

Unranked

Ellis University ¹

Chicago, IL

N/A

Locked

#156

Erskine College ¹

Due West, SC

N/A

66.8%

74%

63 ⁸

Locked

#140

Goshen College

Goshen, IN

N/A

945

59.5%

81%

Locked