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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
#170 Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, AR

 $21,440 1,594 63.8% 78% 63 Locked Locked
#96 Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, MI

 $21,930 1,457 41.9% 94% 77 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Simpson University

Redding, CA

 $22,400 1,297 81.5% 67% 43 Locked Locked
Unranked Burlington College

Burlington, VT

 $22,410 187 85.6% 54% 34 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Providence Christian College 1

Pasadena, CA

 $22,686 N/A 50.0% 89% 8 N/A Locked Locked
#164 College of Idaho

Caldwell, ID

 $23,025 1,041 65.6% 81% 63 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, MN

 $23,140 612 84.3% 72% 53 Locked Locked
#156 Lyon College

Batesville, AR

 $23,594 600 62.3% 65% 48 Locked Locked
#82 Thomas Aquinas College

Santa Paula, CA

 $23,600 358 79.0% 85% 68 Locked Locked
#178 Wisconsin Lutheran College

Milwaukee, WI

 $23,620 1,022 65.1% 76% 63 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Pine Manor College

Chestnut Hill, MA

 $23,744 343 96.4% 62% 34 Locked Locked
#68 Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

 $23,794 2,170 37.6% 88% 77 Locked Locked
#178 Bethany College

Bethany, WV

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

Brevard, NC

 $23,900 627 55.2% 60% 35 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg, PA

 $23,900 322 48.1% 60% 8 9 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Holy Cross College

Notre Dame, IN

 $23,900 451 83.2% 50% 13 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published William Peace University

Raleigh, NC

 $23,900 657 53.0% 67% 37 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Virginia Intermont College

Bristol, VA

 $24,542 558 97.0% 63% 8 25 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bloomfield College

Bloomfield, NJ

 $25,050 2,146 50.5% 70% 32 Locked Locked
#167 Doane College

Crete, NE

 $25,080 1,066 78.3% 76% 62 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Marymount Manhattan College

New York, NY

 $25,688 1,953 78.9% 64% 40 Locked Locked
#145 Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE

 $25,918 2,070 82.0% 81% 64 Locked Locked
#121 Principia College

Elsah, IL

 $25,960 503 80.4% 87% 8 73 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

 $26,040 1,530 46.8% 72% 45 Locked Locked
#156 Illinois College

Jacksonville, IL

 $26,500 956 64.8% 83% 56 Locked Locked
#110 Calvin College

Grand Rapids, MI

 $26,705 3,967 75.3% 87% 77 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Eastern Nazarene College

Quincy, MA

 $26,884 1,036 62.7% 67% 52 Locked Locked
#140 Houghton College

Houghton, NY

 $26,924 1,287 71.6% 86% 69 Locked Locked
#151 American Jewish University

Bel-Air, CA

 $27,080 268 94.9% 90% 38 Locked Locked
#124 Berry College

Mount Berry, GA

 $27,650 2,093 62.3% 77% 57 Locked Locked
#175 Warren Wilson College

Asheville, NC

 $27,740 983 93.3% 68% 45 Locked Locked
#100 Hope College

Holland, MI

 $27,810 3,249 82.2% 89% 79 Locked Locked
#175 Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, VA

 $27,970 1,521 68.4% 78% 66 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, VA

 $28,000 1,648 51.5% 73% 59 Locked Locked
#172 Emory and Henry College

Emory, VA

 $28,122 982 70.9% 72% 45 Locked Locked
#49 Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo, CA

 $28,146 441 49.2% 93% 88 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Bay Path College

Longmeadow, MA

 $28,532 2,191 58.7% 74% 65 Locked Locked
#178 Northland College

Ashland, WI

 $28,568 554 72.8% 71% 48 Locked Locked
Unranked Sterling College

Craftsbury Common, VT

 $28,760 98 N/A 61% 8 45 6 Locked Locked
#112 Siena College

Loudonville, NY

 $28,915 3,342 48.5% 87% 74 Locked Locked
Rank Not Published King's College

New York, NY

 $29,240 465 66.6% 71% 51 Locked Locked
#145 St. Vincent College

Latrobe, PA

 $29,311 1,929 67.0% 83% 73 Locked Locked
#170 Centenary College of Louisiana 1

Shreveport, LA

 $29,500 N/A 63.1% 71% 8 60 6 Locked Locked
#145 Simpson College

Indianola, IA

 $29,529 1,866 85.3% 80% 69 Locked Locked
#151 Central College

Pella, IA

 $29,540 1,604 73.2% 80% 63 Locked Locked
#75 Transylvania University

Lexington, KY

 $29,865 1,029 84.9% 85% 70 Locked Locked
#124 Ripon College

Ripon, WI

 $30,110 990 75.1% 84% 70 Locked Locked
#56 Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

 $30,120 3,005 64.7% 95% 87 Locked Locked
#164 Oglethorpe University

Atlanta, GA

 $30,150 1,144 82.6% 77% 48 Locked Locked
#140 William Jewell College

Liberty, MO

 $30,200 1,060 54.1% 77% 63 Locked Locked

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