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
#26 Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

$42,246 1,785 46.3% 92% 87
#26 Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

$44,905 2,983 29.6% 94% 87
#28 Barnard College

New York, NY

$43,502 2,438 24.9% 94% 92
#28 Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

$41,742 2,043 25.8% 95% 88
#28 University of Richmond

Univ. of Richmond, VA

$44,210 3,555 32.7% 93% 83
#31 United States Air Force Academy

USAF Academy, CO

N/A 4,413 10.8% 89% 77
#32 Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

$45,378 3,635 27.6% 94% 91
#32 College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

$43,400 2,905 33.1% 95% 91
#32 Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

$44,420 1,657 33.5% 92% 87
#32 Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

$41,456 2,362 51.5% 91% 85
#36 Bard College

Annandale on Hudson, NY

$44,798 2,302 34.6% 87% 77
#36 Sewanee–​University of the South

Sewanee, TN

$32,292 1,557 61.4% 88% 86
#38 Trinity College

Hartford, CT

$45,730 2,440 30.4% 92% 86
#39 Lafayette College

Easton, PA

$42,280 2,478 40.3% 95% 88
#39 Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

$44,570 2,132 38.0% 92% 83
#41 Connecticut College

New London, CT

$44,890 1,903 34.4% 90% 84
#41 Union College

Schenectady, NY

$45,219 2,220 42.7% 93% 86
#43 Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

$43,402 1,099 24.1% 92% 81
#43 Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

$44,020 2,730 42.1% 94% 84
#43 Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

$42,106 1,596 53.6% 93% 85
#46 Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

$44,551 2,397 41.9% 91% 84
#46 Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

$44,360 2,363 38.5% 93% 85
#46 Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

$44,210 2,494 39.9% 91% 85
#49 Denison University

Granville, OH

$42,280 2,272 48.3% 89% 79
#49 Furman University

Greenville, SC

$41,532 3,028 83.0% 91% 87

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