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Best Undergraduate Teaching

National Liberal Arts Colleges

Many colleges have a strong commitment to teaching undergraduates instead of conducting graduate-level research. In a survey conducted in spring 2014, the schools on these lists received the most votes from top college administrators for putting a particular focus on undergraduate teaching.

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Rank	School
^#1 Overall Score:	Carleton College Northfield, MN
^#2 Overall Score:	St. Olaf College Northfield, MN
^#3 Overall Score:	Davidson College Davidson, NC
^#4 Overall Score:	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
^#5 Overall Score:	Williams College Williamstown, MA
^#6 Overall Score:	Amherst College Amherst, MA
^#7 Overall Score:	Macalester College St. Paul, MN
^#8Tie Overall Score:	Hendrix College Conway, AR
^#8Tie Overall Score:	University of North Carolina—Asheville Asheville, NC
^#10Tie Overall Score:	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME
^#10Tie Overall Score:	Centre College Danville, KY
^#10Tie Overall Score:	Earlham College Richmond, IN
^#10Tie Overall Score:	Hamilton College Clinton, NY
^#10Tie Overall Score:	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY