Best Colleges: Up-and-coming Liberal Arts Colleges
This spring, for the first time, U.S. News asked the experts who respond to its annual peer assessment survey to identify schools that fit this profile. The 70 that received the most nominations range from household names like the University of Southern California to Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich., and Salve Regina, a 2,000-student Catholic university in Newport, R.I.
| Davidson College Davidson, NC | Rank 1 |
| Ursinus College Collegeville, PA | Rank 2 |
| Pitzer College Claremont, CA | Rank 3 |
| Furman University Greenville, SC | Rank 3 |
| Berry College Mount Berry, GA | Rank 5 |
| University of North Carolina--Asheville Asheville, NC | Rank 5 |
| Berea College Berea, KY | Rank 7 |
| Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA | Rank 7 |
| Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | Rank 9 |
| Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA | Rank 9 |
| Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA | Rank 9 |
| Wofford College Spartanburg, SC | Rank 9 |
| University of Richmond Univ. of Richmond, VA | Rank 9 |
| Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI | Rank 14 |
| Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI | Rank 14 |
| Allegheny College Meadville, PA | Rank 14 |
| University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA | Rank 14 |
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