Best Value Schools - US National Liberal Arts Colleges 2018

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NameLocationRankReceives Need-Based GrantsCost After Receiving Grants
Williams College(Williamstown, MA)#150%$19,545
Amherst College(Amherst, MA)#255%$19,256
Pomona College(Claremont, CA)#356%$19,040
Wellesley College(Wellesley, MA)#462%$21,788
Swarthmore College(Swarthmore, PA)#554%$21,024
Vassar College(Poughkeepsie, NY)#664%$21,104
Soka University of America(Aliso Viejo, CA)#787%$20,944
Middlebury College(Middlebury, VT)#843%$21,497
Principia College(Elsah, IL)#970%$14,563
Washington and Lee University(Lexington, VA)#1042%$21,208
Grinnell College(Grinnell, IA)#1168%$24,394
Davidson College(Davidson, NC)#1248%$22,700
Bowdoin College(Brunswick, ME)#1345%$23,384
Colgate University(Hamilton, NY)#1437%$21,566
Colby College(Waterville, ME)#1542%$22,371
Haverford College(Haverford, PA)#1650%$23,365
College of the Atlantic(Bar Harbor, ME)#1783%$19,780
Smith College(Northampton, MA)#1858%$24,861
Hamilton College(Clinton, NY)#1948%$24,425
University of Richmond(Univ. of Richmond, VA)#2041%$23,106
Macalester College(St. Paul, MN)#2168%$27,115
Agnes Scott College(Decatur, GA)#2274%$23,316
Carleton College(Northfield, MN)#2356%$28,108
Wesleyan University(Middletown, CT)#2441%$25,220
Knox College(Galesburg, IL)#2577%$23,959
Bates College(Lewiston, ME)#2643%$25,072
Bryn Mawr College(Bryn Mawr, PA)#2753%$26,295
Franklin and Marshall College(Lancaster, PA)#2853%$25,261
Claremont McKenna College(Claremont, CA)#2939%$26,940
Thomas Aquinas College(Santa Paula, CA)#3064%$21,441
Centre College(Danville, KY)#3155%$23,580
Colorado College(Colorado Springs, CO)#3231%$23,949
Trinity College(Hartford, CT)#3346%$24,128
St. John's College(Annapolis, MD)#3474%$27,573
Barnard College(New York, NY)#3539%$25,329
Gustavus Adolphus College(St. Peter, MN)#3668%$22,979
Hollins University(Roanoke, VA)#3782%$23,434
DePauw University(Greencastle, IN)#3860%$26,049
Bard College(Annandale on Hudson, NY)#3967%$28,808
St. Olaf College(Northfield, MN)#4064%$26,147
Lawrence University(Appleton, WI)#4159%$25,206
Wofford College(Spartanburg, SC)#4264%$24,790
Wabash College(Crawfordsville, IN)#4372%$26,776
Denison University(Granville, OH)#4453%$26,578
Hanover College(Hanover, IN)#4577%$23,710
Allegheny College(Meadville, PA)#4674%$27,106
St. John's College(Santa Fe, NM)#4788%$32,085
Hendrix College(Conway, AR)#4869%$26,811
St. Mary's College(Notre Dame, IN)#4968%$24,239
Mount Holyoke College(South Hadley, MA)#5052%$28,433
Occidental College(Los Angeles, CA)#5156%$29,267
Kalamazoo College(Kalamazoo, MI)#5267%$26,535
Austin College(Sherman, TX)#5365%$24,668
Harvey Mudd College(Claremont, CA)#5449%$32,368
St. John's University(Collegeville, MN)#5567%$25,769
Kenyon College(Gambier, OH)#5639%$28,294
Lafayette College(Easton, PA)#5729%$25,070
Transylvania University(Lexington, KY)#5866%$24,594
Skidmore College(Saratoga Springs, NY)#5941%$26,750
College of St. Benedict(St. Joseph, MN)#6071%$26,608
Scripps College(Claremont, CA)#6132%$27,568
Pitzer College(Claremont, CA)#6238%$27,745
Union College(Schenectady, NY)#6349%$29,612
Cornell College(Mount Vernon, IA)#6472%$27,458
Connecticut College(New London, CT)#6554%$29,255
Dickinson College(Carlisle, PA)#6654%$28,937
Juniata College(Huntingdon, PA)#6773%$26,580
College of the Holy Cross(Worcester, MA)#6841%$28,244
Southwestern University(Georgetown, TX)#6962%$24,933
Augustana College(Rock Island, IL)#7076%$27,071
Luther College(Decorah, IA)#7177%$28,635
Beloit College(Beloit, WI)#7262%$27,373
Oberlin College(Oberlin, OH)#7347%$31,561
Furman University(Greenville, SC)#7446%$27,562
Ursinus College(Collegeville, PA)#7577%$30,984
Wheaton College(Wheaton, IL)#7654%$25,688
Whitman College(Walla Walla, WA)#7745%$28,964
Drew University(Madison, NJ)#7872%$28,399
Ohio Wesleyan University(Delaware, OH)#7971%$28,732
Millsaps College(Jackson, MS)#8062%$27,116
College of Wooster(Wooster, OH)#8153%$28,201
Earlham College(Richmond, IN)#8286%$35,779
St. Lawrence University(Canton, NY)#8361%$31,925
Sewanee--University of the South(Sewanee, TN)#8446%$30,289
Gettysburg College(Gettysburg, PA)#8553%$32,502
Goucher College(Baltimore, MD)#8668%$28,605
Sarah Lawrence College(Bronxville, NY)#8759%$34,091
Lewis & Clark College(Portland, OR)#8856%$29,708
Illinois Wesleyan University(Bloomington, IL)#8962%$30,828
Willamette University(Salem, OR)#9062%$31,310
Hobart and William Smith Colleges(Geneva, NY)#9163%$34,181
Wheaton College(Norton, MA)#9263%$32,775
Hampden-Sydney College(Hampden-Sydney, VA)#9364%$30,816
Rhodes College(Memphis, TN)#9435%$28,752
Hope College(Holland, MI)#9549%$24,566
Bennington College(Bennington, VT)#9670%$36,622
St. Michael's College(Colchester, VT)#9763%$30,957
St. Anselm College(Manchester, NH)#9869%$32,730
Muhlenberg College(Allentown, PA)#9953%$32,720
Spelman College(Atlanta, GA)#10065%$33,999

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