US National Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings 2016

US News Best Colleges (Undergraduate Rankings)

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

U.S. News rank School Tuition and Fees Total enrollment Fall 2014 acceptance rate 6-year graduation rate Average freshman retention rate
#108

Hampden-​Sydney College

(Hampden-Sydney, VA)

$41,730 1,105 47.3% 67% 80%
#108

Hollins University

(Roanoke, VA)

$35,635 769 56.6% 62% 71%
#108

Lake Forest College

(Lake Forest, IL)

$42,644 1,626 55.2% 73% 84%
#108

Ohio Wesleyan University

(Delaware, OH)

$43,230 1,734 74.3% 65% 81%
#112

Drew University

(Madison, NJ)

$46,384 2,113 70.2% 62% 79%
#112

Goucher College

(Baltimore, MD)

$42,180 2,114 75.7% 63% 82%
#112

Siena College

(Loudonville, NY)

$33,415 3,184 58% 80% 87%
#112

St. Anselm College

(Manchester, NH)

$37,694 1,968 76.1% 75% 87%
#116

Coe College

(Cedar Rapids, IA)

$39,080 1,436 55.3% 71% 80%
#116

Hanover College

(Hanover, IN)

$34,514 1,145 64.5% 69% 82%
#116

Ripon College

(Ripon, WI)

$36,514 840 67.5% 68% 85%
#116

Stonehill College

(Easton, MA)

$38,550 2,401 77% 82% 88%
#120

Birmingham-​Southern College

(Birmingham, AL)

$33,128 1,185 53.4% 64% 81%
#120

Calvin College

(Grand Rapids, MI)

$30,660 3,993 73.1% 74% 87%
#120

Concordia College—​Moorhead

(Moorhead, MN)

$35,464 2,398 64.3% 72% 83%
#120

Linfield College

(McMinnville, OR)

$38,684 1,683 93.8% 71% 85%
#120

Susquehanna University

(Selinsgrove, PA)

$42,040 2,093 78.2% 76% 84%
#125

Randolph-​Macon College

(Ashland, VA)

$37,600 1,394 60.3% 62% 79%
#125

Westminster College

(New Wilmington, PA)

$34,105 1,286 93.7% 76% 85%
#127

Berry College

(Mount Berry, GA)

$31,996 2,177 60.8% 62% 78%
#127

Eckerd College

(St. Petersburg, FL)

$40,020 1,815 76.4% 65% 82%
#127

Goshen College

(Goshen, IN)

$30,590 843 94.8% 72% 79%
#127

Presbyterian College

(Clinton, SC)

$36,130 1,460 53.7% 65% 82%
#127

Principia College

(Elsah, IL)

$27,440 495 79.2% 87% 82%
#127

St. Norbert College

(De Pere, WI)

$34,237 2,169 81.7% 70% 83%
#127

Whittier College

(Whittier, CA)

$43,080 2,290 61.9% 65% 84%
#134

Grove City College

(Grove City, PA)

$16,154 2,509 87.5% 83% 90%
#134

McDaniel College

(Westminster, MD)

$39,900 3,187 76.1% 68% 82%
#136

Central College

(Pella, IA)

$33,345 1,411 66% 68% 81%
#136

Houghton College

(Houghton, NY)

$29,458 1,078 93.8% 76% 87%
#136

Illinois College

(Jacksonville, IL)

$31,660 965 54.1% 75% 78%
#136

Marlboro College

(Marlboro, VT)

$39,250 308 81.6% 59% 74%
#136

Salem College

(Winston-Salem, NC)

$25,356 1,117 59.9% 65% 78%
#136

University of Minnesota—​Morris

(Morris, MN)

$12,846 1,899 63.6% 67% 82%
#136

Wells College

(Aurora, NY)

$37,500 551 58.3% 58% 71% 8
#143

Alma College

(Alma, MI)

$35,806 1,396 72% 60% 80%
#143

Nebraska Wesleyan University

(Lincoln, NE)

$29,800 2,083 78.1% 69% 80%
#143

Roanoke College

(Salem, VA)

$39,416 2,054 69.3% 64% 80%
#143

Simpson College

(Indianola, IA)

$34,175 1,725 85.4% 73% 80%
#143

Wartburg College

(Waverly, IA)

$37,190 1,661 78.8% 71% 78%
#148

Centenary College of Louisiana

(Shreveport, LA)

$32,960 619 65.7% 52% 73%
#148

Moravian College

(Bethlehem, PA)

$38,132 1,930 86.2% 69% 78%
#148

Morehouse College

(Atlanta, GA)

$26,090 2,109 84% 53% 83%
#148

University of North Carolina—​Asheville

(Asheville, NC)

in-state: $6,485, out-of-state: $22,099 3,845 73.3% 64% 79%
#148

Westminster College

(Fulton, MO)

$23,480 944 67.1% 67% 79%
#148

Wittenberg University

(Springfield, OH)

$38,030 1,964 91.4% 69% 78%
#154

Carthage College

(Kenosha, WI)

$38,375 2,979 71.6% 61% 77%
#154

Georgetown College

(Georgetown, KY)

$34,280 1,262 88.8% 55% 72%
#154

Hiram College

(Hiram, OH)

$31,530 1,259 62.1% 63% 74%
#154

Saint Vincent College

(Latrobe, PA)

$32,380 1,829 71.9% 74% 83%
#158

Doane College

(Crete, NE)

$28,790 1,067 79.4% 59% 75%
#158

Gordon College

(Wenham, MA)

$35,386 2,079 88.4% 71% 82%
#158

Guilford College

(Greensboro, NC)

$34,090 2,137 62.2% 61% 73%
#158

Randolph College

(Lynchburg, VA)

$35,410 693 81% 41% 76%
#158

Wesleyan College

(Macon, GA)

$20,290 715 44.5% 48% 78%
#158

William Jewell College

(Liberty, MO)

$32,330 1,060 62.8% 60% 76%
#164

Hartwick College

(Oneonta, NY)

$41,440 1,540 89.6% 57% 75%
#164

Lycoming College

(Williamsport, PA)

$35,900 1,357 72.2% 62% 82%
#164

Warren Wilson College

(Asheville, NC)

$32,560 886 71.8% 51% 67%
#167

Monmouth College

(Monmouth, IL)

$34,200 1,300 69.1% 56% 76%
#167

Oglethorpe University

(Atlanta, GA)

$33,800 1,095 78.5% 51% 76%
#169

College of Idaho

(Caldwell, ID)

$25,825 1,144 68.7% 59% 84%
#170

Ouachita Baptist University

(Arkadelphia, AR)

$24,120 1,501 70.6% 58% 78%
#171

Eastern Mennonite University

(Harrisonburg, VA)

$30,800 1,695 60.4% 61% 78%
#171

Fisk University

(Nashville, TN)

$20,858 773 83.4% 50% 6 82% 8
#171

Purchase College—​SUNY

(Purchase, NY)

in-state: $8,233, out-of-state: $18,083 4,289 40.8% 68% 82%
#174

Claflin University

(Orangeburg, SC)

$15,650 1,866 43.8% 49% 73%
#174

Emory and Henry College

(Emory, VA)

$30,900 1,038 71.7% 47% 73%
#174

Wisconsin Lutheran College

(Milwaukee, WI)

$27,040 1,179 64.3% 61% 76%
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Albright College

(Reading, PA)

$39,850 2,393 50.1% 52% 74%
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Allen University

(Columbia, SC)

$12,970 678 42.9% 28% 54%
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American Jewish University

(Bel-Air, CA)

$29,606 203 57.6% 62% 6 68% 8
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Amridge University

(Montgomery, AL)

$13,800 625 N/A N/A N/A
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Ave Maria University

(Ave Maria, FL)

$17,940 N/A 59.6% 4 54% 6 71% 8
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Bay Path University

(Longmeadow, MA)

$31,785 2,593 63.1% 60% 75%
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Bennett College

(Greensboro, NC)

$17,130 633 91.8% 45% 61%
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Bethany College

(Bethany, WV)

$26,500 935 62.1% 47% 61%
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Bethany Lutheran College

(Mankato, MN)

$25,170 533 77.7% 54% 72%
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Bloomfield College

(Bloomfield, NJ)

$27,800 2,012 63.4% 33% 67%
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Brevard College

(Brevard, NC)

$26,170 705 43.2% 43% 58%
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Bridgewater College

(Bridgewater, VA)

$31,480 1,785 47.8% 61% 76%
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Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

(Bryn Athyn, PA)

$18,610 N/A 52.3% 4 40% 6 64% 8
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Burlington College

(Burlington, VT)

$23,546 N/A 82.8% 4 25% 6 44% 8
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Castleton State College

(Castleton, VT)

in-state: $10,772, out-of-state: $25,436 2,184 77.9% 50% 71%
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Colorado Mesa University

(Grand Junction, CO)

in-state: $8,008, out-of-state: $19,363 9,116 82.3% 32% 65%
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Dillard University

(New Orleans, LA)

$16,252 1,200 40.6% 38% 66% 8
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Eastern Nazarene College

(Quincy, MA)

$29,880 1,211 48.6% 51% 70%
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East-​West University

(Chicago, IL)

$19,545 N/A N/A 9% 6 31% 8
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Erskine College

(Due West, SC)

$33,315 761 60.6% 48% 71%
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Fort Lewis College

(Durango, CO)

in-state: $7,600, out-of-state: $17,816 3,776 90.8% 38% 63%
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Green Mountain College

(Poultney, VT)

$33,736 832 68.4% 48% 70% 8
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Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

(Harrisburg, PA)

$23,900 892 N/A 18% 59% 8
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Holy Cross College

(Notre Dame, IN)

$27,150 N/A 72.3% 4 26% 6 61% 8
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Huston-​Tillotson University

(Austin, TX)

$13,544 1,031 N/A 31% 57% 8
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Johnson C. Smith University

(Charlotte, NC)

$18,336 1,402 42.3% 44% 67%
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Judson College

(Marion, AL)

$16,258 N/A 73.9% 4 39% 6 60% 8
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Kentucky State University

(Frankfort, KY)

in-state: $7,404, out-of-state: $17,214 1,895 47.7% 20% 48%
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The King's College

(New York, NY)

$33,270 487 70.4% 53% 65% 8
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Lane College

(Jackson, TN)

$9,780 1,262 43.3% 32% 50%
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Life University

(Marietta, GA)

$10,500 2,754 57.1% 28% 66%
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Louisiana State University—​Alexandria

(Alexandria, LA)

in-state: $6,010, out-of-state: $12,868 2,702 54.6% 25% 56%
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Lyon College

(Batesville, AR)

$25,280 711 61.4% 48% 69%
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Marymount Manhattan College

(New York, NY)

$28,700 1,858 73.6% 44% 69%
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Maryville College

(Maryville, TN)

$32,866 1,213 70.8% 55% 72%
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

(North Adams, MA)

in-state: $9,475, out-of-state: $18,420 1,765 72.3% 52% 76%
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Northland College

(Ashland, WI)

$32,754 618 63.4% 46% 69%

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