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Best Liberal Arts Colleges

Pomona College ranked first and Harvey Mudd College ranked second in 2024 Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. (Read our ranking methodology and know how to rank.)

The following list summarizes the core statistics for top 198 Liberal Arts Colleges. You can check the schools in the comparison table below.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the top 198 Liberal Arts Colleges is $55,816.
The average graduate tuition & fees of the top 198 Liberal Arts Colleges is $29,034.
The average SAT score is 1,338 and the average acceptance rate is 46.27%.
The average number of students is 1,964 and the students to faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
The average graduation rate is 78.92% and the transfer-out rate is 10.32%.

Best Liberal Arts Colleges Comparison Table

The following table shows Best Liberal Arts Colleges. You can sort the table by column by clicking/touching column titles and narrow down the college list by using buttons below.

Rank	College Name	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Graduate Tuition & Fees	SAT Score	Acceptance Rate	Population	Graduation Rate	Student to Faculty Ratio
1	Pomona College Claremont, CA	$62,326	-	1,520	7%	1,664	93%	7 to 1
2	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	$66,255	-	1,530	13%	949	94%	8 to 1
3	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$62,412	-	1,530	7%	1,644	94%	8 to 1
4	Amherst College Amherst, MA	$67,280	-	1,500	10%	1,910	93%	7 to 1
5	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	$64,150	$68,525	1,510	11%	1,384	95%	8 to 1
6	Williams College Williamstown, MA	$64,860	$64,540	1,530	10%	2,168	97%	6 to 1
7	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$64,910	-	1,510	8%	1,850	96%	9 to 1
8	Barnard College New York, NY	$66,246	-	1,510	8%	3,353	93%	10 to 1
9	Colby College Waterville, ME	$66,600	-	1,510	7%	2,284	90%	9 to 1
10	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$64,525	$47,437	1,490	17%	2,277	95%	8 to 1
11	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$65,280	$14,550	1,490	10%	2,857	93%	9 to 1
12	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	$64,862	-	1,490	13%	1,775	87%	9 to 1
13	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$64,320	-	1,510	14%	2,418	91%	7 to 1
14	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$62,740	-	1,490	12%	2,048	91%	9 to 1
15	Carleton College Northfield, MN	$65,457	-	1,500	22%	2,069	91%	8 to 1
16	Haverford College Haverford, PA	$68,020	-	1,490	13%	1,424	89%	8 to 1
17	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$67,024	$67,024	1,480	12%	3,146	91%	9 to 1
18	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$67,016	$66,736	1,510	17%	3,271	92%	7 to 1
19	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	$60,850	-	1,340	21%	3,035	90%	9 to 1
20	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$67,805	$67,805	1,510	18%	2,456	89%	8 to 1
21	Davidson College Davidson, NC	$60,050	-	1,455	14%	1,904	92%	9 to 1
22	Bates College Lewiston, ME	$63,478	-	1,450	13%	1,753	91%	10 to 1
23	Union College Schenectady, NY	$66,456	-	1,400	44%	2,082	85%	10 to 1
24	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$64,772	$28,280	1,370	32%	3,892	86%	9 to 1
25	Scripps College Claremont, CA	$63,434	$48,598	1,480	34%	1,103	87%	11 to 1
26	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	$67,932	$28,900	1,450	20%	2,173	86%	9 to 1
27	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	$62,692	-	-	17%	1,204	83%	10 to 1
28	Lafayette College Easton, PA	$61,824	-	1,410	31%	2,764	88%	10 to 1
29	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$62,600	$27,852	1,470	23%	3,776	88%	7 to 1
30	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	-	-	1,300	9%	4,465	92%	8 to 1
31	Trinity College Hartford, CT	$67,420	$18,880	1,390	34%	2,276	83%	9 to 1
32	Connecticut College New London, CT	$64,812	$13,950	1,400	38%	1,995	84%	9 to 1
33	Smith College Northampton, MA	$61,568	$61,260	1,480	20%	2,830	90%	8 to 1
34	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$60,240	$16,480	1,310	64%	1,818	80%	8 to 1
35	Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN	$53,942	$18,030	1,220	90%	1,624	76%	12 to 1
36	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	$57,070	-	1,280	54%	1,819	80%	10 to 1
37	Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL	$55,704	-	1,220	45%	1,576	83%	11 to 1
38	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$64,646	$29,995	1,440	33%	2,976	79%	9 to 1
39	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	$64,908	-	1,410	28%	2,142	90%	10 to 1
40	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$69,330	-	1,440	31%	2,184	87%	9 to 1
41	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	$63,446	$63,446	1,450	40%	1,854	85%	9 to 1
42	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$64,880	-	1,370	23%	2,776	82%	8 to 1
43	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$62,560	$52,506	1,390	31%	1,666	86%	8 to 1
44	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	$51,790	-	1,335	80%	1,310	70%	10 to 1
45	University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NH	$35,530	$16,844	1,140	87%	748	65%	9 to 1
46	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$63,268	$26,295	1,290	57%	1,669	73%	10 to 1
47	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$63,450	$3,750	-	43%	2,217	83%	9 to 1
48	Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH	$46,810	$25,000	1,180	78%	2,078	83%	11 to 1
49	Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN	$54,310	-	-	62%	1,952	76%	11 to 1
50	College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN	$53,884	$17,073	1,130	91%	1,451	83%	11 to 1
51	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	$59,196	-	1,280	87%	1,492	77%	9 to 1
52	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	$51,186	-	1,170	82%	1,560	82%	10 to 1
53	William Jewell College Liberty, MO	$19,890	$5,736	1,020	34%	886	62%	10 to 1
54	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	$43,936	$19,440	1,350	90%	2,799	87%	10 to 1
55	Centre College Danville, KY	$50,550	-	1,320	54%	1,356	85%	10 to 1
56	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	$64,142	$32,710	1,420	38%	2,330	85%	9 to 1
57	Millsaps College Jackson, MS	$43,815	$18,000	-	49%	626	55%	9 to 1
58	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	-	-	1,330	14%	4,508	85%	7 to 1
59	Gordon College Wenham, MA	$28,100	$8,113	1,250	59%	1,610	68%	11 to 1
60	Denison University Granville, OH	$64,000	-	1,380	17%	2,405	80%	9 to 1
61	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$64,230	$4,500	1,350	48%	2,895	83%	10 to 1
62	Lyon College Batesville, AR	$31,000	$9,840	-	66%	584	56%	10 to 1
63	Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA	$52,388	-	1,140	50%	876	65%	9 to 1
64	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	-	-	1,350	14%	4,124	88%	7 to 1
65	Lawrence University Appleton, WI	$55,461	-	1,310	63%	1,410	76%	7 to 1
66	Saint Norbert College De Pere, WI	$44,432	$12,790	1,145	92%	2,165	74%	12 to 1
67	St Lawrence University Canton, NY	$63,870	$23,840	1,330	58%	2,089	80%	11 to 1
68	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	$54,892	$54,892	1,400	50%	1,952	82%	11 to 1
69	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$59,550	-	1,360	54%	1,876	74%	10 to 1
70	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	$36,842	$36,166	1,180	77%	2,152	77%	12 to 1
71	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	$56,970	-	1,350	52%	3,074	84%	12 to 1
72	Austin College Sherman, TX	$46,063	$29,600	1,230	47%	1,136	69%	11 to 1
73	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	$61,492	-	1,360	50%	1,544	81%	10 to 1
74	Luther College Decorah, IA	$50,320	-	1,210	73%	1,463	75%	10 to 1
75	Whittier College Whittier, CA	$49,864	$14,742	-	85%	859	63%	8 to 1
76	Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, LA	$40,000	$9,300	1,110	54%	648	59%	9 to 1
77	Allegheny College Meadville, PA	$54,960	-	1,250	59%	1,231	67%	8 to 1
78	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	$31,725	-	-	51%	2,738	53%	13 to 1
79	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	$46,686	$14,319	1,250	81%	2,059	66%	13 to 1
80	Simpson College Indianola, IA	$46,212	$7,244	-	89%	1,163	66%	11 to 1
81	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	$52,296	-	1,220	51%	1,452	62%	11 to 1
82	Transylvania University Lexington, KY	$44,980	-	1,210	85%	1,022	70%	10 to 1
83	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$68,380	-	1,390	32%	1,911	86%	9 to 1
84	Hope College Holland, MI	$37,670	-	1,200	76%	3,368	82%	11 to 1
85	Berea College Berea, KY	$49,326	-	1,240	33%	1,487	62%	9 to 1
86	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	$62,350	$19,134	1,310	75%	3,526	71%	12 to 1
87	Carthage College Kenosha, WI	$36,500	$30,000	1,100	84%	2,771	61%	13 to 1
88	Hanover College Hanover, IN	$41,983	-	1,170	84%	1,157	64%	11 to 1
89	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	$57,400	$57,400	1,210	79%	2,247	74%	13 to 1
90	Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	$58,614	-	1,270	76%	1,196	82%	10 to 1
91	St. John's College Annapolis, MD	$39,126	$21,059	1,370	44%	578	67%	8 to 1
92	Furman University Greenville, SC	$58,312	$14,970	1,350	53%	2,505	81%	9 to 1
93	Hendrix College Conway, AR	$36,650	$36,650	1,270	53%	1,107	69%	11 to 1
94	Beloit College Beloit, WI	$58,554	-	1,280	57%	948	67%	11 to 1
95	Monmouth College Monmouth, IL	$43,520	-	1,120	87%	727	60%	10 to 1
96	University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VA	$32,540	-	1,060	94%	1,911	50%	13 to 1
97	Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA	$45,806	$14,000	1,195	60%	1,522	54%	14 to 1
98	Drew University Madison, NJ	$45,360	$26,056	1,240	69%	2,226	72%	11 to 1
99	Ripon College Ripon, WI	$50,700	$8,425	1,120	84%	734	60%	12 to 1
100	Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA	$66,593	-	-	97%	312	54%	6 to 1
101	Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA	$28,700	-	1,250	79%	539	82%	10 to 1
102	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	$49,125	-	1,200	63%	845	77%	9 to 1
103	Linfield University McMinnville, OR	$51,416	$36,173	-	88%	1,726	65%	10 to 1
104	Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA	$28,185	$8,400	-	82%	1,162	71%	10 to 1
105	Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT	$50,040	$12,150	1,220	92%	1,370	69%	10 to 1
106	Earlham College Richmond, IN	$51,840	$20,651	1,250	74%	696	68%	7 to 1
107	Wofford College Spartanburg, SC	$54,100	-	1,281	59%	1,873	81%	12 to 1
108	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	$37,450	$37,450	1,360	70%	476	87%	7 to 1
109	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI	$16,497	$19,687	-	73%	4,008	40%	18 to 1
110	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	$51,040	$11,500	1,045	99%	1,472	67%	13 to 1
111	Wesleyan College Macon, GA	$27,650	$11,573	905	62%	641	61%	7 to 1
112	Westminster College New Wilmington, PA	$39,470	$9,000	-	86%	1,203	66%	12 to 1
113	Erskine College Due West, SC	$36,710	$14,350	-	61%	984	49%	15 to 1
114	Augustana College Rock Island, IL	$49,834	$34,660	1,120	68%	2,484	79%	11 to 1
115	Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN	$51,430	$29,794	1,200	81%	1,518	77%	8 to 1
116	St. John's College Santa Fe, NM	$38,946	$27,180	1,360	49%	447	60%	7 to 1
117	Bethel College-North Newton North Newton, KS	$34,002	-	-	96%	502	43%	11 to 1
118	Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA	$48,150	$18,200	1,270	67%	1,077	71%	10 to 1
119	Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA	$41,350	$19,516	1,210	91%	1,436	49%	12 to 1
120	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	$59,900	$38,676	1,310	76%	1,914	68%	10 to 1
121	Illinois College Jacksonville, IL	$37,470	$9,200	1,070	75%	958	61%	11 to 1
122	The University of the South Sewanee, TN	$53,704	$18,730	1,305	51%	1,693	82%	9 to 1
123	Principia College Elsah, IL	$33,280	-	1,120	44%	338	76%	5 to 1
124	Willamette University Salem, OR	$48,268	$47,622	1,320	79%	2,112	73%	12 to 1
125	Schreiner University Kerrville, TX	$37,396	$23,352	-	88%	1,208	44%	15 to 1
126	Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA	$62,080	-	1,310	71%	1,778	76%	12 to 1
127	Bethany College Bethany, WV	$34,126	$11,625	-	60%	671	46%	12 to 1
128	Southwestern University Georgetown, TX	$50,858	-	1,250	39%	1,457	69%	11 to 1
129	Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI	$32,092	$27,340	1,425	21%	1,823	85%	8 to 1
130	Reed College Portland, OR	$67,020	-	1,410	27%	1,458	76%	9 to 1
131	Georgetown College Georgetown, KY	$42,010	$11,880	1,130	74%	1,463	48%	15 to 1
132	Albion College Albion, MI	$55,746	$30,000	-	83%	1,354	57%	11 to 1
133	Stonehill College Easton, MA	$53,400	$33,116	-	73%	2,584	81%	12 to 1
134	Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR	$32,480	$17,188	1,170	69%	1,815	70%	12 to 1
135	Hiram College Hiram, OH	$26,265	$6,837	-	93%	1,011	59%	10 to 1
136	Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL	$50,374	-	1,260	79%	1,986	68%	11 to 1
137	Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$63,678	$34,730	1,345	59%	1,743	70%	10 to 1
138	Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC	$40,290	$20,550	-	78%	797	43%	11 to 1
139	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	$54,202	$16,212	1,280	59%	1,818	70%	12 to 1
140	Alma College Alma, MI	$47,430	$18,781	-	66%	1,273	64%	14 to 1
141	Washington College Chestertown, MD	$53,776	-	1,265	66%	916	74%	9 to 1
142	Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA	$41,100	$14,584	1,110	59%	1,442	72%	10 to 1
143	Pacific Union College Angwin, CA	$35,214	$35,214	1,080	42%	938	51%	11 to 1
144	Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA	$48,002	$48,632	1,135	83%	1,523	75%	10 to 1
145	Guilford College Greensboro, NC	$41,140	$14,880	1,120	84%	1,208	48%	12 to 1
146	College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME	$46,179	$30,969	-	65%	367	69%	10 to 1
147	Siena College Loudonville, NY	$43,630	$26,194	1,230	71%	3,623	76%	13 to 1
148	Albright College Reading, PA	$28,794	$1,510	-	86%	1,652	42%	10 to 1
149	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	$20,829	$7,853	-	92%	933	49%	8 to 1
150	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA	$52,576	-	1,170	71%	1,278	59%	11 to 1
151	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	$49,647	$9,969	-	84%	2,882	64%	13 to 1
152	Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV	$19,082	$13,176	1,010	96%	3,318	49%	16 to 1
153	Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV	$31,270	-	985	58%	683	37%	11 to 1
154	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	$31,312	$21,416	1,220	75%	1,587	68%	10 to 1
155	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$63,612	$42,620	1,370	52%	2,922	73%	9 to 1
156	Covenant College Lookout Mountain, GA	$40,464	$15,651	1,260	82%	928	72%	12 to 1
157	Hampshire College Amherst, MA	$56,630	-	-	70%	717	57%	13 to 1
158	Louisiana State University-Alexandria Alexandria, LA	$14,725	-	1,010	93%	5,330	36%	14 to 1
159	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	$30,058	-	1,180	34%	3,633	76%	11 to 1
160	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	$56,402	$14,700	1,180	72%	1,292	69%	10 to 1
161	Young Harris College Young Harris, GA	$32,305	$12,000	-	64%	1,420	46%	11 to 1
162	Wells College Aurora, NY	$35,166	-	-	70%	357	41%	8 to 1
163	The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID	$36,030	$22,975	1,160	47%	1,076	64%	10 to 1
164	Birmingham-Southern College Birmingham, AL	$22,750	$8,400	1,230	52%	731	64%	9 to 1
165	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	$52,000	$18,594	1,150	54%	2,658	71%	10 to 1
166	Goucher College Baltimore, MD	$51,250	$15,690	1,205	73%	1,500	60%	8 to 1
167	Ave Maria University Ave Maria, FL	$28,224	$10,018	-	45%	1,335	55%	12 to 1
168	Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN	$30,020	$11,299	1,262	63%	1,868	72%	12 to 1
169	Lycoming College Williamsport, PA	$47,450	-	1,165	68%	1,063	60%	11 to 1
170	Hollins University Roanoke, VA	$42,260	$18,785	1,240	71%	782	70%	8 to 1
171	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$18,863	$24,983	1,270	73%	3,229	62%	11 to 1
172	Northland College Ashland, WI	$42,491	-	1,160	72%	485	43%	8 to 1
173	Roanoke College Salem, VA	$36,774	$25,800	1,180	80%	1,835	66%	11 to 1
174	Bethune-Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL	$14,794	$14,100	915	100%	2,515	28%	14 to 1
175	Thiel College Greenville, PA	$36,864	$32,192	-	71%	920	44%	12 to 1
176	Houghton University Houghton, NY	$17,290	$15,499	1,310	93%	1,014	65%	13 to 1
177	Knox College Galesburg, IL	$55,587	-	1,250	71%	1,001	68%	10 to 1
178	Westminster College Fulton, MO	$34,188	-	1,020	78%	593	57%	10 to 1
179	Meredith College Raleigh, NC	$43,936	$13,619	1,185	75%	1,576	65%	10 to 1
180	Franklin College Franklin, IN	$37,350	$39,864	1,110	71%	966	63%	12 to 1
181	Holy Cross College Notre Dame, IN	$35,500	-	1,150	74%	547	29%	12 to 1
182	Emory & Henry University Emory, VA	$35,280	$25,995	1,140	96%	1,364	54%	12 to 1
183	Randolph College Lynchburg, VA	$29,010	$17,310	1,100	95%	634	51%	7 to 1
184	Wittenberg University Springfield, OH	$44,602	$8,952	1,170	91%	1,333	54%	12 to 1
185	American Jewish University Los Angeles, CA	$10,596	$28,162	-	-	209	31%	10 to 1
186	Claflin University Orangeburg, SC	$17,046	$10,912	-	73%	1,835	49%	13 to 1
187	Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NC	$20,480	$19,612	-	43%	1,102	34%	11 to 1
188	Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, MN	$30,010	$10,815	1,110	51%	902	60%	12 to 1
189	Bennington College Bennington, VT	$64,644	$24,617	1,350	48%	867	67%	9 to 1
190	University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC	$24,809	$24,575	1,240	94%	2,925	55%	11 to 1
191	Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, PA	$27,804	$21,126	1,174	74%	285	46%	8 to 1
192	The King's College New York, NY	$21,690	-	-	-	326	56%	8 to 1
193	Fisk University Nashville, TN	$24,298	$23,579	1,330	58%	1,005	44%	11 to 1
194	Philander Smith University Little Rock, AR	$13,014	$21,600	-	-	866	32%	12 to 1
195	Providence Christian College Pasadena, CA	$35,172	-	-	93%	147	53%	12 to 1
196	Grove City College Grove City, PA	$20,890	$8,550	1,251	73%	2,394	80%	13 to 1
197	Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack, NH	$29,300	-	-	-	95	62%	10 to 1
198	New College of Florida Sarasota, FL	$29,944	$28,067	1,130	74%	732	62%	8 to 1
	Average	$55,816	$29,034	1,338	46%	1,964	79%	10 to 1