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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 46.26%.
The average number of students is 1,955 and the students to faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
The average graduation rate is 79.07% and the transfer-out rate is 11.58%.

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%	1,716	94%	7 to 1
2	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	$66,255	-	1,530	13%	922	92%	8 to 1
3	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$62,412	-	1,530	7%	1,625	93%	8 to 1
4	Amherst College Amherst, MA	$67,280	-	1,500	10%	1,898	91%	7 to 1
5	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	$64,150	$68,525	1,510	11%	1,389	91%	8 to 1
6	Williams College Williamstown, MA	$64,860	$64,540	1,530	10%	2,222	95%	6 to 1
7	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$64,910	-	1,510	8%	1,915	94%	9 to 1
8	Barnard College New York, NY	$66,246	-	1,510	8%	3,442	91%	10 to 1
9	Colby College Waterville, ME	$66,600	-	1,510	7%	2,299	88%	10 to 1
10	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$64,525	$47,437	1,490	17%	2,243	94%	7 to 1
11	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$65,280	$14,550	1,490	10%	2,843	93%	9 to 1
12	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	$64,862	-	1,490	13%	1,759	88%	9 to 1
13	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$64,320	-	1,510	14%	2,447	90%	7 to 1
14	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$62,740	-	1,490	12%	2,072	92%	9 to 1
15	Carleton College Northfield, MN	$65,457	-	1,500	22%	2,059	90%	8 to 1
16	Haverford College Haverford, PA	$68,020	-	1,490	13%	1,421	91%	8 to 1
17	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$67,024	$67,024	1,480	12%	3,141	91%	9 to 1
18	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$67,016	$66,736	1,510	17%	3,253	93%	7 to 1
19	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	$60,850	-	1,340	21%	3,083	91%	10 to 1
20	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$67,805	$67,805	1,510	18%	2,459	91%	7 to 1
21	Davidson College Davidson, NC	$60,050	-	1,455	14%	1,927	91%	9 to 1
22	Bates College Lewiston, ME	$63,478	-	1,450	13%	1,790	92%	10 to 1
23	Union College Schenectady, NY	$66,456	-	1,400	44%	2,107	84%	9 to 1
24	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$64,772	$28,280	1,370	32%	3,787	86%	9 to 1
25	Scripps College Claremont, CA	$63,434	$48,598	1,480	34%	1,099	84%	10 to 1
26	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	$67,932	$28,900	1,450	20%	2,203	86%	10 to 1
27	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	$62,692	-	-	17%	1,212	85%	10 to 1
28	Lafayette College Easton, PA	$61,824	-	1,410	31%	2,729	89%	10 to 1
29	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$62,600	$27,852	1,470	23%	3,876	87%	8 to 1
30	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	-	-	1,300	9%	4,450	89%	8 to 1
31	Trinity College Hartford, CT	$67,420	$18,880	1,390	34%	2,205	83%	8 to 1
32	Connecticut College New London, CT	$64,812	$13,950	1,400	38%	1,948	84%	10 to 1
33	Smith College Northampton, MA	$61,568	$61,260	1,480	20%	2,873	88%	8 to 1
34	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$60,240	$16,480	1,310	64%	1,959	82%	8 to 1
35	Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN	$53,942	$18,030	1,220	90%	1,645	75%	11 to 1
36	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	$57,070	-	1,280	54%	1,752	79%	9 to 1
37	Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL	$55,704	-	1,220	45%	1,527	79%	11 to 1
38	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$64,646	$29,995	1,440	33%	2,992	83%	9 to 1
39	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	$64,908	-	1,410	28%	2,175	87%	10 to 1
40	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$69,330	-	1,440	31%	1,885	87%	9 to 1
41	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	$63,446	$63,446	1,450	40%	1,942	82%	9 to 1
42	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$64,880	-	1,370	23%	2,758	84%	8 to 1
43	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$62,560	$52,506	1,390	31%	1,742	82%	8 to 1
44	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	$51,790	-	1,335	80%	1,284	73%	10 to 1
45	University of New Hampshire at Manchester Manchester, NH	$35,530	$16,844	1,140	87%	534	63%	7 to 1
46	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$63,268	$26,295	1,290	57%	1,607	73%	8 to 1
47	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$63,450	$3,750	-	43%	2,137	83%	9 to 1
48	Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH	$46,810	$25,000	1,180	78%	1,977	85%	11 to 1
49	Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN	$54,310	-	-	62%	2,072	75%	11 to 1
50	College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN	$53,884	$17,073	1,130	91%	1,470	78%	11 to 1
51	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	$59,196	-	1,280	87%	1,527	73%	10 to 1
52	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	$51,186	-	1,170	82%	1,512	76%	10 to 1
53	William Jewell College Liberty, MO	$19,890	$5,736	1,020	34%	853	62%	10 to 1
54	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	$43,936	$19,440	1,350	90%	2,885	88%	12 to 1
55	Centre College Danville, KY	$50,550	-	1,320	54%	1,357	86%	10 to 1
56	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	$64,142	$32,710	1,420	38%	2,392	82%	9 to 1
57	Millsaps College Jackson, MS	$43,815	$18,000	-	49%	661	56%	9 to 1
58	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	-	-	1,330	14%	4,393	87%	7 to 1
59	Gordon College Wenham, MA	$28,100	$8,113	1,250	59%	1,628	68%	14 to 1
60	Denison University Granville, OH	$64,000	-	1,380	17%	2,416	84%	9 to 1
61	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$64,230	$4,500	1,350	48%	2,854	81%	10 to 1
62	Lyon College Batesville, AR	$31,000	$9,840	-	66%	496	38%	9 to 1
63	Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA	$52,388	-	1,140	50%	846	75%	9 to 1
64	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	-	-	1,350	14%	4,085	99%	7 to 1
65	Lawrence University Appleton, WI	$55,461	-	1,310	63%	1,426	78%	8 to 1
66	Saint Norbert College De Pere, WI	$44,432	$12,790	1,145	92%	1,882	71%	11 to 1
67	St Lawrence University Canton, NY	$63,870	$23,840	1,330	58%	2,175	83%	11 to 1
68	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	$54,892	$54,892	1,400	50%	2,008	85%	9 to 1
69	The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$59,550	-	1,360	54%	1,967	74%	11 to 1
70	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	$36,842	$36,166	1,180	77%	2,021	76%	13 to 1
71	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	$56,970	-	1,350	52%	3,046	84%	12 to 1
72	Austin College Sherman, TX	$46,063	$29,600	1,230	47%	1,182	73%	11 to 1
73	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	$61,492	-	1,360	50%	1,493	90%	9 to 1
74	Luther College Decorah, IA	$50,320	-	1,210	73%	1,610	74%	11 to 1
75	Whittier College Whittier, CA	$49,864	$14,742	-	85%	1,192	65%	10 to 1
76	Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, LA	$40,000	$9,300	1,110	54%	556	60%	8 to 1
77	Allegheny College Meadville, PA	$54,960	-	1,250	59%	1,353	67%	8 to 1
78	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	$31,725	-	-	51%	2,567	58%	10 to 1
79	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	$46,686	$14,319	1,250	81%	2,012	65%	13 to 1
80	Simpson College Indianola, IA	$46,212	$7,244	-	89%	1,151	66%	10 to 1
81	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	$52,296	-	1,220	51%	1,410	66%	11 to 1
82	Transylvania University Lexington, KY	$44,980	-	1,210	85%	979	69%	10 to 1
83	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$68,380	-	1,390	32%	1,990	85%	9 to 1
84	Hope College Holland, MI	$37,670	-	1,200	76%	3,251	80%	11 to 1
85	Berea College Berea, KY	$49,326	-	1,240	33%	1,433	61%	8 to 1
86	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	$62,350	$19,134	1,310	75%	3,595	73%	13 to 1
87	Carthage College Kenosha, WI	$36,500	$30,000	1,100	84%	2,667	64%	13 to 1
88	Hanover College Hanover, IN	$41,983	-	1,170	84%	1,124	69%	11 to 1
89	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	$57,400	$57,400	1,210	79%	2,231	75%	13 to 1
90	Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	$58,614	-	1,270	76%	1,210	79%	10 to 1
91	St. John's College Annapolis, MD	$39,126	$21,059	1,370	44%	541	77%	8 to 1
92	Furman University Greenville, SC	$58,312	$14,970	1,350	53%	2,443	85%	9 to 1
93	Hendrix College Conway, AR	$36,650	$36,650	1,270	53%	1,144	68%	11 to 1
94	Beloit College Beloit, WI	$58,554	-	1,280	57%	964	71%	10 to 1
95	Monmouth College Monmouth, IL	$43,520	-	1,120	87%	767	56%	10 to 1
96	University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VA	$32,540	-	1,060	94%	1,704	44%	14 to 1
97	Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA	$45,806	$14,000	1,195	60%	1,491	57%	16 to 1
98	Drew University Madison, NJ	$45,360	$26,056	1,240	69%	2,092	73%	12 to 1
99	Ripon College Ripon, WI	$50,700	$8,425	1,120	84%	766	56%	14 to 1
100	Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA	$66,593	-	-	97%	298	64%	6 to 1
101	Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA	$28,700	-	1,250	79%	516	85%	11 to 1
102	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	$49,125	-	1,200	63%	835	75%	9 to 1
103	Linfield University McMinnville, OR	$51,416	$36,173	-	88%	1,754	70%	10 to 1
104	Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA	$28,185	$8,400	-	82%	1,151	74%	10 to 1
105	Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT	$50,040	$12,150	1,220	92%	1,399	74%	10 to 1
106	Earlham College Richmond, IN	$51,840	$20,651	1,250	74%	677	74%	6 to 1
107	Wofford College Spartanburg, SC	$54,100	-	1,281	59%	1,823	82%	11 to 1
108	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	$37,450	$37,450	1,360	70%	455	87%	7 to 1
109	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI	$16,497	$19,687	-	73%	3,947	40%	17 to 1
110	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	$51,040	$11,500	1,045	99%	1,444	67%	13 to 1
111	Wesleyan College Macon, GA	$27,650	$11,573	905	62%	660	45%	7 to 1
112	Westminster College New Wilmington, PA	$39,470	$9,000	-	86%	1,211	62%	12 to 1
113	Erskine College Due West, SC	$36,710	$14,350	-	61%	956	46%	15 to 1
114	Augustana College Rock Island, IL	$49,834	$34,660	1,120	68%	2,349	77%	11 to 1
115	Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN	$51,430	$29,794	1,200	81%	1,519	74%	9 to 1
116	St. John's College Santa Fe, NM	$38,946	$27,180	1,360	49%	439	71%	8 to 1
117	Bethel College-North Newton North Newton, KS	$34,002	-	-	96%	497	52%	10 to 1
118	Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA	$48,150	$18,200	1,270	67%	1,114	76%	11 to 1
119	Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA	$41,350	$19,516	1,210	91%	1,421	57%	13 to 1
120	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	$59,900	$38,676	1,310	76%	2,023	76%	9 to 1
121	Illinois College Jacksonville, IL	$37,470	$9,200	1,070	75%	1,029	67%	12 to 1
122	The University of the South Sewanee, TN	$53,704	$18,730	1,305	51%	1,704	81%	10 to 1
123	Principia College Elsah, IL	$33,280	-	1,120	44%	323	76%	6 to 1
124	Willamette University Salem, OR	$48,268	$47,622	1,320	79%	1,909	76%	11 to 1
125	Schreiner University Kerrville, TX	$37,396	$23,352	-	88%	1,193	49%	15 to 1
126	Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA	$62,080	-	1,310	71%	1,667	79%	11 to 1
127	Bethany College Bethany, WV	$34,126	$11,625	-	60%	623	42%	12 to 1
128	Southwestern University Georgetown, TX	$50,858	-	1,250	39%	1,483	71%	11 to 1
129	Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI	$32,092	$27,340	1,425	21%	1,678	86%	8 to 1
130	Reed College Portland, OR	$67,020	-	1,410	27%	1,534	79%	9 to 1
131	Georgetown College Georgetown, KY	$42,010	$11,880	-	74%	1,548	46%	14 to 1
132	Albion College Albion, MI	$55,746	$30,000	-	83%	1,456	59%	11 to 1
133	Stonehill College Easton, MA	$53,400	$33,116	-	73%	2,543	79%	12 to 1
134	Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR	$32,480	$17,188	1,170	69%	1,784	65%	12 to 1
135	Hiram College Hiram, OH	$26,265	$6,837	-	93%	1,018	52%	10 to 1
136	Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL	$50,374	-	1,260	79%	1,993	67%	11 to 1
137	Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$63,678	$34,730	1,345	59%	1,696	71%	11 to 1
138	Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC	$40,290	$20,550	-	78%	793	44%	8 to 1
139	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	$54,202	$16,212	1,280	59%	1,753	77%	12 to 1
140	Alma College Alma, MI	$47,430	$18,781	-	66%	1,260	62%	14 to 1
141	Washington College Chestertown, MD	$53,776	-	1,265	66%	955	71%	9 to 1
142	Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA	$41,100	$14,584	1,110	59%	1,536	76%	11 to 1
143	Pacific Union College Angwin, CA	$35,214	$35,214	1,080	42%	870	46%	13 to 1
144	Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA	$48,002	$48,632	1,135	83%	1,490	73%	10 to 1
145	Guilford College Greensboro, NC	$41,140	$14,880	1,120	84%	1,167	49%	12 to 1
146	College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME	$46,179	$30,969	-	65%	380	58%	10 to 1
147	Siena College Loudonville, NY	$43,630	$26,194	1,230	71%	3,648	76%	13 to 1
148	Albright College Reading, PA	$28,794	$1,510	-	86%	1,498	48%	9 to 1
149	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	$20,829	$7,853	-	92%	938	55%	9 to 1
150	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA	$52,576	-	1,170	71%	1,264	65%	10 to 1
151	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	$49,647	$9,969	-	84%	3,000	66%	12 to 1
152	Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV	$19,082	$13,176	1,010	96%	3,235	47%	15 to 1
153	Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV	$31,270	-	985	58%	650	48%	10 to 1
154	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	$31,312	$21,416	1,220	75%	1,520	70%	10 to 1
155	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$63,612	$42,620	1,370	52%	2,706	71%	9 to 1
156	Covenant College Lookout Mountain, GA	$40,464	$15,651	1,260	82%	886	73%	12 to 1
157	Hampshire College Amherst, MA	$56,630	-	-	70%	508	60%	11 to 1
158	Louisiana State University-Alexandria Alexandria, LA	$14,725	-	1,010	93%	4,289	31%	14 to 1
159	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	$30,058	-	1,180	34%	3,102	74%	11 to 1
160	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	$56,402	$14,700	1,180	72%	1,212	70%	10 to 1
161	Young Harris College Young Harris, GA	$32,305	$12,000	-	64%	1,511	49%	11 to 1
162	Wells College Aurora, NY	$35,166	-	-	70%	357	50%	8 to 1
163	The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID	$36,030	$22,975	1,160	47%	1,082	59%	10 to 1
164	Birmingham-Southern College Birmingham, AL	$22,750	$8,400	1,230	52%	975	64%	10 to 1
165	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	$52,000	$18,594	1,150	54%	2,533	69%	10 to 1
166	Goucher College Baltimore, MD	$51,250	$15,690	1,205	73%	1,727	58%	7 to 1
167	Ave Maria University Ave Maria, FL	$28,224	$10,018	-	45%	1,310	50%	14 to 1
168	Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN	$30,020	$11,299	1,262	63%	1,903	69%	12 to 1
169	Lycoming College Williamsport, PA	$47,450	-	1,165	68%	1,059	63%	11 to 1
170	Hollins University Roanoke, VA	$42,260	$18,785	1,240	71%	803	65%	8 to 1
171	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$18,863	$24,983	1,270	73%	3,182	66%	11 to 1
172	Northland College Ashland, WI	$42,491	-	1,160	72%	518	54%	10 to 1
173	Roanoke College Salem, VA	$36,774	$25,800	1,180	80%	1,826	71%	11 to 1
174	Bethune-Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL	$14,794	$14,100	915	100%	2,727	34%	15 to 1
175	Thiel College Greenville, PA	$36,864	$32,192	-	71%	907	43%	11 to 1
176	Houghton University Houghton, NY	$17,290	$15,499	1,310	93%	833	60%	10 to 1
177	Knox College Galesburg, IL	$55,587	-	1,250	71%	1,058	74%	9 to 1
178	Westminster College Fulton, MO	$34,188	-	1,020	78%	610	63%	9 to 1
179	Meredith College Raleigh, NC	$43,936	$13,619	1,185	75%	1,587	67%	10 to 1
180	Franklin College Franklin, IN	$37,350	$39,864	1,110	71%	959	62%	11 to 1
181	Holy Cross College Notre Dame, IN	$35,500	-	1,150	74%	434	32%	10 to 1
182	Emory & Henry University Emory, VA	$35,280	$25,995	1,140	96%	1,358	57%	12 to 1
183	Randolph College Lynchburg, VA	$29,010	$17,310	1,100	95%	553	49%	7 to 1
184	Wittenberg University Springfield, OH	$44,602	$8,952	1,170	91%	1,299	57%	10 to 1
185	American Jewish University Los Angeles, CA	$10,596	$28,162	-	-	108	50%	3 to 1
186	Claflin University Orangeburg, SC	$17,046	$10,912	-	73%	1,830	50%	13 to 1
187	Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NC	$20,480	$19,612	-	43%	1,093	42%	11 to 1
188	Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, MN	$30,010	$10,815	1,110	51%	830	56%	12 to 1
189	Bennington College Bennington, VT	$64,644	$24,617	1,350	48%	880	69%	9 to 1
190	University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC	$24,809	$24,575	1,240	94%	2,914	58%	12 to 1
191	Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, PA	$27,804	$21,126	1,174	74%	285	50%	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%	1,055	56%	12 to 1
194	Philander Smith University Little Rock, AR	$13,014	$21,600	-	-	769	30%	11 to 1
195	Providence Christian College Pasadena, CA	$35,172	-	-	93%	136	35%	12 to 1
196	Grove City College Grove City, PA	$20,890	$8,550	1,251	73%	2,316	80%	13 to 1
197	Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack, NH	$29,300	-	-	-	89	70%	9 to 1
198	New College of Florida Sarasota, FL	$29,944	$28,067	1,130	74%	689	62%	7 to 1
	Average	$55,816	$29,034	1,338	46%	1,955	79%	10 to 1