Top Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking

Liberal Arts Colleges Statistics

A liberal arts college is a undergraduate institution that focuses on a liberal arts education in general. It mainly offer bachelor degrees, but some schools offer master's and doctorate degrees in limited areas. The size of school is relative small comparing to national universities and regional universities.

There are 237 Liberal Arts Colleges - 26 public and 211 private schools. The 2023 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,053 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $22,318. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,238 and the average acceptance rate is 63% for Top Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking.

The next table shows the key academic facts for all Liberal Arts Colleges. You may want to check more statistics and compare all Liberal Arts Colleges at Liberal Arts Colleges Statistics page.

2021-2022 Liberal Arts Colleges Statistics
	Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges	All Liberal Arts Colleges
Number of Schools	20 schools (1 public, 19 private)	237 schools (26 public, 211 private)
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$58,699	$10,801 (in-state) $41,053 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$48,280	$12,392 (in-state) $22,318 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid	$44,607	$27,592
Test Scores	1,448 SAT, 33 ACT	1,238 SAT, 27 ACT
Acceptance Rate	18.11%	62.55%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	50.22%	24.29%
Population	40,307	360,481
Undergraduate	39,781	341,240
Graduate	526	19,241
Graduation Rate	91.75%	66.55%
Transfer-out Rate	5.00%	18.86%
Students to Faculty Ratio	8.40 to 1	10.65 to 1

Top Liberal Arts Colleges Comparison

The next table lists the top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges for academic year 2021-2022. Pomona College ranked top in the Top Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking and Claremont McKenna College and Swarthmore College follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $58,699 for undergraduate programs $48,280 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Liberal Arts Colleges is 1,448 and the acceptance rate is 18.11%. The average students to faculty ratio is 8.40 to 1 for top Liberal Arts Colleges. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2021-2022 Top Liberal Arts Colleges Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Tuition & Fees	Average Financial Aid	Population	Acceptance Rate	Test Scores	Students to Faculty Ratio
1	Pomona College Request Info Private, 4-yearsClaremont, CA	$59,238	$51,797	1,764	7%	1,520 SAT 34 ACT	7 to 1
2	Claremont McKenna College Request Info Private, 4-yearsClaremont, CA	$60,715	$39,810	1,422	11%	1,475 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
3	Swarthmore College Request Info Private, 4-yearsSwarthmore, PA	$59,328	$41,377	1,651	8%	1,495 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
4	Williams College Request Info Private, 4-yearsWilliamstown, MA	$61,770	$50,859	2,224	9%	-	6 to 1
5	Barnard College Request Info Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY	$62,525	$40,543	3,043	11%	1,488 SAT 33 ACT	10 to 1
6	Amherst College Request Info Private, 4-yearsAmherst, MA	$64,100	$57,953	1,971	9%	1,460 SAT 33 ACT	7 to 1
7	Harvey Mudd College Request Info Private, 4-yearsClaremont, CA	$62,817	$32,162	905	10%	1,520 SAT 35 ACT	9 to 1
8	Washington and Lee University Request Info Private, 4-yearsLexington, VA	$61,750	$48,468	2,238	19%	1,470 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
9	Bowdoin College Request Info Private, 4-yearsBrunswick, ME	$61,528	$44,910	1,951	9%	-	9 to 1
10	Davidson College Request Info Private, 4-yearsDavidson, NC	$57,340	$44,825	1,973	18%	-	10 to 1
11	Wellesley College Request Info Private, 4-yearsWellesley, MA	$61,920	$51,147	2,461	16%	1,470 SAT 33 ACT	8 to 1
12	Soka University of America Request Info Private, 4-yearsAliso Viejo, CA	$35,544	$30,934	445	52%	1,303 SAT 26 ACT	7 to 1
13	Carleton College Request Info Private, 4-yearsNorthfield, MN	$62,634	$43,990	2,044	18%	1,479 SAT 33 ACT	8 to 1
14	Colby College Request Info Private, 4-yearsWaterville, ME	$63,520	$56,430	2,262	9%	1,465 SAT 33 ACT	10 to 1
15	Middlebury College Request Info Private, 4-yearsMiddlebury, VT	$62,460	$52,321	2,937	13%	1,455 SAT 33 ACT	9 to 1
16	Thomas Aquinas College Request Info Private, 4-yearsSanta Paula, CA	$27,000	$13,790	497	83%	1,275 SAT 28 ACT	11 to 1
17	United States Naval Academy Request Info Public, 4-yearsAnnapolis, MD	-	-	4,528	8%	1,310 SAT 29 ACT	8 to 1
18	Haverford College Request Info Private, 4-yearsHaverford, PA	$63,628	$51,927	1,420	18%	1,480 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
19	Hamilton College Request Info Private, 4-yearsClinton, NY	$62,670	$46,472	2,055	14%	1,475 SAT 34 ACT	9 to 1
20	Vassar College Request Info Private, 4-yearsPoughkeepsie, NY	$64,800	$47,819	2,516	20%	1,480 SAT 33 ACT	8 to 1
	Average	$58,699 (-)	$44,607	40,307	18.11%	1,448 SAT 32.5294 ACT	8.40 to 1

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.