Top Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking

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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 CollegesAll Liberal Arts Colleges
Number of Schools20 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 Scores1,448 SAT, 33 ACT 1,238 SAT, 27 ACT
Acceptance Rate18.11% 62.55%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)50.22% 24.29%
Population40,307360,481
Undergraduate39,781341,240
Graduate52619,241
Graduation Rate91.75%66.55%
Transfer-out Rate5.00%18.86%
Students to Faculty Ratio8.40 to 110.65 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*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
1 Pomona College
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Private, 4-yearsClaremont, CA
$59,238 $51,797 1,7647% 1,520 SAT
34 ACT
7 to 1
2 Claremont McKenna College
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Private, 4-yearsClaremont, CA
$60,715 $39,810 1,42211% 1,475 SAT
34 ACT
8 to 1
3 Swarthmore College
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Private, 4-yearsSwarthmore, PA
$59,328 $41,377 1,6518% 1,495 SAT
34 ACT
8 to 1
4 Williams College
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Private, 4-yearsWilliamstown, MA
$61,770 $50,859 2,2249% - 6 to 1
5 Barnard College
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$62,525 $40,543 3,04311% 1,488 SAT
33 ACT
10 to 1
6 Amherst College
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Private, 4-yearsAmherst, MA
$64,100 $57,953 1,9719% 1,460 SAT
33 ACT
7 to 1
7 Harvey Mudd College
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Private, 4-yearsClaremont, CA
$62,817 $32,162 90510% 1,520 SAT
35 ACT
9 to 1
8 Washington and Lee University
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Private, 4-yearsLexington, VA
$61,750 $48,468 2,23819% 1,470 SAT
34 ACT
8 to 1
9 Bowdoin College
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Private, 4-yearsBrunswick, ME
$61,528 $44,910 1,9519% - 9 to 1
10 Davidson College
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Private, 4-yearsDavidson, NC
$57,340 $44,825 1,97318% - 10 to 1
11 Wellesley College
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Private, 4-yearsWellesley, MA
$61,920 $51,147 2,46116% 1,470 SAT
33 ACT
8 to 1
12 Soka University of America
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Private, 4-yearsAliso Viejo, CA
$35,544 $30,934 44552% 1,303 SAT
26 ACT
7 to 1
13 Carleton College
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Private, 4-yearsNorthfield, MN
$62,634 $43,990 2,04418% 1,479 SAT
33 ACT
8 to 1
14 Colby College
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Private, 4-yearsWaterville, ME
$63,520 $56,430 2,2629% 1,465 SAT
33 ACT
10 to 1
15 Middlebury College
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Private, 4-yearsMiddlebury, VT
$62,460 $52,321 2,93713% 1,455 SAT
33 ACT
9 to 1
16 Thomas Aquinas College
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Private, 4-yearsSanta Paula, CA
$27,000 $13,790 49783% 1,275 SAT
28 ACT
11 to 1
17 United States Naval Academy
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Public, 4-yearsAnnapolis, MD
- - 4,5288% 1,310 SAT
29 ACT
8 to 1
18 Haverford College
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Private, 4-yearsHaverford, PA
$63,628 $51,927 1,42018% 1,480 SAT
34 ACT
8 to 1
19 Hamilton College
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Private, 4-yearsClinton, NY
$62,670 $46,472 2,05514% 1,475 SAT
34 ACT
9 to 1
20 Vassar College
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Private, 4-yearsPoughkeepsie, NY
$64,800 $47,819 2,51620% 1,480 SAT
33 ACT
8 to 1
Average$58,699
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$44,607 40,30718.11% 1,448 SAT
32.5294 ACT
8.40 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2021-2022