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 2020 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,608 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $22,244. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,201 and the average acceptance rate is 60% for Top Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking.

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.

2019-2020 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	$53,713	$10,501 (in-state) $38,608 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$51,751	$12,131 (in-state) $22,244 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid	$41,572	$25,135
Test Scores	1,428 SAT, 96 ACT	1,201 SAT, 75 ACT
Acceptance Rate	18.55%	59.64%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	48.20%	27.11%
Population	38,195	374,478
Undergraduate	37,683	358,365
Graduate	512	16,113
Graduation Rate	91.80%	66.80%
Transfer-out Rate	4.10%	20.16%
Students to Faculty Ratio	8.30 to 1	10.89 to 1

Top Liberal Arts Colleges Comparison

Next table lists the top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges for academic year 2019-2020. Pomona College ranked top in the Top Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking and Claremont McKenna College and Swarthmore College follows it. The 2020 average tuition & fees is $53,713 for undergraduate programs $51,751 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Liberal Arts Colleges is 1,428 and the acceptance rate is 18.55%. The average students to faculty ratio is 8.30 to 1 for top Liberal Arts Colleges. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2019-2020 Top Liberal Arts Colleges Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Tuition & Fees	Average Financial Aid	Population	Acceptance Rate	Test Scores	Students to Faculty Ratio
1	Pomona College Private, 4 yearsClaremont, CA	$54,762	$49,900	1,573	7%	1,465 SAT 101 ACT	7 to 1
2	Claremont McKenna College Private, 4 yearsClaremont, CA	$56,475	$41,960	1,327	10%	1,435 SAT 98 ACT	8 to 1
3	Swarthmore College Private, 4 yearsSwarthmore, PA	$54,656	$46,289	1,559	9%	1,460 SAT 99 ACT	8 to 1
4	Williams College Private, 4 yearsWilliamstown, MA	$57,280	$48,763	2,149	13%	1,480 SAT 101 ACT	6 to 1
5	Barnard College Private, 4 yearsNew York, NY	$57,668	$41,886	2,562	12%	1,430 SAT 97 ACT	9 to 1
6	Amherst College Private, 4 yearsAmherst, MA	$58,640	$50,424	1,855	11%	1,415 SAT 96 ACT	7 to 1
7	Harvey Mudd College Private, 4 yearsClaremont, CA	$58,660	$34,661	902	14%	1,530 SAT 105 ACT	8 to 1
8	Washington and Lee University Private, 4 yearsLexington, VA	$54,830	$40,813	2,223	19%	1,430 SAT 99 ACT	8 to 1
9	Bowdoin College Private, 4 yearsBrunswick, ME	$56,350	$41,967	1,828	9%	-	9 to 1
10	Davidson College Private, 4 yearsDavidson, NC	$52,991	$39,122	1,843	18%	1,398 SAT	9 to 1
11	Wellesley College Private, 4 yearsWellesley, MA	$56,052	$47,105	2,534	22%	1,445 SAT 97 ACT	8 to 1
12	Soka University of America Private, 4 yearsAliso Viejo, CA	$33,982	$34,570	442	40%	1,335 SAT 87 ACT	8 to 1
13	Carleton College Private, 4 yearsNorthfield, MN	$57,111	$36,313	2,097	19%	1,450 SAT	9 to 1
14	Colby College Private, 4 yearsWaterville, ME	$57,280	$43,218	2,000	10%	1,450 SAT 97 ACT	10 to 1
15	Middlebury College Private, 4 yearsMiddlebury, VT	$56,216	$45,099	2,611	15%	1,445 SAT	8 to 1
16	Thomas Aquinas College Private, 4 yearsSanta Paula, CA	$25,600	$13,303	407	79%	1,270 SAT 85 ACT	11 to 1
17	United States Naval Academy Public, 4 yearsAnnapolis, MD	-	-	4,512	8%	1,350 SAT 89 ACT	8 to 1
18	Haverford College Private, 4 yearsHaverford, PA	$56,698	$47,100	1,310	16%	1,460 SAT 99 ACT	8 to 1
19	Hamilton College Private, 4 yearsClinton, NY	$56,530	$41,283	2,005	16%	1,445 SAT	9 to 1
20	Vassar College Private, 4 yearsPoughkeepsie, NY	$58,770	$46,084	2,456	24%	1,445 SAT 97 ACT	8 to 1
	Average	$53,713 (-)	$41,572	38,195	18.55%	1,428 SAT 96.4667 ACT	8.30 to 1

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.