Liberal arts colleges.

• Position: Statistical table

LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES OVERALL SCORE 1 Bryn Mawr College (PA) 100.0 2 Swarthmore College (PA) 89.9 3 Berea College (KY) 87.8 4 Carleton College (MN) 87.6 5 Harvey Mudd College (CA) 78.9 6 New College of Florida (FL) * 78.6 7 Williams College (MA) 75.7 8 Macalester College (MN) 73.4 9 Wellesley College (MA) 72.1 10 Amherst College (MA) 70.2 11 Knox College (IL) 69.5 12 Oberlin College (OH) 69.3 13 Wesleyan University (CT) 69.3 14 Reed College (OR) 69.1 15 Smith College (MA) 66.7 16 Davidson College (NC) 66.3 17 Tougaloo College (MS) 65.0 18 Haverford College (PA) 64.9 19 St. John's College (MD) 64.6 20 Grinnell College (IA) 64.3 21 Vassar College (NY) 61.6 22 Millsaps College (MS) 61.3 23 Willamette University (OR) 59.7 24 Kalamazoo College (MI) 59.6 25 Warren Wilson College (NC) 58.6 26 Pomona College (CA) 58.6 27 Rhodes College (TN) 58.3 28 Bates College (ME) 57.3 29 Guilford College (NC) 57.2 30 Whitman College (WA) 56.6 31 Xavier University of Louisiana (LA) 55.9 32 Spelman College (GA) 55.7 33 Emory and Henry College (VA) 55.3 34 Wesleyan College (GA) 55.3 35 Hollins University (VA) 54.9 36 Centre College (KY) 54.9 37 Agnes Scott College (GA) 54.6 38 Claflin University (SC) 54.1 39 Lawrence University (WI) 55.3 40 Earlham College (IN) 53.0 41 Allegheny College (PA) 52.8 42 St. Olaf College (MN) 52.5 43 Mount Holyoke College (MA) 52.3 44 Granite State College (NH) * 51.7 45 Southwestern University (TX) 51.3 46 Washington and Lee University (VA) 51.1 47 Hamilton College (NY) 50.9 48 Morehouse College (GA) 50.6 49 Oglethorpe University (GA) 50.5 50 Illinois Wesleyan University (IL) 50.4 51 Fisk University (TN) 50.3 52 Denison University (OH) 50.3 53 Westminster College (MO) 50.0 54 Claremont McKenna College (CA) 50.0 55 Thomas Aquinas College (CA) 49.9 56 Lewis & Clark College (OR) 49.3 57 Ohio Wesleyan University (OH) 49.1 58 Judson College (AL) 49.0 59 Dillard University (LA) 48.9 60 Wheaton College (IL) 48.5 61 Central College (IA) 48.3 62 Kenyon College (OH) 48.1 63 Pitzer College (CA) 48.0 64 Hobart William Smith Colleges (NY) 47.8 65 Albion College (MI) 47.8 66 Bowdoin College (ME) 47.8 67 Hiram College (OH) 47.5 68 Alma College (MI) 47.4 69 Bucknell University (PA) 47.4 70 Colorado College (CO) 47.1 71 Barnard College (NY) 47.1 72 Franklin and Marshall College (PA) 47.1 73 University of Hawaii--Hilo (HI) * 47.0 74 William Jewell College (MO) 47.0 75 Middlebury College (VT) 47.0 76 Lake Forest College (IL) 46.9 77 Connecticut College (CT) 46.8 78 Occidental College (CA) 46.7 79 Whittier College (CA) 46.6 80 Hendrix College (AR) 46.3 81 College of St. Benedict (MN) 46.3 82 University of Richmond (VA) 46.2 83 Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) 46.1 84 Colby College (ME) 45.9 85 Beacon College (FL) 45.8 86 Doane College (NE) 45.0 87 Coe College (IA) 44.7 88 Illinois College (IL) 44.7 89 Drew University (NJ) 44.7 90 Centenary College of Louisiana (LA) 44.6 91 Juniata College (PA) 44.3 92 Salem College (NC) 44.2 93 Savannah State University (GA) * 44.2 94 Hampshire College (MA) 44.1 95 Dickinson College (PA) 44.1 96 Univ. Science & Arts of Oklahoma 43.8 (OK) * 97 Sterling College (VT) 43.6 98 Wartburg College (IA) 43.6 99 Furman University (SC) 43.6 100 St. John's University (MN) 43.0 101 Colgate University (NY) 43.0 102 Calvin College (MI) 42.9 103 College of Idaho (ID) 42.4 104 Simpson College (IA) 42.4 105 University of Minnesota--Morris (MN) 42.4 106 SUNY College--Old Westbury (NY) 42.4 107 Sarah Lawrence College (NY) 42.2 108 Linfield College (OR) 42.0 109 Transylvania University (KY) 41.9 110 Presbyterian College (SC) 41.9 111 Birmingham Southern College (AL) 41.7 112 Maryville College (TN) 41.7 113 College of Wooster (OH) 41.6 114 Chester College of New England (NH) 41.4 115 Kentucky State University (KY) * 40.8 116 Lane College (TN) 40.3 117 Lyon College (AR) 40.2 118 Hope College (MI) 40.0 119 West Virginia State University 40.0 (WV) * 120 Gettysburg College (PA) 39.4 121 St. Norbert College (WI) 39.2 122 University of Maine--Machias (ME) * 39.1 123 College of the Atlantic (ME) 39.0 124 Austin College (TX) 38.8 125 Cornell College (IA) 38.6 126 Skidmore College (NY) 38.5 127 Bay Path College (MA) 38.3 128 United States University (CA) (a) 38.2 129 Johnson C. Smith University (NC) 38.1 130 Eckerd College (FL) 37.9 131 Westminster College (PA) 37.9 132 Shawnee State University (OH) * 37.8 133 University of Puget Sound (WA) 37.7 134 Mesa State College (CO) * 37.6 135 Beloit College (WI) 37.6 136 Stonehill College (MA) 37.5 137 Sewanee--University of the South (TN) 37.2 138 Gordon College (MA) 37.0 139 Harrisburg U. of Science & Tech. 36.9 (PA) 140 DePauw University (IN) 36.9 141 Ursinus College (PA) 36.7 142 Virginia Military Institute (VA) * 36.5 143 Pikeville College (KY) 36.5 144 Allen University (SC) 36.3 145 Univ. of North Carolina--Asheville 36.1 (NC) * 146 Goshen College (IN) 36.1 147 Houghton College (NY) 35.9 148 Georgetown College (KY) 35.8 149 Scripps College (CA) 35.7 150 St. Mary's College of Maryland 35.4 (MD) * 151 St. Michael's College (VT) 35.3 152 Hanover College (IN) 35.2 153 Southern Virginia University (VA) 35.1 154 Lafayette College (PA) 34.2 155 Berry College (GA) 34.1 156 Clearwater Christian College (FL) 34.0 157 Martin University (IN) 33.3 158 Ripon College (WI) 32.8 159 Goucher College (MD) 32.8 160 Univ. of Virginia's College--Wise 32.7 (VA) * 161 Bennett College for Women (NC) 32.5 162 Concordia College--Moorhead (MN) 32.5 163 Wittenberg University (OH) 32.5 164 Wabash College (IN) 32.5 165 University of Wisconsin--Parkside 32.4 (WI) * 166 Bethany College (WV) 32.4 167 Hartwick College (NY) 32.4 168 Susquehanna University (PA) 32.2 169 Eastern Nazarene College (MA) 32.0 170 Washington & Jefferson College (PA) 32.0 171 Augustana College (IL) 31.8 172 Bethany Lutheran College (MN) 31.6 173 College of the Holy Cross (MA) 31.1 174 Green Mountain College (VT) 31.0 175 Northland College (WI) 30.9 176 St. Mary's College (IN) 30.9 177 Erskine College and Seminary (SC) 30.7 178 Argosy U.--Phoenix Online (AZ) (a) 30.7 179 Luther College (IA) 30.6 180 Bloomfield College (NJ) 30.6 181 Moravian Coll./Moravian Theo. Sem. 30.3 (PA) 182 Bennington College (VT) 30.1 183 Wisconsin Lutheran College (WI) 29.8 184 Union College (NY) 29.6 185 Trinity College (CT) 29.5 186 Rust College (MS) 29.3 187 Fort Lewis College (CO) * 29.1 188 Marlboro College (VT) 29.1 189 Mass. College of Liberal Arts (MA) * 29.0 190 Nebraska Wesleyan University (NE) 28.5 191 St. Anselm College (NH) 28.2 192 Ouachita Baptist University (AR) 28.1 193 Wells College (NY) 27.9 194 St. Lawrence University (NY) 27.8 195 Pine Manor College (MA) 27.6 196 Simpson University (CA) 27.5 197 Carthage College (WI) 27.4 198 Shimer College (IL) 27.4 199 Wheaton College (MA) 26.7 200 Sweet Briar College (VA) 26.3 201 Penn State--Abington (PA) * 26.2 202 Talladega College (AL) 26.0 203 Bard College (NY) 25.9 204 McDaniel College (MD) 25.4 205 Monmouth College (IL) 25.4 206 Huston--Tillotson University (TX) 25.1 207 Muhlenberg College (PA) 24.8 208 Westmont College (CA) 24.7 209 Randolph College (VA) 24.7 210 Peace College INC) 24.6 211 Amridge University (AL) 24.4 212 Louisiana State Univ.--Alexandria 24.3 (LA) * 213 San Diego State Univ.--Imper. Vall. 24.2 (CA) * 214 Stillman College (AL) 24.1 215 Lycoming College (PA) 23.9 216 Burlington College (VT) 23.7 217 Roanoke College (VA) 23.6 218 Penn State--Greater Allegheny (PA) * 23.3 219 Siena College (NY) 23.3 220 Argosy University--Los Angeles 22.8 (CA) (a) 221 Bridgewater College (VA) 22.8 222 Wofford College (SC) 22.8 223 Argosy University--Denver (CO) * 22.1 224 King's College (NY) 22.0 225 Lambuth University (TN) 21.7 226 Life University (GA) 21.7 227 American Jewish University (CA) 21.3 228 Randolph-Macon College (VA) 21.0 229 Washington College (MD) 21.0 230 Pacific Union College (CA) 20.8 231 Shorter University (GA) 20.7 232 St. Vincent College (PA) 20.6 233 Holy Cross College (IN) 20.5 234 Penn State--Beaver (PA) * 20.5 235 Hampden-Sydney College (VA) 20.3 236 Univ. of New Hampshire--Manch. (NH) * 20.1 237 Western State Coll. of Colorado 19.7 (CO) * 238 Soka University of America (CA) 19.7 239 Grove City College (PA) 19.2 240 Argosy University--Inland Empire 18.8 (CA) (a) 241 Virginia Wesleyan College (VA) 18.1 242 Alice Lloyd College (KY) 18.0 243 Univ. of Pittsburgh--Greensburg 17.7 (PA) * 244 Principia College (IL) 17.5 245 Castleton State College (VT) * 17.5 246 Eastern Mennonite University (VA) 17.0 247 Albright College (PA) 16.2 248 Marymount Manhattan College (NY) 14.1 249 Ave Maria University (FL) 14.0 250 SUNY at Purchase College (NY) * 12.6 251 Virginia Intermont College (VA) 5.7 252 Brevard College (NQ 4.8 253 New St. Andrews College (ID) 1.6 254 San Diego Christian College (CA) 0.0 SOCIAL MOBILITY Predicted/ actual grad rate % of based on students % of Pell receiving recipients, Pell incoming Grants SATs, etc. 1 Bryn Mawr College (PA) 21 86/87 2 Swarthmore College (PA) 16 91/93 3 Berea College (KY) 90 50/64 4 Carleton College (MN) 14 94/93 5 Harvey Mudd College (CA) 12 95/87 6 New College of Florida (FL) * 25 73/68 7 Williams College (MA) 18 91/95 8 Macalester College (MN) 14 89/88 9 Wellesley College (MA) 15 91/90 10 Amherst College (MA) 20 94/95 11 Knox College (IL) 22 85/76 12 Oberlin College (OH) 10 92/88 13 Wesleyan University (CT) 17 91/94 14 Reed College (OR) 15 85/79 15 Smith College (MA) 17 84/83 16 Davidson College (NC) 12 84/91 17 Tougaloo College (MS) 85 38/40 18 Haverford College (PA) 14 85/92 19 St. John's College (MD) 14 77/73 20 Grinnell College (IA) 20 87/88 21 Vassar College (NY) 20 92/93 22 Millsaps College (MS) 23 71/68 23 Willamette University (OR) 23 79/78 24 Kalamazoo College (MI) 14 76/80 25 Warren Wilson College (NC) 25 67/49 26 Pomona College (CA) 17 94/94 27 Rhodes College (TN) 15 78/80 28 Bates College (ME) 12 81/88 29 Guilford College (NC) 59 59/58 30 Whitman College (WA) 11 82/86 31 Xavier University of Louisiana (LA) 64 47/34...