Liberal arts colleges.

PositionRanked as per getting federal aid - Statistical table

Overall Score: Overall score represents the combined score of our three metrics-social mobility, research, and service-where the highest is 100 and the lowest is zero. Each individual metric is worth 33 and a third total points.

Social Mobility: The first column shows the percentage of students receiving Pell grants. The second shows predicted rate of graduation, based on incoming SAT scores and Pell grant percentages, versus the actual rate of graduation. The third shows the difference between the actual graduation rate and the predicted graduation rate-a measure of how well the school performs as an engine of social mobility (see "A Note on Methodology," p. 25)-arrived at by subtracting the latter from the former. (The higher the number, the better; negative numbers indicate sub par performance.) Rank follows in parentheses.

Research: The first column shows the number of dollars (in thousands) received from the federal government in research grants. Rank follows in parentheses. The second shows the school's ranking in the number of Bachelor's recipients who go on to receive PhDs. The third ranks the school by number of PhDs awarded.

Service: The first column ranks the school by percentage of students who go on to serve in the Peace Corps. The second column ranks the school by percentage of students who serve in ROTC. The third gives the percentage of funds in federal work-study money that goes to community service (versus non-community service); rank follows in parentheses.

LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES SOCIAL MOBILITY Predicted/ actual grad rate based on % Difference of Pell between % students recipients predicted/ OVERALL receiving incoming and actual SCORE Pellgrants SATs gradrates 1. Bryn Mawr 100 16 78/83 5 (60) College--PA (3) 2. Wellesley 95 17 85/91 6 (44) College--MA (1) 3. Wesleyan 89 13 86/92 6 (48) University--CT (2) 4. Haverford 88 11 86/90 4 (59) College--PA (7) 5. Amherst 88 14 90/96 6 (47) College--MA (6) 6. Mount Holyoke 85 21 78/78 0 (108) College--MA (11) 7. Claremont 84 13 85/91 6 (47) McKenna College--CA (24) 8. Williams 83 11 89/96 7 (34) College--MA (14) 9. Whitman 81 11 83/83 0 (110) College--WA (23) 10. Swarthmore 80 12 90/91 1 (98) College--PA (21) 11. Wheaton 80 15 81/84 3 (84) College--IL (48) 12. Carleton 80 11 88/90 2 (96) College--MN (30) 13. Oberlin 78 15 82/79 -3 (138) College--OH (37) 14. Grinnell 78 13 85/88 3 (84) College--IA (25) 15. Pomona 77 11 91/90 -1 (123) College--CA (36) 16. Smith 76 26 73/84 11 (14) College--MA (33) 17. Harvey Mudd 73 12 94/85 -9 (174) College--CA (4) 18. Tougaloo 70 76 31/49 18 (3) College--MS (**) 19. Bowdoin 69 12 86/89 3 (83) College--ME (35) 20. Middlebury 68 10 86/90 4 (70) College--VT (17) 21. Presbyterian 67 14 66/76 10 (21) College--SC (13) 22. Spelman 66 38 56/77 21 (1) College--GA (10) 23. Knox 66 22 72/79 7 (36) College--IL (46) 24. Reed 65 17 83/70 -13 (186) College--OR (59) 25. Colorado 65 13 80/84 4 (62) College--CO (26) 26. Bates 65 9 84/84 0 (109) College--ME (22) 27. Fisk 64 52 43/64 21 (2) University--TN (5) 28. Macalaster 63 12 83/81 -2 (131) College--MN (16) 29. Wofford 63 16 74/80 6 (52) College--MA (8) 30. Wells 62 45 55/67 12 (11) College--NY (72) 31. Barnard 62 18 83/89 6 (43) College--NY (18) 32. Bucknell 61 11 80/89 9 (26) University--PA (20) 33. Occidental 61 23 76/75 -1 (124) College--CA (19) 34. Virginia 61 14 68/62 -6 (160) Military Institute *--VA (12) 35. Hobart and 60 20 67/78 11 (17) William Smith Colleges--NY (79) 36. Mills 60 41 60/65 5 (56) College--CA (102) 37. Furman 59 9 80/84 4 (66) University--SC (15) 38. St. Augustine's 58 73 27/37 10 (20) College--NC (84) 39. Washington and 58 4 88/90 2 (88) Lee University--VA (32) 40. Hendrix 58 21 74/68 -6 (162) College--AR (134) 41. Earlham 57 22 71/72 1 (102) College--IN (109) 42. Vasser 57 11 87/86 -1 (116) College--NY (58) 43. University of 56 36 57/72 15 (7) Judaism--CA (**) 44. Agnes Scott 56 30 68/72 4 (75) College--GA (70) 45. Connecticut 56 10 82/86 4 (64) College--CT (43) 46. Colby 56 8 85/88 3 (79) College--ME (9) 47. Evergreen State 55 40 58/52 -6 (164) College *--WA (50) 48. Antioch 54 51 62/59 -3 (146) College--OH (110) 49. St. Olaf 54 14 77/84 7 (39) College--MN (38) 50. Dickinson 54 11 79/80 1 (97) College--PA (31) 51. St. John's 53 22 80/71 -9 (173) College--MD (51) 52. Hamilton 53 13 83/86 3 (82) College--NY (29) 53. Kalamazoo 52 9 81/77 -4 (142) College--MI (77) 54. Albertson 50 28 65/56 -9 (169) College--ID (176) 55. Ripon 50 25 62/75 13 (13) College--WI (142) 56. Beloit 50 16 75/70 -5 (153) College--WI (68) 57. Davidson 50 8 85/91 6 (45) College--NC (67) 58. Pine Manor 50 58 31/40 9 (22) College--MA (53) 59. Bethel 50 76 35/39 4 (68) College--TN (173) 60. University of 49 7 82/85 3 (78) Richmond--VA (**) 61. Lewis and Clark 49 17 77/67 -10 (178) College--OR (39) 62. St. John's 49 15 71/82 11 (18) University--MN (61) 63. College of the 48 10 77/90 13 (10) Holy Cross--MA (44) 64. Talladega 48 78 22/33 11 (16) College--AL (62) 65. Southwestern 48 16 75/75 0 (112) University--TX (73) 66. Randolph-Macon 48 28 65/61 -4 (149) College--VA (93) 67. Colgate 48 10 84/89 5 (57) University--NY (41) 68. Union 48 14 75/88 13 (9) College--NY (42) 69. Guilford 48 41 59/68 9 (23) College--NC (139) 70. Bennett 47 67 26/37 11 (15) College **--NC 71. University of 47 12 75/79 4 (17) the South, Sewanee--TN (78) 72. Hampshire 47 18 75/63 -12 (182) College--MA (49) 73. Franklin Pierce 46 44 45/45 0 (114) College--NH (128) 74. Hiram 46 34 59/65 6 (38) College--OH (136) 75. College of 46 17 67/82 15 (6) Saint Benedict--MN (55) 76. Lyon 46 44 62/63 1 (105) College--AR (177) 77. Morehouse 46 34 54/50 -4 (150) College--GA (**) 78. Kenyon 45 7 83/84 1 (103) College--OH (63) 79. Eckerd 45 30 61/65 4 (72) College--FL (75) 80. Juniatia 44 23 67/74 7 (35) College--PA (82) 81. Williamette 44 20 72/71 -1 (119) University--OR (40) 82. Lawrence 44 19 77/73 -4 (144) University--WI (113) 83. Bennington 44 25 71/66 -5 (154) College--VT (96) 84. Stevens 44 28 60/57 -3 (137) College--MO (125) 85. Wesleyan 43 40 57/47 -10 (176) College--GA (161) 86. Siena 43 19 64/77 13 (8) College--NY (34) 87. Shawnee College 43 57 40/30 -10 (177) *--OH (127) 88. Trinity 42 13 80/87 7 (31) College--CT (80) 89. College of the 42 28 67/47 -20 (197) Atlantic--ME (27) 90. Luther 42 20 71/76 5 (58) College--IA (64) 91. Pitzer 41 16 73/71 -2 (139) College--CA (74) 92. Salem 41 45 56/51 -5...

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