U.S. News rank |
School |
Location |
Tuition and Fees |
Total enrollment |
Fall 2014 acceptance rate |
Average freshman retention rate |
6-year graduation rate |
#1 |
Williams College |
Williamstown, MA |
50070 |
2099 |
19.30% |
97.00% |
95.00% |
#2 |
Amherst College |
Amherst, MA |
50562 |
1792 |
13.80% |
98.00% |
94.00% |
#3 |
Swarthmore College |
Swarthmore, PA |
47442 |
1542 |
17.00% |
96.00% |
94.00% |
#4Tie |
Bowdoin College |
Brunswick, ME |
48212 |
1805 |
14.90% |
97.00% |
93.00% |
#4Tie |
Middlebury College |
Middlebury, VT |
47828 |
2533 |
17.20% |
96.00% |
94.00% |
#4Tie |
Pomona College |
Claremont, CA |
47620 |
1650 |
12.20% |
98.00% |
93.00% |
#4Tie |
Wellesley College |
Wellesley, MA |
46836 |
2323 |
30.40% |
96.00% |
91.00% |
#8 |
Carleton College |
Northfield, MN |
49263 |
2057 |
22.80% |
97.00% |
93.00% |
#9Tie |
Claremont McKenna College |
Claremont, CA |
49045 |
1324 |
10.80% |
96.00% |
90.00% |
#9Tie |
Davidson College |
Davidson, NC |
46966 |
1770 |
21.70% |
96.00% |
93.00% |
#9Tie |
United States Naval Academy |
Annapolis, MD |
0 |
4511 |
7.90% |
97.00% |
89.00% |
#12Tie |
Haverford College |
Haverford, PA |
49098 |
1194 |
24.70% |
97.00% |
94.00% |
#12Tie |
Vassar College |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
51300 |
2418 |
23.50% |
96.00% |
92.00% |
#14Tie |
Hamilton College |
Clinton, NY |
49500 |
1900 |
26.40% |
95.00% |
91.00% |
#14Tie |
Harvey Mudd College |
Claremont, CA |
48594 |
804 |
14.30% |
98.00% |
94.00% |
#14Tie |
Smith College |
Northampton, MA |
46288 |
2989 |
42.20% |
94.00% |
87.00% |
#14Tie |
Washington and Lee University |
Lexington, VA |
46417 |
2264 |
19.60% |
96.00% |
88.00% |
#14Tie |
Wesleyan University |
Middletown, CT |
48974 |
3224 |
23.90% |
95.00% |
93.00% |
#19Tie |
Colby College |
Waterville, ME |
49120 |
1847 |
28.10% |
94.00% |
90.00% |
#19Tie |
Colgate University |
Hamilton, NY |
49970 |
2888 |
26.20% |
95.00% |
92.00% |
#19Tie |
Grinnell College |
Grinnell, IA |
46990 |
1734 |
28.00% |
94.00% |
89.00% |
#22 |
United States Military Academy |
West Point, NY |
0 |
4414 |
9.50% |
95.00% |
80.00% |
#23Tie |
Macalester College |
St. Paul, MN |
48887 |
2073 |
36.40% |
94.00% |
90.00% |
#23Tie |
Oberlin College |
Oberlin, OH |
50586 |
2978 |
32.70% |
93.00% |
87.00% |
#25Tie |
Bates College |
Lewiston, ME |
48435 |
1773 |
25.40% |
94.00% |
88.00% |
#25Tie |
Bryn Mawr College |
Bryn Mawr, PA |
47140 |
1709 |
40.50% |
91.00% |
82.00% |
#25Tie |
Colorado College |
Colorado Springs, CO |
48996 |
2067 |
17.90% |
95.00% |
86.00% |
#25Tie |
Kenyon College |
Gambier, OH |
49140 |
1662 |
25.10% |
96.00% |
89.00% |
#29Tie |
Barnard College |
New York, NY |
47631 |
2573 |
23.80% |
96.00% |
89.00% |
#29Tie |
Scripps College |
Claremont, CA |
49152 |
988 |
27.30% |
93.00% |
87.00% |
#29Tie |
United States Air Force Academy |
USAF Academy, CO |
0 |
3952 |
16.60% |
92.00% |
84.00% |
#32Tie |
Bucknell University |
Lewisburg, PA |
50152 |
3624 |
30.70% |
94.00% |
89.00% |
#32Tie |
College of the Holy Cross |
Worcester, MA |
47176 |
2937 |
43.30% |
95.00% |
92.00% |
#32Tie |
University of Richmond |
Univ. of Richmond, VA |
48090 |
3514 |
31.80% |
94.00% |
84.00% |
#35 |
Mount Holyoke College |
South Hadley, MA |
43886 |
2255 |
54.70% |
91.00% |
80.00% |
#36 |
Pitzer College |
Claremont, CA |
48660 |
1076 |
13.00% |
92.00% |
84.00% |
#37 |
Lafayette College |
Easton, PA |
47010 |
2503 |
29.80% |
94.00% |
90.00% |
#38Tie |
Skidmore College |
Saratoga Springs, NY |
48970 |
2646 |
37.30% |
94.00% |
87.00% |
#38Tie |
union College |
Schenectady, NY |
50013 |
2242 |
41.10% |
93.00% |
86.00% |
#40Tie |
Dickinson College |
Carlisle, PA |
49464 |
2364 |
48.10% |
90.00% |
84.00% |
#40Tie |
Franklin and Marshall College |
Lancaster, PA |
50400 |
2209 |
38.90% |
92.00% |
87.00% |
#40Tie |
Whitman College |
Walla Walla, WA |
46138 |
1498 |
41.00% |
94.00% |
87.00% |
#43Tie |
Occidental College |
Los Angeles, CA |
49278 |
2040 |
42.00% |
93.00% |
85.00% |
#43Tie |
Trinity College |
Hartford, CT |
50776 |
2350 |
33.00% |
90.00% |
84.00% |
#45Tie |
Bard College |
Annandale on Hudson, NY |
49906 |
2306 |
44.60% |
87.00% |
75.00% |
#45Tie |
Centre College |
Danville, KY |
38200 |
1387 |
71.60% |
91.00% |
82.00% |
#45Tie |
Soka University of America |
Aliso Viejo, CA |
30642 |
418 |
43.50% |
96.00% |
79.00% |
#48Tie |
Connecticut College |
New London, CT |
49350 |
1900 |
37.60% |
90.00% |
83.00% |
#48Tie |
Gettysburg College |
Gettysburg, PA |
49140 |
2451 |
45.40% |
90.00% |
84.00% |
#48Tie |
Sewanee—University of the South |
Sewanee, TN |
38700 |
1714 |
64.70% |
89.00% |
79.00% |
#51Tie |
DePauw University |
Greencastle, IN |
44678 |
2216 |
56.80% |
92.00% |
80.00% |
#51Tie |
Furman University |
Greenville, SC |
46012 |
2973 |
68.70% |
89.00% |
84.00% |
#51Tie |
Rhodes College |
Memphis, TN |
43224 |
2054 |
60.00% |
91.00% |
80.00% |
#51Tie |
St. Olaf College |
Northfield, MN |
42940 |
3034 |
51.30% |
94.00% |
89.00% |
#55Tie |
Denison University |
Granville, OH |
47290 |
2280 |
50.70% |
90.00% |
82.00% |
#55Tie |
St. John's College |
Annapolis, MD |
49119 |
472 |
86.70% |
86.00% |
70.00% |
#57Tie |
Lawrence University |
Appleton, WI |
43740 |
1519 |
73.00% |
89.00% |
80.00% |
#57Tie |
Sarah Lawrence College |
Bronxville, NY |
51034 |
1761 |
53.10% |
87.00% |
77.00% |
#57Tie |
Wheaton College |
Wheaton, IL |
32950 |
2914 |
69.20% |
95.00% |
89.00% |
#60 |
St. Lawrence University |
Canton, NY |
49420 |
2508 |
47.60% |
91.00% |
85.00% |
#61Tie |
Beloit College |
Beloit, WI |
45050 |
1303 |
69.30% |
89.00% |
80.00% |
#61Tie |
College of Wooster |
Wooster, OH |
44950 |
2066 |
59.10% |
89.00% |
76.00% |
#61Tie |
Earlham College |
Richmond, IN |
44390 |
1076 |
64.50% |
85.00% |
72.00% |
#61Tie |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
Geneva, NY |
49677 |
2425 |
49.60% |
88.00% |
79.00% |
#61Tie |
Wabash College |
Crawfordsville, IN |
39980 |
926 |
70.00% |
86.00% |
73.00% |
#66 |
Kalamazoo College |
Kalamazoo, MI |
42846 |
1461 |
69.70% |
92.00% |
82.00% |
#67Tie |
Agnes Scott College |
Decatur, GA |
37236 |
873 |
67.70% |
83.00% |
74.00% |
#67Tie |
Berea College |
Berea, KY |
870 |
1621 |
33.70% |
82.00% |
62.00% |
#67Tie |
Hillsdale College |
Hillsdale, MI |
24592 |
1504 |
53.00% |
96.00% |
82.00% |
#67Tie |
Wheaton College |
Norton, MA |
47700 |
1587 |
69.60% |
85.00% |
77.00% |
#67Tie |
Willamette University |
Salem, OR |
45616 |
3060 |
81.30% |
86.00% |
77.00% |
#72Tie |
Allegheny College |
Meadville, PA |
42470 |
2023 |
71.80% |
86.00% |
78.00% |
#72Tie |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Bloomington, IL |
42490 |
1893 |
60.40% |
90.00% |
81.00% |
#72Tie |
Knox College |
Galesburg, IL |
41847 |
1399 |
68.20% |
88.00% |
80.00% |
#72Tie |
Lewis & Clark College |
Portland, OR |
45104 |
3504 |
66.60% |
87.00% |
79.00% |
#72Tie |
Muhlenberg College |
Allentown, PA |
45875 |
2440 |
52.80% |
91.00% |
85.00% |
#72Tie |
Spelman College |
Atlanta, GA |
26388 |
2135 |
54.00% |
89.00% |
74.00% |
#72Tie |
University of Puget Sound |
Tacoma, WA |
44976 |
2826 |
79.30% |
87.00% |
76.00% |
#79Tie |
Austin College |
Sherman, TX |
34840 |
1301 |
54.40% |
83.00% |
77.00% |
#79Tie |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
St. Peter, MN |
41620 |
2456 |
61.10% |
91.00% |
82.00% |
#79Tie |
St. John's University |
Collegeville, MN |
40226 |
1895 |
78.80% |
89.00% |
80.00% |
#82Tie |
College of the Atlantic |
Bar Harbor, ME |
42084 |
386 |
71.10% |
83.00% |
71.00% |
#82Tie |
Hendrix College |
Conway, AR |
40870 |
1358 |
82.80% |
85.00% |
71.00% |
#82Tie |
New College of Florida |
Sarasota, FL |
in-state: $7,040, out-of-state: $30,069 |
834 |
59.90% |
83.00% |
69.00% |
#82Tie |
St. Mary's College |
Notre Dame, IN |
37400 |
1519 |
83.30% |
88.00% |
81.00% |
#82Tie |
Thomas Aquinas College |
Santa Paula, CA |
24500 |
378 |
82.70% |
90.00% |
72.00% |
#82Tie |
Transylvania University |
Lexington, KY |
34370 |
1014 |
82.60% |
86.00% |
70.00% |
#82Tie |
Virginia Military Institute |
Lexington, VA |
in-state: $16,536, out-of-state: $39,550 |
1700 |
44.40% |
86.00% |
71.00% |
#82Tie |
Wofford College |
Spartanburg, SC |
38705 |
1608 |
77.40% |
89.00% |
78.00% |
#90Tie |
College of St. Benedict |
St. Joseph, MN |
40846 |
2020 |
82.20% |
89.00% |
81.00% |
#90Tie |
Luther College |
Decorah, IA |
39190 |
2385 |
71.20% |
87.00% |
82.00% |
#90Tie |
Southwestern University |
Georgetown, TX |
37560 |
1538 |
48.50% |
85.00% |
73.00% |
#93Tie |
Bennington College |
Bennington, VT |
48220 |
755 |
67.20% |
84.00% |
67.00% |
#93Tie |
Cornell College |
Mount Vernon, IA |
38700 |
1077 |
73.60% |
82.00% |
67.00% |
#93Tie |
Millsaps College |
Jackson, MS |
35510 |
845 |
57.20% |
80.00% |
64.00% |
#93Tie |
Reed College 1 |
Portland, OR |
47760 |
N/A |
48.50% |
94.00% |
79.00% |
#93Tie |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
St. Mary's City, MD |
in-state: $13,895, out-of-state: $28,745 |
1721 |
78.90% |
88.00% |
81.00% |
#93Tie |
Ursinus College |
Collegeville, PA |
47700 |
1681 |
83.20% |
90.00% |
80.00% |
#93Tie |
Westmont College |
Santa Barbara, CA |
41360 |
1313 |
79.40% |
87.00% |
78.00% |
#100Tie |
Albion College |
Albion, MI |
39128 |
1268 |
60.80% |
81.00% |
72.00% |
#100Tie |
Hope College |
Holland, MI |
30550 |
3432 |
81.60% |
90.00% |
80.00% |
#100Tie |
St. John's College |
Santa Fe, NM |
49194 |
402 |
93.40% |
76.00% |
50.00% |
#100Tie |
Washington and Jefferson College |
Washington, PA |
43226 |
1362 |
41.70% |
N/A |
76.00% |
#100Tie |
Washington College |
Chestertown, MD |
43850 |
1485 |
55.70% |
83.00% |
74.00% |