The colleges you've never heard of — and probably should.
I built CollegeUncovered to help ambitious students find the elite liberal arts colleges — especially in the Northeast and the NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference) — where they'll thrive academically, socially, and professionally.
- 50
- Top liberal arts colleges
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- NESCAC schools mapped
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- Founder who's been there
Talented students shouldn't miss life-changing opportunities simply because no one told them.
Midwestern high schools tend to funnel students toward the same dozen universities. I've watched dozens of exceptional liberal arts colleges quietly produce graduates who excel in consulting, finance, medicine, law, tech, research, and public service — and go unnoticed by the students who'd love them.
A curated database of the top 50 national liberal arts colleges — filterable, comparable, and free of the same recycled recommendations.
Filter by class size, athletics division, financial aid, distance from home, and setting — so you find schools that match how you actually want to live and learn.
I applied to and was admitted to Bates, Colgate, Colorado College, and Rhodes. This is the resource I wish had existed for me.
Eleven schools. Extraordinary outcomes.
A different map of college in America.
For every Big Ten flagship, there's a small college two states away with 8:1 student-faculty ratios, need-blind admissions, and alumni running the firms Midwestern students dream of joining. I put them on one map.
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