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Roughly fifty colleges. One place to actually compare them.

A premium discovery database of roughly the top 50 nationally ranked liberal arts colleges (plus a couple of standout peers). Filter by what matters to you, then compare up to four side by side.

51 of 52 colleges
Williamstown, MA · Northeast
Williams College
NESCAC
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
4%
Faculty
6:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPolitical ScienceEnglish
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Amherst, MA · Northeast
Amherst College
NESCAC
Enrollment
1,970
Admit rate
7%
Faculty
7:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsMathLaw, Jurisprudence & Social Thought
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Swarthmore, PA · Mid-Atlantic
Swarthmore College
Enrollment
1,650
Admit rate
7%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EngineeringComputer ScienceEconomics
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Claremont, CA · West
Pomona College
Enrollment
1,750
Admit rate
7%
Faculty
7:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsComputer ScienceNeuroscience
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Wellesley, MA · Northeast
Wellesley College
Enrollment
2,500
Admit rate
13%
Faculty
7:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPolitical ScienceBiology
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Brunswick, ME · Northeast
Bowdoin College
NESCAC
Enrollment
1,950
Admit rate
9%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentEnvironmental Studies
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Northfield, MN · Midwest
Carleton College
Enrollment
2,050
Admit rate
17%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
BiologyEconomicsComputer Science
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Claremont, CA · West
Claremont McKenna College
Enrollment
1,400
Admit rate
11%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentInternational Relations
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Middlebury, VT · Northeast
Middlebury College
NESCAC
Enrollment
2,750
Admit rate
12%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsInternational & Global StudiesEnvironmental Studies
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Lexington, VA · South
Washington and Lee University
Enrollment
1,870
Admit rate
17%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
Business AdminEconomicsPolitics
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Davidson, NC · South
Davidson College
Enrollment
1,950
Admit rate
17%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
EconomicsPolitical ScienceBiology
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Waterville, ME · Northeast
Colby College
NESCAC
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
8%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentBiology
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Northampton, MA · Northeast
Smith College
Enrollment
2,600
Admit rate
22%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
GovernmentPsychologyEngineering
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Poughkeepsie, NY · Northeast
Vassar College
Enrollment
2,450
Admit rate
19%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EnglishPolitical SciencePsychology
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Haverford, PA · Mid-Atlantic
Haverford College
Enrollment
1,420
Admit rate
14%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
BiologyPolitical ScienceEconomics
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Grinnell, IA · Midwest
Grinnell College
Enrollment
1,750
Admit rate
11%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsComputer ScienceBiology
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Clinton, NY · Northeast
Hamilton College
NESCAC
Enrollment
2,050
Admit rate
12%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentMath
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Hamilton, NY · Northeast
Colgate University
Enrollment
3,200
Admit rate
12%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-I
EconomicsPolitical ScienceEnglish
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Middletown, CT · Northeast
Wesleyan University
NESCAC
Enrollment
3,100
Admit rate
14%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentFilm Studies
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New York, NY · Northeast
Barnard College
Enrollment
3,400
Admit rate
8%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-I
EconomicsPolitical SciencePsychology
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Lewiston, ME · Northeast
Bates College
NESCAC
Enrollment
1,800
Admit rate
14%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPoliticsEnvironmental Studies
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Colorado Springs, CO · West
Colorado College
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
15%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPolitical ScienceEnvironmental Science
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Saint Paul, MN · Midwest
Macalester College
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
27%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPolitical ScienceComputer Science
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Gambier, OH · Midwest
Kenyon College
Enrollment
1,850
Admit rate
27%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EnglishEconomicsPolitical Science
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South Hadley, MA · Northeast
Mount Holyoke College
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
42%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
BiologyPsychologyInternational Relations
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Hartford, CT · Northeast
Trinity College
NESCAC
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
34%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPolitical ScienceNeuroscience
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Lewisburg, PA · Mid-Atlantic
Bucknell University
Enrollment
3,900
Admit rate
30%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
21
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-I
EngineeringBusinessBiology
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Easton, PA · Mid-Atlantic
Lafayette College
Enrollment
2,700
Admit rate
36%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
19
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-I
EngineeringEconomicsGovernment
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Schenectady, NY · Northeast
Union College
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
43%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
EngineeringEconomicsPolitical Science
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Saratoga Springs, NY · Northeast
Skidmore College
Enrollment
2,600
Admit rate
27%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
BusinessPsychologyEnglish
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Lancaster, PA · Mid-Atlantic
Franklin & Marshall College
Enrollment
2,400
Admit rate
40%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
BusinessGovernmentBiology
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Carlisle, PA · Mid-Atlantic
Dickinson College
Enrollment
2,000
Admit rate
40%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
International StudiesEconomicsPolitical Science
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New London, CT · Northeast
Connecticut College
NESCAC
Enrollment
1,900
Admit rate
40%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentPsychology
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Granville, OH · Midwest
Denison University
Enrollment
2,400
Admit rate
26%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsCommunicationBiology
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Memphis, TN · South
Rhodes College
Enrollment
2,000
Admit rate
55%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
BiologyBusinessPsychology
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Sewanee, TN · South
Sewanee: The University of the South
Enrollment
1,750
Admit rate
62%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsEnglishEnvironmental Studies
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Greenville, SC · South
Furman University
Enrollment
2,300
Admit rate
66%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
BusinessHealth SciencesCommunication
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Claremont, CA · West
Pitzer College
Enrollment
1,150
Admit rate
18%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
PsychologyMedia StudiesSociology
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Portland, OR · West
Reed College
Enrollment
1,500
Admit rate
33%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
BiologyEnglishPsychology
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Northfield, MN · Midwest
St. Olaf College
Enrollment
3,000
Admit rate
52%
Faculty
12:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
BiologyMusicEconomics
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Wheaton, IL · Midwest
Wheaton College (IL)
Enrollment
2,400
Admit rate
88%
Faculty
12:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
BusinessPsychologyBiology
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Beloit, WI · Midwest
Beloit College
Enrollment
1,000
Admit rate
66%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
AnthropologyBiologyPsychology
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Richmond, VA · South
University of Richmond
Enrollment
3,000
Admit rate
25%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
BusinessPolitical ScienceBiology
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Claremont, CA · West
Harvey Mudd College
Enrollment
910
Admit rate
10%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics
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Worcester, MA · Northeast
College of the Holy Cross
Enrollment
3,100
Admit rate
21%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
19
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
EconomicsPolitical SciencePsychology
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Annapolis, MD · Mid-Atlantic
United States Naval Academy
Enrollment
4,400
Admit rate
9%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
EngineeringPolitical ScienceEconomics
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West Point, NY · Northeast
United States Military Academy (Army West Point)
Enrollment
4,400
Admit rate
11%
Faculty
7:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
EngineeringPolitical ScienceHistory
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Colorado Springs, CO · West
United States Air Force Academy
Enrollment
4,000
Admit rate
12%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
EngineeringAeronauticsPolitical Science
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Bloomington, IL · Midwest
Illinois Wesleyan University
Enrollment
1,500
Admit rate
62%
Faculty
11:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
BusinessNursingBiology
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Lake Forest, IL · Midwest
Lake Forest College
Enrollment
1,600
Admit rate
53%
Faculty
11:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
BusinessPsychologyCommunication
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Wellesley, MA · Northeast
Babson College
Enrollment
2,600
Admit rate
22%
Faculty
15:1
Avg class
20
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EntrepreneurshipBusiness AdminFinance
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