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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
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
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
Claremont, CA · West
Pomona College
Enrollment
1,750
Admit rate
7%
Faculty
7:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsComputer ScienceNeuroscience
Wellesley, MA · Northeast
Wellesley College
Enrollment
2,500
Admit rate
13%
Faculty
7:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsPolitical ScienceBiology
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
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
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
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
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
Davidson, NC · South
Davidson College
Enrollment
1,950
Admit rate
17%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
EconomicsPolitical ScienceBiology
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
Northampton, MA · Northeast
Smith College
Enrollment
2,600
Admit rate
22%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
GovernmentPsychologyEngineering
Poughkeepsie, NY · Northeast
Vassar College
Enrollment
2,450
Admit rate
19%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EnglishPolitical SciencePsychology
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
Grinnell, IA · Midwest
Grinnell College
Enrollment
1,750
Admit rate
11%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsComputer ScienceBiology
Clinton, NY · Northeast
Hamilton College
NESCAC
Enrollment
2,050
Admit rate
12%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsGovernmentMath
Hamilton, NY · Northeast
Colgate University
Enrollment
3,200
Admit rate
12%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-I
EconomicsPolitical ScienceEnglish
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
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
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
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
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
Gambier, OH · Midwest
Kenyon College
Enrollment
1,850
Admit rate
27%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Rural
Athletics
D-III
EnglishEconomicsPolitical Science
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
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
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
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
Schenectady, NY · Northeast
Union College
Enrollment
2,200
Admit rate
43%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
17
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
EngineeringEconomicsPolitical Science
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
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
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
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
Granville, OH · Midwest
Denison University
Enrollment
2,400
Admit rate
26%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
EconomicsCommunicationBiology
Memphis, TN · South
Rhodes College
Enrollment
2,000
Admit rate
55%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
BiologyBusinessPsychology
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
Greenville, SC · South
Furman University
Enrollment
2,300
Admit rate
66%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-I
BusinessHealth SciencesCommunication
Claremont, CA · West
Pitzer College
Enrollment
1,150
Admit rate
18%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
16
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
PsychologyMedia StudiesSociology
Portland, OR · West
Reed College
Enrollment
1,500
Admit rate
33%
Faculty
9:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Urban
Athletics
D-III
BiologyEnglishPsychology
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
Wheaton, IL · Midwest
Wheaton College (IL)
Enrollment
2,400
Admit rate
88%
Faculty
12:1
Avg class
18
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
BusinessPsychologyBiology
Beloit, WI · Midwest
Beloit College
Enrollment
1,000
Admit rate
66%
Faculty
10:1
Avg class
15
Setting
Small town
Athletics
D-III
AnthropologyBiologyPsychology
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
Claremont, CA · West
Harvey Mudd College
Enrollment
910
Admit rate
10%
Faculty
8:1
Avg class
14
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wellesley, MA · Northeast
Babson College
Enrollment
2,600
Admit rate
22%
Faculty
15:1
Avg class
20
Setting
Suburban
Athletics
D-III
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