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Liberal Arts Colleges

Liberal Arts Colleges

# University Accept RD Yield SAT Submit % Degrees Earn z Earnings ROI Employ
1 Williams 7% 29% 1520 61% 493 +1.44 $97,317 66 90%
2 Pomona 7% 29% 1520 49% 451 +1.06 $96,176 66 96%
3 Swarthmore 7% 26% 1520 55% 426 +1.10 $94,742 68 97%
4 Carleton 22% 21% 1500 64% 424 +0.20 $78,461 51 96%
5 Amherst 8% 27% 1510 56% 486 +1.48 $100,114 63 93%
6 Claremont McKenna 9% 27% 1510 48% 343 +1.60 $103,563 78 91%
7 Bowdoin 7% 33% 1500 52% 482 +1.22 $90,805 65 95%
8 Haverford 13% 25% 1490 54% 322 +0.42 $76,692 47 97%
9 Middlebury 13% 20% 1500 49% 727 +1.04 $88,019 58 94%
10 Vassar 21% 15% 1490 46% 581 +0.25 $68,337 43 92%
11 Colby 8% 46% 1500 52% 532 +1.08 $86,589 56 96%
12 Hamilton 14% 18% 1470 48% 488 +0.41 $75,647 50 93%
13 Davidson 13% 22% 1450 49% 504 +0.89 $82,781 61 —
14 Reed 29% 10% 1400 86% 312 -0.97 $54,155 23 90%
15 Grinnell 14% 14% 1470 50% 383 -0.05 $71,570 43 97%
16 Wesleyan 16% 17% 1470 45% 766 +0.47 $66,946 39 93%
17 Colgate 17% 15% 1480 36% 729 +0.97 $83,490 58 94%
18 Macalester 28% 15% 1410 59% 513 -0.12 $65,636 33 90%
19 Hillsdale 30% 54% 1400 66% 355 -0.34 $62,650 56 —
20 Oberlin 34% 14% 1440 49% 656 -0.77 $51,389 16 93%
21 Bates 15% 18% 1480 16% 433 +0.21 $68,877 42 95%
22 Colorado 15% 16% 1340 45% 552 -0.40 $59,940 28 98%
23 Denison 22% 12% 1400 51% 505 -0.07 $66,943 41 94%
24 Kenyon 25% 10% 1430 21% 374 -0.22 $57,553 19 97%
25 Trinity 25% 16% 1420 43% 588 +0.02 $74,244 60 96%
26 Lyon 27% 23% — — 104 -0.51 $58,997 52 98%
27 Pitzer 27% 13% — — 265 -0.38 $60,700 36 96%
28 Connecticut 28% 9% 1420 24% 381 +0.84 $76,331 52 99%
29 Morehouse 28% 22% 1040 11% 410 -0.06 $65,219 63 93%
30 Trinity College (CT) 28% 13% 1380 10% 533 +0.94 $82,263 65 94%
31 Soka University of America 30% 46% 1420 17% 87 -0.28 $49,249 32 84%
32 Skidmore 31% 15% 1410 33% 640 -0.02 $61,187 32 95%
33 Bucknell 32% 12% 1390 39% 860 +1.13 $88,033 71 95%
34 Lafayette 32% 12% 1420 34% 599 +0.78 $85,773 75 97%
35 Dickinson 33% 13% 1380 28% 460 +0.84 $74,607 56 96%
36 Rhodes 35% 8% 1400 62% 429 -0.10 $64,585 43 96%
37 Gettysburg 35% 9% 1360 35% 554 +0.78 $75,166 53 97%
38 Muhlenberg 35% 10% 1330 22% 509 +0.69 $68,955 50 97%
39 Union College 35% 10% 1400 43% 453 +0.37 $81,943 63 94%
40 Whitman 35% 10% 1390 16% 299 -0.49 $59,266 30 95%
41 Sarah Lawrence 38% 13% 1330 13% 333 -0.90 $42,672 3 88%
42 Rust 38% 6% — — 47 -2.40 $37,475 17 93%
43 Claflin 40% 7% — — 307 -1.66 $45,624 31 95%
44 St. Lawrence 40% 10% 1330 20% 491 +0.13 $67,459 48 95%
45 Fisk 42% 8% 1320 99% 112 -0.79 $57,367 52 99%
46 Dillard 42% 6% 1080 41% 182 -1.24 $47,934 30 96%
47 Florida Southern 42% 9% 1240 41% 621 -0.43 $57,567 43 97%
48 Hampden-Sydney 42% 23% 1140 12% 186 -0.28 $69,706 58 98%
49 Oakwood 42% 30% — 45% 189 -0.68 $54,397 51 100%
50 Rollins 42% 9% 1260 41% 557 -0.43 $58,686 34 95%
51 Southwestern 42% 13% 1210 57% 306 -0.01 $64,518 44 96%
52 Tougaloo 42% 10% — — 96 -1.64 $42,365 29 94%
53 Austin 43% 14% 1200 32% 258 -0.58 $57,329 38 93%
54 Barton 45% 10% — — 240 -1.13 $49,999 28 96%
55 Brevard 45% 27% 1040 42% 166 -1.14 $45,606 23 98%
56 Centenary College of Louisiana 45% 24% 1140 80% 104 -0.37 $55,739 38 87%
57 DePauw 45% 11% 1300 53% 328 +0.20 $69,272 47 97%
58 Earlham 45% 14% 1200 33% 103 -0.57 $55,838 26 94%
59 Occidental 45% 11% 1450 28% 401 +0.13 $64,713 45 92%
60 U. of the South 45% 13% 1330 54% 401 -0.16 $61,071 37 96%
61 Wabash 45% 12% 1160 59% 184 +0.28 $63,425 47 96%
62 William Jewell 47% 33% 1180 59% 170 -0.37 $62,573 69 98%
63 Bard 48% 12% 1360 22% 422 -0.35 $46,389 11 99%
64 Berry 48% 15% 1220 19% 475 -0.65 $55,452 38 98%
65 Furman 48% 11% 1340 49% 481 +0.12 $65,099 43 98%
66 Illinois Wesleyan 48% 12% 1230 31% 341 +0.09 $68,418 53 97%
67 Lake Forest 48% 13% 1290 26% 417 -0.56 $57,686 31 94%
68 Wofford 48% 12% 1270 48% 452 -0.38 $62,516 43 94%
69 Kalamazoo 50% 11% 1270 44% 302 -0.31 $60,748 30 95%
70 Providence 50% 13% 1320 24% 932 +1.20 $84,053 75 96%
71 Allegheny 52% 9% 1270 33% 294 -0.32 $61,324 40 97%
72 Beloit 52% 9% 1310 15% 168 -1.00 $52,903 19 94%
73 Ohio Wesleyan 52% 11% — — 303 -0.83 $52,174 21 94%
74 Tabor 54% 38% — — 129 -0.47 $53,738 36 —
75 Nazareth 55% 12% 1190 11% 444 -0.17 $55,060 44 97%
76 St. John's 55% 19% 1370 49% 71 -2.30 $27,988 2 94%
77 U. of the Ozarks 55% 16% 1090 100% 156 -1.15 $47,667 29 96%
78 Catawba 56% 13% 1160 47% 219 -0.80 $55,911 40 96%
79 The College of Idaho 56% 15% 1170 44% 219 -1.23 $49,774 27 97%
80 Adrian 58% 26% 1010 27% 339 -0.53 $55,130 37 96%
81 Carthage 58% 11% — 3% 524 -0.03 $67,541 58 98%
82 Friends 58% 45% 1020 26% 218 -0.55 $53,890 40 95%
83 Lees-McRae 59% 14% — — 194 -1.13 $45,531 21 95%
84 Albion 60% 7% — — 259 -0.74 $54,196 24 95%
85 Cornell College 60% 14% 1200 25% 210 -0.67 $55,746 29 99%
86 Goucher 60% 10% 1210 25% 170 -0.50 $53,005 26 91%
87 U. of Puget Sound 60% 9% 1270 41% 400 -0.10 $61,425 38 95%
88 Bethel 62% 30% 980 99% 391 -0.59 $54,960 57 94%
89 Carroll College 62% 22% 1170 64% 221 -0.53 $61,697 48 96%
90 College of Saint Benedict 62% 22% 1140 47% 338 -0.12 $63,095 44 97%
91 Dordt 62% 38% 1200 100% 309 -0.72 $59,071 45 95%
92 Erskine 63% 22% — — 139 -0.87 $51,127 31 98%
93 Texas Lutheran 63% 17% — — 313 -0.45 $63,331 60 96%
94 Belhaven 64% 18% 1150 83% 297 -0.87 $51,697 36 94%
95 Arizona Christian 65% 36% — — 167 -0.83 $49,666 33 100%
96 Augustana 65% 26% 1260 55% 351 -0.50 $58,430 42 97%
97 Carroll 65% 17% 1160 36% 570 +0.04 $64,878 59 99%
98 Chatham 65% 13% 1180 30% 247 +0.03 $62,089 51 98%
99 Crown 65% 34% — — 146 -0.73 $47,770 31 98%
100 Drew 65% 11% 1220 25% 372 +0.11 $65,550 58 95%
101 Drury 65% 22% 1210 65% 309 -0.75 $54,862 39 93%
102 Elizabethtown 65% 18% 1200 31% 393 +0.01 $64,989 60 98%
103 Grove City 65% 20% 1260 70% 486 -0.35 $65,856 70 —
104 Notre Dame of Maryland 65% 8% — — 194 +0.30 $80,272 76 98%
105 Thomas Aquinas 65% 68% 1310 58% 107 -0.30 $49,029 41 85%
106 Transylvania 65% 16% 1250 72% 207 -0.18 $61,943 46 96%
107 Buena Vista 66% 21% 1040 34% 409 -0.64 $51,732 26 95%
108 King 66% 20% — — 327 -0.86 $54,056 36 95%
109 Missouri Valley 66% 29% — 8% 201 -0.69 $56,995 54 98%
110 Monmouth College 66% 14% 1100 27% 189 -1.13 $49,869 25 98%
111 Graceland University - Lamoni 67% 16% — — 192 -0.64 $61,790 61 95%
112 Piedmont 67% 14% 1140 35% 291 -0.76 $56,373 46 95%
113 Centre 68% 14% 1300 54% 299 -0.47 $61,477 39 96%
114 Hendrix 68% 18% 1230 60% 231 -0.86 $53,712 33 93%
115 Hope 68% 20% 1220 37% 695 -0.34 $62,441 50 98%
116 Kansas Wesleyan 68% 19% — — 141 -0.57 $56,085 44 98%
117 Maryville 68% 14% — — 209 -0.63 $54,600 38 100%
118 Millsaps 68% 18% 1090 71% 128 -0.78 $55,517 32 97%
119 North Central College 68% 14% 1180 27% 557 -0.15 $63,057 49 96%
120 Willamette 68% 14% 1340 27% 295 -0.19 $63,485 48 95%
121 Alma 69% 10% — — 282 -0.71 $54,138 26 98%
122 Augustana College (IL) 69% 13% 1150 48% 447 -0.08 $62,312 47 96%
123 Huntingdon 69% 15% 1110 34% 166 -0.86 $52,320 39 95%
124 Eckerd 70% 12% 1240 44% 429 -1.31 $44,643 15 91%
125 Knox 70% 11% 1310 34% 225 -0.61 $58,327 30 97%
126 Saint Mary's College of California 70% 9% — — 672 +1.10 $79,806 64 96%
127 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 70% 19% — — 191 -1.04 $49,577 28 97%
128 Washington 70% 9% 1260 14% 250 -0.12 $60,448 42 98%
129 Bethel College - North Newton 71% 16% — 3% 87 -1.07 $48,876 25 98%
130 Hastings 71% 18% — 4% 218 -0.75 $50,931 29 97%
131 Lewis & Clark 71% 8% — — 436 -0.71 $52,443 19 92%
132 Presbyterian 71% 12% 1090 49% 211 -0.34 $59,369 44 99%
133 Bethany 72% 27% — — 98 -1.16 $49,437 26 95%
134 Colby-Sawyer 72% 13% — — 202 -0.07 $72,062 79 100%
135 Franklin Pierce 72% 13% 1170 10% 274 +0.16 $65,170 55 97%
136 Keuka 72% 14% — 1% 272 -0.03 $55,710 46 95%
137 Loras 72% 19% — — 226 -0.44 $58,615 43 98%
138 Pfeiffer 72% 14% — — 153 -0.51 $55,871 43 98%
139 Spring Hill 72% 8% 990 55% 196 -0.73 $56,647 53 100%
140 Whitworth 72% 14% 1210 18% 496 -0.26 $60,255 40 95%
141 Wittenberg 72% 12% 1130 32% 273 -0.14 $62,013 47 99%
142 Coe 73% 5% 1180 34% 253 -0.43 $61,024 37 96%
143 Gustavus Adolphus 73% 15% 1260 42% 557 +0.03 $63,309 43 95%
144 Hanover 73% 14% 1190 38% 200 -0.78 $52,867 27 99%
145 Taylor 73% 32% 1200 91% 393 -0.22 $57,258 39 95%
146 Juniata 74% 14% 1230 32% 273 -0.56 $57,789 33 93%
147 New College of Florida 74% 19% 1150 100% 130 -1.53 $41,786 18 95%
148 Albertus Magnus 75% 11% — — 195 -0.22 $58,807 49 98%
149 Allen 75% 6% — — 85 -1.92 $37,943 20 96%
150 Bridgewater 75% 10% — 7% 278 -0.61 $53,474 60 96%
151 Calvin 75% 21% 1200 48% 626 -0.48 $62,015 51 95%
152 Central 75% 21% 1080 45% 237 -0.50 $58,003 56 99%
153 Georgetown College 75% 26% 1060 48% 240 -0.75 $52,781 29 98%
154 Illinois 75% 8% 1030 49% 257 -0.72 $56,136 44 97%
155 LaGrange 75% 25% — — 104 -0.46 $59,605 53 97%
156 Lawrence 75% 15% 1310 54% 364 -1.08 $46,560 15 93%
157 Lycoming 75% 13% 1190 20% 230 -0.50 $56,250 34 98%
158 Augsburg 76% 19% — — 489 -0.41 $60,293 44 98%
159 Dakota Wesleyan 76% 21% — — 154 -0.43 $62,048 54 97%
160 Ferrum 76% 12% — — 135 -0.98 $49,551 38 97%
161 Hamline 76% 16% 1260 26% 389 -0.30 $59,393 40 97%
162 Luther 76% 20% 1250 26% 343 -0.43 $59,344 34 98%
163 Manchester 76% 15% — — 186 -0.30 $57,513 45 97%
164 Doane 77% 20% — — 217 -0.77 $53,715 29 98%
165 Hood 77% 12% — — 270 -0.44 $60,374 44 98%
166 St. Mary's College of Maryland 77% 15% 1240 32% 336 -0.11 $61,230 62 94%
167 Susquehanna 77% 14% 1200 47% 525 -0.22 $60,780 36 98%
168 Viterbo 77% 16% 1190 49% 355 -0.31 $66,475 66 98%
169 Davis & Elkins 78% 25% — — 101 -0.09 $65,569 58 92%
170 Mitchell 78% 18% — — 98 -1.41 $41,519 12 94%
171 Moravian 78% 16% 1180 21% 471 -0.06 $66,341 51 99%
172 Saint Anselm 78% 16% 1190 20% 482 +0.55 $75,700 71 99%
173 York College of Pennsylvania 78% 15% 1140 26% 694 -0.28 $69,236 73 98%
174 Houghton 79% 23% 1270 27% 152 -1.02 $46,588 42 98%
175 Huntington 79% 19% 1040 81% 202 -1.05 $46,861 26 100%
176 Westmont 79% 16% 1340 27% 324 +0.18 $70,834 58 98%
177 Greenville 80% 15% 1000 20% 158 -1.30 $44,449 22 97%
178 Mars Hill 80% 31% — — 213 -1.03 $48,757 25 96%
179 Ripon 80% 11% 1120 68% 130 -0.52 $54,461 26 98%
180 Roanoke 80% 10% 1190 31% 404 -0.06 $60,061 54 98%
181 Oglethorpe 81% 18% 1200 27% 278 -1.04 $51,489 27 94%
182 Rocky Mountain 81% 29% 1010 50% 152 -0.55 $55,284 40 97%
183 Converse 82% 12% 1130 41% 156 -0.73 $48,436 36 97%
184 Guilford 82% 10% 1190 29% 195 -1.10 $48,984 24 94%
185 Keene State 82% 14% — — 629 -0.31 $57,004 56 98%
186 Nebraska Wesleyan 82% 16% 1150 25% 338 +0.14 $60,973 47 98%
187 Whittier 82% 5% — — 239 -0.69 $51,524 29 95%
188 Saint Mary's College (IN) 83% 20% 1230 44% 298 +0.14 $65,608 49 97%
189 U. of Redlands 83% 16% 1220 19% 580 +0.40 $68,057 54 96%
190 Ursinus 83% 11% 1290 26% 342 +0.00 $64,119 41 97%
191 Wartburg 83% 17% 1060 27% 279 -0.31 $58,646 54 97%
192 Mary Baldwin 84% 13% — — 282 -1.01 $47,949 28 93%
193 Randolph-Macon 84% 19% 1100 28% 358 -0.22 $63,519 52 98%
194 Schreiner 84% 15% — — 224 -0.48 $61,836 52 93%
195 West Virginia Wesleyan 84% 23% 1030 57% 155 -0.59 $59,178 50 100%
196 Linfield 85% 17% — — 498 +0.98 $85,788 76 96%
197 McPherson 85% 22% 1080 76% 163 -1.30 $50,488 27 100%
198 Batten 86% 12% — — 241 -0.78 $52,974 39 94%
199 Lenoir-Rhyne 86% 11% — — 337 -0.77 $56,474 49 97%
200 Muskingum 86% 17% 1010 76% 294 -0.97 $53,605 40 97%
201 Saint Michael's 86% 12% 1200 13% 297 -0.40 $58,067 36 95%
202 Eureka 87% 16% — — 112 -0.71 $51,337 42 96%
203 McDaniel 87% 14% — — 393 -0.16 $57,358 36 95%
204 Wilmington College 87% 19% 1030 62% 217 -1.02 $51,232 35 96%
205 Pacific Lutheran 88% 14% 1150 17% 595 -0.03 $65,434 54 96%
206 Aquinas 89% 12% 1030 47% 265 -0.25 $57,088 44 94%
207 Clarke 89% 6% 1030 11% 148 -0.89 $51,494 27 99%
208 Covenant 89% 40% 1270 83% 169 -0.54 $55,675 38 97%
209 Pacific 91% 13% 1070 10% 377 +0.10 $60,856 39 97%
210 Simpson College 91% 22% — 2% 247 -0.17 $62,563 45 98%
211 Culver-Stockton 93% 10% — 4% 182 -0.88 $51,529 38 96%
212 Dominican University of California 93% 13% — 3% 297 +2.26 $106,841 84 96%
213 Goshen 93% 15% 1000 12% 147 -0.69 $56,068 41 91%
214 Hiram 93% 13% — — 149 -0.77 $54,545 48 94%
215 Wilson 93% 19% 1050 13% 130 -0.80 $54,408 47 100%
216 Elmira 94% 12% — 9% 118 -0.17 $60,771 56 96%
217 Randolph 94% 12% 1150 13% 100 -1.00 $48,594 34 96%
218 Briar Cliff 95% 14% — — 145 -0.54 $57,298 43 98%
219 Eastern Mennonite 95% 12% — — 209 -0.12 $69,505 64 97%
220 Edgewood 95% 16% — — 283 -0.33 $64,534 58 98%
221 Franklin College 95% 17% 1150 43% 191 -0.36 $59,252 45 99%
222 Miles 95% 12% — — 152 -1.64 $44,011 33 95%
223 Hartwick 96% 10% — 5% 196 -0.33 $61,633 44 98%
224 Westminster College 97% 12% 1140 47% 215 -0.43 $57,498 43 98%
225 Coker 98% 23% — — 171 -1.34 $46,607 26 95%
226 U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor 99% 5% 1080 53% 598 -0.36 $62,153 60 92%