#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

0.193

0.97

0.95

#2

Amherst College  

Amherst, MA

50562

1792

0.138

0.98

0.94

#3

Swarthmore College  

Swarthmore, PA

47442

1542

0.17

0.96

0.94

#4Tie

Bowdoin College  

Brunswick, ME

48212

1805

0.149

0.97

0.93

#4Tie

Middlebury College  

Middlebury, VT

47828

2533

0.172

0.96

0.94

#4Tie

Pomona College  

Claremont, CA

47620

1650

0.122

0.98

0.93

#4Tie

Wellesley College  

Wellesley, MA

46836

2323

0.304

0.96

0.91

#8

Carleton College  

Northfield, MN

49263

2057

0.228

0.97

0.93

#9Tie

Claremont McKenna College  

Claremont, CA

49045

1324

0.108

0.96

0.9

#9Tie

Davidson College  

Davidson, NC

46966

1770

0.217

0.96

0.93

#9Tie

United States Naval Academy  

Annapolis, MD

0

4511

0.079

0.97

0.89

#12Tie

Haverford College  

Haverford, PA

49098

1194

0.247

0.97

0.94

#12Tie

Vassar College  

Poughkeepsie, NY

51300

2418

0.235

0.96

0.92

#14Tie

Hamilton College  

Clinton, NY

49500

1900

0.264

0.95

0.91

#14Tie

Harvey Mudd College  

Claremont, CA

48594

804

0.143

0.98

0.94

#14Tie

Smith College  

Northampton, MA

46288

2989

0.422

0.94

0.87

#14Tie

Washington and Lee University  

Lexington, VA

46417

2264

0.196

0.96

0.88

#14Tie

Wesleyan University  

Middletown, CT

48974

3224

0.239

0.95

0.93

#19Tie

Colby College  

Waterville, ME

49120

1847

0.281

0.94

0.9

#19Tie

Colgate University  

Hamilton, NY

49970

2888

0.262

0.95

0.92

#19Tie

Grinnell College  

Grinnell, IA

46990

1734

0.28

0.94

0.89

#22

United States Military Academy  

West Point, NY

0

4414

0.095

0.95

0.8

#23Tie

Macalester College  

St. Paul, MN

48887

2073

0.364

0.94

0.9

#23Tie

Oberlin College  

Oberlin, OH

50586

2978

0.327

0.93

0.87

#25Tie

Bates College  

Lewiston, ME

48435

1773

0.254

0.94

0.88

#25Tie

Bryn Mawr College  

Bryn Mawr, PA

47140

1709

0.405

0.91

0.82

#25Tie

Colorado College  

Colorado Springs, CO

48996

2067

0.179

0.95

0.86

#25Tie

Kenyon College  

Gambier, OH

49140

1662

0.251

0.96

0.89

#29Tie

Barnard College  

New York, NY

47631

2573

0.238

0.96

0.89

#29Tie

Scripps College  

Claremont, CA

49152

988

0.273

0.93

0.87

#29Tie

United States Air Force Academy  

USAF Academy, CO

0

3952

0.166

0.92

0.84

#32Tie

Bucknell University  

Lewisburg, PA

50152

3624

0.307

0.94

0.89

#32Tie

College of the Holy Cross  

Worcester, MA

47176

2937

0.433

0.95

0.92

#32Tie

University of Richmond  

Univ. of Richmond, VA

48090

3514

0.318

0.94

0.84

#35

Mount Holyoke College  

South Hadley, MA

43886

2255

0.547

0.91

0.8

#36

Pitzer College  

Claremont, CA

48660

1076

0.13

0.92

0.84

#37

Lafayette College  

Easton, PA

47010

2503

0.298

0.94

0.9

#38Tie

Skidmore College  

Saratoga Springs, NY

48970

2646

0.373

0.94

0.87

#38Tie

union     College  

Schenectady, NY

50013

2242

0.411

0.93

0.86

#40Tie

Dickinson College  

Carlisle, PA

49464

2364

0.481

0.9

0.84

#40Tie

Franklin and Marshall College  

Lancaster, PA

50400

2209

0.389

0.92

0.87

#40Tie

Whitman College  

Walla Walla, WA

46138

1498

0.41

0.94

0.87

#43Tie

Occidental College  

Los Angeles, CA

49278

2040

0.42

0.93

0.85

#43Tie

Trinity College  

Hartford, CT

50776

2350

0.33

0.9

0.84

#45Tie

Bard College  

Annandale on Hudson, NY

49906

2306

0.446

0.87

0.75

#45Tie

Centre College  

Danville, KY

38200

1387

0.716

0.91

0.82

#45Tie

Soka University of America  

Aliso Viejo, CA

30642

418

0.435

0.96

0.79

#48Tie

Connecticut College  

New London, CT

49350

1900

0.376

0.9

0.83

#48Tie

Gettysburg College  

Gettysburg, PA

49140

2451

0.454

0.9

0.84

#48Tie

Sewanee—University of the South  

Sewanee, TN

38700

1714

0.647

0.89

0.79

#51Tie

DePauw University  

GREencastle, IN

44678

2216

0.568

0.92

0.8

#51Tie

Furman University  

GREenville, SC

46012

2973

0.687

0.89

0.84

#51Tie

Rhodes College  

Memphis, TN

43224

2054

0.6

0.91

0.8

#51Tie

St. Olaf College  

Northfield, MN

42940

3034

0.513

0.94

0.89

#55Tie

Denison University  

Granville, OH

47290

2280

0.507

0.9

0.82

#55Tie

St. John's College  

Annapolis, MD

49119

472

0.867

0.86

0.7

#57Tie

Lawrence University  

Appleton, WI

43740

1519

0.73

0.89

0.8

#57Tie

Sarah Lawrence College  

Bronxville, NY

51034

1761

0.531

0.87

0.77

#57Tie

Wheaton College  

Wheaton, IL

32950

2914

0.692

0.95

0.89

#60

St. Lawrence University  

Canton, NY

49420

2508

0.476

0.91

0.85

#61Tie

Beloit College  

Beloit, WI

45050

1303

0.693

0.89

0.8

#61Tie

College of Wooster  

Wooster, OH

44950

2066

0.591

0.89

0.76

#61Tie

Earlham College  

Richmond, IN

44390

1076

0.645

0.85

0.72

#61Tie

Hobart and William Smith Colleges  

Geneva, NY

49677

2425

0.496

0.88

0.79

#61Tie

Wabash College  

Crawfordsville, IN

39980

926

0.7

0.86

0.73

#66

Kalamazoo College  

Kalamazoo, MI

42846

1461

0.697

0.92

0.82

#67Tie

Agnes Scott College  

Decatur, GA

37236

873

0.677

0.83

0.74

#67Tie

Berea College  

Berea, KY

870

1621

0.337

0.82

0.62

#67Tie

Hillsdale College  

Hillsdale, MI

24592

1504

0.53

0.96

0.82

#67Tie

Wheaton College  

Norton, MA

47700

1587

0.696

0.85

0.77

#67Tie

Willamette University  

Salem, OR

45616

3060

0.813

0.86

0.77

#72Tie

Allegheny College  

Meadville, PA

42470

2023

0.718

0.86

0.78

#72Tie

Illinois Wesleyan University  

Bloomington, IL

42490

1893

0.604

0.9

0.81

#72Tie

Knox College  

Galesburg, IL

41847

1399

0.682

0.88

0.8

#72Tie

Lewis & Clark College  

Portland, OR

45104

3504

0.666

0.87

0.79

#72Tie

Muhlenberg College  

Allentown, PA

45875

2440

0.528

0.91

0.85

#72Tie

Spelman College  

Atlanta, GA

26388

2135

0.54

0.89

0.74

#72Tie

University of Puget Sound  

Tacoma, WA

44976

2826

0.793

0.87

0.76

#79Tie

Austin College  

Sherman, TX

34840

1301

0.544

0.83

0.77

#79Tie

Gustavus Adolphus College  

St. Peter, MN

41620

2456

0.611

0.91

0.82

#79Tie

St. John's University  

Collegeville, MN

40226

1895

0.788

0.89

0.8

#82Tie

College of the Atlantic  

Bar Harbor, ME

42084

386

0.711

0.83

0.71

#82Tie

Hendrix College  

Conway, AR

40870

1358

0.828

0.85

0.71

#82Tie

New College of Florida  

Sarasota, FL

in-state: $7,040, out-of-state: $30,069 

834

0.599

0.83

0.69

#82Tie

St. Mary's College  

Notre Dame, IN

37400

1519

0.833

0.88

0.81

#82Tie

Thomas Aquinas College  

Santa Paula, CA

24500

378

0.827

0.9

0.72

#82Tie

Transylvania University  

Lexington, KY

34370

1014

0.826

0.86

0.7

#82Tie

Virginia Military Institute  

Lexington, VA

in-state: $16,536, out-of-state: $39,550 

1700

0.444

0.86

0.71

#82Tie

Wofford College  

Spartanburg, SC

38705

1608

0.774

0.89

0.78

#90Tie

College of St. Benedict  

St. Joseph, MN

40846

2020

0.822

0.89

0.81

#90Tie

Luther College  

Decorah, IA

39190

2385

0.712

0.87

0.82

#90Tie

Southwestern University  

Georgetown, TX

37560

1538

0.485

0.85

0.73

#93Tie

Bennington College  

Bennington, VT

48220

755

0.672

0.84

0.67

#93Tie

Cornell College  

Mount Vernon, IA

38700

1077

0.736

0.82

0.67

#93Tie

Millsaps College  

Jackson, MS

35510

845

0.572

0.8

0.64

#93Tie

Reed College 1 

Portland, OR

47760

N/A 

0.485

0.94

0.79

#93Tie

St. Mary's College of Maryland  

St. Mary's City, MD

in-state: $13,895, out-of-state: $28,745 

1721

0.789

0.88

0.81

#93Tie

Ursinus College  

Collegeville, PA

47700

1681

0.832

0.9

0.8

#93Tie

Westmont College  

Santa Barbara, CA

41360

1313

0.794

0.87

0.78

#100Tie

Albion College  

Albion, MI

39128

1268

0.608

0.81

0.72

#100Tie

Hope College  

Holland, MI

30550

3432

0.816

0.9

0.8

#100Tie

St. John's College  

Santa Fe, NM

49194

402

0.934

0.76

0.5

#100Tie

Washington and Jefferson College  

Washington, PA

43226

1362

0.417

N/A 

0.76

#100Tie

Washington College  

Chestertown, MD

43850

1485

0.557

0.83

0.74

#105Tie

Augustana College  

Rock Island, IL

38466

2497

0.536

0.85

0.74

#105Tie

Juniata College  

Huntingdon, PA

40600

1632

0.742

0.88

0.78

#105Tie

St. Michael's College  

Colchester, VT

40750

2617

0.805

0.89

0.79

#108Tie

Hampden-Sydney College  

Hampden-Sydney, VA

41730

1105

0.473

0.8

0.67

#108Tie

Hollins University  

Roanoke, VA

35635

769

0.566

0.71

0.62

#108Tie

Lake Forest College  

Lake Forest, IL

42644

1626

0.552

0.84

0.73

#108Tie

Ohio Wesleyan University  

Delaware, OH

43230

1734

0.743

0.81

0.65

#112Tie

Drew University  

Madison, NJ

46384

2113

0.702

0.79

0.62

#112Tie

Goucher College  

Baltimore, MD

42180

2114

0.757

0.82

0.63

#112Tie

Siena College  

Loudonville, NY

33415

3184

0.58

0.87

0.8

#112Tie

St. Anselm College  

Manchester, NH

37694

1968

0.761

0.87

0.75

#116Tie

Coe College  

Cedar Rapids, IA

39080

1436

0.553

0.8

0.71

#116Tie

Hanover College  

Hanover, IN

34514

1145

0.645

0.82

0.69

#116Tie

Ripon College  

Ripon, WI

36514

840

0.675

0.85

0.68

#116Tie

Stonehill College  

Easton, MA

38550

2401

0.77

0.88

0.82

#120Tie

Birmingham-Southern College  

Birmingham, AL

33128

1185

0.534

0.81

0.64

#120Tie

Calvin College  

Grand Rapids, MI

30660

3993

0.731

0.87

0.74

#120Tie

Concordia College—Moorhead  

Moorhead, MN

35464

2398

0.643

0.83

0.72

#120Tie

Linfield College  

McMinnville, OR

38684

1683

0.938

0.85

0.71

#120Tie

Susquehanna University  

Selinsgrove, PA

42040

2093

0.782

0.84

0.76

#125Tie

Randolph-Macon College  

Ashland, VA

37600

1394

0.603

0.79

0.62

#125Tie

Westminster College  

New Wilmington, PA

34105

1286

0.937

0.85

0.76

#127Tie

Berry College  

Mount Berry, GA

31996

2177

0.608

0.78

0.62

#127Tie

Eckerd College  

St. Petersburg, FL

40020

1815

0.764

0.82

0.65

#127Tie

Goshen College  

Goshen, IN

30590

843

0.948

0.79

0.72

#127Tie

Presbyterian College  

Clinton, SC

36130

1460

0.537

0.82

0.65

#127Tie

Principia College  

Elsah, IL

27440

495

0.792

0.82

0.87

#127Tie

St. Norbert College  

De Pere, WI

34237

2169

0.817

0.83

0.7

#127Tie

Whittier College  

Whittier, CA

43080

2290

0.619

0.84

0.65

#134Tie

Grove City College  

Grove City, PA

16154

2509

0.875

0.9

0.83

#134Tie

McDaniel College  

Westminster, MD

39900

3187

0.761

0.82

0.68

#136Tie

Central College  

Pella, IA

33345

1411

0.66

0.81

0.68

#136Tie

Houghton College  

Houghton, NY

29458

1078

0.938

0.87

0.76

#136Tie

Illinois College  

Jacksonville, IL

31660

965

0.541

0.78

0.75

#136Tie

Marlboro College  

Marlboro, VT

39250

308

0.816

0.74

0.59

#136Tie

Salem College  

Winston-Salem, NC

25356

1117

0.599

0.78

0.65

#136Tie

University of Minnesota—Morris  

Morris, MN

12846

1899

0.636

0.82

0.67

#136Tie

Wells College  

Aurora, NY

37500

551

0.583

0.71

0.58

#143Tie

Alma College  

Alma, MI

35806

1396

0.72

0.8

0.6

#143Tie

Nebraska Wesleyan University  

Lincoln, NE

29800

2083

0.781

0.8

0.69

#143Tie

Roanoke College  

Salem, VA

39416

2054

0.693

0.8

0.64

#143Tie

Simpson College  

Indianola, IA

34175

1725

0.854

0.8

0.73

#143Tie

Wartburg College  

Waverly, IA

37190

1661

0.788

0.78

0.71

#148Tie

Centenary College of Louisiana  

Shreveport, LA

32960

619

0.657

0.73

0.52

#148Tie

Moravian College  

Bethlehem, PA

38132

1930

0.862

0.78

0.69

#148Tie

Morehouse College  

Atlanta, GA

26090

2109

0.84

0.83

0.53

#148Tie

University of North Carolina—Asheville  

Asheville, NC

in-state: $6,485, out-of-state: $22,099 

3845

0.733

0.79

0.64

#148Tie

Westminster College  

Fulton, MO

23480

944

0.671

0.79

0.67

#148Tie

Wittenberg University  

Springfield, OH

38030

1964

0.914

0.78

0.69

#154Tie

Carthage College  

Kenosha, WI

38375

2979

0.716

0.77

0.61

#154Tie

Georgetown College  

Georgetown, KY

34280

1262

0.888

0.72

0.55

#154Tie

Hiram College  

Hiram, OH

31530

1259

0.621

0.74

0.63

#154Tie

Saint Vincent College  

Latrobe, PA

32380

1829

0.719

0.83

0.74

#158Tie

Doane College  

Crete, NE

28790

1067

0.794

0.75

0.59

#158Tie

Gordon College  

Wenham, MA

35386

2079

0.884

0.82

0.71

#158Tie

Guilford College  

GREensboro, NC

34090

2137

0.622

0.73

0.61

#158Tie

Randolph College  

Lynchburg, VA

35410

693

0.81

0.76

0.41

#158Tie

Wesleyan College  

Macon, GA

20290

715

0.445

0.78

0.48

#158Tie

William Jewell College  

Liberty, MO

32330

1060

0.628

0.76

0.6

#164Tie

Hartwick College  

Oneonta, NY

41440

1540

0.896

0.75

0.57

#164Tie

Lycoming College  

Williamsport, PA

35900

1357

0.722

0.82

0.62

#164Tie

Warren Wilson College  

Asheville, NC

32560

886

0.718

0.67

0.51

#167Tie

Monmouth College  

Monmouth, IL

34200

1300

0.691

0.76

0.56

#167Tie

Oglethorpe University  

Atlanta, GA

33800

1095

0.785

0.76

0.51

#169

College of Idaho  

Caldwell, ID

25825

1144

0.687

0.84

0.59

#170

Ouachita Baptist University  

Arkadelphia, AR

24120

1501

0.706

0.78

0.58

#171Tie

Eastern Mennonite University  

Harrisonburg, VA

30800

1695

0.604

0.78

0.61

#171Tie

Fisk University  

Nashville, TN

20858

773

0.834

0.82

0.5

#171Tie

Purchase College—SUNY  

Purchase, NY

in-state: $8,233, out-of-state: $18,083 

4289

0.408

0.82

0.68

#174Tie

Claflin University  

Orangeburg, SC

15650

1866

0.438

0.73

0.49

#174Tie

Emory and Henry College  

Emory, VA

30900

1038

0.717

0.73

0.47

#174Tie

Wisconsin Lutheran College  

Milwaukee, WI

27040

1179

0.643

0.76

0.61

#RNP 

Albright College  

Reading, PA

39850

2393

0.501

0.74

0.52

#RNP 

Allen University  

Columbia, SC

12970

678

0.429

0.54

0.28

#RNP 

American Jewish University  

Bel-Air, CA

29606

203

0.576

0.68

0.62

#RNP 

Amridge University  

Montgomery, AL

13800

625

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

#RNP 

Ave Maria University 1 

Ave Maria, FL

17940

N/A 

0.596

0.71

0.54

#RNP 

Bay Path University  

Longmeadow, MA

31785

2593

0.631

0.75

0.6

#RNP 

Bennett College  

GREensboro, NC

17130

633

0.918

0.61

0.45

#RNP 

Bethany College  

Bethany, WV

26500

935

0.621

0.61

0.47

#RNP 

Bethany Lutheran College  

Mankato, MN

25170

533

0.777

0.72

0.54

#RNP 

Bloomfield College  

Bloomfield, NJ

27800

2012

0.634

0.67

0.33

#RNP 

Brevard College  

Brevard, NC

26170

705

0.432

0.58

0.43

#RNP 

Bridgewater College  

Bridgewater, VA

31480

1785

0.478

0.76

0.61

#RNP 

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church 1 

Bryn Athyn, PA

18610

N/A 

0.523

0.64

0.4

#RNP 

Burlington College 1 

Burlington, VT

23546

N/A 

0.828

0.44

0.25

#RNP 

Castleton State College  

Castleton, VT

in-state: $10,772, out-of-state: $25,436 

2184

0.779

0.71

0.5

#RNP 

Colorado Mesa University  

Grand Junction, CO

in-state: $8,008, out-of-state: $19,363 

9116

0.823

0.65

0.32

#RNP 

Dillard University