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Liberal Arts Colleges

# University Accept RD Yield SAT Submit % Degrees Earn z Earnings ROI Employ
1 Williams 9% 29% 1520 61% 575 +1.45 $94,459 88 91%
2 Pomona 7% 29% 1520 49% 465 +1.11 $96,175 91 96%
3 Swarthmore 8% 26% 1520 55% 456 +1.14 $93,979 88 97%
4 Amherst 8% 27% 1510 56% 537 +1.60 $98,620 91 93%
5 Claremont McKenna 9% 27% 1510 48% 374 +1.39 $99,405 92 91%
6 Bowdoin 7% 33% 1510 52% 528 +1.37 $94,964 88 95%
7 Washington & Lee 14% 23% 1480 52% 463 +1.22 $88,890 83 97%
8 Haverford 13% 25% 1500 54% 399 +0.50 $77,187 65 96%
9 Middlebury 13% 17% 1500 49% 809 +1.09 $87,150 81 94%
10 Colby 8% 46% 1510 52% 619 +1.18 $88,337 82 96%
11 Hamilton 14% 18% 1480 48% 564 +0.41 $76,062 67 93%
12 Davidson 13% 22% 1460 50% 509 +0.95 $78,802 71 —
13 Grinnell 14% 14% 1480 50% 453 +0.36 $75,627 60 97%
14 Wesleyan 17% 16% 1430 59% 880 +0.49 $67,358 43 93%
15 Colgate 18% 13% 1480 39% 830 +1.04 $86,234 81 94%
16 Bates 15% 16% 1420 21% 502 +0.33 $68,767 48 95%
17 Denison 20% 12% 1350 45% 609 +0.21 $70,049 48 94%
18 Vassar 21% 15% 1490 46% 636 +0.07 $63,342 32 92%
19 Carleton 22% 21% 1500 64% 517 +0.28 $79,681 71 96%
20 Colorado 22% 14% 1340 40% 621 -0.51 $58,210 16 99%
21 Skidmore 24% 13% 1410 33% 629 -0.06 $59,977 26 94%
22 Trinity 25% 14% 1400 53% 626 +0.29 $75,479 73 96%
23 Pitzer 27% 13% — — 334 -0.72 $56,937 22 96%
24 Lyon 27% 23% — — 65 +0.10 $61,898 60 97%
25 Morehouse 28% 22% 1050 11% 527 +0.05 $67,304 73 92%
26 Macalester 28% 15% 1420 59% 524 -0.15 $65,031 36 90%
27 Reed 29% 10% 1410 86% 406 -0.94 $52,744 9 89%
28 Trinity College (CT) 30% 11% 1410 13% 494 +0.82 $79,446 71 94%
29 Hillsdale 30% 54% 1410 66% 392 -0.04 $65,841 70 —
30 Kenyon 30% 9% 1450 16% 508 +0.06 $58,528 13 98%
31 Ottawa University - Surprise 31% 24% 1000 11% 146 -1.06 $51,147 33 99%
32 Lafayette 31% 12% 1430 36% 718 +0.85 $86,313 81 97%
33 Franklin and Marshall 32% 8% 1390 38% 453 +0.65 $70,980 50 95%
34 Bucknell 32% 12% 1270 86% 906 +1.25 $88,655 83 96%
35 Dickinson 33% 13% 1390 28% 601 +0.86 $75,918 66 96%
36 Oberlin 34% 14% 1430 48% 733 -0.41 $58,134 15 93%
37 Gettysburg 35% 9% 1370 35% 552 +0.83 $74,293 62 96%
38 Muhlenberg 35% 10% 1330 22% 459 +0.70 $68,950 53 97%
39 Soka University of America 36% 41% 1330 19% 122 -0.79 $44,886 18 84%
40 Rust 38% 6% — — 52 -1.82 $46,018 36 92%
41 Sarah Lawrence 38% 13% 1340 13% 354 -1.32 $39,291 2 88%
42 Connecticut 39% 9% 1270 66% 431 +0.76 $72,006 59 99%
43 Claflin 40% 7% — — 336 -1.51 $49,660 45 94%
44 St. Lawrence 40% 10% 1340 20% 530 -0.14 $64,002 40 95%
45 Whitman 40% 10% 1300 34% 417 -0.56 $57,330 23 96%
46 Florida Southern 41% 11% 1240 41% 661 -0.51 $58,870 48 97%
47 Beacon 42% 39% — — 84 -0.16 $57,082 34 —
48 Dillard 42% 6% 1080 41% 256 -0.81 $55,020 51 96%
49 Fisk 42% 8% 1340 99% 128 -0.11 $69,079 78 98%
50 Hampden-Sydney 42% 23% 1140 12% 185 -0.15 $72,333 69 98%
51 Oakwood 42% 30% 920 45% 200 -0.45 $59,389 63 100%
52 Southwestern 42% 13% 1220 57% 314 +0.21 $66,711 56 95%
53 Tougaloo 42% 10% — — 99 -1.21 $47,087 40 94%
54 Furman 43% 11% 1350 49% 563 +0.33 $66,280 46 98%
55 Union College 43% 7% 1400 41% 503 +0.26 $78,000 71 94%
56 Wofford 45% 18% 1270 48% 467 -0.24 $64,453 45 94%
57 Occidental 45% 7% 1460 33% 486 -0.36 $59,202 27 92%
58 Barton 45% 10% — — 256 -0.99 $51,898 30 96%
59 Brevard 45% 27% 1050 42% 171 -1.20 $46,477 20 99%
60 Centenary College of Louisiana 45% 24% 1140 80% 90 -0.03 $58,827 42 88%
61 Earlham 45% 14% 1200 33% 148 -0.42 $57,328 26 94%
62 U. of the South 45% 13% 1330 54% 434 +0.19 $67,032 52 96%
63 Wabash 45% 12% 1170 59% 186 +0.34 $68,945 61 96%
64 William Jewell 47% 33% 1180 59% 209 -0.11 $66,857 78 98%
65 Rollins 48% 9% 1270 41% 628 -0.56 $57,382 25 95%
66 Austin 48% 13% 1210 33% 254 -0.47 $59,173 40 94%
67 Bard 48% 12% 1360 22% 498 -0.59 $43,729 3 99%
68 Berry 48% 15% 1230 19% 553 -0.49 $57,860 44 98%
69 Flagler 48% 16% 1080 56% 560 -1.26 $47,093 29 95%
70 Illinois Wesleyan 48% 12% 1230 31% 347 +0.39 $73,709 68 98%
71 Centre 48% 12% 1310 55% 320 -0.14 $61,664 39 97%
72 St. John's 49% 28% 1380 49% 99 -2.52 $26,912 2 94%
73 Kalamazoo 49% 12% 1280 44% 340 -0.30 $60,478 28 94%
74 Providence 50% 13% 1320 24% 1,009 +1.06 $81,974 78 96%
75 Grove City 51% 37% 1260 70% 565 -0.01 $67,805 80 —
76 Rhodes 52% 11% 1420 55% 531 +0.35 $69,823 58 96%
77 Lake Forest 54% 14% 1290 26% 434 -0.65 $59,925 34 94%
78 Tabor 54% 38% — — 126 -0.27 $56,605 43 —
79 Allegheny 55% 9% 1260 33% 285 -0.21 $61,751 39 96%
80 Nazareth 55% 12% 1200 11% 442 -0.35 $56,446 45 97%
81 U. of the Ozarks 55% 16% 1090 100% 180 -0.73 $52,221 40 97%
82 Ohio Wesleyan 56% 11% — — 327 -0.66 $55,295 20 95%
83 DePauw 56% 10% 1280 72% 485 +0.57 $74,203 66 97%
84 The College of Idaho 56% 15% 1180 44% 250 -1.20 $52,002 28 97%
85 Adrian 58% 26% 1010 27% 325 -0.60 $55,297 35 96%
86 Carthage 58% 11% — — 548 +0.21 $69,045 71 97%
87 Cumberland 58% 40% — — 311 -0.39 $61,353 64 99%
88 Friends 58% 45% 1030 26% 241 +0.07 $61,297 58 95%
89 Champlain 59% 11% 1300 17% 609 -0.32 $70,586 69 96%
90 Lees-McRae 59% 14% — — 256 -0.84 $48,409 24 95%
91 Albion 60% 7% — — 385 -0.65 $56,131 20 95%
92 American International 60% 11% — — 197 -0.16 $63,027 60 96%
93 Cornell College 60% 14% 1200 25% 266 -0.26 $60,548 35 99%
94 Goucher 60% 10% 1210 25% 186 -0.64 $52,847 20 90%
95 Carroll College 62% 22% 1180 64% 255 -0.36 $64,512 58 97%
96 College of Saint Benedict 62% 22% 1140 47% 347 -0.03 $63,924 47 96%
97 Dordt 62% 38% 1200 100% 364 -0.33 $65,239 63 95%
98 Endicott 62% 21% 1270 11% 758 +0.48 $72,547 79 98%
99 Gallaudet 62% 61% 900 100% 193 -1.56 $44,354 36 93%
100 Erskine 63% 22% — — 151 -0.80 $53,282 34 98%
101 Texas Lutheran 63% 17% — — 391 -0.47 $67,583 72 97%
102 Belhaven 64% 18% 1150 83% 315 -0.36 $56,663 48 94%
103 Arizona Christian 65% 36% — — 219 -0.94 $49,156 28 100%
104 Carroll 65% 17% 1160 36% 539 +0.24 $66,461 66 99%
105 Chatham 65% 13% 1180 30% 309 +0.02 $63,354 57 98%
106 Crown 65% 34% — — 158 -0.70 $48,525 29 97%
107 Drew 65% 11% 1220 25% 373 -0.27 $59,398 48 96%
108 Drury 65% 22% 1210 65% 267 -0.33 $60,334 54 94%
109 Elizabethtown 65% 18% 1210 31% 446 +0.13 $64,685 65 99%
110 Lane 65% 12% — — 115 -1.55 $41,437 27 94%
111 Notre Dame of Maryland 65% 8% — — 156 +0.08 $72,679 77 97%
112 Transylvania 65% 16% 1250 72% 245 +0.25 $64,360 53 96%
113 Thomas Aquinas 65% 68% 1310 58% 119 -0.88 $43,867 24 85%
114 Buena Vista 66% 21% 1030 34% 380 -0.31 $56,083 34 95%
115 King 66% 20% — — 257 -0.40 $59,896 54 95%
116 Missouri Valley 66% 29% — — 208 -0.38 $62,363 69 98%
117 Monmouth College 66% 14% 1110 27% 156 -0.91 $53,371 28 98%
118 Graceland University - Lamoni 67% 16% — — 198 -0.36 $63,375 72 95%
119 Ottawa University - Ottawa 67% 13% 880 24% 192 -0.40 $56,837 44 100%
120 Piedmont 67% 14% 1140 35% 270 -0.74 $58,065 56 95%
121 Hendrix 68% 18% 1230 60% 283 -0.32 $60,154 49 93%
122 Hope 68% 20% 1220 37% 744 -0.28 $62,322 55 98%
123 Kansas Wesleyan 68% 19% — — 196 -0.06 $62,161 59 99%
124 Maryville 68% 14% — — 215 -0.42 $56,716 41 100%
125 Millsaps 68% 18% 1090 71% 148 -0.29 $61,630 46 98%
126 North Central College 68% 14% 1180 27% 593 -0.24 $63,491 56 96%
127 Alma 69% 10% — — 239 -0.64 $54,354 23 97%
128 Augustana College (IL) 69% 13% 1150 48% 562 +0.09 $64,568 53 96%
129 Huntingdon 69% 15% 1110 34% 149 -0.46 $56,742 51 95%
130 Eckerd 70% 12% 1250 44% 500 -1.50 $43,835 7 91%
131 Knox 70% 11% 1310 34% 268 -0.54 $59,013 30 97%
132 Saint Mary's College of California 70% 9% — — 499 +0.31 $67,906 61 95%
133 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 70% 19% — — 229 -0.87 $56,380 44 97%
134 Washington 70% 9% 1270 14% 206 -0.12 $59,785 38 98%
135 Beloit 70% 7% 1260 6% 256 -0.61 $57,578 20 93%
136 Bethel College - North Newton 71% 16% — — 113 -0.87 $52,243 31 99%
137 Hastings 71% 18% — — 191 -0.46 $55,886 39 98%
138 Presbyterian 71% 12% 1090 49% 147 -0.06 $60,388 46 99%
139 Juniata 71% 17% 1230 32% 261 -0.31 $59,692 31 93%
140 Bethany 72% 27% — — 113 -0.73 $53,039 31 90%
141 Colby-Sawyer 72% 13% — — 188 -0.44 $67,036 81 99%
142 Franklin Pierce 72% 13% 1170 10% 253 -0.20 $62,468 56 97%
143 Keuka 72% 14% — — 240 -0.28 $56,926 50 97%
144 Loras 72% 19% — — 292 -0.09 $63,814 58 98%
145 Pfeiffer 72% 14% — — 146 -0.69 $58,051 51 97%
146 Spring Hill 72% 8% 1170 55% 220 -0.39 $61,371 66 100%
147 Whitworth 72% 14% 1210 18% 441 -0.50 $58,803 40 96%
148 Wittenberg 72% 12% 1130 32% 306 +0.22 $66,642 60 99%
149 U. of Puget Sound 72% 9% 1290 43% 358 -0.53 $55,589 20 95%
150 St. Mary's College of Maryland 73% 13% 1220 26% 360 +0.02 $60,866 65 94%
151 Augustana 73% 26% 1220 60% 426 -0.21 $65,577 61 97%
152 Coe 73% 5% 1180 34% 269 -0.05 $63,724 42 97%
153 Gustavus Adolphus 73% 15% 1270 42% 660 +0.28 $67,279 55 95%
154 Hanover 73% 14% 1200 38% 240 -0.59 $57,759 38 99%
155 Taylor 73% 32% 1200 91% 365 +0.18 $63,008 57 94%
156 Lipscomb 74% 25% 1270 62% 695 -0.23 $63,328 58 96%
157 New College of Florida 74% 19% 1150 100% 120 -1.48 $41,769 16 93%
158 Albertus Magnus 75% 11% — — 224 -0.42 $57,484 46 98%
159 Allen 75% 6% — — 94 -1.81 $40,393 22 97%
160 Bridgewater 75% 10% — — 315 -0.60 $54,166 62 96%
161 Calvin 75% 21% 1210 48% 712 -0.49 $64,284 62 94%
162 Central 75% 21% 1090 45% 255 -0.19 $62,687 71 99%
163 Georgetown College 75% 26% 1060 48% 248 -0.36 $55,802 33 98%
164 Illinois 75% 8% 1030 49% 208 -0.55 $60,063 55 97%
165 LaGrange 75% 25% — — 89 -0.27 $63,163 64 98%
166 Lawrence 75% 15% 1310 54% 387 -0.89 $49,249 8 94%
167 Lycoming 75% 13% 1190 20% 223 -0.35 $57,249 33 98%
168 Augsburg 76% 19% — — 432 -0.45 $60,793 49 99%
169 Ferrum 76% 12% — — 125 -0.99 $50,655 40 98%
170 Hamline 76% 16% 1260 26% 410 -0.35 $57,778 35 97%
171 Luther 76% 20% 1240 26% 353 -0.10 $63,159 43 98%
172 Manchester 76% 15% — — 208 -0.17 $61,476 56 97%
173 Dakota Wesleyan 76% 21% — — 134 -0.10 $65,764 67 96%
174 Doane 77% 20% — — 217 -0.29 $58,353 39 98%
175 Hood 77% 12% — — 269 -0.78 $59,589 46 99%
176 Susquehanna 77% 14% 1200 47% 496 -0.12 $62,204 37 98%
177 Saint Anselm 77% 16% 1190 20% 444 +0.40 $73,003 75 99%
178 Willamette 77% 14% 1340 27% 270 -0.25 $61,938 49 96%
179 Mitchell 78% 18% — — 83 -1.60 $40,890 8 95%
180 Moravian 78% 16% 1180 21% 467 -0.12 $67,183 58 98%
181 Rocky Mountain 78% 28% 1010 29% 160 -0.42 $59,010 50 97%
182 York College of Pennsylvania 78% 15% 1150 26% 745 -0.24 $70,566 81 98%
183 Davis & Elkins 78% 25% — — 129 +0.10 $66,014 69 94%
184 Lewis & Clark 79% 8% — — 582 -0.94 $49,500 7 92%
185 Catawba 79% 12% 1180 62% 249 -0.85 $54,455 41 96%
186 Houghton 79% 23% 1270 27% 185 -1.07 $46,280 42 99%
187 Huntington 79% 19% 1040 81% 236 -1.34 $52,592 37 100%
188 Westmont 79% 16% 1350 27% 380 -0.20 $65,345 59 98%
189 Greenville 80% 15% 1000 20% 197 -1.48 $46,084 22 97%
190 Mars Hill 80% 31% — — 242 -1.07 $49,796 23 95%
191 Ripon 80% 11% 1130 68% 185 -0.24 $58,331 31 98%
192 Roanoke 80% 10% 1200 31% 366 +0.11 $61,864 60 98%
193 Oglethorpe 81% 18% 1200 27% 290 -0.98 $53,598 25 95%
194 Ursinus 82% 12% 1290 26% 368 +0.05 $64,191 41 97%
195 Converse 82% 12% 1130 41% 244 -0.77 $50,718 40 96%
196 Guilford 82% 10% 1190 29% 139 -1.03 $52,269 26 95%
197 Keene State 82% 14% — — 679 -0.57 $55,098 56 98%
198 Nebraska Wesleyan 82% 16% 1160 25% 327 +0.65 $68,089 64 97%
199 Whittier 82% 5% — — 212 -1.20 $48,558 15 95%
200 Saint Mary's College (IN) 83% 20% 1230 44% 323 +0.40 $69,110 60 97%
201 U. of Redlands 83% 16% 1230 19% 502 +0.00 $63,002 45 96%
202 Wartburg 83% 17% 1070 27% 392 +0.10 $64,494 70 97%
203 Mary Baldwin 84% 13% — — 234 -0.85 $50,119 32 94%
204 Randolph-Macon 84% 19% 1100 28% 298 -0.21 $65,298 58 98%
205 Schreiner 84% 15% — — 173 -0.33 $65,368 65 93%
206 Washington & Jefferson 84% 13% — — 251 -0.25 $62,966 68 98%
207 West Virginia Wesleyan 84% 23% 1030 57% 187 -0.48 $62,953 61 100%
208 Linfield 85% 17% — — 457 +0.77 $82,896 85 96%
209 McPherson 85% 22% 1080 76% 163 -1.05 $55,506 38 100%
210 Batten 86% 12% — — 262 -0.80 $52,755 36 94%
211 Lenoir-Rhyne 86% 11% — — 348 -0.58 $60,436 60 97%
212 Muskingum 86% 17% 1010 76% 328 -0.59 $57,859 51 97%
213 Saint Michael's 86% 12% 1200 13% 287 -0.34 $59,087 37 95%
214 Eureka 87% 16% — — 119 -0.70 $51,859 42 97%
215 McDaniel 87% 14% — — 369 -0.44 $55,579 29 96%
216 Wilmington College 87% 19% 1030 62% 178 -0.89 $54,632 43 96%
217 Pacific Lutheran 88% 14% 1150 17% 749 -0.63 $60,398 46 97%
218 Aquinas 89% 12% 1030 47% 209 -0.25 $57,126 42 93%
219 Bethel 89% 27% 1210 27% 329 -0.09 $59,668 68 94%
220 Clarke 89% 6% 1030 11% 167 -0.52 $56,303 36 99%
221 Covenant 89% 40% 1270 83% 211 -0.45 $54,667 34 97%
222 Pacific 91% 13% 1070 10% 378 -0.15 $58,143 32 97%
223 Simpson College 91% 22% — — 255 +0.08 $63,540 49 98%
224 Culver-Stockton 93% 10% — — 200 -0.67 $54,982 45 96%
225 Dominican University of California 93% 13% — — 328 +1.92 $94,612 93 96%
226 Goshen 93% 15% 1000 12% 220 -0.53 $56,166 40 92%
227 Wilson 93% 19% 1060 13% 133 -0.81 $55,346 53 100%
228 Elmira 94% 12% — — 135 -0.27 $61,010 60 96%
229 Randolph 94% 12% 1160 13% 89 -0.99 $48,171 30 96%
230 Briar Cliff 95% 14% — — 142 -0.10 $62,127 56 97%
231 Eastern Mennonite 95% 12% — — 202 -0.21 $67,711 68 97%
232 Edgewood 95% 16% — — 333 -0.29 $67,507 70 98%
233 Franklin College 95% 17% 1150 43% 177 -0.17 $61,406 55 99%
234 Miles 95% 12% — — 243 -1.46 $46,311 39 95%
235 Hartwick 96% 10% — — 236 -0.36 $61,089 44 98%
236 Westminster College 97% 12% 1120 47% 232 -0.19 $61,936 54 98%
237 Hiram 98% 6% 1000 13% 176 -0.59 $55,660 51 95%
238 Viterbo 98% 15% 1220 49% 367 +0.15 $69,046 74 98%
239 Coker 98% 23% — — 208 -1.04 $56,926 49 96%
240 U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor 99% 5% 1080 53% 588 -0.23 $63,897 68 93%