Liberal arts colleges

203 colleges on DreamSchool.co are in this group. The 2021 Carnegie Classification lists these as arts and sciences baccalaureate colleges. Most are small and focus on undergraduates. The median admission rate among them is 63%, and the median average net price, across all family incomes, is $23,995 a year.

Very selective

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

14% admitted · $29,409/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Colby College

Waterville, ME

7.1% admitted · $19,835/yr after aid

Very selective

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

22% admitted · $34,256/yr after aid

Extremely selective

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

9.3% admitted

Very selective

Denison University

Granville, OH

17% admitted · $40,163/yr after aid

Very selective

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

17% admitted · $23,014/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

7.5% admitted · $17,392/yr after aid

Very selective

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

11% admitted · $32,102/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

9.0% admitted · $19,536/yr after aid

Very selective

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

19% admitted · $36,924/yr after aid

Very selective

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

21% admitted · $31,829/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Pomona College

Claremont, CA

7.1% admitted · $18,978/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Barnard College

New York, NY

8.8% admitted · $28,930/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

8.3% admitted · $15,157/yr after aid

Very selective

United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

13% admitted

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

26% admitted · $22,962/yr after aid

CME

CUNY Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY

86% admitted · $3,245/yr after aid

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

34% admitted · $41,987/yr after aid

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

29% admitted · $50,021/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

7.1% admitted · $15,595/yr after aid

Very selective

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

25% admitted · $46,089/yr after aid

Very selective

Reed College

Portland, OR

25% admitted · $32,800/yr after aid

Very selective

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

14% admitted · $15,203/yr after aid

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

32% admitted · $35,879/yr after aid

Very selective

Smith College

Northampton, MA

21% admitted · $25,519/yr after aid

Very selective

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

14% admitted · $25,793/yr after aid

Connecticut College

New London, CT

37% admitted · $35,960/yr after aid

Union College

Schenectady, NY

44% admitted · $28,128/yr after aid

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

28% admitted · $33,445/yr after aid

Very selective

Bates College

Lewiston, ME

13% admitted · $27,390/yr after aid

Very selective

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

18% admitted · $38,829/yr after aid

Furman University

Greenville, SC

43% admitted · $31,764/yr after aid

Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

31% admitted · $33,279/yr after aid

Very selective

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

14% admitted · $23,995/yr after aid

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, NY

83% admitted · $38,195/yr after aid

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

28% admitted · $27,851/yr after aid

Dillard University

New Orleans, LA

42% admitted · $26,363/yr after aid

Fisk University

Nashville, TN

37% admitted · $37,143/yr after aid

Stonehill College

Easton, MA

66% admitted · $36,082/yr after aid

Very selective

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

19% admitted · $27,951/yr after aid

Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

63% admitted · $21,153/yr after aid

Very selective

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

13% admitted · $15,060/yr after aid

SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY

74% admitted · $19,338/yr after aid

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

57% admitted · $19,916/yr after aid

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

42% admitted · $28,634/yr after aid

Coe College

Cedar Rapids, IA

64% admitted · $18,647/yr after aid

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

39% admitted · $33,015/yr after aid

The College of Wooster

Wooster, OH

60% admitted · $26,433/yr after aid

Claflin University

Orangeburg, SC

65% admitted · $19,710/yr after aid

Bethune-Cookman University

Daytona Beach, FL

88% admitted · $13,059/yr after aid

Roanoke College

Salem, VA

83% admitted · $25,867/yr after aid

Very selective

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

14% admitted · $25,279/yr after aid

Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

52% admitted · $27,126/yr after aid

Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX

43% admitted · $29,435/yr after aid

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

44% admitted · $37,470/yr after aid

Very selective

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

20% admitted · $25,295/yr after aid

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

29% admitted · $37,004/yr after aid

Very selective

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

12% admitted · $31,075/yr after aid

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

79% admitted · $34,286/yr after aid

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

38% admitted · $29,486/yr after aid

Rhodes College

Memphis, TN

50% admitted · $28,776/yr after aid

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, PA

81% admitted · $28,585/yr after aid

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

48% admitted · $21,546/yr after aid

Emmanuel College

Boston, MA

76% admitted · $27,196/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

9.6% admitted · $26,039/yr after aid

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, OH

56% admitted · $20,196/yr after aid

MC

Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA

44% admitted · $38,655/yr after aid

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

64% admitted · $31,617/yr after aid

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA

72% admitted · $32,507/yr after aid

Austin College

Sherman, TX

48% admitted · $20,077/yr after aid

University of North Carolina Asheville

Asheville, NC

92% admitted · $14,999/yr after aid

Albion College

Albion, MI

81% admitted · $14,673/yr after aid

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY

54% admitted · $31,355/yr after aid

Albright College

Reading, PA

76% admitted · $20,596/yr after aid

Hope College

Holland, MI

79% admitted · $26,392/yr after aid

Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

55% admitted · $23,895/yr after aid

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

36% admitted · $30,861/yr after aid

The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

57% admitted · $31,931/yr after aid

Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY

62% admitted · $37,068/yr after aid

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

57% admitted · $24,987/yr after aid

Very selective

Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

13% admitted · $39,347/yr after aid

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Norton, MA

68% admitted · $31,147/yr after aid

Eckerd College

Saint Petersburg, FL

76% admitted · $42,037/yr after aid

University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

80% admitted · $23,821/yr after aid

Drew University

Madison, NJ

68% admitted · $25,614/yr after aid

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, MN

61% admitted · $24,148/yr after aid

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, MN

63% admitted · $22,280/yr after aid

Muhlenberg College

Allentown, PA

72% admitted · $25,253/yr after aid

Hartwick College

Oneonta, NY

70% admitted · $36,296/yr after aid

Johnson C Smith University

Charlotte, NC

45% admitted · $21,397/yr after aid

Wofford College

Spartanburg, SC

52% admitted · $23,144/yr after aid

Saint Anselm College

Manchester, NH

78% admitted · $34,382/yr after aid

Knox College

Galesburg, IL

71% admitted · $19,292/yr after aid

Willamette University

Salem, OR

77% admitted · $25,908/yr after aid

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, VA

92% admitted · $21,083/yr after aid

Beloit College

Beloit, WI

63% admitted · $23,216/yr after aid

Guilford College

Greensboro, NC

80% admitted · $22,813/yr after aid

Illinois College

Jacksonville, IL

78% admitted · $18,763/yr after aid

Allen University

Columbia, SC

73% admitted · $12,389/yr after aid

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI

75% admitted · $20,784/yr after aid

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

78% admitted · $25,526/yr after aid

Bloomfield College of Montclair State University

Bloomfield, NJ

70% admitted · $13,249/yr after aid

Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

64% admitted · $22,758/yr after aid

University of Minnesota-Morris

Morris, MN

75% admitted · $10,989/yr after aid

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

25% admitted · $36,135/yr after aid

Ursinus College

Collegeville, PA

92% admitted · $30,181/yr after aid

Presbyterian College

Clinton, SC

68% admitted · $20,154/yr after aid

Saint Norbert College

De Pere, WI

86% admitted · $28,822/yr after aid

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

29% admitted · $44,593/yr after aid

Centre College

Danville, KY

54% admitted · $19,980/yr after aid

Lycoming College

Williamsport, PA

74% admitted · $18,815/yr after aid

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

81% admitted · $21,690/yr after aid

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

69% admitted · $20,956/yr after aid

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA

80% admitted · $25,297/yr after aid

Scripps College

Claremont, CA

38% admitted · $29,998/yr after aid

Hollins University

Roanoke, VA

68% admitted · $20,875/yr after aid

Wittenberg University

Springfield, OH

72% admitted · $23,310/yr after aid

University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg

Greensburg, PA

95% admitted · $17,075/yr after aid

Juniata College

Huntingdon, PA

79% admitted · $24,001/yr after aid

Oglethorpe University

Atlanta, GA

89% admitted · $20,156/yr after aid

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