2008 America's Best Colleges --- Liberal Arts Colleges

SCHOOL

1.

Williams College (MA)

2.

Amherst College (MA)

3.

Swarthmore College (PA)

4.

Wellesley College (MA)

5.

Carleton College (MN)

5.

Middlebury College (VT)

7.

Pomona College (CA)

7.

Bowdoin College (ME)

9.

Davidson College (NC)

10.

Haverford College (PA)

11.

Claremont McKenna College (CA)

11.

Wesleyan University (CT)

11.

Grinnell College (IA)

11.

Vassar College (NY)

15.

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

15.

Washington and Lee University (VA)

17.

Smith College (MA)

17.

Hamilton College (NY)

17.

Colgate University (NY)

20.

United States Naval Academy (MD) 11*

20.

Oberlin College (OH)

22.

Colby College (ME)

22.

United States Military Academy (NY) 11*

24.

Bates College (ME)

24.

Bryn Mawr College (PA)

26.

Colorado College

26.

Macalester College (MN)

28.

Scripps College (CA)

28.

Mount Holyoke College (MA)

30.

Barnard College (NY)

30.

Bucknell University (PA)

32.

Kenyon College (OH)

33.

College of the Holy Cross (MA)

34.

Trinity College (CT)

34.

Lafayette College (PA)

36.

Occidental College (CA)

37.

Bard College (NY)

37.

Furman University (SC)

37.

Whitman College (WA)

40.

Union College (NY)

40.

Franklin and Marshall College (PA)

40.

Sewanee—University of the South (TN)

40.

University of Richmond (VA)

44.

Connecticut College

44.

Centre College (KY)

44.

Dickinson College (PA)

47.

Skidmore College (NY)

48.

Gettysburg College (PA)

49.

Pitzer College (CA)

49.

DePauw University (IN)

49.

Rhodes College (TN)

52.

Wabash College (IN)

52.

Denison University (OH)

54.

St. Olaf College (MN)

54.

Reed College (OR) 10

56.

Wheaton College (MA)

56.

Lawrence University (WI)

58.

St. Lawrence University (NY)

59.

Illinois Wesleyan University

59.

Wheaton College (IL)

59.

Wofford College (SC)

59.

Southwestern University (TX)

63.

Agnes Scott College (GA)

63.

Drew University (NJ)

63.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)

63.

Willamette University (OR)

67.

Kalamazoo College (MI)

67.

Beloit College (WI)

69.

Earlham College (IN)

69.

Ursinus College (PA)

71.

Hendrix College (AR)

71.

College of Wooster (OH)

71.

Muhlenberg College (PA)

71.

Virginia Military Institute *

75.

Spelman College (GA)

75.

Berea College (KY) 11

75.

St. John's University (MN)

75.

Austin College (TX)

75.

Birmingham - Southern College (AL)

80.

Knox College (IL)

80.

Lewis and Clark College (OR)

80.

University of Puget Sound (WA)

83.

Thomas Aquinas College (CA)

83.

Sweet Briar College (VA)

85.

Principia College (IL) 1

85.

Allegheny College (PA)

87.

New College of Florida *

87.

Transylvania University (KY)

87.

St. Mary's College of Maryland *

87.

Millsaps College (MS)

91.

Lyon College (AR)

91.

Augustana College (IL)

91.

St. Mary's College (IN) 11

91.

Hanover College (IN)

91.

Goucher College (MD)

91.

Randolph College (VA)

97.

Lake Forest College (IL)

97.

Cornell College (IA)

97.

Luther College (IA)

97.

Washington College (MD)

97.

Hope College (MI)

97.

Hillsdale College (MI)

97.

Ohio Wesleyan University

97.

Juniata College (PA)

97.

Hollins University (VA)

106.

Westmont College (CA)

106.

Coe College (IA)

106.

Stonehill College (MA) 11

106.

College of St. Benedict (MN)

106.

Washington and Jefferson College (PA)

106.

Susquehanna University (PA)

106.

Presbyterian College (SC)

106.

Bennington College (VT)

106.

St. Michael's College (VT) 11

106.

Hampden - Sydney College (VA)

116.

Calvin College (MI) 11

116.

Albion College (MI)

118.

Berry College (GA) 11

118.

Hampshire College (MA)

118.

Wittenberg University (OH)

118.

Fisk University (TN)

122.

Siena College (NY)

122.

Wells College (NY)

122.

Linfield College (OR) 11

122.

Randolph - Macon College (VA)