Best Value Schools - US National Liberal Arts Colleges 2016

US News Best Colleges (Undergraduate Rankings)

More US Best College Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School Average cost after receiving grants based on need Percent receiving need-based grants
#1

Amherst College

(Amherst, MA)

$17,413 57.7%
#2

Pomona College

(Claremont, CA)

$18,637 55.6%
#3

Williams College

(Williamstown, MA)

$20,331 49.6%
#4

Soka University of America

(Aliso Viejo, CA)

$17,754 88.3%
#5

Vassar College

(Poughkeepsie, NY)

$20,836 58.4%
#6

Washington and Lee University

(Lexington, VA)

$18,612 41.4%
#7

Grinnell College

(Grinnell, IA)

$22,164 69.5%
#8

Swarthmore College

(Swarthmore, PA)

$22,136 50.8%
#9

Haverford College

(Haverford, PA)

$21,810 48.6%
#10

Middlebury College

(Middlebury, VT)

$22,122 42.2%
#11

College of the Atlantic

(Bar Harbor, ME)

$19,730 86.3%
#12

Bowdoin College

(Brunswick, ME)

$22,672 44.5%
#13

Colby College

(Waterville, ME)

$20,665 38.4%
#14

Smith College

(Northampton, MA)

$23,924 59%
#15

Colgate University

(Hamilton, NY)

$20,977 34.5%
#16

Davidson College

(Davidson, NC)

$23,751 48.5%
#17

Wesleyan University

(Middletown, CT)

$22,731 43.7%
#18

Hamilton College

(Clinton, NY)

$23,508 46.6%
#19

Macalester College

(St. Paul, MN)

$25,716 68.8%
#20

Agnes Scott College

(Decatur, GA)

$21,587 77.8%
#21

Claremont McKenna College

(Claremont, CA)

$23,777 38.2%
#22

Colorado College

(Colorado Springs, CO)

$21,944 35.3%
#23

University of Richmond

(Univ. of Richmond, VA)

$22,371 39.9%
#24

Hollins University

(Roanoke, VA)

$21,115 80.2%
#25

Bates College

(Lewiston, ME)

$23,849 44%
#26

Earlham College

(Richmond, IN)

$25,040 81.4%
#27

Mount Holyoke College

(South Hadley, MA)

$26,339 66.6%
#28

Knox College

(Galesburg, IL)

$23,684 78.8%
#29

Carleton College

(Northfield, MN)

$28,390 55.3%
#30

Thomas Aquinas College

(Santa Paula, CA)

$19,951 70.1%
#31

Franklin and Marshall College

(Lancaster, PA)

$23,805 50%
#32

Bryn Mawr College

(Bryn Mawr, PA)

$25,938 51.5%
#33

Kenyon College

(Gambier, OH)

$24,111 39.3%
#34

Ripon College

(Ripon, WI)

$22,187 84.2%
#35

Trinity College

(Hartford, CT)

$22,572 38.7%
#36

Barnard College

(New York, NY)

$24,378 39.6%
#37

St. Olaf College

(Northfield, MN)

$24,906 65.7%
#38

Lake Forest College

(Lake Forest, IL)

$23,275 77.6%
#39

Lawrence University

(Appleton, WI)

$24,679 65.7%
#40

Gustavus Adolphus College

(St. Peter, MN)

$23,689 71.1%

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