List of liberal arts colleges in the United States
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This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. These institutions place a particular emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. Generally, a full-time, four-year course of study at a liberal arts college leads students to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.
Liberal arts colleges are American institutions of higher education which have traditionally emphasized interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions). They are known for being residential and for having smaller enrollment, class size, and teacher-student ratios than universities. These colleges also encourage a high level of teacher-student interaction at the center of which are classes taught by full-time faculty rather than graduate student TAs (who teach the classes at Research I and other universities). The colleges are either coeducational, women's colleges, or men's colleges. Some are historically black colleges. Some are also secular (or not affiliated with a particular religion) while others are involved in religious education. Many are private. Some are public liberal arts colleges. In addition, colleges such as Hampshire College, Beloit College, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, New College of Florida, Reed College offer experimental curriculums.
[edit] Alabama
- Birmingham-Southern College
- Judson College (Alabama)
- Huntingdon College
- Miles College
- Oakwood College
- Stillman College
- Talladega College
- University of Montevallo
[edit] Arkansas
- Henderson State University
- Hendrix College
- Lyon College
- Ouachita Baptist University
- central baptist college
[edit] Arizona
[edit] California
- Claremont Colleges, Claremont
- Deep Springs College
- Holy Names University
- Mills College
- Menlo College
- Mount St. Mary's College
- New College of California
- Occidental College
- Point Loma Nazarene University
- Soka University of America
- Sonoma State University
- St. Mary's College of California
- Thomas Aquinas College
- University of La Verne, La Verne, California
- Westmont College
- Whittier College
[edit] Colorado
[edit] Connecticut
- Albertus Magnus College
- Connecticut College
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- Saint Joseph College (Connecticut)
- Trinity College (Connecticut)
- Wesleyan University
[edit] Florida
[edit] Georgia
- Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia
- Berry College in Mount Berry
- Covenant College in Lookout Mountain
- Emmanuel College, Georgia
- Georgia College & State University (public)
- Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia
- Morris Brown College
- Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia
- Piedmont College
- Reinhardt College
- Shorter College
- Southern Catholic College
- Spelman College in Atlanta
- Toccoa Falls College
- Wesleyan College in Macon
[edit] Idaho
[edit] Illinois
- Augustana College (Illinois)
- Blackburn College
- Eureka College
- Greenville College
- Illinois College
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Judson College, Illinois
- Knox College (Illinois)
- Lake Forest College
- McKendree University
- Monmouth College
- North Central College
- Rockford College
- Shimer College
- Trinity Christian College (Illinois)
- Wheaton College, Illinois
[edit] Indiana
- Bethel College (Indiana)
- DePauw University
- Earlham College
- Franklin College
- Goshen College
- Grace College & Seminary
- Hanover College
- Marian College (Indiana)
- Saint Joseph's College, Indiana
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
- Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
- Wabash College
[edit] Iowa
- Ashford University
- Briar Cliff University
- Central College
- Coe College
- Cornell College
- Dordt College
- Grand View College
- Grinnell College
- Iowa Wesleyan College
- Loras College
- Luther College (Iowa)
- Morningside College
- Mount Mercy College
- Northwestern College (Iowa)
- Saint Ambrose University
- Simpson College
- Waldorf College
- Wartburg College
[edit] Kansas
- Baker University
- Benedictine College
- Bethany College (Kansas)
- Bethel College (Kansas)
- Central Christian College
- Marymount College (Kansas)
- McPherson College
- MidAmerica Nazarene University
- Ottawa University
- Sterling College
[edit] Kentucky
- Alice Lloyd College
- Asbury College
- Berea College
- Centre College
- Georgetown College
- Kentucky Wesleyan College
- Midway College
- University of the Cumberlands (formerly Cumberland College)
- Murray State University
- Saint Catharine College
- Thomas More College (Kentucky)
- Transylvania University
- Union College (Kentucky)
[edit] Louisiana
[edit] Maine
- College of the Atlantic
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Colby College
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine
- Unity College (Maine)
- University of Maine at Farmington
- University of Maine at Fort Kent
[edit] Maryland
- College of Notre Dame of Maryland
- Columbia Union College
- Goucher College
- Hood College
- McDaniel College
- Mount St. Mary's University - The Oldest Independent Catholic University in America
- St. John's College (Annapolis)
- St. Mary's College of Maryland
- Washington College
[edit] Massachusetts
- Five Colleges (Massachusetts)
- Assumption College
- Boston College
- Brandeis University
- Bridgewater State College
- Curry College
- Eastern Nazarene College
- Elms College
- Emerson College
- Emmanuel College, Boston
- Gordon College (Massachusetts)
- College of the Holy Cross
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Merrimack College
- Mount Ida College
- Pine Manor College
- Regis College
- Simmons College (Massachusetts)
- Simon's Rock College
- Wellesley College
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
- Williams College
[edit] Michigan
- Adrian College
- Albion College
- Alma College
- Aquinas College (Michigan)
- Calvin College
- Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Cornerstone University
- Hillsdale College
- Hope College
- Kalamazoo College
- Madonna University
- Marygrove College
- Olivet College
- Siena Heights University
[edit] Minnesota
- Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities
- Augsburg College
- Bethany Lutheran College
- Carleton College
- College of St. Catherine
- Concordia College, Moorhead
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Hamline University
- Macalester College
- College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
- St. Olaf College
- University of Minnesota, Morris
- University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
[edit] Mississippi
[edit] Missouri
- College of the Ozarks
- Columbia College of Missouri
- Culver-Stockton College
- Drury University
- Missouri Valley College
- Stephens College
- Truman State University
- Westminster College, Missouri
- William Jewell College
[edit] Montana
[edit] Nebraska
[edit] New Hampshire
- Colby-Sawyer College
- Franklin Pierce College
- Keene State College
- New England College
- Rivier College
- Saint Anselm College
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
[edit] New Jersey
- Caldwell College
- College of Saint Elizabeth
- Drew University
- Monmouth University
- Ramapo College (public)
[edit] New Mexico
- College of Santa Fe
- St. John's College (Santa Fe)
[edit] New York
- Adelphi University, College of Arts and Sciences
- Bard College
- Barnard College
- Cazenovia College
- Colgate University
- Concordia College, Bronxville
- C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Elmira College
- Empire State College
- Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
- Hamilton College
- Hartwick College
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Houghton College
- Ithaca College
- Le Moyne College
- Keuka College
- Manhattan College
- Manhattanville College
- Marist College
- Marymount Manhattan College
- Medaille College
- Mount Saint Mary College
- College of Mount Saint Vincent
- St. John Fisher College
- St. Lawrence University
- St. Thomas Aquinas College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Siena College
- Skidmore College
- State University of New York at Geneseo
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- Union College
- Vassar College
- Wagner College
- Wells College
[edit] North Carolina
- See also: List of colleges and universities in North Carolina#Private and Public liberal arts colleges
- Barton College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Bennett College
- Brevard College
- Catawba College
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- Elon University
- Guilford College
- High Point University
- Lenoir-Rhyne College
- Mars Hill College
- Meredith College
- Montreat College
- Mount Olive College
- North Carolina Wesleyan College
- Peace College
- Salem College
- University of North Carolina at Asheville
- Warren Wilson College
[edit] North Dakota
[edit] Oklahoma
[edit] Ohio
- Antioch College
- Baldwin-Wallace College
- College of Mount St. Joseph
- Denison University
- Mount Union College
- Heidelberg College
- Hiram College
- John Carroll University
- Kenyon College
- Oberlin College
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Otterbein College
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Muskingum College
- The College of Wooster
[edit] Oregon
- Gutenberg College
- Lewis & Clark College
- Linfield College
- Reed College
- Southern Oregon University
- Warner Pacific College
- Western Oregon University
[edit] Pennsylvania
- Albright College
- Allegheny College
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bucknell University
- Cedar Crest College
- Chatham College
- Dickinson College
- Elizabethtown College
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Geneva College
- Gettysburg College
- Grove City College
- Haverford College
- Juniata College
- King's College, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette College
- Lebanon Valley College
- Lycoming College
- Mercyhurst College
- Messiah College
- Misericordia University
- Moravian College
- Muhlenberg College
- Saint Vincent College
- Swarthmore College
- Ursinus College
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Waynesburg College
- Westminster College, Pennsylvania
- Wilson College (Pennsylvania)
[edit] Rhode Island
[edit] South Carolina
- Allen University
- Benedict College
- Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina)
- College of Charleston
- Coker College
- Converse College
- Erskine College
- Francis Marion University
- Furman University
- Limestone College
- Morris College
- Newberry College
- Presbyterian College
- Wofford College
[edit] South Dakota
[edit] Tennessee
- Belmont University
- Carson-Newman College
- Lane College
- Maryville College
- Martin Methodist College
- Milligan College
- Rhodes College
- Sewanee, The University of the South
[edit] Texas
- Austin College
- Dallas Baptist University [1]
- University of Dallas
- Midwestern State University
- Southwestern University
- Trinity University [2]
- Wayland Baptist University [3]
[edit] Utah
- George Wythe College[4], Cedar City
- Westminster College, Salt Lake City
[edit] Vermont
- Bennington College
- Burlington College
- Castleton State College
- Green Mountain College
- Johnson State College
- Lyndon State College
- Marlboro College
- Middlebury College
- Saint Michael's College
- Southern Vermont College
[edit] Virginia
- Bridgewater College
- Christendom College
- Christopher Newport University
- Emory and Henry College
- Founders College
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Hollins University
- Lynchburg College
- Mary Baldwin College
- University of Mary Washington
- Randolph-Macon College
- Randolph College
- University of Richmond
- Roanoke College
- Sweet Briar College
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Virginia's College at Wise
- Virginia Wesleyan College
- College of William & Mary
- Washington and Lee University
[edit] Washington
- Evergreen State College
- Pacific Lutheran University
- University of Puget Sound
- Walla Walla University
- Whitman College
- Whitworth University
[edit] Washington, D.C.
- American University
- Catholic University of America
- Gallaudet University
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Howard University
- Trinity Washington University
- University of the District of Columbia
[edit] West Virginia
[edit] Wisconsin
- Alverno College
- Beloit College
- Carroll College (Wisconsin)
- Carthage College
- Edgewood College
- Lawrence University
- Lakeland College (Wisconsin)
- Lynchburg College
- Marian College
- Marietta College
- Mount Mary College
- Northland College (Wisconsin)
- Ripon College (Wisconsin)
- St. Norbert College
- Silver Lake College
- Viterbo University
- University of Wisconsin-Superior
[edit] References
- Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2000). Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-095362-4.
- Koblik, Steven and Stephen Richards Graubard. Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts Colleges, 2000.
- Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives. New York: Penguin, 2006.
- Yale Daily News. The Insider's Guide to the Colleges: 2007.
[edit] External links
- How To Choose a College That's Right For You - NPR
- Comprehensive College Search Tool Campus Explorer
- The right college the right fit: is the perfect college out there waiting for you? Absolutely! But you need to do your research. Get introspective, check your facts, then go out and find it
- Teens, parents should avoid College Selection Hysteria - The Capital
- Searching (and Searching) for the Right College Fit - Chronicle of Higher Education
Claremont Colleges |
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| Claremont McKenna • Harvey Mudd • Pitzer • Pomona • Scripps • Claremont Graduate University • Keck Graduate Institute • Claremont University Consortium |
Colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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| Augsburg • Augustana (IL) • Augustana (SD) • Bethany • California Lutheran • Capital • Carthage • Concordia (MN) • Dana • Finlandia • Gettysburg • Grand View • Gustavus Adolphus • Lenoir-Rhyne • Luther (IA) • Midland • Muhlenberg • Newberry • Pacific Lutheran • Roanoke • St. Olaf • Susquehanna • Texas Lutheran • Thiel • Wagner • Waldorf • Wartburg • Wittenberg |
Five Colleges (Massachusetts) |
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| Amherst • Hampshire • Mount Holyoke • Smith • UMass |
Five Colleges of Ohio |
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| Oberlin • Kenyon • Ohio Wesleyan • Denison • Wooster |
Great Lakes Colleges Association |
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| Albion • Antioch • Denison • DePauw • Earlham • Hope • Kalamazoo • Kenyon • Oberlin • Ohio Wesleyan • Wooster |
Seven Sister Colleges |
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| Barnard • Bryn Mawr • Mount Holyoke • Radcliffe (defunct) • Smith • Vassar (coeducational) • Wellesley |
Tri-College Consortium |
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| Bryn Mawr College • Haverford College • Swarthmore College |
Universities, colleges, and seminaries of the United Church of Christ |
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| Andover Newton Theological School • Bangor Theological Seminary • Catawba College • Chicago Theological Seminary • Deaconess College of Nursing • Defiance College • Dillard University • Doane College • Drury University • Eden Theological Seminary • Elmhurst College • Elon University • Heidelberg College • Huston-Tillotson University • Illinois College • Lakeland College • Lemoyne-Owen College • Lancaster Theological Seminary • Northland College • Olivet College • Pacific School of Religion • Pacific University • Piedmont College • Rocky Mountain College • Talladega College • Tougaloo College • United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities |
Current women's universities and colleges in the United States |
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| Agnes Scott • Assumption • Alverno • Barnard • Bay Path • Bennett • Brenau • Bryn Mawr • Cedar Crest • Chatham • College of Notre Dame of Maryland • College of Saint Mary • Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina) • Converse • Cottey • Georgian Court • Hollins • Judson • Lexington • Mary Baldwin • Meredith • Midway • Mills • Moore College of Art and Design • Mount Holyoke • Mt. Mary • Mt. St. Mary's • Peace • Pine Manor • Rosemont • Russell Sage • St. Benedict • St. Catherine • St. Elizabeth • Saint Joseph • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College • St. Mary's (Indiana) • Salem • Scripps • Simmons • Smith • Spelman • Stephens • Stern • Sweet Briar • The College of New Rochelle • Trinity Washington University • Ursuline • Wellesley • Wesleyan College • Wilson • Women's College of the University of Denver |

