Liberal Arts College Rankings

College Search & Selection
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<p>Rank how you think the top 25 LACs should be....dont jsut post USNEWS, unless taht is trull what u think.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Amherst </li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Swathmore</li>
<li>Wellesly</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Colgate</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>CMC</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Vasser</li>
<li>Grinell</li>
<li>Hamilton</li>
<li>Washington and Lee</li>
<li>Macalester</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
<li>Bucknell</li>
<li>Trinity</li>
</ol>

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<p>I would include the University of Richmond on this list too.</p>

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<p>well what wuld be your hwole list</p>

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<p>Rank them in terms of what? Academics? Sports? Quality of life? Admissions difficulty? Financial aid? I know you probably want some combination of several of these factors, but its different for everyone. Without knowing more all I could give you would be my personal order of preference, which would probably not be very helpful to you.</p>

<p>P.S.- If you take the time to type a little more carefully, people will be more likely to respond.</p>

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<p>lol - i cant type -its jsut by how good you thunk teh school is overall - i know, its basically jsut personal preference</p>

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<p>Anyone listing W&L in a group of anything with "liberal" in it is confused by the question.</p>

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<p>OK, here's my personal list, but there really isn't that much seperating the top schools and for some people a school 10-20 down might be the perfect place.</p>

<ol>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Wellesley</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
<li>Colgate</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Grinell</li>
<li>Macalester</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Hamilton</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Scripps</li>
<li>Kenyon</li>
<li>Smith</li>
</ol>

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<p>Davidson and Bowdoin don't belong below Mudd and Colgate, and Reed deserves to be in the top 20 (at least).</p>

<ol>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Amherst & Williams</li>
<li>Wellesley</li>
<li>Pomona </li>
<li>Carleton & Middlebury </li>
<li>Bowdoin </li>
<li>Davidson</li>
<li>Haverford<br></li>
<li>Wesleyan & Vassar & Reed</li>
<li>Colgate & Grinnell & Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>CMC & Oberlin & Washington and Lee & Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Hamilton & Smith</li>
<li>Bates & Colby</li>
<li>Bucknell & Macalester</li>
<li>Trinity & Mount Holyoke & Colorado College</li>
<li> Barnard & Kenyon</li>
<li>Sewanee & Holy Cross & Bard</li>
<li>Lafayette & Connecticut College & Scripps</li>
<li>Whitman & Sarah Lawrence</li>
<li>Scripps & Occidental & Furman</li>
</ol>

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<p>well what woudl you boot for reed......and i think colagte is better than davidson</p>

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<p>kemet is right, Reed should be in the top 20, top 10-15 probably. Also, it's spelled Grinnell, and it should be rated higher.</p>

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<p>Honestly, how many times do I have to say it? I'm not claiming that this is anyone else's list- it's mine. I was reluctant to post because I didn't want to hear the inevitable complaints. As for Reed, it's a great school of a type that is very different from mainstream LACs. I agree that it's as good as many of those schools, but I wouldn't include it on a list for most people interested in looking at all of these other schools. That reasoning could certainly apply to Mudd or CMC as well, except that the Claremont college consortium somewhat makes up for those schools' narrow focuses.</p>

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<p>i agree - reed is a very, very uniques socail scene</p>

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<p>
[quote]
As for Reed, it's a great school of a type that is very different from mainstream LACs.

[/quote]

Good point. I ranked Mudd lower for a similar reason. It and Caltech cause problems. :p I merely thought it was odd that Reed wasn't on any of the lists so far, although it is in the top 5 (LACs and universities) for PhD per capita production.</p>

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<p>really top 5 - whre si this list</p>

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<p>I dont believe in individual rankings; I prefer to rank them in groups of peers:</p>

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<p>Amherst
Pomona
Swarthmore
Williams</p>

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<p>Bowdoin
Carleton
Davidson
Harvey Mudd
Haverford
Middlebury
Reed
Wellesley
Wesleyan</p>

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<p>Barnard
Bates
Claremont McKenna
Colby
Colgate
Connecticut College
Grinnell
Hamilton
Macalester
Oberlin
Trinity College
Vassar
Washington & Lee</p>

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<p>Bryn Mawr
Bucknell
Holy Cross
Kenyon
Lafayette
Mt Holyoke
Scripps
Smith
Whitman </p>

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<p>Bard
Colorado College
Dickinson
Franklin & Marshall
Rhodes
Richmond
Sewanee/U. of the South
Skidmore
Union </p>

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<p>Is it that difficult to spell the word "is" correctly?</p>

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<p>Isn't "Liberal Arts College Rankings" an oxymoron?</p>

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<p>Percentage of graduates receiving a doctorate degree over the most recent 10 year period. LACs marked in bold.</p>

<p>Academic field: ALL</p>

<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees: ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database</p>

<p>Number of Undergraduates: ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database</p>

<p>Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period. Includes all NSF doctoral degrees inc. PhD, Divinity, etc., but not M.D. or Law. </p>

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1     35.8%   California Institute of Technology<br>
2   ** 24.7%   Harvey Mudd College **
3   ** 21.1%   Swarthmore College  **
4   ** 19.9%   Reed College    **
5       18.3%   Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
6   ** 16.8%   Carleton College    **
7   ** 15.8%   Bryn Mawr College   **
8   ** 15.7%   Oberlin College **
9       15.3%   University of Chicago<br>
10      14.5%   Yale University 
11      14.3%   Princeton University<br>
12      14.3%   Harvard University<br>
13  ** 14.1%   Grinnell College    **
14  ** 13.8%   Haverford College   **
15  ** 13.8%   Pomona College  **
16      13.1%   Rice University 
17  ** 12.7%   Williams College    **
18  ** 12.4%   Amherst College **
19      11.4%   Stanford University 
20  ** 11.3%   Kalamazoo College   **
21  ** 11.0%   Wesleyan University **
22  ** 10.6%   St John's College (both campus) **
23      10.6%   Brown University<br>
24  ** 10.4%   Wellesley College   **
25  ** 10.0%   Earlham College **
26  ** 9.6%    Beloit College  **
27  ** 9.5%    Lawrence University **
28  ** 9.3%    Macalester College  **
29      9.0%    Cornell University, All Campuses<br>
30  ** 9.0%    Bowdoin College **
31  ** 8.9%    Mount Holyoke College   **
32  ** 8.9%    Smith College   **
33  ** 8.8%    Vassar College  **
34      8.7%    Case Western Reserve University 
35      8.7%    Johns Hopkins University<br>
36  ** 8.7%    St Olaf College **
37  ** 8.7%    Hendrix College **
38  ** 8.6%    Hampshire College   **
39      8.5%    Trinity University<br>
40  ** 8.5%    Knox College    **
41      8.5%    Duke University 
42  ** 8.4%    Occidental College  **
43      8.3%    University of Rochester 
44  ** 8.3%    College of Wooster  **
45  ** 8.3%    Barnard College **
46  ** 8.2%    Bennington College  **
47      8.1%    Columbia University in the City of New York 
48  ** 8.0%    Whitman College **
49      7.9%    University of California-Berkeley<br>
50      7.9%    College of William and Mary 
51      7.8%    Carnegie Mellon University<br>
52      7.8%    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology<br>
53      7.7%    Brandeis University 
54      7.6%    Dartmouth College<br>
55  ** 7.5%    Wabash College  **
56  ** 7.5%    Bates College   **
57  ** 7.5%    Davidson College    **
58      7.2%    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br>
59  ** 7.2%    Franklin and Marshall College   **
60      7.1%    Fisk University

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<p>wow there are a lot fof suprises on that lsit</p>