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LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES

SERVICE

RESEARCH

1

Washington and Lee University (VA)

23

126

54

57

88

69

1

2

18

116

114

55

36

26

35

NO

2

2

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

19

179

53

23

42

77

2

91

1

99

15

1

169

101

25

NO

2
3

3

Amherst College (MA)

4

Berea College (KY)

5

Bowdoin College (ME)

6

Middlebury College (VT)

7

Vassar College (NY)

2

72

99

63

14

15

28

8

63

90

13

15

72

90

39

NO

135

7

211 249

1

11

16

1

162

2

120

97

69

117

31

NO

3

8

54

86

67

140

88

38

16

31

71

23

23

32

117

62

NO

4

5

57

76

55

116

46

80

17

50

117

38

26

54

77

20

YES

5

15

104

33

154

21

71

135

22

9

68

32

11

103

115

27

NO

4

8

Pomona College (CA)

3

61

26

61

26

2

197

6

79

93

17

10

47

117

12

NO

4

9

Wesleyan University (CT)

9

25

73

132

114

61

163

21

17

11

5

14

90

103

13

NO

2

10

Claremont McKenna College (CA)

16

106

20

38

105

67

9

45

13

39

7

54

104

14

20

NO

3

11

Haverford College (PA)

11

89

67

45

54

36

63

28

20

61

28

8

33

117

9

NO

3

12

Williams College (MA)

1

63

98

99

24

20

107

4

46

112

8

7

113

94

15

NO

1

13

College of the Holy Cross (MA)

14

19

36

129

147

114

3

52

8

43

75

81

83

8

9

NO

2

14

Bryn Mawr College (PA)

41

173

35

54

97

86

36

85

75

150

1

9

140

117

14

NO

5

15

Swarthmore College (PA)

4

100

81

53

83

27

205

18

36

96

19

2

117

96

9

NO

4

16

Wellesley College (MA)

12

164

72

97

35

74

110

33

21

146

2

17

41

44

13

NO

2

17

Bates College (ME)

20

76

24

66

182

153

98

19

3

20

29

48

62

117

18

NO

4

18

Colgate University (NY)

18

35

45

82

125

42

19

32

30

37

20

60

137

117

20

NO

2

19

Hamilton College (NY)

10

93

60

66

72

70

49

24

7

73

27

44

51

79

13

NO

3

17

133

39

116

102

72

48

23

6

49

18

30

162

92

21

NO

2

20 Barnard College (NY)
21

Grinnell College (IA)

35

138

118

87

18

51

180

55

29

63

12

5

12

117

7

NO

3

22

Virginia Military Institute (VA)*

87

82

115

50

212

208

31

11

61

121

87

165

98

1

0

NO

5

23

Trinity College (CT)

40

114

9

64

128

80

22

38

78

123

31

85

84

117

12

NO

2

7

98

92

60

52

57

176

62

10

110

6

4

15

117

8

NO

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24 Carleton College (MN)
25

Davidson College (NC)

6

38

104

63

132

125

85

20

22

45

36

31

82

21

7

NO

2

26

Lafayette College (PA)

22

65

89

59

202

170

5

59

25

69

42

43

101

35

28

NO

2

27

Franklin and Marshall College (PA)

37

66

64

75

154

109

54

51

32

28

14

61

111

117

11

NO

3

28 Smith College (MA)

31

122

28

124

73

102

189

43

119 190

9

18

30

100

27

NO

3

29

College of Saint Benedict (MN)

50

16

61

110

71

128

20

125

5

19

51

147

65

113

35

NO

2

30 St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)*

59

14

134

48

138

87

81

44

68

66

78

59

5

117

59

NO

2

31

Agnes Scott College (GA)

100

52

27

95

39

160

103

128

170 179

99

52

1

58

13

NO

2

32

University of Richmond (VA)

49

134

31

104

80

64

24

36

134 188

21

82

126

29

9

NO

2

33

Cornell College (IA)

118

153

5

89

23

83

123

175

109 124

88

66

4

117

17

NO

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OVERALL SCORE: Overall score represents the combined score of our three metrics-social mobility, research, and service-with each metric being
weighted equally.
SOCIAL MOBILITY: The first column ranks the college by the percentage of all students graduating within eight years, and the second column ranks based
on the predicted rate of graduation (based on incoming ACT/SAT scores, Pell Grant percentages, and other measures; see our full methodology on page 105).
The third column ranks colleges based on the difference in six-year graduation rates between Pell Grant recipients and those who did not receive a Pell Grant.
The fourth column lists the number of Pell Grant recipients who graduated with a bachelor's degree. The fifth and sixth columns rank the difference between
the actual and predicted percentages of Pell Grant recipients and first-generation students based on ACT/SAT scores, the percentage of students admitted,
and the state's family income distribution. The seventh column ranks colleges based on the difference between actual and predicted earnings of all students
(dropouts and graduates) ten years after starting college, after controlling for student demographics and majors, living costs, and other factors. The eighth
column ranks by the net price of attending that institution, or the average price that first-time, full-time students who have a family income below $75,000 per
year and receive financial aid pay for college after subtracting grants and scholarships. The final two columns rank colleges based on the actual and predicted
performance of the percentage of students who repaid at least $1 in principal on their loans within five years of entering repayment.
RESEARCH: The first column shows total research expenditures. The second shows the college's ranking in the number of bachelor's recipients who go on to
receive PhDs, relative to college size.
SERVICE: The first column ranks the college by the number of alumni who go on to serve in the Peace Corps, relative to college size. The second column ranks
the college by the percentage of students who serve in ROTC. The third is the percentage of funds in federal work-study money that go to community service
(versus non-community service). The fourth category reflects whether a college matches AmeriCorps service grants for undergraduate students in all fields
of study (yes), at least one (some), or none (no). The final category includes measures of a college's voting engagement, and colleges can score between zero
and five points in this category.
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