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LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES

SERVICE

RESEARCH

1	

AMHERST COLLEGE (MA)	

3	 53	 57	79	 19	 16	 37	 16	 64	93	

12	

15	

87	 96	 39%	 NO	 5

2	

Wesleyan University (CT)	

9	 28	 38	140	 115	 57	 151	 20	 17	 18	

3	

12	

88	 103	 13%	 NO	 3

123	

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83	 126	 31%	 NO	

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23	 21	 35%	 NO	 1
183	 88	 25%	 NO	 1

3	

Berea College (KY)	

135	 3	 216	233	 1	

4	

Washington and Lee University (VA)	

20	 119	 48	46	 101	 75	 1	 2	 18	122	

7	 19	 1	 163	 2	

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5	

Harvey Mudd College (CA)	

12	 168	 26	27	 41	 85	 3	 127	 1	 70	

15	

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Pomona College (CA)	

2	 54	 37	 65	 34	 3	 183	 5	 86	86	

20	

7	

37	 117	 12%	 NO	 4

7	

Vassar College (NY)	

18	 64	 25	140	 32	 71	 135	 24	 10	 67	

31	

11	

107	 124	 27%	 NO	 5

8	

Middlebury College (VT)	

5	 44	 54	62	 118	 44	 98	 23	 51	118	

40	

25	

58	 77	 20%	 YES	 6

9	

Claremont McKenna College (CA)	

11	 106	 28	30	 99	 68	 2	 44	 3	 31	

7	

87	

111	 14	 20%	 NO	 3

10	 Williams College (MA)	

1	 39	 64	98	 29	 17	 138	 4	 46	99	

8	

9	

115	 100	 15%	 NO	 1

11	

7	 52	 52	59	163	86	 59	 19	 31	64	

28	

21	

62	 126	 62%	 NO	 5

12	 Haverford College (PA)	

15	 97	 72	45	65	45	99	37	20	63	

30	

8	

19	126	 9%	 NO	 5

13	 Wellesley College (MA)	

10	156	77	94	39	52	79	15	 21	157	

1	

14	

36	 45	 13%	 NO	 1

14	 Grinnell College (IA)	

32	 83	 49	90	 35	 64	198	61	 29	 51	

10	

5	

7	 126	 7%	 NO	 3

15	 Swarthmore College (PA)	

4	 95	 55	53	79	20	208	18	36	75	

17	

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145	105	 9%	 NO	 4

16	 Hamilton College (NY)	

13	 59	 53	69	 97	 84	 48	30	 8	 66	

33	

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81	 87	 13%	 NO	 5

17	 Bryn Mawr College (PA)	

43	 191	 51	 50	 109	 87	 27	 77	 76	170	

2	

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177	 113	 14%	 NO	 5
86	 9	

Bowdoin College (ME)	

18	 College of the Holy Cross (MA)	

17	 18	 30	116	150	100	 4	 63	 9	 50	

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19	 Carleton College (MN)	

8	 66	 110	57	 48	 51	 170	52	 11	 95	

5	

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20	 Trinity College (CT)	

46	 124	 9	 54	 142	 78	 18	 33	 79	136	

37	

107	

70	 126	 12%	 NO	 4

21	 Bates College (ME)	

28	 130	 27	 47	 173	131	106	21	 4	 29	

41	

40	

42	 126	 18%	 NO	 5
166	115	 20%	 NO	 1

9%	 NO	 1

15	 126	 8%	 NO	 0

22	 Colgate University (NY)	

19	 93	 31	79	107	 31	 10	 34	 30	72	

18	

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23	 Smith College (MA)	

30	 105	 34	 123	 62	 72	 192	 36	 119	194	

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31	 97	

24	 Barnard College (NY)	

14	 143	 24	108	 116	 70	 64	 29	 7	 82	

16	

36	

131	 109	 21%	 NO	 1

27%	 NO	

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25	 Franklin and Marshall College (PA)	

37	46	29	83	176	139	42	51	32	38	

13	 59	

134	126	 11%	 NO	 3

26	 Lafayette College (PA)	

22	 82	 62	 61	 209	178	 5	 55	 25	103	

43	

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106	 32	 28%	 NO	 2

27	 Connecticut College (CT)	

45	 103	 4	 64	 91	 95	 80	147	 16	68	

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34	 126	 33%	 NO	 4

28	 Dickinson College (PA)	

44	 112	 3	 63	 192	 179	 44	 64	 40	123	

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78	 13	

29	 St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)*	 75	 31	 88	 51	 134	 81	 87	 43	 69	48	

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5	 126	 59%	 NO	 1

30	 Beloit College (WI)	

70	 27	 6	 58	 112	 175	164	14	 95	89	

112	

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12	 126	 23%	 NO	 1

31	 College of Saint Benedict (MN)	

48	 16	 85	107	 68	 105	 17	 141	 6	 19	

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22	 120	 35%	 NO	 1

32	 New College of Florida (FL)*	

120	 177	 45	 39	 31	 124	 152	 11	 157	206	

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33	 Colby College (ME)	

16	 120	 74	 50	 179	188	134	 9	 14	120	

36	

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67	 126	 16%	 NO	 4

21%	 NO	 4

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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 106).
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) 10 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 six points in this category.
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