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Top U.S. Liberal Arts Colleges

Try to name the top 50 (erm, 52) American liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report, 2025 edition. The state each college is located in is given.
Source: U.S. News & World Report, 2025
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Rank
State
College
1
Mass.
Williams
2
Mass.
Amherst
3
Penn.
Swarthmore
4
Md.
U.S. Naval Academy
5
Maine
Bowdoin
5
Calif.
Pomona
7
Mass.
Wellesley
8
Minn.
Carleton
8
Calif.
Claremont McKenna
8
Colo.
U.S. Air Force Academy
8
N.Y.
U.S. Military Academy
12
Calif.
Harvey Mudd
12
N.Y.
Vassar
14
N.Y.
Barnard
14
N.C.
Davidson
14
N.Y.
Hamilton
14
Mass.
Smith
Rank
State
College
14
Conn.
Wesleyan
19
Iowa
Grinnell
19
Vt.
Middlebury
19
Virg.
Washington and Lee
22
N.Y.
Colgate
22
Virg.
University of Richmond
24
Penn.
Haverford
25
Maine
Colby
26
Maine
Bates
26
Minn.
Macalester
28
Mass.
Holy Cross
29
Penn.
Bryn Mawr
29
Colo.
Colorado College
31
Penn.
Bucknell
31
Penn.
Franklin & Marshall
31
Penn.
Lafayette
34
Mass.
Mount Holyoke
Rank
State
College
34
Calif.
Occidental
36
Ohio
Denison
36
Calif.
Pitzer
36
N.Y.
Skidmore
36
Conn.
Trinity College
40
Ky.
Berea
40
Ga.
Spelman
40
Tex.
Trinity University
40
N.Y.
Union
44
Calif.
Scripps
45
Penn.
Dickinson
45
S.C.
Furman
45
Ohio
Kenyon
45
Calif.
Soka University
45
Tenn.
University of the South (Sewanee)
50
Ind.
DePauw
50
Mich.
Hillsdale
50
Minn.
St. Olaf
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4 Comments
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Level 82
Jun 22, 2012
Updated with states, which I hope will make the quiz more reasonable.
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Level 37
Aug 28, 2012
all of them in 9:19
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Level 82
Sep 22, 2012
Updated for 2013 edition!
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Level 38
May 6, 2025
These damn Liberal sissys