Best Liberal Arts Colleges
| 1 | Amherst College (MA) |
| 1 | Williams College (MA) |
| 3 | Swarthmore College (PA) |
| 4 | Wellesley College (MA) |
| 5 | Middlebury College (VT) |
| 6 | Bowdoin College (ME) |
| 6 | Pomona College (CA) |
| 8 | Carleton College (MN) |
| 9 | Davidson College (NC) |
| 10 | Haverford College (PA) |
| 11 | Claremont McKenna College (CA) |
| 11 | Vassar College (NY) |
| 13 | Wesleyan University (CT) |
| 14 | Grinnell College (IA) |
| 14 | Harvey Mudd College (CA) |
| 14 | United States Military Academy (NY) |
| 17 | Washington and Lee University (VA) |
| 18 | Colgate University (NY) |
| 18 | Smith College (MA) |
| 20 | Hamilton College (NY) |
| 20 | Oberlin College (OH) |
| 22 | United States Naval Academy (MD) |
| 23 | Bryn Mawr College (PA) |
| 23 | Colby College (ME) |
| 25 | Bates College (ME) |
| 25 | Macalester College (MN) |
| 27 | Barnard College (NY) |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College (MA) |
| 27 | Scripps College (CA) |
| 30 | Bucknell University (PA) |
| 30 | Colorado College |
| 32 | Kenyon College (OH) |
| 33 | Trinity College (CT) |
| 33 | University of Richmond (VA) |
| 35 | College of the Holy Cross (MA) |
| 35 | Lafayette College (PA) |
| 37 | Bard College (NY) |
| 37 | Furman University (SC) |
| 37 | Occidental College (CA) |
| 37 | Whitman College (WA) |
| 41 | Sewanee-University of the South (TN) |
| 42 | Connecticut College |
| 42 | Franklin and Marshall College (PA) |
| 42 | Union College (NY) |
| 45 | Centre College (KY) |
| 45 | Dickinson College (PA) |
| 47 | Skidmore College (NY) |
| 47 | St. Olaf College (MN) |
| 49 | DePauw University (IN) |
| 49 | Gettysburg College (PA) |
| 49 | Pitzer College (CA) |
| 49 | Rhodes College (TN) |