U.S. News and World Report has released its annual college rankings and the Top Liberal Arts Colleges were among them.
Most of the nation's best liberal arts schools were in the northeast, Mass. and Penn. specifically and while their tuitions were north of $45,000, they retained their freshmen and saw students graduate within six years.
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Below is the top 10.
1. Williams College
Location: Williamstown, Mass.
Acceptance rate: 17.5 percent
Freshman retention rate: 97 percent
6-year graduation rate: 95 percent
2. Amherst College
Location: Amherst, Mass.
Acceptance rate: 14.3 percent
Freshman retention rate: 98 percent
6-year graduation rate: 96 percent
3. Swarthmore College
Location: Swarthmore, Penn.
Acceptance rate: 14.3 percent
Freshman retention rate: 96 percent
6-year graduation rate: 93 percent
4. Wellesley College
Location: Wellesley, Mass.
Acceptance rate: 29.1 percent
Freshman retention rate: 96 percent
6-year graduation rate: 91 percent
5. Bowdoin College
Location: Brunswick, Maine
Acceptance rate: 15 percent
Freshman retention rate: 96 percent
6-year graduation rate: 93 percent
6. Pomona College (tie for fifth)
Location: Claremont, Calif.
Acceptance rate: 13.9 percent
Freshman retention rate: 98 percent
6-year graduation rate: 96 percent
7. Middlebury College
Location: Middlebury, Vt.
Acceptance rate: 17.5 percent
Freshman retention rate: 96 percent
6-year graduation rate: 94 percent
8. Carleton College
Location: Northfield, Minn.
Acceptance rate: 21 percent
Freshman retention rate: 97 percent
6-year graduation rate: 92 percent
9. Claremont McKenna College (tied for eighth)
Location: Claremont, Calif.
Acceptance rate: 11.7 percent
Freshman retention rate: 96 percent
6-year graduation rate: 93 percent
10. Haverford College (tied for eighth)
Location: Haverford, Penn.
Acceptance rate: 23.5 percent
Freshman retention rate: 97 percent
6-year graduation rate: 93 percent
