US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings 2012 U.S. News rank School Fall 2010 acceptance rate 6-year graduation rate Classes with under 20 students #1 Williams College Williamstown, MA 19% 95% 70.5% #2 Amherst College Amherst, MA 15% 94% 72.9% #3 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 16% 93% 76.6% #4 Pomona College Claremont, CA 15% 94% 71.0% #5 Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 17% 91% 67.6% #6 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 20% 93% 67.8% #6 Carleton College Northfield, MN 31% 93% 64.7% #6 Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 34% 90% 63.5% #9 Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA 17% 93% 81.8% #10 Haverford College Haverford, PA 26% 92% 77.2% #11 Davidson College Davidson, NC 29% 91% 70.0% #12 Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 19% 93% 72.2% #12 Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 21% 94% 67.3% #14 United States Military Academy West Point, NY 13% 86% 94.9% #14 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 8% 89% 55.9% US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings 2012 U.S. News rank School Fall 2010 acceptance rate 6-year graduation rate Classes with under 20 students #14 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY 24% 93% 62.5% #17 Hamilton College Clinton, NY 29% 88% 73.7% #18 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 25% 87% 61.9% #19 Grinnell College Grinnell, IA 43% 87% 68.0% #19 Smith College Northampton, MA 47% 83% 67.6% #21 Bates College Lewiston, ME 32% 88% 67.8% #21 Colby College Waterville, ME 34% 90% 65.0% #21 Colgate University Hamilton, NY 33% 88% 62.3% #24 Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 31% 87% 72.7% #25 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA 48% 87% 74.4% #25 Macalester College St. Paul, MN 43% 88% 64.3% #27 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 34% 87% 61.0% #27 University of Richmond Univ. of Richm...
