| Best College 2010 National Liberal Arts Rankings |
| Rank |
School |
| 1 |
Williams College (MA) |
| 2 |
Amherst College (MA) |
| 3 |
Swarthmore College (PA) |
| 4 |
Middlebury College (VT) |
| 4 |
Wellesley College (MA) |
| 6 |
Bowdoin College (ME) |
| 6 |
Pomona College (CA) |
| 8 |
Carleton College (MN) |
| 9 |
Davidson College (NC) |
| 9 |
Haverford College (PA) |
| 11 |
Claremont McKenna College (CA) |
| 12 |
Vassar College (NY) |
| 12 |
Wesleyan University (CT) |
| 14 |
Smith College (MA) |
| 14 |
Washington and Lee University (VA) |
| 16 |
United States Military Academy (NY) |
| 16 |
United States Naval Academy (MD) |
| 18 |
Grinnell College (IA) |
| 18 |
Hamilton College (NY) |
| 18 |
Harvey Mudd College (CA) |
| 21 |
Bates College (ME) |
| 21 |
Colgate University (NY) |
| 23 |
Colby College (ME) |
| 23 |
Oberlin College (OH) |
| 23 |
Scripps College (CA) |
| 26 |
Barnard College (NY) |
| 26 |
Colorado College (CO) |
| 26 |
Macalester College (MN) |
| 26 |
Mount Holyoke College (MA) |
| 30 |
Bryn Mawr College (PA) |
| 30 |
Bucknell University (PA) |
| 32 |
College of the Holy Cross (MA) |
| 32 |
Kenyon College (OH) |
| 32 |
Sewanee - University of the South (TN) |
| 32 |
University of Richmond (VA) |
| 36 |
Occidental College (CA) |
| 36 |
Trinity College (CT) |
| 38 |
Bard College (NY) |
| 38 |
Lafayette College (PA) |
| 38 |
Whitman College (WA) |
| 41 |
Connecticut College (CT) |
| 41 |
Franklin and Marshall College (PA) |
| 41 |
Furman University (SC) |
| 41 |
Skidmore College (NY) |
| 41 |
Union College (NY) |
| 46 |
Pitzer College (CA) |
| 47 |
Centre College (KY) |
| 47 |
Dickinson College (PA) |
| 47 |
Gettysburg College (PA) |
| 47 |
Rhodes College (TN) |
| 51 |
Denison University (OH) |
| 51 |
DePauw University (IN) |
| 51 |
St. Olaf College (MN) |
| 54 |
Reed College (OR) |
| 55 |
Beloit College (WI) |
| 55 |
St. Lawrence University (NY) |
| 55 |
Wheaton College (IL) |
| 58 |
Wabash College (IN) |
| 59 |
Spelman College (GA) |
| 59 |
Wheaton College (MA) |
| 59 |
Willamette University (OR) |
| 62 |
Illinois Wesleyan University (IL) |
| 62 |
Southwestern University (TX) |
| 62 |
St. John's University (MN) |
| 62 |
Virginia Military Institute (VA) |
| 62 |
Wofford College (SC) |
| 67 |
Agnes Scott College (GA) |
| 67 |
Berea College (KY) |
| 67 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) |
| 67 |
Lawrence University (WI) |
| 71 |
College of Wooster (OH) |
| 71 |
Kalamazoo College (MI) |
| 71 |
Thomas Aquinas College (CA) |
| 71 |
Ursinus College (PA) |
| 75 |
Earlham College (IN) |
| 75 |
Knox College (IL) |
| 75 |
Lewis & Clark College (OR) |
| 75 |
Muhlenberg College (PA) |
| 79 |
Drew University (NJ) |
| 79 |
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) |
| 81 |
Austin College (TX) |
| 81 |
College of St. Benedict (MN) |
| 81 |
Cornell College (IA) |
| 81 |
Hendrix College (AR) |
| 81 |
Juniata College (PA) |
| 81 |
Luther College (IA) |
| 81 |
University of Puget Sound (WA) |
| 88 |
Augustana College (IL) |
| 88 |
Hillsdale College (MI) |
| 88 |
Hope College (MI) |
| 88 |
St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD) |
| 88 |
Transylvania University (KY) |
| 93 |
Allegheny College (PA) |
| 93 |
Birmingham-Southern College (AL) |
| 93 |
Millsaps College (MS) |
| 93 |
St. Mary's College (IN) |
| 93 |
St. Michael's College (VT) |
| 93 |
Washington College (MD) |
| 99 |
New College of Florida (FL) |
| 99 |
Westmont College (CA) |
| 101 |
Calvin College (MI) |
| 101 |
Coe College (IA) |
| 101 |
Sweet Briar College (VA) |
| 101 |
Washington and Jefferson College (PA) |
| 105 |
Hollins University (VA) |
| 105 |
Lake Forest College (IL) |
| 105 |
Linfield College (OR) |
| 105 |
Ohio Wesleyan University (OH) |
| 105 |
Ripon College (WI) |
| 105 |
Stonehill College (MA) |
| 111 |
Albion College (MI) |
| 111 |
Goucher College (MD) |
| 111 |
Hampden-Sydney College (VA) |
| 114 |
Hanover College (IN) |
| 114 |
Randolph College (VA) |
| 114 |
Siena College (NY) |
| 114 |
Susquehanna University (PA) |
| 114 |
Wittenberg University (OH) |
| 119 |
Hampshire College (MA) |
| 119 |
Presbyterian College (SC) |
| 119 |
Westminster College (PA) |
| 122 |
Bennington College (VT) |
| 122 |
Berry College (GA) |
| 122 |
Fisk University (TN) |
| 122 |
McDaniel College (MD) |
| 122 |
St. Anselm College (NH) |
| 127 |
Grove City College (PA) |
| 127 |
Morehouse College (GA) |
| 127 |
Principia College (IL) |
| 127 |
St. Norbert College (WI) |
| 131 |
College of the Atlantic (ME) |
| 131 |
Gordon College (MA) |
| 131 |
Moravian College (PA) |
| 131 |
Randolph-Macon College (VA) |
| 131 |
Russell Sage College (NY) |
| 131 |
William Jewell College (MO) |
| 137 |
Alma College (MI) |
| 137 |
Bethel College (KS) |
| 137 |
Concordia College-Moorhead (MN) |
| 137 |
Eckerd College (FL) |
| 137 |
Goshen College (IN) |
| 137 |
Houghton College (NY) |
| 137 |
Whittier College (CA) |
| 144 |
Baker University (KS) |
| 144 |
Central College (IA) |
| 144 |
Emory and Henry College (VA) |
| 144 |
Lycoming College (PA) |
| 144 |
Lyon College (AR) |
| 144 |
Millikin University (IL) |
| 144 |
Simpson College (IA) |
| 144 |
Wells College (NY) |
| 152 |
Doane College (NE) |
| 152 |
Hiram College (OH) |
| 152 |
Nebraska Wesleyan University (NE) |
| 152 |
St. Vincent College (PA) |
| 152 |
University of Minnesota-Morris (MN) |
| 152 |
Wartburg College (IA) |
| 158 |
Illinois College (IL) |
| 158 |
Roanoke College (VA) |
| 158 |
University of North Carolina-Asheville (NC) |
| 158 |
Wesleyan College (GA) |
| 162 |
Asbury University (KY) |
| 162 |
Bethany College (WV) |
| 162 |
Clarke University (IA) |
| 162 |
Georgetown College (KY) |
| 166 |
Albright College (PA) |
| 166 |
Guilford College (NC) |
| 166 |
Oglethorpe University (GA) |
| 166 |
Salem College (NC) |
| 166 |
St. John's College (MD) |
| 166 |
Tougaloo College (MS) |
| 166 |
University of Mount Union (OH) |
| 166 |
Westminster College (MO) |
| 174 |
College of Idaho (ID) |
| 174 |
Hartwick College (NY) |
| 174 |
Hastings College (NE) |
| 174 |
Maryville College (TN) |
| 174 |
Merrimack College (MA) |
| 174 |
Monmouth College (IL) |
| 180 |
Meredith College (NC) |
| 181 |
Carroll College (MT) |
| 181 |
Eastern Mennonite University (VA) |
| 183 |
Carson-Newman College (TN) |
| 183 |
Northland College (WI) |
| 183 |
Warren Wilson College (NC) |
| 183 |
Wisconsin Lutheran College (WI) |
| 187 |
Bridgewater College (VA) |
| 187 |
State University of New York - Purchase College (NY) |
| 187 |
St. John's College (NM) |
