Liberal-Arts Colleges Overall Acceptance Rates
Liberal Arts Colleges Overall Acceptance Rates
Ranking | National Liberal Arts Colleges | Class of 2027 (2023) | Class of 2026 (2022) | Class of 2025 (2021) | Class of 2024 (2020) | Class of 2023 (2019) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Williams College
| 9.80%
| 8.50%
| 8.00%
| 12.60%
| 12.40%
|
2 | Amherst College
| 9.81%
| 7.25%
| 8.74%
| 11.70%
| 10.80%
|
3 | Swarthmore College
| 6.94%
| 6.93%
| 8.00%
| 8.80%
| 7.00%
|
4 | Wellesley College
| 13.00%
| 13.57%
| 16.00%
| 8.39%
| 20.00%
|
5 | Pomona College
| 6.76%
| 7.02%
| 6.60%
| 9.00%
| 7.00%
|
6 | Bowdoin College
| 8.02%
| 9.19%
| 8.80%
| 9.00%
| 8.90%
|
7 | Carleton College
| 21.75%
| 21.75%
| 17%
| 17%
| 21%
|
8 | Claremont McKenna College
| 11.09%
| 10.35%
| 11.24%
| 9.20%
| 9.00%
|
9 | Middlebury College
| 11.68%
| 12.69%
| 15.70%
| 13.00%
| 13.00%
|
10 | Washington and Lee University
| 17.36%
| 16.96%
| 18.87%
| 19.00%
| 17.00%
|
11 | Colby College
| 7.00%
| 7.45%
| 8.00%
| 9.00%
| 9.60%
|
12 | Haverford College
| 12.90%
| 14.21%
| 17.84%
| 14.00%
| 16.00%
|
13 | Smith College
| 20.00%
| 22.86%
| 29.91%
| 23.00%
| 23.00%
|
14 | Grinnell College
| 12.70%
| 10.76%
| 10.50%
| 11.00%
| 22.50%
|
15 | Hamilton College
| 11.77%
| 14.10%
| 12.00%
| 12.00%
| 18.00%
|
16 | Vassar College
| 17.70%
| 18.66%
| 20.15%
| 24.60%
| 23.40%
|
17 | Colgate University
| 12.00%
| 12.43%
| 17.20%
| 27.00%
| 17.00%
|
18 | Davidson College
| 14.50%
| 16.95%
| 17.80%
| 19.00%
| 17.80%
|
19 | United States Naval Academy
| 11%
| 10.80%
| 11%
| 11%
| 11%
|
20 | Wesleyan University
| 16.50%
| 14.43%
| 19.44%
| 14.00%
| 14.00%
|
21 | Bates College
| 12.00%
| 17%
| 12.00%
| 14%
| 14%
|
22 | United States Military Academy
| 12%
| 12%
| 12%
| 11%
| 12%
|
23 | Harvey Mudd College
| 13.10%
| 13.36%
| 9.99%
| 13.00%
| 10.00%
|
24 | University of Richmond
| 23.31%
| 24.37%
| 27.33%
| 29.00%
| 30.20%
|
25 | Barnard College
| 7.87%
| 8.79%
| 10.40%
| 27.00%
| 11.40%
|
26 | Macalester College
| 27.55%
| 28%
| 27.55%
| 38.7 %
| 28%
|
27 | Bryn Mawr College
| 31%
| 31%
| 31%
| 38.40%
| 38%
|
28 | College of the Holy Cross
| 21%
| 36%
| 43%
| 34.30%
| 36%
|
29 | Colorado College
| 20.00%
| 16.30%
| 14.25%
| 15.00%
| 15.00%
|
30 | Kenyon College
| 34%
| 34%
| 34%
| 31.20%
| 34%
|
31 | Soka University of America
| 57%
| 57%
| 57%
| 39%
| 39%
|
32 | Mount Holyoke College
| 38.00%
| 39.76%
| 52.30%
| 40.00%
| 40%
|
33 | Oberlin College
| 35%
| 32.92%
| 32.92%
| 34%
| 40%
|
34 | Scripps College
| 28%
| 28%
| 28%
| 11.10%
| 28%
|
35 | Bucknell University
| 32.01%
| 32.60%
| 32.01%
| 37%
| 35 |
36 | Pitzer College
| 16.70%
| 18.40%
| 18.31%
| 18.00%
| 18.00%
|
37 | Thomas Aquinas College
| 85%
| 84%
| 85%
| 83%
| 83%
|
38 | Franklin and Marshall College
| 30%
| 36%
| 36%
| 37%
| 38%
|
39 | Lafayette College
| 31.40%
| 31.40%
| 31.40%
| 31%
| 30.70%
|
40 | Occidental College
| 39%
| 39%
| 39%
| 39%
| 39%
|
41 | Skidmore College
| 26%
| 26%
| 26%
| 26%
| 31%
|
42 | United States Air Force Academy
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
| 12%
| 12%
|
43 | Denison University
| 17%
| 17%
| 17%
| 22%
| 22%
|
44 | The University of the South
| 52%
| 52%
| 38%
| 52%
| 52%
|
45 | Union College
| 44%
| 47%
| 47%
| 47%
| 47%
|
46 | Berea College
| 25%
| 25%
| 25%
| 33%
| 38%
|
47 | Connecticut College
| 38.29%
| 40%
| 40%
| 40%
| 41%
|
48 | DePauw University
| 66%
| 66%
| 64%
| 64%
| 64.40%
|
49 | Dickinson College
| 43%
| 35%
| 43.08%
| 35%
| 40%
|
50 | Furman University
| 67%
| 67%
| 57%
| 56.10%
| 57%
|
