来源：USNEWS

2009 USNEWS Best Colleges (Liberal Arts Rankings)

1 Amherst College |Amherst, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,640

2007 Total enrollment: 1,685

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.6 %

1 Williams College |Williamstown, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,640

2007 Total enrollment: 2,046

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 18.4 %

3 Swarthmore College |Swarthmore, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,490

2007 Total enrollment: 1,491

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.7 %

4 Wellesley College |Wellesley, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,640

2007 Total enrollment: 2,380

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 35.7 %

5 Middlebury College |Middlebury, VT

2008-2009 Comprehensive Fee: $49,210

2007 Total enrollment: 2,500

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 20.6 %

6 Bowdoin College |Brunswick, ME

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,190

2007 Total enrollment: 1,716

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 19.0 %

6 Pomona College |Claremont, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $35,625

2007 Total enrollment: 1,547

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.3 %

8 Carleton College |Northfield, MN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,046

2007 Total enrollment: 2,005

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.8 %

9 Davidson College |Davidson, NC

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,479

2007 Total enrollment: 1,674

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.2 %

10 Haverford College |Haverford, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,525

2007 Total enrollment: 1,169

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.1 %

11 Claremont McKenna College |Claremont, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,160

2007 Total enrollment: 1,135

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.2 %

11 Vassar College |Poughkeepsie, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $40,210

2007 Total enrollment: 2,451

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.6 %

13 Wesleyan University |Middletown, CT

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,634

2007 Total enrollment: 3,222

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.4 %

14 Grinnell College |Grinnell, IA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,098

2007 Total enrollment: 1,654

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 49.9 %

14 Harvey Mudd College |Claremont, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,635

2007 Total enrollment: 732

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.1 %

14 United States Military Academy |West Point, NY

2008-2009 In-state: $0; Out-of-state: $0

2007 Total enrollment: 4,487

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 15.0 %

17 Washington and Lee University |Lexington, VA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,412

2007 Total enrollment: 2,181

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.4 %

18 Colgate University |Hamilton, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $39,545

2007 Total enrollment: 2,841

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.6 %

18 Smith College |Northampton, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,058

2007 Total enrollment: 3,065

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 51.9 %

20 Hamilton College |Clinton, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,600

2007 Total enrollment: 1,842

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.7 %

20 Oberlin College |Oberlin, OH

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,280

2007 Total enrollment: 2,774

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.3 %

22 United States Naval Academy |Annapolis, MD

2008-2009 In-state: $0; Out-of-state: $0

2007 Total enrollment: 4,441

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 11.8 %

23 Bryn Mawr College |Bryn Mawr, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,540

2007 Total enrollment: 1,790

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.5 %

23 Colby College |Waterville, ME

2008-2009 Comprehensive Fee: $48,520

2007 Total enrollment: 1,867

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.8 %

25 Bates College |Lewiston, ME

2008-2009 Comprehensive Fee: $49,350

2007 Total enrollment: 1,660

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.6 %

25 Macalester College |St. Paul, MN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,504

2007 Total enrollment: 1,920

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 40.6 %

27 Barnard College |New York, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,538

2007 Total enrollment: 2,346

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.8 %

27 Mount Holyoke College |South Hadley, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,646

2007 Total enrollment: 2,204

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 52.3 %

27 Scripps College |Claremont, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,950

2007 Total enrollment: 920

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 42.9 %

30 Bucknell University |Lewisburg, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $39,652

2007 Total enrollment: 3,677

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.9 %

30 Colorado College |Colorado Springs, CO

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $35,844

2007 Total enrollment: 2,075

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.9 %

32 Kenyon College |Gambier, OH

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $40,240

2007 Total enrollment: 1,663

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.2 %

33 Trinity College |Hartford, CT

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,354

2007 Total enrollment: 2,564

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.2 %

33 University of Richmond |Univ. of Richmond, VA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,850

2007 Total enrollment: 3,447

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 39.9 %

35 College of the Holy Cross |Worcester, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,242

2007 Total enrollment: 2,847

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 %

35 Lafayette College |Easton, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,090

2007 Total enrollment: 2,403

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 35.0 %

37 Bard College |Annandale on Hudson, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,374

2007 Total enrollment: 2,062

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.1 %

37 Furman University |Greenville, SC

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,588

2007 Total enrollment: 2,951

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 55.7 %

37 Occidental College |Los Angeles, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,071

2007 Total enrollment: 1,877

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 44.1 %

37 Whitman College |Walla Walla, WA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $35,192

2007 Total enrollment: 1,489

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 48.3 %

41 Sewanee_University of the South |Sewanee, TN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $32,760

2007 Total enrollment: 1,561

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 63.6 %

42 Connecticut College |New London, CT

2008-2009 Comprehensive Fee: $49,385

2007 Total enrollment: 1,869

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.5 %

42 Franklin and Marshall College |Lancaster, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,630

2007 Total enrollment: 2,104

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 37.3 %

42 Union College |Schenectady, NY

2008-2009 Comprehensive Fee: $48,552

2007 Total enrollment: 2,177

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 43.3 %

45 Centre College |Danville, KY

2008-2009 Comprehensive Fee: $37,000

2007 Total enrollment: 1,189

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 60.8 %

45 Dickinson College |Carlisle, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,234

2007 Total enrollment: 2,381

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 41.8 %

47 Skidmore College |Saratoga Springs, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,888

2007 Total enrollment: 2,863

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 36.6 %

47 St. Olaf College |Northfield, MN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,300

2007 Total enrollment: 3,040

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 54.4 %

49 DePauw University |Greencastle, IN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,825

2007 Total enrollment: 2,398

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 69.1 %

49 Gettysburg College |Gettysburg, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,720

2007 Total enrollment: 2,497

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 35.6 %

49 Pitzer College |Claremont, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,870

2007 Total enrollment: 999

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 26.2 %

49 Rhodes College |Memphis, TN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $30,652

2007 Total enrollment: 1,698

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 50.9 %

53 Denison University |Granville, OH

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $35,300

2007 Total enrollment: 2,242

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 39.1 %

54 Reed College |Portland, OR

2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $34,530

2007 Total enrollment: 1,492

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.3 %

54 Wabash College |Crawfordsville, IN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,950

2007 Total enrollment: 917

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 47.2 %

56 Lawrence University |Appleton, WI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,264

2007 Total enrollment: 1,451

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 55.6 %

56 Wheaton College |Wheaton, IL

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $25,500

2007 Total enrollment: 2,895

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 55.2 %

58 St. Lawrence University |Canton, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,915

2007 Total enrollment: 2,319

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 43.7 %

58 Wheaton College |Norton, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,860

2007 Total enrollment: 1,657

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 36.8 %

60 Agnes Scott College |Decatur, GA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $29,060

2007 Total enrollment: 892

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.2 %

60 Beloit College |Beloit, WI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,540

2007 Total enrollment: 1,352

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 60.5 %

60 Illinois Wesleyan University |Bloomington, IL

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $32,434

2007 Total enrollment: 2,094

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 57.2 %

60 Kalamazoo College |Kalamazoo, MI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $30,723

2007 Total enrollment: 1,340

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 62.6 %

60 Thomas Aquinas College |Santa Paula, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $21,400

2007 Total enrollment: 360

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 60.4 %

60 Willamette University |Salem, OR

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,960

2007 Total enrollment: 2,720

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 77.1 %

60 Wofford College |Spartanburg, SC

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $29,465

2007 Total enrollment: 1,327

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 53.4 %

67 Earlham College |Richmond, IN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,030

2007 Total enrollment: 1,360

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 68.9 %

68 Berea College |Berea, KY

2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $776

2007 Total enrollment:

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.3 %

68 Hobart and William Smith Colleges |Geneva, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,860

2007 Total enrollment: 2,009

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 54.5 %

68 Southwestern University |Georgetown, TX

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,940

2007 Total enrollment: 1,294

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 67.4 %

71 Austin College |Sherman, TX

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $24,352

2007 Total enrollment: 1,339

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 70.9 %

71 Drew University |Madison, NJ

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,470

2007 Total enrollment: 2,630

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 61.0 %

71 Lewis and Clark College |Portland, OR

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,726

2007 Total enrollment: 3,562

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 56.0 %

71 Muhlenberg College |Allentown, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $35,375

2007 Total enrollment: 2,457

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 37.2 %

71 St. John"s University |Collegeville, MN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $28,628

2007 Total enrollment: 2,080

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 73.5 %

71 Virginia Military Institute |Lexington, VA

2008-2009 In-state: $10,556; Out-of-state: $27,454

2007 Total enrollment: 1,378

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 54.3 %

77 College of Wooster |Wooster, OH

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,770

2007 Total enrollment: 1,777

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 74.3 %

77 Hendrix College |Conway, AR

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $26,080

2007 Total enrollment: 1,195

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 82.7 %

77 Spelman College |Atlanta, GA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,280

2007 Total enrollment: 2,343

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 %

77 Transylvania University |Lexington, KY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $23,810

2007 Total enrollment: 1,153

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 80.2 %

81 Birmingham-Southern College |Birmingham, AL

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $25,586

2007 Total enrollment: 1,389

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 66.0 %

81 University of Puget Sound |Tacoma, WA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,140

2007 Total enrollment: 2,799

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 66.4 %

81 Ursinus College |Collegeville, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $36,910

2007 Total enrollment: 1,583

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 52.7 %

84 College of St. Benedict |St. Joseph, MN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $28,236

2007 Total enrollment: 2,087

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 75.2 %

84 Millsaps College |Jackson, MS

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $24,754

2007 Total enrollment: 1,151

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 77.2 %

84 St. Mary"s College of Maryland |St. Mary"s City, MD

2008-2009 In-state: $12,604; Out-of-state: $23,454

2007 Total enrollment: 2,002

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 54.8 %

84 Sweet Briar College |Sweet Briar, VA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $26,995

2007 Total enrollment: 815

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 81.4 %

88 Augustana College |Rock Island, IL

2007-2008 Tuition and Fees: $26,484

2007 Total enrollment: 2,537

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 73.3 %

88 Cornell College |Mount Vernon, IA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,850

2007 Total enrollment: 1,083

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.5 %

88 Gustavus Adolphus College |St. Peter, MN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $30,280

2007 Total enrollment: 2,628

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 71.4 %

88 Hope College |Holland, MI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $24,920

2007 Total enrollment: 3,226

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 82.8 %

88 Knox College |Galesburg, IL

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $30,507

2007 Total enrollment: 1,371

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 61.1 %

88 Luther College |Decorah, IA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,070

2007 Total enrollment: 2,476

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 82.6 %

94 Allegheny College |Meadville, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $32,000

2007 Total enrollment: 2,193

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 57.1 %

94 Lake Forest College |Lake Forest, IL

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $32,520

2007 Total enrollment: 1,456

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 61.1 %

94 New College of Florida |Sarasota, FL

2008-2009 In-state: $4,065; Out-of-state: $22,988

2007 Total enrollment: 767

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 57.0 %

94 Washington College |Chestertown, MD

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $34,005

2007 Total enrollment: 1,289

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 63.5 %

98 Coe College |Cedar Rapids, IA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,720

2007 Total enrollment: 1,316

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 64.0 %

98 Hampden-Sydney College |Hampden-Sydney, VA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $29,254

2007 Total enrollment: 1,122

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 66.9 %

98 Hanover College |Hanover, IN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $25,220

2007 Total enrollment: 929

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 65.8 %

98 Hillsdale College |Hillsdale, MI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $19,920

2007 Total enrollment: 1,326

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 64.0 %

98 Hollins University |Roanoke, VA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,055

2007 Total enrollment: 1,049

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 88.5 %

98 Juniata College |Huntingdon, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $30,280

2007 Total enrollment: 1,506

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 67.3 %

104 Albion College |Albion, MI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $28,880

2007 Total enrollment: 1,938

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 81.3 %

104 Bennington College |Bennington, VT

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,270

2007 Total enrollment: 723

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 62.4 %

104 Hampshire College |Amherst, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $38,549

2007 Total enrollment: 1,431

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 55.3 %

104 Presbyterian College |Clinton, SC

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,902

2007 Total enrollment: 1,180

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 70.9 %

104 St. Mary"s College |Notre Dame, IN

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $28,212

2007 Total enrollment: 1,604

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 81.3 %

104 St. Michael"s College |Colchester, VT

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,940

2007 Total enrollment: 2,449

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 69.2 %

104 Washington and Jefferson College |Washington, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,496

2007 Total enrollment: 1,531

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.3 %

111 Goucher College |Baltimore, MD

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $32,636

2007 Total enrollment: 2,362

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 66.3 %

111 Lyon College |Batesville, AR

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $17,234

2007 Total enrollment: 495

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 68.6 %

111 Ohio Wesleyan University |Delaware, OH

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,700

2007 Total enrollment: 1,967

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 65.5 %

111 Westmont College |Santa Barbara, CA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $33,170

2007 Total enrollment: 1,337

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 73.2 %

115 Calvin College |Grand Rapids, MI

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $23,165

2007 Total enrollment: 4,224

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 95.3 %

115 Stonehill College |Easton, MA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $30,150

2007 Total enrollment: 2,450

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 51.9 %

115 Susquehanna University |Selinsgrove, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,080

2007 Total enrollment: 2,039

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 86.0 %

118 Berry College |Mount Berry, GA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $22,370

2007 Total enrollment: 1,858

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 70.5 %

118 Linfield College |McMinnville, OR

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,414

2007 Total enrollment: 1,693

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 79.8 %

118 Randolph College |Lynchburg, VA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,380

2007 Total enrollment: 656

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 83.3 %

118 Siena College |Loudonville, NY

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $23,950

2007 Total enrollment: 3,217

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 54.2 %

122 Central College |Pella, IA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $23,944

2007 Total enrollment: 1,605

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 79.3 %

122 St. John"s College |Santa Fe, NM

2007 Total enrollment: 538

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 78.8 %

122 Westminster College |New Wilmington, PA

2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,000

2007 Total enrollment: 1,470

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 70.8 %