List of liberal arts colleges in the United States

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This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. These institutions place a particular emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts. Generally, a full-time, four-year course of study at a liberal arts college leads students to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

Liberal arts colleges are American institutions of higher education which have traditionally emphasized interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions). They are known for being residential and for having smaller enrollment, class size, and teacher-student ratios than universities. These colleges also encourage a high level of teacher-student interaction at the center of which are classes taught by full-time faculty, rather than graduate student teaching assistants who often teach classes at large research-oriented universities. The colleges may be coeducational or single-sex; private or public; and either secular or affiliated with a religious body. Some are historically black colleges. Some colleges – such as Hampshire College, Beloit College, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, Oberlin College, Shimer College and New College of Florida – offer experimental curricula.

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Alabama [edit]

Arizona [edit]

Arizona International College (closed)
Prescott College

Arkansas [edit]

California [edit]

Claremont Colleges
Concordia University, Irvine
Deep Springs College (2-year-only program leading to associates degree)
Mills College
Menlo College
Mount St. Mary's College
Occidental College
Pacific Union College
Saint Mary's College of California
San Diego Christian College
Sonoma State University
Soka University of America
Thomas Aquinas College
Westmont College
Whittier College
University of Redlands

Colorado [edit]

Connecticut [edit]

Florida [edit]

Georgia [edit]

Idaho [edit]

Illinois [edit]

Indiana [edit]

Iowa [edit]

Kansas [edit]

Kentucky [edit]

Louisiana [edit]

Maine [edit]

Maryland [edit]

Massachusetts [edit]

Michigan [edit]

Minnesota [edit]

Mississippi [edit]

Missouri [edit]

Montana [edit]

Nebraska [edit]

New Hampshire [edit]

New Jersey [edit]

New Mexico [edit]

Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe as of August, 2010)
St. John's College

New York [edit]

North Carolina [edit]

North Dakota [edit]

Jamestown College

Ohio [edit]

Oklahoma [edit]

Oregon [edit]

Pennsylvania [edit]

Rhode Island [edit]

South Carolina [edit]

South Dakota [edit]

Tennessee [edit]

Texas [edit]

Utah [edit]

Vermont [edit]

Virginia [edit]

Washington [edit]

West Virginia [edit]

Wisconsin [edit]

References [edit]

Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2000). Greene's Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-095362-4.
Koblik, Steven and Stephen Richards Graubard. Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts Colleges, 2000.
Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives. New York: Penguin, 2006.
Compiled and Edited by the Staff of the Yale Daily News (2007). The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2008 (34th edition). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-36689-6.

External links [edit]

How To Choose a College That's Right For You - NPR