America's Best Colleges |
| Rank |
Name |
State |
Cost |
Freshman Class Size |
| 1 |
United States Military Academy |
NY |
0 |
1,263 |
| 2 |
Princeton University |
NJ |
49,830 |
1,243 |
| 3 |
California Institute of Technology |
CA |
48,990 |
236 |
| 4 |
Williams College |
MA |
49,530 |
540 |
| 5 |
Harvard University |
MA |
50,250 |
1,666 |
| 6 |
Wellesley College |
MA |
50,026 |
596 |
| 7 |
United States Air Force Academy |
CO |
0 |
1,286 |
| 8 |
Amherst College |
MA |
50,230 |
439 |
| 9 |
Yale University |
CT |
51,400 |
1,318 |
| 10 |
Stanford University |
CA |
51,760 |
1,703 |
| 11 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MA |
50,100 |
1,048 |
| 12 |
Swarthmore College |
PA |
50,381 |
372 |
| 13 |
Columbia University |
NY |
51,406 |
1,356 |
| 14 |
Centre College |
KY |
39,200 |
336 |
| 15 |
Haverford College |
PA |
51,637 |
327 |
| 16 |
Boston College |
MA |
52,060 |
2,167 |
| 17 |
Northwestern University |
IL |
52,120 |
2,078 |
| 18 |
Bowdoin College |
ME |
50,570 |
488 |
| 19 |
Vassar College |
NY |
51,370 |
638 |
| 20 |
Whitman College |
WA |
46,212 |
401 |
| 21 |
University of Chicago |
IL |
53,310 |
1,306 |
| 22 |
Kenyon College |
OH |
49,260 |
456 |
| 23 |
Carleton College |
MN |
50,000 |
489 |
| 24 |
Colby College |
ME |
50,120 |
482 |
| 25 |
Middlebury College |
VT |
52,460 |
576 |
| 26 |
Union College |
NY |
50,060 |
580 |
| 27 |
Claremont McKenna College |
CA |
50,990 |
320 |
| 28 |
Pomona College |
CA |
49,745 |
382 |
| 29 |
Colgate University |
NY |
51,090 |
738 |
| 30 |
United States Naval Academy |
MD |
1,000 |
1,232 |
| 31 |
Smith College |
MA |
50,588 |
643 |
| 32 |
Wabash College |
IN |
37,750 |
253 |
| 33 |
Harvey Mudd College |
CA |
50,073 |
202 |
| 34 |
Washington and Lee University |
VA |
49,268 |
454 |
| 35 |
Bryn Mawr College |
PA |
50,060 |
366 |
| 36 |
Franklin and Marshall College |
PA |
50,100 |
588 |
| 37 |
Wesleyan University |
CT |
51,935 |
715 |
| 38 |
Brandeis University |
MA |
50,148 |
754 |
| 39 |
Tufts University |
MA |
51,400 |
1,297 |
| 40 |
Barnard College |
NY |
51,976 |
567 |
| 41 |
Lawrence University |
WI |
42,301 |
382 |
| 42 |
DePauw University |
IN |
42,175 |
600 |
| 43 |
Rice University |
TX |
43,586 |
789 |
| 44 |
Reed College |
OR |
49,960 |
330 |
| 45 |
Washington University, St. Louis |
MO |
52,464 |
1,426 |
| 46 |
Bucknell University |
PA |
50,250 |
957 |
| 47 |
Mount Holyoke College |
MA |
51,516 |
518 |
| 48 |
College of William and Mary |
VA |
20,806 |
1,387 |
| 49 |
Hamilton College |
NY |
50,210 |
462 |
| 50 |
University of Notre Dame |
IN |
49,030 |
2,000 |
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