List of liberal arts colleges in the United States
This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. Liberal arts colleges in the United States are usually four-year colleges which lead students to a bachelor's degree; some, such as Augsburg University and Point Loma Nazarene University, lead students to obtaining a master's or doctoral degree.
These schools 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 student-teacher-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 offer experimental curricula.
Alabama[]
- Birmingham–Southern College
- Huntingdon College
- Judson College
- Miles College
- Spring Hill College
- Stillman College
- Talladega College
- University of Montevallo
Arizona[]
- Arizona International College (closed)
- Harrison Middleton University
- Ottawa University
- Prescott College
- Sessions College for Professional Design[1]
Arkansas[]
- Central Baptist College
- Harding University
- Henderson State University
- Hendrix College
- John Brown University
- Lyon College
- Ouachita Baptist University
- University of the Ozarks
California[]
- California Lutheran University
Pomona College
- Claremont Colleges
- Claremont McKenna College
- Harvey Mudd College
- Pitzer College
- Pomona College
- Scripps College
- Concordia University, Irvine
- Deep Springs College (2-year-only program, leading to associate degree)
- Humboldt State University
- La Sierra University
- The Master's College
Mills College
- Mills College
- Mount St. Mary's College
- Occidental College
- Pacific Union College
- Point Loma Nazarene University
- Providence Christian College
- Saint Mary's College of California
- San Diego Christian College
- Soka University of America
- Sonoma State University
- Thomas Aquinas College
- University of Redlands
- Westmont College
- Whittier College
Colorado[]
U.S. Air Force Academy
- Adams State University
- Colorado College
- Fort Lewis College
- Naropa University
- United States Air Force Academy
- Western State Colorado University
Connecticut[]
Wesleyan University
- Albertus Magnus College
- Connecticut College
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- Mitchell College
- Quinnipiac University
- Trinity College
- University of Saint Joseph
- Wesleyan University
Florida[]
- Ave Maria University
- Bethune–Cookman University
- Eckerd College
- Flagler College
- New College of Florida
- Palm Beach Atlantic University
- Rollins College
- Southeastern University
- Stetson University
- Warner University
Georgia[]
- Agnes Scott College
- Berry College
- Covenant College
- Emmanuel College
- Georgia College and State University
- Georgia Gwinnett College
- Mercer University
Morehouse College
- Morehouse College
- Morris Brown College
- Oglethorpe University
- Piedmont University
- Point University
- Ralston College
- Reinhardt University
- Spelman College
- Toccoa Falls College
- Wesleyan College
- Young Harris College
Idaho[]
- College of Idaho
- Northwest Nazarene University
Illinois[]
- Augustana College
- Aurora University
- Blackburn College
- College of the University of Chicago
- Columbia College Chicago
- Elmhurst University
- Eureka College
- Greenville University
- Illinois College
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Judson University
- Knox College
- Lake Forest College
- MacMurray College
- McKendree University
- Millikin University
- Monmouth College
- North Central College
- North Park University
- Olivet Nazarene University
- Principia College
- Quincy University
- Rockford University
- Shimer College
- Trinity Christian College
- Trinity International University
- Wheaton College
Indiana[]
- Anderson University
- Bethel College
- DePauw University
- Earlham College
- Franklin College
- Goshen College
- Grace College
- Hanover College
- Huntington University
- Indiana Wesleyan University
- Manchester University
- Marian University
- Saint Joseph's College
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
- Saint Mary's College
- Taylor University
- University of Evansville
- University of Saint Francis
- Wabash College
Iowa[]
- Briar Cliff University
- Central College
- Clarke University
- Coe College
- Cornell College
- Dordt College
- Graceland University
- Grand View University
Grinnell College
- Grinnell College
- Iowa Wesleyan College
- Loras College
- Luther College
- Morningside College
- Mount Mercy University
- Northwestern College
- Simpson College
- Waldorf College
- Wartburg College
Kansas[]
- Baker University
- Benedictine College
- Bethany College
- Bethel College
- Central Christian College of Kansas
- Fort Hays State University
- Kansas Wesleyan University
- McPherson College
- MidAmerica Nazarene University
- Ottawa University
- Sterling College
- Washburn University
Kentucky[]
- Alice Lloyd College
- Asbury University
- Bellarmine University
- Berea College
- Campbellsville University
- Centre College
- Georgetown College
- Kentucky Wesleyan College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Midway University
- St. Catharine College
- Thomas More College
- Transylvania University
- Union College
- University of the Cumberlands
- University of Pikeville
Louisiana[]
- Centenary College of Louisiana
- Dillard University
- Louisiana College
- Xavier University of Louisiana
- University of Holy Cross
Maine[]
Bowdoin College
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Colby College
- College of the Atlantic
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine
- Unity College
- University of Maine at Farmington
- University of Maine at Fort Kent
Maryland[]
- Goucher College
- Hood College
- McDaniel College
- Mount Saint Mary's University
- Notre Dame of Maryland University
- St. John's College
- St. Mary's College of Maryland
- Stevenson University
- United States Naval Academy
- Washington College
Massachusetts[]
Wellesley College
- Assumption University
- Bard College at Simon's Rock
- Boston College
- Bridgewater State College
- Clark University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Curry College
- Dean College
- Eastern Nazarene College
- Elms College
- Emerson College
- Emmanuel College
Amherst College
- Five Colleges (the fifth "college" is the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- Amherst College
- Hampshire College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Smith College
- Gordon College
- Lesley College
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Merrimack College
- Mount Ida College
- Pine Manor College
- Regis College
- Simmons College
- Stonehill College
- Wellesley College
- Wheaton College
Williams College
- Williams College
Michigan[]
- Adrian College
- Albion College
- Alma College
- Aquinas College
- Calvin University
- Concordia University
- Hillsdale College
- Hope College
- Kalamazoo College
- Madonna University
- Olivet College
- Rochester College
- Siena Heights University
Minnesota[]
- Augsburg University
- Bethany Lutheran College
Carleton College
- Carleton College
- College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
- Concordia College
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Hamline University
- Macalester College
- St. Olaf College
- University of Minnesota Morris
- University of St. Thomas
Mississippi[]
- Blue Mountain College
- Millsaps College
- Rust College
- Tougaloo College
- Mississippi University for Women
- William Carey University
Missouri[]
- Central Methodist University
- College of the Ozarks
- Columbia College of Missouri
- Culver–Stockton College
- Drury University
- Evangel University
- Fontbonne University
- Hannibal-LaGrange University
- Lindenwood University
- Missouri Baptist University
- Missouri Valley College
- Southwest Baptist University
- Stephens College
- Truman State University
- Westminster College
- William Jewell College
Montana[]
- Carroll College
- Rocky Mountain College
- University of Great Falls
Nebraska[]
- Dana College (closed July 2010)
- Doane College
- Hastings College
- Midland University
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nevada[]
- Sierra Nevada College
New Hampshire[]
Saint Anselm College
- Colby–Sawyer College
- Franklin Pierce University
- Granite State College
- Keene State College
- Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts
- New England College
- Plymouth State University
- Rivier University
- Saint Anselm College
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
New Jersey[]
- Caldwell College
- College of Saint Elizabeth
- Drew University
- Ramapo College
- Saint Peter's University
New Mexico[]
- St. John's College
- Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe as of August 2010)
New York[]
- Adelphi University
- Bard College
Barnard College
- Barnard College
- Buffalo State College
- Canisius College
- Cazenovia College
- Colgate University
- College of Mount Saint Vincent
- Concordia College
- Daemen College
- D'Youville College
- Elmira College
- Empire State College
- Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (a division of The New School university)
Hamilton College
- Hamilton College
- Hartwick College
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Hofstra University
- Houghton College
- Ithaca College
- Keuka College
- The King's College
- Le Moyne College
- Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
- Manhattan College
- Manhattanville College
- Marist College
- Marymount Manhattan College
- Medaille College
- Mercy College
- Mount Saint Mary College
- Nyack College
- Roberts Wesleyan College
- St. Bonaventure University
- St. John Fisher College
- St. Joseph's College
- St. Lawrence University
- St. Thomas Aquinas College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Siena College
- Skidmore College
- State University of New York at Fredonia
- State University of New York at Geneseo
- State University of New York at Oneonta
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- State University of New York at Purchase
- Union College
- United States Military Academy
Vassar College
- Vassar College
- Wagner College
- Wells College
- Yeshiva University
North Carolina[]
- Barton College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Bennett College
- Brevard College
- Catawba College
Davidson College
- Davidson College
- Duke University[2]
- Elon University
- Greensboro College
- Guilford College
- High Point University
- Lenoir–Rhyne University
- Mars Hill College
- Meredith College
- Montreat College
- Mount Olive College
- North Carolina Wesleyan College
- Peace College
- Salem College
- University of North Carolina at Asheville
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington
- Wake Forest University
- Warren Wilson College
North Dakota[]
- Jamestown College
Ohio[]
- Ashland University
- Antioch College
- Baldwin Wallace University
- Bluffton University
- Capital University
- Cedarville University
- College of Mount St. Joseph
- College of Wooster
- Defiance College
- Denison University
- Heidelberg University
- Hiram College
- John Carroll University
Kenyon College
- Kenyon College
- Lake Erie College
- Malone University
- Marietta College
- Miami University
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Muskingum University
Oberlin College
- Oberlin College
- Ohio Dominican University
- Ohio Northern University
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Otterbein College
- Tiffin University
- University of Findlay
- University of Mount Union
- Urbana University
- Wilmington College
- Wittenberg University
Oklahoma[]
- Bacone College
- Oklahoma Baptist University
- Southern Nazarene University
- University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Oregon[]
Reed College
- George Fox University
- Gutenberg College
- Lewis & Clark College
- Linfield College
- Reed College
- Southern Oregon University
- University of Portland
- Warner Pacific College
- Western Oregon University
- Willamette University
Pennsylvania[]
- Albright College
- Allegheny College
- Bryn Athyn College
Bryn Mawr College
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bucknell University
- Carlow University
- Cedar Crest College
- Chatham University
- Chestnut Hill College
- Dickinson College
- Elizabethtown College
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Gannon University
- Geneva College
- Gettysburg College
- Grove City College
- Gwynedd-Mercy College
Haverford College
- Haverford College
- Immaculata University
- Juniata College
- Keystone College
- King's College
- La Salle University
- Lafayette College
- Lebanon Valley College
- Lycoming College
- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
- Mercyhurst University
- Messiah College
- Misericordia University
- Moravian College
- Muhlenberg College
- Point Park University
- Rosemont College
- Saint Francis University
- Saint Vincent College
- Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
- Swarthmore College
- Thiel College
- University of Scranton
- Ursinus College
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Waynesburg University
- Westminster College
- Wilson College
- York College of Pennsylvania
Rhode Island[]
- Providence College
- Roger Williams University
South Carolina[]
- Allen University
- Benedict College
- Charleston Southern University
- Coker College
- College of Charleston
- Columbia College
- Converse College
- Erskine College
- Furman University
- Lander University
- Limestone College
- Morris College
- Newberry College
- North Greenville University
- Presbyterian College
- Wofford College
South Dakota[]
- Augustana College
- Mount Marty College
- University of Sioux Falls
Tennessee[]
Sewanee: The University of the South
- Belmont University
- Bethel University
- Carson–Newman University
- Cumberland University
- Fisk University
- King University
- Lane College
- Lee University
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Lipscomb University
- Martin Methodist College
- Maryville College
- Milligan College
- Rhodes College
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- Tennessee Wesleyan College
- Union University
Texas[]
- Abilene Christian University
- Austin College
- College of Saint Thomas More
- Dallas Baptist University
- Hardin-Simmons University
- Houston Baptist University
- Howard Payne University
- Midwestern State University
- St. Edward's University
- St. Mary's University
- Schreiner University
- Southwestern University
- Texas Wesleyan University
- Trinity University
- University of Dallas
- University of the Incarnate Word
- University of St. Thomas
- Wayland Baptist University
Utah[]
- Westminster College
Vermont[]
Middlebury College
- Bennington College
- Burlington College
- Castleton University
- Goddard College
- Green Mountain College
- Johnson State College
- Landmark College
- Lyndon State College
- Marlboro College
- Middlebury College
- Saint Michael's College
- Sterling College
Virginia[]
Washington and Lee University
- Bluefield College
- Bridgewater College
- Christendom College
- Christopher Newport University
- Emory and Henry College
- Hampden–Sydney College
- Hollins University
- Lynchburg College
- Mary Baldwin University
- Patrick Henry College
- Randolph College
- Randolph–Macon College
- Roanoke College
- Shenandoah University
- Southern Virginia University
- Sweet Briar College
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia's College at Wise
- Virginia Intermont College
- Virginia Wesleyan University
- Washington and Lee University
Washington[]
Whitman College
- The Evergreen State College
- Gonzaga University
- Northwest University
- Pacific Lutheran University
- St. Martin's University
- Seattle Pacific University
- Seattle University
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Washington, Bothell
- Western Washington University
- Whitman College
- Whitworth University
West Virginia[]
- Alderson Broaddus University
- Bethany College
- Concord University
- Davis & Elkins College
- Shepherd University
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Wheeling Jesuit University
Wisconsin[]
Beloit College
- Alverno College
- Beloit College
- Carroll University
- Carthage College
- Edgewood College
- Holy Family College
- Lakeland University
- Lawrence University
- Marian University
- Mount Mary University
- Northland College
- Ripon College
- St. Norbert College
- University of Wisconsin-Superior
- Viterbo University
- Wisconsin Lutheran College
Wyoming[]
See also[]
- Great Books Program
- Great Books programs in Canada
References[]
- ^ "Online Professional Design". Sessions College. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "Majors, Minors & Schools", Duke.edu
Further reading[]
- 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[]
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