This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. These institutions place a particular emphasis upon 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 TA's (who teach the classes at Research I and other universities). The colleges are either coeducational, women's colleges, or men's colleges. Some are historically black colleges. Some are also secular while others are involved in religious education. Many are private. Some are public liberal arts colleges. In addition, colleges such as Hampshire College, Beloit College, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, New College of Florida, and Reed College offer experimental curricula.

Alabama

• Spring Hill College
• Birmingham-Southern College
• Judson College
• Huntingdon College
• Miles College
• Oakwood College
• Stillman College
• Talladega College
• University of Montevallo (public)

Arizona

• Prescott College

Arkansas

• Henderson State University
• Hendrix College
• John Brown University
• Lyon College
• Ouachita Baptist University
• Central Baptist College

California

• Chapman University, Orange
• Claremont Colleges, Claremont
  • Claremont McKenna College, Claremont
  • Harvey Mudd College, Claremont
  • Pitzer College, Claremont
  • Pomona College, Claremont
  • Scripps College, Claremont
• Deep Springs College
• Holy Names University
• Mills College
• Menlo College
• Mount St. Mary's College
• Occidental College
• Point Loma Nazarene University
• San Diego Christian College
• Soka University of America
• Sonoma State University
• St. Mary's College of California
• Thomas Aquinas College
• Westmont College
• Whittier College
• University of Redlands

Colorado

• Adams State College
• Colorado College
• Fort Lewis College
• Mesa State College
• Western State College of Colorado

Connecticut

• Albertus Magnus College
• Connecticut College
• Eastern Connecticut State University
• Saint Joseph College
• Trinity College
• Wesleyan University

Florida

• Eckerd College
• Flagler College
• Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University (public)
• Jacksonville University
• New College of Florida (public)
• Rollins College
• Stetson University

Georgia

• Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia
• Berry College in Mount Berry
• Covenant College in Lookout Mountain
• Emmanuel College, Georgia
• Georgia College & State University (public)
• Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia
• Morris Brown College
• Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia
• Piedmont College
• Reinhardt College
• Shorter College
• Southern Catholic College
• Spelman College in Atlanta
• Toccoa Falls College
• Wesleyan College in Macon

Idaho

• The College of Idaho
• Northwest Nazarene University

Illinois

• Augustana College
• Blackburn College
• Eureka College
• Greenville College
• Illinois College
• Illinois Wesleyan University
• Judson University, Illinois
• Knox College
• Lake Forest College
• MacMurray College
• McKendree University
• Millikin University
• Monmouth College
• North Central College
• Rockford College
• Shimer College
• Trinity Christian College
• Wheaton College, Illinois
• Roosevelt University

Indiana

• Bethel College
• DePauw University
• Earlham College
• Franklin College
• Goshen College
• Grace College & Seminary
• Hanover College
• Marian College
• Saint Joseph's College, Indiana
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
• Saint Mary's College
• University of Evansville
• Wabash College

Iowa

• Briar Cliff University
• Central College
• Coe College
• Cornell College
• Dordt College
• Grand View University
• Grinnell College
• Iowa Wesleyan College
• Loras College
• Luther College
• Morningside College
• Mount Mercy College
• Northwestern College
• Saint Ambrose University
• Simpson College
• Waldorf College
• Wartburg College

Kansas

• Baker University
• Benedictine College
• Bethany College
• Bethel College
• Central Christian College
• McPherson College
• MidAmerica Nazarene University
• Sterling College

Kentucky

• Alice Lloyd College
• Asbury College
• Bellarmine University
• Berea College
• Centre College
• Georgetown College
• Kentucky Wesleyan College
• Midway College
• University of the Cumberlands (formerly Cumberland College)
• Saint Catharine College
• Thomas More College
• Transylvania University
• Union College

Louisiana

• Centenary College of Louisiana
• Dillard University
• Louisiana College
• Loyola University New Orleans

Maine

• College of the Atlantic
• Bates College
• Bowdoin College
• Colby College
• Saint Joseph's College of Maine
• Unity College
• University of Maine at Farmington
• University of Maine at Fort Kent

Maryland

• College of Notre Dame of Maryland
• Columbia Union College
• Goucher College
• Hood College
• McDaniel College
• Mount St. Mary's University - The Oldest Independent Catholic University in America
• St. John's College (Annapolis)
• St. Mary's College of Maryland (public)
• Washington College

Massachusetts

• Five Colleges
  • Amherst College
  • Hampshire College
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • Smith College
• Assumption College
• Bard College at Simon's Rock
• Bridgewater State College
• Curry College
• Eastern Nazarene College
• Elms College
• Emerson College
• Emmanuel College, Boston
• Gordon College
• College of the Holy Cross
• 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

Michigan

• Adrian College
• Albion College
• Alma College
• Aquinas College
• Calvin College
• Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Cornerstone University
• Grand Valley State University
• Hillsdale College
• Hope College
• Kalamazoo College
• Madonna University
• Marygrove College
• Olivet College
• Siena Heights University
• Spring Arbor University
• Kendall College of Art and Design

Minnesota

• Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities
• Augsburg College
• Bethany Lutheran College
• Bethel University
• Carleton College
• College of St. Catherine
• Concordia College, Moorhead
• Concordia University, Saint Paul
• Gustavus Adolphus College
• Hamline University
• Macalester College
• College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
• St. Olaf College
• University of Minnesota Morris
• University of St. Thomas

Mississippi

• Blue Mountain College
• Millsaps College
• Rust College
• Tougaloo College

Missouri

• College of the Ozarks
• Columbia College of Missouri
• Culver-Stockton College
• Drury University
• Kansas City Art Institute
• Lindenwood University
• Missouri Valley College
• Stephens College
• Truman State University
• Westminster College, Missouri
• William Jewell College

Montana

• Carroll College
• University of Great Falls

Nebraska

• Dana College
• Doane College
• Hastings College
• Midland Lutheran College
• Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nevada

• College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada
• Sierra Nevada College

New Hampshire

• Colby-Sawyer College
• Franklin Pierce University
• Keene State College
• New England College
• Rivier College
• Saint Anselm College
• Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

New Jersey

• Caldwell College
• College of Saint Elizabeth
• Drew University
• Monmouth University
• Ramapo College (public)
• Richard Stockton College of NJ

New Mexico

• College of Santa Fe
• St. John's College (Santa Fe)

New York

• Adelphi University, College of Arts and Sciences
• Bard College
• Barnard College
• Cazenovia College
• Colgate University
• Concordia College, Bronxville
• C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Elmira College
• Empire State College
• Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
• Hamilton College
• Hartwick College
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Houghton College
• Hunter College
• Ithaca College
• Le Moyne College
• Keuka College
• Manhattan College
• Manhattanville College
• Marist College
• Marymount Manhattan College
• Medaille College
• Mercy College
• Mount Saint Mary College
• College of Mount Saint Vincent
• The New School for General Studies
• Nyack College
• St. Bonaventure University
• St. John Fisher 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 Plattsburgh
• Union College
• Vassar College
• Wagner College
• Wells College

North Carolina

• Barton College
• Belmont Abbey College
• Bennett College
• Brevard College
• Catawba College
• Davidson College
• Elon University
• Guilford College
• High Point University
• Lenoir-Rhyne College
• 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 Wilmington
• Warren Wilson College

North Dakota

• Jamestown College

Ohio

• Antioch College
• Baldwin-Wallace College
• Bluffton University
• College of Mount St. Joseph
• Denison University
• Mount Union College
• Heidelberg University
• Hiram College
• John Carroll University
• Kenyon College
• Oberlin College
• Ohio Wesleyan University
• Otterbein College
• Mount Vernon Nazarene University
• Muskingum University
• The College of Wooster
• Urbana University
• Wittenberg University

Oklahoma

• University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
• Bacone College – Muskogee, Oklahoma
• Southern Nazarene University – Bethany, Oklahoma

Oregon

• George Fox University
• Gutenberg College
• Lewis & Clark College
• Linfield College
• Reed College
• Southern Oregon University
• Warner Pacific College
• Western Oregon University
• Willamette University

Pennsylvania

• Albright College
• Allegheny College
• Bryn Mawr College
• Bucknell University
• Cedar Crest College
• Chatham College
• Dickinson College
• Elizabethtown College
• Franklin & Marshall College
• Gannon University
• Geneva College
• Gettysburg College
• Grove City College
• Haverford College
• Juniata College
• Keystone College
• King's College, Pennsylvania
• Lafayette College
• La Salle University
• Lebanon Valley College
• Lycoming College
• Mercyhurst College
• Messiah College
• Misericordia University
• Moravian College
• Muhlenberg College
• Saint Vincent College
• Susquehanna University
• Swarthmore College
• Thiel College
• The University of the Arts
• Ursinus College
• Washington & Jefferson College
• Waynesburg College
• Westminster College, Pennsylvania
• Wilson College
• York College of Pennsylvania
• Point Park University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Providence College
• Roger Williams University

South Carolina

• Allen University
• Benedict College
• Columbia College
• College of Charleston
• Coker College
• Converse College
• Erskine College
• Francis Marion University
• Furman University
• Limestone College
• Morris College
• Newberry College
• Presbyterian College
• Wofford College

South Dakota

• Augustana College
• Mount Marty College
• University of Sioux Falls

Tennessee

• Belmont University
• Carson-Newman College
• Fisk University
• Lane College
• Lipscomb University
• Maryville College
• Martin Methodist College
• Milligan College
• Rhodes College
• Sewanee, The University of the South
• Union University
• Bethel College

Texas

• Abilene Christian University [514653]
• Austin College
• College of Saint Thomas More [514654]
• Dallas Baptist University [514655]
• University of Dallas
• Midwestern State University
• Southwestern University
• Trinity University [514656]
• Wayland Baptist University [514657]
• University of St. Thomas [514658]
• St. Edward's University [514659]

Utah

• Westminster College

Vermont

• Bennington College
• Burlington College
• Castleton State College
• Green Mountain College
• Johnson State College
• Lyndon State College
• Marlboro College
• Middlebury College
• Saint Michael's College
• Southern Vermont College

Virginia

• Bridgewater College
• Christendom College
• Christopher Newport University
• Emory and Henry College
• Founders College
• Hampden-Sydney College
• Hollins University
• James Madison University
• Lynchburg College
• Mary Baldwin College
• University of Mary Washington
• Randolph-Macon College
• Randolph College
• University of Richmond
• Roanoke College
• Southern Virginia University
• Sweet Briar College
• University of Virginia's College at Wise
• Virginia Wesleyan College
• College of William & Mary
• Washington and Lee University

Washington

• Evergreen State College
• Pacific Lutheran University
• University of Puget Sound
• Walla Walla University
• Whitman College
• Whitworth University
• University of Washington, Bothell

Washington, D.C.

• American University
• Catholic University of America
• Gallaudet University
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Howard University
• Trinity Washington University
• University of the District of Columbia

West Virginia

• Wheeling Jesuit University
• Alderson-Broaddus College
• Davis and Elkins College
• West Virginia Wesleyan College
• Shepherd University

Wisconsin

• Alverno College
• Beloit College
• Carroll University
• Carthage College
• Edgewood College
• Lawrence University
• Lakeland College
• Marian College
• Mount Mary College
• Northland College
• Ripon College
• St. Norbert College
• Silver Lake College
• Viterbo University
• University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
• University of Wisconsin–Superior
• Wisconsin Lutheran College

See also

• Great Books Program
• Great Books Programs in Canada

References

• Koblik, Steven and Stephen Richards Graubard. Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts Colleges, 2000.
• Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives. New York: Penguin, 2006.

External links

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