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| 1 | Pomona College, Claremont | CA | 1,532 | 16% | 95%/96% | 8 | 90% | 94% | $50,568 | $16,454 | 95% | $50,568 | 0 | $11,300 | | 2 | Swarthmore College, Swarthmore | PA | 1,490 | 16% | 96%/91% | 8 | 88% | 91% | $50,750 | $19,035 | 96% | $14,596 | 2 | N/A | | 3 | Williams College, Williamstown | MA | 1,997 | 17% | 93%/91% | 7 | 91% | 95% | $50,680 | $14,305 | 96% | $50,680 | 0 | $9,214 | | 4 | Davidson College, Davidson | NC | 1,668 | 26% | 88%/90% | 10 | 92% | 94% | $46,030 | $25,526 | 95% | $29,433 | 20 | $25,025 | | 5 | Claremont McKenna College, Claremont | CA | 1,212 | 22% | 92%/91% | 8 | 90% | 94% | $51,380 | $19,229 | 98% | $40,257 | 13 | $10,518 | | 6 | Amherst College, Amherst | MA | 1,697 | 15% | 94%/91% | 8 | 85% | 93% | $49,678 | $13,907 | 96% | $49,678 | 0 | $12,603 | | 7 | Washington and Lee University, Lexington | VA | 1,752 | 17% | 97%/97% | 8 | 89% | 90% | $50,352 | $21,968 | 86% | $25,036 | 14 | $23,616 | | 8 | College of the Holy Cross, Worcester | MA | 2,898 | 34% | 72%/77% | 10 | 92% | 94% | $50,042 | $24,418 | 88% | $27,442 | 8 | $16,800 | | 9 | Colby College, Waterville | ME | 1,846 | 31% | 90%/92% | 10 | 84% | 90% | $51,020 | $20,214 | 97% | $28,620 | 0 | $19,222 | | 10 | Bowdoin College, Brunswick | ME | 1,723 | 19% | 93%/90% | 9 | 84% | 90% | $51,700 | $19,909 | 96% | $50,700 | 7 | $17,560 | | 11 | Middlebury College, Middlebury | VT | 2,455 | 17% | 84%/88% | 9 | 88% | 93% | $51,380 | $22,072 | 89% | $51,380 | 0 | $19,981 | | 12 | Haverford College, Haverford | PA | 1,169 | 27% | 90%/88% | 8 | 91% | 94% | $52,359 | $21,838 | 96% | $52,359 | 0 | $17,125 | | 13 | Carleton College, Northfield | MN | 2,000 | 27% | 92%/91% | 9 | 90% | 93% | $50,933 | $24,542 | 82% | $47,538 | 17 | $20,083 | | 14 | Hamilton College, Clinton | NY | 1,872 | 28% | 92%/93% | 10 | 86% | 91% | $51,160 | $23,813 | 83% | $36,709 | 4 | $18,259 | | 15 | Bates College, Lewiston | ME | 1,776 | 29% | 86%/87% | 10 | 85% | 89% | $50,500 | $20,407 | 91% | $50,500 | 0 | $18,785 | | 16 | Wesleyan University, Middletown | CT | 2,772 | 27% | 87%/90% | 9 | 89% | 93% | $54,097 | $26,339 | 87% | $7,142 | 5 | $27,402 | | 17 | Wellesley College, Wellesley | MA | 2,344 | 36% | 91%/87% | 8 | 84% | 90% | $50,594 | $18,219 | 96% | $50,594 | 0 | $12,639 | | 18 | Vassar College, Poughkeepsie | NY | 2,389 | 25% | 95%/95% | 8 | 87% | 91% | $52,330 | $21,631 | 88% | $52,330 | 0 | $19,910 | | 19 | Grinnell College, Grinnell | IA | 1,678 | 43% | 80%/84% | 9 | 81% | 85% | $45,912 | $19,991 | 84% | $35,203 | 61 | $19,526 | | 20 | Whitman College, Walla Walla | WA | 1,489 | 49% | 86%/82% | 10 | 80% | 85% | $45,412 | $21,949 | 82% | $37,459 | 48 | $16,684 | | 21 | Kenyon College, Gambier | OH | 1,644 | 31% | 88%/83% | 10 | 85% | 88% | $50,640 | $23,671 | 89% | $38,861 | 41 | $19,462 | | 22 | Wheaton College, Wheaton | IL | 2,366 | 62% | 80%/80% | 12 | 79% | 84% | $35,090 | $20,600 | 68% | $30,052 | 34 | $21,549 | | 23 | Colgate University, Hamilton | NY | 2,836 | 24% | 84%/87% | 10 | 87% | 91% | $51,890 | $19,951 | 90% | $51,890 | 0 | $20,164 | | 24 | Harvey Mudd College, Claremont | CA | 738 | 36% | 96%/100% | 9 | 83% | 89% | $51,937 | $25,560 | 86% | $41,497 | 56 | $21,018 | | 25 | Macalester College, St. Paul | MN | 1,900 | 41% | 87%/87% | 10 | 84% | 87% | $47,866 | $22,490 | 83% | $42,551 | 13 | $17,304 | | 26 | Colorado College, Colorado Springs | CO | 1,996 | 26% | 85%/81% | 10 | 78% | 86% | $48,156 | $20,458 | 94% | $33,770 | 13 | $16,041 | | 27 | Bucknell University, Lewisburg | PA | 3,583 | 30% | 76%/89% | 11 | 85% | 89% | $51,200 | $30,000 | 83% | $38,584 | 6 | $18,500 | | 28 | Barnard College, New York | NY | 2,359 | 28% | 90%/82% | 9 | 82% | 88% | $52,115 | $20,918 | 90% | $52,115 | 0 | $15,084 | | 29 | Centre College, Danville | KY | 1,197 | 63% | 92% | 11 | 81% | 83% | $40,200 | $20,608 | 86% | $27,740 | 87 | $17,600 | | 30 | St. Olaf College, Northfield | MN | 3,073 | 59% | 92% | 13 | 83% | 86% | $44,700 | $24,719 | 73% | $36,737 | 84 | $25,273 | | 31 | Wofford College, Spartanburg | SC | 1,389 | 59% | 59%/64% | 11 | 79% | 82% | $39,810 | $15,854 | 87% | $26,974 | 45 | $17,831 | | 32 | Lafayette College, Easton | PA | 2,382 | 37% | 66%/80% | 11 | 86% | 88% | $51,289 | $30,535 | 91% | $38,325 | 14 | $17,995 | | 33 | Occidental College, Los Angeles | CA | 1,846 | 39% | 74%/77% | 9 | 82% | 86% | $50,756 | $23,524 | 79% | $42,203 | 45 | $21,001 | | 34 | Scripps College, Claremont | CA | 954 | 43% | 90%/82% | 10 | 80% | 82% | $51,350 | $22,485 | 89% | $34,096 | 16 | $13,207 | | 35 | Oberlin College, Oberlin | OH | 2,839 | 33% | 89%/84% | 9 | 69% | 82% | $50,106 | $23,194 | 86% | $39,613 | 30 | $17,579 | | 36 | DePauw University, Greencastle | IN | 2,298 | 65% | 53%/63% | 10 | 83% | 85% | $42,640 | $20,215 | 87% | $28,638 | 95 | $20,729 | | 37 | Denison University, Granville | OH | 2,200 | 38% | 69%/65% | 10 | 77% | 81% | $46,140 | $18,823 | 91% | $32,060 | 86 | $14,657 | | 38 | Trinity College, Hartford | CT | 2,388 | 42% | 73%/76% | 10 | 81% | 85% | $52,400 | $19,580 | 94% | $26,428 | 3 | $20,241 | | 39 | Furman University, Greenville | SC | 2,801 | 57% | 73%/72% | 11 | 80% | 85% | $46,456 | $24,499 | 86% | $31,724 | 44 | $24,325 | | 40 | Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter | MN | 2,578 | 75% | 80% | 13 | 79% | 80% | $40,610 | $22,476 | 71% | $31,821 | 99 | $25,672 | | 41 | Rhodes College, Memphis | TN | 1,664 | 50% | 92% | 10 | 69% | 73% | $41,308 | $22,475 | 65% | $28,795 | 70 | $26,064 | | 42 | College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph | MN | 2,110 | 75% | 74% | 12 | 80% | 84% | $39,171 | $23,516 | 74% | $29,013 | 85 | N/A | | 43 | Connecticut College, New London | CT | 1,845 | 37% | 79%/79% | 9 | 83% | 87% | $52,115 | $22,868 | 94% | $52,115 | 0 | $21,283 | | 44 | Illinois Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington | IL | 2,125 | 52% | 91% | 11 | 78% | 83% | $42,538 | $25,522 | 68% | $31,581 | 82 | $26,555 | | 45 | Hillsdale College, Hillsdale | MI | 1,378 | 64% | 86% | 10 | 70% | 75% | $28,470 | $19,970 | 57% | $20,720 | 39 | $16,000 | | 46 | Beloit College, Beloit | WI | 1,388 | 63% | 84% | 11 | 74% | 78% | $40,848 | $21,017 | 81% | $28,431 | 60 | $26,014 | | 47 | Knox College, Galesburg | IL | 1,379 | 66% | 95% | 12 | 64% | 73% | $39,975 | $21,649 | 73% | $29,725 | 79 | $22,749 | | 48 | Smith College, Northampton | MA | 2,596 | 52% | 75%/59% | 9 | 83% | 86% | $51,180 | $21,777 | 86% | $45,067 | 17 | $20,960 | | 49 | Muhlenberg College, Allentown | PA | 2,492 | 37% | 55%/61% | 12 | 78% | 82% | $46,830 | $27,232 | 88% | $34,518 | 40 | $18,542 | | 50 | Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula | CA | 340 | 64% | 80%/53% | 11 | 67% | 69% | $30,250 | $18,070 | 72% | $30,250 | 0 | $14,000 | N/A not available.
* Percentage of 2008-09 freshman class that scored 600 or higher on verbal/math SATs or 24 or higher on ACT.
** Percentage of all undergraduates without need who received non-need-based aid.
Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Database. Copyright © 2009 Peterson's/Nelnet LLC. All rights reserved.
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