| Rank | College | Location | | Acceptance | Tuition | |
|---|
| 1 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | | 18.40% | $37,640 | |
| 2 |
| Amherst College | Amherst, MA | | 17.60% | $37,640 | |
| 3 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | | 17.70% | $36,490 | |
| 4 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | | 35.70% | $36,640 | |
| 5 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | | 20.60% | $49,210 | |
| 6 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | | 19.00% | $38,190 | |
| 7 |
| Pomona College | Claremont, CA | | 16.30% | $35,625 | |
| 8 |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | | 29.80% | $38,046 | |
| 9 |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | | 25.10% | $37,525 | |
| 10 |
| Claremont McKenna College | Claremont, CA | | 16.20% | $37,160 | |
| 11 |
| Davidson College | Davidson, NC | | 28.20% | $33,479 | |
| 12 |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, NY | | 28.60% | $40,210 | |
| 13 |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA | | 49.90% | $31,098 | |
| 14 |
| Harvey Mudd College | Claremont, CA | | 28.10% | $36,635 | |
| 15 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | | 27.40% | $38,634 | |
| 16 |
| United States Military Academy | West Point, NY | | 15.00% | - | |
| 17 |
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | | 27.40% | $37,412 | |
| 18 |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | | 25.60% | $39,545 | |
| 19 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | | 51.90% | $36,058 | |
| 20 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | | 27.70% | $38,600 | |
| 21 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | | 31.30% | $38,280 | |
| 22 |
| United States Naval Academy | Annapolis, MD | | 11.80% | - | |
| 23 |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, PA | | 45.50% | $36,540 | |
| 24 |
| Colby College | Waterville, ME | | 31.80% | $48,520 | |
| 25 |
| Bates College | Lewiston, ME | | 29.60% | $49,350 | |
| 26 |
| Macalester College | St. Paul, MN | | 40.60% | $36,504 | |
| 27 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | | 28.80% | $37,538 | |
| 28 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | | 52.30% | $37,646 | |
| 29 |
| Scripps College | Claremont, CA | | 42.90% | $37,950 | |
| 30 |
| Bucknell University | Lewisburg, PA | | 29.90% | $39,652 | |
| 31 |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | | 31.90% | $35,844 | |
| 32 |
| Kenyon College | Gambier, OH | | 29.20% | $40,240 | |
| 33 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | | 34.20% | $38,354 | |
| 34 |
| University of Richmond | Richmond, VA | | 39.90% | $38,850 | |
| 35 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | | 33.00% | $37,242 | |
| 36 |
| Lafayette College | Easton, PA | | 35.00% | $36,090 | |
| 37 |
| Bard College | Hudson, NY | | 27.10% | $38,374 | |
| 38 |
| Furman University | Greenville, SC | | 55.70% | $34,588 | |
| 39 |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | | 44.10% | $37,071 | |
| 40 |
| Whitman College | Walla Walla, WA | | 48.30% | $35,192 | |
| 41 |
| Sewanee, The University of the South | Sewanee, TN | | 63.60% | $32,760 | |
| 42 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | | 34.50% | $49,385 | |
| 43 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | | 37.30% | $38,630 | |
| 44 |
| Union College | Schenectady, NY | | 43.30% | $48,552 | |
| 45 |
| Centre College | Danville, KY | | 60.80% | $37,000 | |
| 46 |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | | 41.80% | $38,234 | |
| 47 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | | 36.60% | $38,888 | |
| 48 |
| St. Olaf College | Northfield, MN | | 54.40% | $34,300 | |
| 49 |
| DePauw University | Greencastle, IN | | 69.10% | $31,825 | |
| 50 |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA | | 35.60% | $37,720 | |
| 51 |
| Pitzer College | Claremont, CA | | 26.20% | $37,870 | |
| 52 |
| Rhodes College | Memphis, TN | | 50.90% | $30,652 | |
| 53 |
| Reed College | Portland, OR | | 34.30% | $34,530 | |
| 54 |
| Denison University | Granville, OH | | 39.10% | $35,300 | |
| 55 |
| Wabash College | Crawfordsville, IN | | 47.20% | $27,950 | |
| 56 |
| Lawrence University | Appleton, WI | | 55.60% | $33,264 | |
| 57 |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL | | 55.20% | $25,500 | |
| 58 |
| Wheaton College | Norton, MA | | 36.80% | $38,860 | |
| 59 |
| St. Lawrence University | Canton, NY | | 43.70% | $37,915 | |
| 60 |
| Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | | 45.20% | $29,060 | |
| 61 |
| Beloit College | Beloit, WI | | 60.50% | $31,540 | |
| 62 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington, IL | | 57.20% | $32,434 | |
| 63 |
| Kalamazoo College | Kalamazoo, MI | | 62.60% | $30,723 | |
| 64 |
| Thomas Aquinas College | Santa Paula, CA | | 60.40% | $21,400 | |
| 65 |
| Willamette University | Salem, OR | | 77.10% | $33,960 | |
| 66 |
| Wofford College | Spartanburg, SC | | 53.40% | $29,465 | |
| 67 |
| Earlham College | Richmond, IN | | 68.90% | $34,030 | |
| 68 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | | 29.30% | $776 | |
| 69 |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Geneva, NY | | 54.50% | $38,860 | |
| 70 |
| Southwestern University | Georgetown, TX | | 67.40% | $27,940 | |
| 71 |
| Austin College | Sherman, TX | | 70.90% | $24,352 | |
| 72 |
| Drew University | Madison, NJ | | 61.00% | $36,470 | |
| 73 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Portland, OR | | 56.00% | $33,726 | |
| 74 |
| Muhlenberg College | Allentown, PA | | 37.20% | $35,375 | |
| 75 |
| St. John's University | Collegeville, MN | | 73.50% | $28,628 | |
| 76 |
| College of Wooster | Wooster, OH | | 74.30% | $33,770 | |
| 77 |
| Virginia Military Institute | Lexington, VA | | 54.30% | $27,454 | |
| 78 |
| Hendrix College | Conway, AR | | 82.70% | $26,080 | |
| 79 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | | 33.00% | $20,280 | |
| 80 |
| Transylvania University | Lexington, KY | | 80.20% | $23,810 | |
| 81 |
| Birmingham-Southern College | Birmingham, AL | | 66.00% | $25,586 | |
| 82 |
| University of Puget Sound | Tacoma, WA | | 66.40% | $34,140 | |
| 83 |
| Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | | 52.70% | $36,910 | |
| 84 |
| College of St. Benedict | St. Joseph, MN | | 75.20% | $28,236 | |
| 85 |
| Millsaps College | Jackson, MS | | 77.20% | $24,754 | |
| 86 |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | St. Mary's City, MD | | 54.80% | $23,454 | |
| 87 |
| Sweet Briar College | Sweet Briar, VA | | 81.40% | $26,995 | |
| 88 |
| Cornell College | Mount Vernon, IA | | 45.50% | $27,850 | |
| 89 |
| Augusta College | Rock Island, IL | | 73.30% | $26,484 | |
| 90 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | St. Peter, MN | | 71.40% | $30,280 | |
| 91 |
| Hope College | Holland, MI | | 82.80% | $24,920 | |
| 92 |
| Knox College, Illinois | Galesburg, IL | | 61.10% | $30,507 | |
| 93 |
| Luther College | Decorah, IA | | 82.60% | $31,070 | |
| 94 |
| Allegheny College | Meadville, PA | | 57.10% | $32,000 | |
| 95 |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | | 61.10% | $32,520 | |
| 96 |
| New College of Florida | Sarasota, FL | | 57.00% | $22,988 | |
| 97 |
| Washington College | Chestertown, MD | | 63.50% | $34,005 | |
| 98 |
| Coe College | Cedar Rapids, IA | | 64.00% | $27,720 | |
| 99 |
| Hampden-Sydney College | Hampden-Sydney, VA | | 66.90% | $29,254 | |
| 100 |
| Hanover College | Hanover, IN | | 65.80% | $25,220 | |