Most liberal colleges in America

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Savannah College of Art and Design building with banner for film festival.
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- Location: Savannah, GA
- Overall Niche grade: C+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 12,642
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 17:1
- Acceptance rate: 84%
- Typical SAT range: 1050-1280

#50. Savannah College of Art and Design
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- Location: Duluth, MN
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 7,249
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 15:1
- Acceptance rate: 82%
- Typical SAT range: 1130-1340

#49. University of Minnesota Duluth
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- Location: New Paltz, NY
- Overall Niche grade: B
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 5,564
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 14:1
- Acceptance rate: 59%
- Typical SAT range: 1170-1340

#48. SUNY New Paltz
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Saint Ignatius Church on the University of San Francisco.
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- Location: San Francisco
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 5,527
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 51%
- Typical SAT range: 1210-1390

#47. University of San Francisco
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- Location: Los Angeles
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 20,502
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 10%
- Typical SAT range: 1440-1550

#46. University of Southern California
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- Location: Pittsburgh
- Overall Niche grade: C
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,110
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 98%
- Typical SAT range: 1040-1240

#45. Point Park University
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- Location: Brunswick, ME
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,873
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 8%
- Typical SAT range: 1480-1550

#44. Bowdoin College
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- Location: Waltham, MA
- Overall Niche grade: A
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 3,615
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 35%
- Typical SAT range: 1390-1530

#43. Brandeis University
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- Location: New York
- Overall Niche grade: B-
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 7,473
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 77%
- Typical SAT range: 1130-1330

#42. Pace University
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- Location: Champaign, IL
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 34,468
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 13:1
- Acceptance rate: 44%
- Typical SAT range: 1270-1510

#41. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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- Location: Atlanta
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,532
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 13:1
- Acceptance rate: 34%
- Typical SAT range: 1060-1270

#40. Spelman College
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- Location: Kalamazoo, MI
- Overall Niche grade: B
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,190
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 76%
- Typical SAT range: 1190-1370

#39. Kalamazoo College
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Bascom Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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- Location: Madison, WI
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 34,278
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 43%
- Typical SAT range: 1360-1510

#38. University of Wisconsin - Madison
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- Location: Norton, MA
- Overall Niche grade: B-
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,746
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 12:1
- Acceptance rate: 72%
- Typical SAT range: 1210-1420

#37. Wheaton College - Massachusetts
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- Location: Bronx, NY
- Overall Niche grade: B
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 9,684
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1
- Acceptance rate: 56%
- Typical SAT range: 1330-1490

#36. Fordham University
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- Location: Northfield, MN
- Overall Niche grade: A-
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 3,044
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 12:1
- Acceptance rate: 52%
- Typical SAT range: 1260-1470

#35. St. Olaf College
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- Location: Los Angeles
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 32,472
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 9%
- Typical SAT range: not available

#34. University of California - Los Angeles
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- Location: Carlisle, PA
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,096
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1
- Acceptance rate: 43%
- Typical SAT range: not available

#33. Dickinson College
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- Location: Chicago
- Overall Niche grade: C-
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 6,013
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 15:1
- Acceptance rate: 91%
- Typical SAT range: not available

#32. Columbia College Chicago
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- Location: Wooster, OH
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,723
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 54%
- Typical SAT range: 1250-1450

#31. College of Wooster
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- Location: Minneapolis
- Overall Niche grade: A
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 29,124
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 77%
- Typical SAT range: 1310-1480

#30. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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- Location: Seattle
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 29,863
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 6:1
- Acceptance rate: 43%
- Typical SAT range: not available

#29. University of Washington
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- Location: Saint Paul, MN
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,679
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 94%
- Typical SAT range: 1060-1210

#28. St. Catherine University
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Old Main Hall at Hamline University in Saint Paul in springtime.
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- Location: Saint Paul, MN
- Overall Niche grade: C+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,634
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 11:1
- Acceptance rate: 90%
- Typical SAT range: 1140-1400

#27. Hamline University
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- Location: Memphis, TN
- Overall Niche grade: A-
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,891
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 50%
- Typical SAT range: 1290-1490

#26. Rhodes College
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Brick Northeastern University sign at the Krentzman Quadrangle.
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- Location: Boston
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 15,857
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 6%
- Typical SAT range: 1460-1550

#25. Northeastern University
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- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 6,975
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1
- Acceptance rate: 33%
- Typical SAT range: 1370-1510

#24. William & Mary
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- Location: Syracuse, NY
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,640
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 13:1
- Acceptance rate: 83%
- Typical SAT range: 1130-1300

#23. SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
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- Location: Worcester, MA
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,322
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 42%
- Typical SAT range: 1240-1400

#22. Clark University
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Aerial view of Simmons University campus in Boston.
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- Location: Boston
- Overall Niche grade: B
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,562
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 4:1
- Acceptance rate: 66%
- Typical SAT range: 1230-1390

#21. Simmons University
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- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 16,829
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 17%
- Typical SAT range: 1410-1530

#20. University of Virginia
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Whipple Clock Tower and Mark O. Hatfield Library on the campus of Willamette University.
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- Location: Salem, OR
- Overall Niche grade: B
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,337
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 79%
- Typical SAT range: 1220-1430

#19. Willamette University
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- Location: Wellesley, MA
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,299
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 6:1
- Acceptance rate: 14%
- Typical SAT range: 1440-1550

#18. Wellesley College
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- Location: Cleveland
- Overall Niche grade: C
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 557
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 8:1
- Acceptance rate: 56%
- Typical SAT range: 1060-1300

#17. Cleveland Institute of Art
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Iron gates and stone pillars frame the entrance to College Hall on Smith College campus.
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- Location: Northampton, MA
- Overall Niche grade: A
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,549
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 20%
- Typical SAT range: 1410-1540

#16. Smith College
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- Location: Saint Paul, MN
- Overall Niche grade: A
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,106
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 28%
- Typical SAT range: 1350-1510

#15. Macalester College
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- Location: Santa Cruz, CA
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 17,227
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 20:1
- Acceptance rate: 63%
- Typical SAT range: 1160-1360

#14. University of California - Santa Cruz
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Western Washington University in Bellingham.
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- Location: Bellingham, WA
- Overall Niche grade: B-
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 12,558
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 16:1
- Acceptance rate: 91%
- Typical SAT range: 1110-1350

#13. Western Washington University
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- Location: South Hadley, MA
- Overall Niche grade: A
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,164
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1
- Acceptance rate: 38%
- Typical SAT range: 1350-1500

#12. Mount Holyoke College
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- Location: Portland, OR
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 9,985
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 12:1
- Acceptance rate: 91%
- Typical SAT range: 1000-1250

#11. Portland State University
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- Location: Ithaca, NY
- Overall Niche grade: B
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 4,285
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 70%
- Typical SAT range: 1190-1370

#10. Ithaca College
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- Location: New York
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 6,817
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 16:1
- Acceptance rate: 58%
- Typical SAT range: not available

#9. Fashion Institute of Technology
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- Location: Boston
- Overall Niche grade: A+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 17,899
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 5:1
- Acceptance rate: 11%
- Typical SAT range: 1400-1520

#8. Boston University
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- Location: Eugene, OR
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 18,202
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 16:1
- Acceptance rate: 85%
- Typical SAT range: 1130-1360

#7. University of Oregon
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- Location: Bronxville, NY
- Overall Niche grade: C+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 1,498
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1
- Acceptance rate: 59%
- Typical SAT range: 1270-1440

#6. Sarah Lawrence College
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- Location: Oberlin, OH
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,978
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 10:1
- Acceptance rate: 33%
- Typical SAT range: 1370-1510

#5. Oberlin College
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- Location: Washington D.C.
- Overall Niche grade: A
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 10,386
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 6:1
- Acceptance rate: 44%
- Typical SAT range: 1350-1500

#4. George Washington University
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- Location: Purchase, NY
- Overall Niche grade: C
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 2,918
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 11:1
- Acceptance rate: 73%
- Typical SAT range: 1180-1360

#3. SUNY Purchase College
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- Location: Burlington, VT
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 11,410
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 11:1
- Acceptance rate: 60%
- Typical SAT range: 1250-1420

#2. University of Vermont
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- Location: Washington D.C.
- Overall Niche grade: B+
- Full-time undergraduate enrollment: 7,533
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Acceptance rate: 47%
- Typical SAT range: 1300-1450

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#1. American University
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