Top Liberal Arts Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Liberal Arts Colleges is 9.80%, a total of 10,857 applicants applied to the schools and 975 accepted.

Colby College had the most number of applicants of 17,786 and Harvey Mudd College had the least number of applicants of 4,792 among Top Liberal Arts Colleges.

Pomona College had the lowest acceptance rate of 7.00% and Washington and Lee University had the highest rate of 16.99%.

Table. Top Liberal Arts Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA12,1218484247.00%50.00%
2Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CA4,79262322413.00%35.96%
3Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA14,2871,0004207.00%42.00%
4Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA12,7271,27349610.00%38.96%
5Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA5,79963831911.00%50.00%
6Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA11,4651,14753910.00%46.99%
7Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME10,9668775008.00%57.01%
8Barnard CollegeNew York, NY11,8039447178.00%75.95%
9Colby CollegeWaterville, ME17,7861,2456237.00%50.04%
10Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA6,8201,15948716.99%42.02%
-Average10,85797547510%49%