Liberal Arts Colleges - Best Values

Amherst College is ranked Number One among liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report, and it is also rated as the top liberal arts college for "Best Values" in the country, with Williams Collge in second best and Pomona in third for 'Best Values".

Following is the list of Best Values: Liberal Arts Colleges in the US:

1 Amherst College

2 Williams College

3 Pomona College

4 Wellesley College

5 Grinnell College

6 Swarthmore College

7 Middlebury College

8 Smith College

9 Macalester College

10 Claremont McKenna College

11 Colgate University

12 Wabash College

13 Carleton College

14 Bowdoin College

15 Lyon College

16 Agnes Scott College

17 Centre College

18 Hamilton College

19 Vassar College

20 Haverford College

21 Harvey Mudd College

22 Mount Holyoke College

23 Trinity College

24 Wesleyan University

25 Bryn Mawr College

26 Cornell College

27 University of Richmond

28 DePauw University

29 Oberlin College

30 Wofford College

31 Transylvania University

32 Thomas Aquinas College

33 Reed College

34 Austin College

35 Barnard College

36 Occidental College

37 Beloit College

38 Washington and Lee University

39 Colorado College

40 Bates College

Source: US News & World Report 2009

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