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1.	Williams College (MA)
	100	4.7	2	97%	96%	96%	0	1	75%	3%	7/1	95%	2	1320-1520	90% 5	19%	4	4	58%
2.	Amherst College (MA)
	98	4.7	1	97%	92%	96%	+4	6	68%	4%	8/1	97%	4	1330-1530	86%	19%	10	2	61%
3.	Swarthmore College(PA)
4.	Wellesley College(MA)
5.	Carleton College(MN)
5.	Middlebury College(VT)
7.	Pomona College(CA)
7.	Bowdoin College(ME)
9.	Davidson College(NC)
10.	Haverford College(PA)
11.	Claremont McKenna College(CA)
11.	Wesleyan University(CT)
11.	Grinnell College(IA)
11.	Vassar College(NY)
15.	Harvey Mudd College(CA)
15.	Washington and Lee University(VA)
17.	Smith College(MA)
17.	Hamilton College(NY)
17.	Colgate University(NY)
20.	United States Naval Academy(MD) 11 *
20.	Oberlin College(OH)
22.	Colby College(ME)
22.	United States Military Academy(NY) 11 *
24.	Bates College(ME)
24.	Bryn Mawr College(PA)
26.	Colorado College
26.	Macalester College(MN)
28.	Scripps College(CA)
28.	Mount Holyoke College(MA)
30.	Barnard College(NY)
30.	Bucknell University(PA)
32.	Kenyon College(OH)
33.	College of the Holy Cross(MA)
34.	Trinity College(CT)
34.	Lafayette College(PA)
36.	Occidental College(CA)
37.	Bard College(NY)
37.	Furman University(SC)
37.	Whitman College(WA)
40.	Union College(NY)
40.	Franklin and Marshall College(PA)
40.	Sewanee—University of the South(TN)
40.	University of Richmond(VA)
44.	Connecticut College
44.	Centre College(KY)
44.	Dickinson College(PA)
47.	Skidmore College(NY)
48.	Gettysburg College(PA)
49.	Pitzer College(CA)
49.	DePauw University(IN)
49.	Rhodes College(TN)
52.	Wabash College(IN)
52.	Denison University(OH)
54.	St. Olaf College(MN)
54.	Reed College(OR) 10
56.	Wheaton College(MA)
56.	Lawrence University(WI)
58.	St. Lawrence University(NY)
59.	Illinois Wesleyan University
59.	Wheaton College(IL)
59.	Wofford College(SC)
59.	Southwestern University(TX)
63.	Agnes Scott College(GA)
63.	Drew University(NJ)
63.	Hobart and William Smith Colleges(NY)
63.	Willamette University(OR)
67.	Kalamazoo College(MI)
67.	Beloit College(WI)
69.	Earlham College(IN)
69.	Ursinus College(PA)
71.	Hendrix College(AR)
71.	College of Wooster(OH)
71.	Muhlenberg College(PA)
71.	Virginia Military Institute *
75.	Spelman College(GA)
75.	Berea College(KY) 11
75.	St. John's University(MN)
75.	Austin College(TX)
75.	Birmingham - Southern College(AL)
80.	Knox College(IL)
80.	Lewis and Clark College(OR)
80.	University of Puget Sound(WA)
83.	Thomas Aquinas College(CA)
83.	Sweet Briar College(VA)
85.	Principia College(IL) 1
85.	Allegheny College(PA)
87.	St. Mary's College of Maryland *
87.	Millsaps College(MS)
87.	Transylvania University(KY)
87.	New College of Florida *
91.	Hanover College(IN)
91.	Augustana College(IL)
91.	Goucher College(MD)
91.	Randolph College(VA)
91.	St. Mary's College(IN) 11
91.	Lyon College(AR)
97.	Hope College(MI)
97.	Washington College(MD)
97.	Luther College(IA)
97.	Hillsdale College(MI)
97.	Hollins University(VA)
97.	Lake Forest College(IL)
97.	Ohio Wesleyan University
97.	Juniata College(PA)
97.	Cornell College(IA)
106.	Susquehanna University(PA)
106.	Presbyterian College(SC)
106.	Bennington College(VT)
106.	St. Michael's College(VT) 11
106.	College of St. Benedict(MN)
106.	Hampden - Sydney College(VA)
106.	Stonehill College(MA) 11
106.	Coe College(IA)
106.	Washington and Jefferson College(PA)
106.	Westmont College(CA)
116.	Albion College(MI)
116.	Calvin College(MI) 11
118.	Wittenberg University(OH)
118.	Fisk University(TN)
118.	Hampshire College(MA)
118.	Berry College(GA) 11
122.	Wells College(NY)
122.	Siena College(NY)
122.	Randolph - Macon College(VA)
122.	Linfield College(OR) 11

• * denotes a public school
• N/A means not available.

1. School refused to fill out U.S. News statistical survey. Data that appear may be from school in previous years or from the National Center for Education Statistics unless otherwise noted.
2. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants.
3. Data not submitted in the form requested by U.S. News.
4. Data reported to U.S. News in previous years.
5. Data based on fewer than 51 percent of enrolled freshmen.
6. Some or all data reported to the NCAA and/or the National Center for Education Statistics.
7. Data reported to the Council for Aid to Education.
8. Average graduation or freshman retention rates, normally based on four years of data, are given here for fewer than four years because school didn't report rates for the most recent year or years to U.S. News.
9. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants, and data not submitted in form requested by U.S. News. Data may be based on fewer than 50 percent of enrolled freshmen.
10. School refused to fill out U.S. News survey. Data from school's website were used.
11. School was reclassified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2006 and appeared in a different category of schools in America's Best Colleges 2007.
12. New to America's Best Colleges rankings or guide this year.
13. Peer assessment score taken from America's Best Colleges 2007.