List of liberal arts colleges in the United States

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This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. These institutions place a particular emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. Generally, a full-time, four-year course of study at a liberal arts college leads students to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

Liberal arts colleges are American institutions of higher education which have traditionally emphasized interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions). They are known for being residential and for having smaller enrollment, class size, and teacher-student ratios than universities. These colleges also encourage a high level of teacher-student interaction at the center of which are classes taught by full-time faculty rather than graduate student TA's (who teach the classes at Research I and other universities). The colleges are either coeducational, women's colleges, or men's colleges. Some are historically black colleges. Some are also secular (or not affiliated with a particular religion) while others are involved in religious education. Many are private. Some are public liberal arts colleges. In addition, colleges such as Hampshire College, Beloit College, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, New College of Florida, and Reed College offer experimental curricula.

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Arizona

Prescott College

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Florida

Eckerd College
Flagler College
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University (public)
Jacksonville University
New College of Florida (public)
Rollins College
Stetson University

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

Alice Lloyd College
Asbury College
Bellarmine University
Berea College
Centre College
Georgetown College
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Midway College
University of the Cumberlands (formerly Cumberland College)
Saint Catharine College
Thomas More College (Kentucky)
Transylvania University
Union College (Kentucky)

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Columbia Union College
Goucher College
Hood College
McDaniel College
Mount St. Mary's University - The Oldest Independent Catholic University in America
St. John's College (Annapolis)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Washington College

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[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Montana

Carroll College (Montana)

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Nevada

College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New Mexico

College of Santa Fe
St. John's College (Santa Fe)

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

Jamestown College

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[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

Providence College

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] South Dakota

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[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

Westminster College, Salt Lake City

George Wythe University ,Cedar City - gw.edu

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

[edit] Washington, D.C.

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2000). Greene's Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-095362-4.
Koblik, Steven and Stephen Richards Graubard. Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts Colleges, 2000.
Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives. New York: Penguin, 2006.
Compiled and Edited by the Staff of the Yale Daily News (2007). The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2008 (34th edition). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-36689-6.

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