List of liberal arts colleges in the United States

This is a list of liberal arts colleges in the United States. Liberal arts colleges in the United States are usually four-year colleges that lead students to a bachelor's degree.

These schools 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 student-teacher-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 teaching assistants who often teach classes at large research-oriented universities. The colleges may be coeducational or single-sex, private or public, and either secular or affiliated with a religious body. Some are historically black colleges. Some offer experimental curricula.

Alabama Huntingdon College Miles College Spring Hill College Stillman College Talladega College University of Montevallo

Arizona Harrison Middleton University Prescott College

Arkansas Central Baptist College Harding University Henderson State University Hendrix College John Brown University Lyon College Ouachita Baptist University University of the Ozarks

California California Lutheran University

Claremont Colleges Claremont McKenna College Harvey Mudd College Pitzer College Pomona College Scripps College California College of the Arts Concordia University, Irvine Deep Springs College (2-year-only program, leading to associate degree) La Sierra University The Master's University

Mills College at Northeastern University Mount St. Mary's College Occidental College Pacific Union College Point Loma Nazarene University Providence Christian College Saint Mary's College of California San Diego Christian College Soka University of America Sonoma State University Thomas Aquinas College University of Redlands Westmont College Whittier College Zaytuna College

Colorado

Adams State University Colorado College Fort Lewis College Naropa University United States Air Force Academy Western Colorado University

Connecticut

Albertus Magnus College Connecticut College Eastern Connecticut State University Mitchell College Trinity College University of Saint Joseph Wesleyan University

Florida Ave Maria University Bethune–Cookman University Eckerd College Flagler College New College of Florida Palm Beach Atlantic University Rollins College Saint Leo University Southeastern University Stetson University Warner University

Georgia Agnes Scott College Berry College Covenant College Emmanuel University Georgia College and State University Georgia Gwinnett College Mercer University

Morehouse College Morris Brown College Oglethorpe University Piedmont University Point University Ralston College Reinhardt University Spelman College Toccoa Falls College Wesleyan College Young Harris College

Idaho College of Idaho Lewis-Clark State College New Saint Andrews College Northwest Nazarene University

Illinois Augustana College Aurora University Blackburn College College of the University of Chicago Columbia College Chicago Elmhurst University Eureka College Greenville University Illinois College Illinois Wesleyan University Judson University Knox College Lake Forest College McKendree University Millikin University Monmouth College North Central College North Park University Olivet Nazarene University Principia College Quincy University Rockford University Shimer College Trinity Christian College Trinity International University Wheaton College

Indiana Anderson University Bethel University DePauw University Earlham College Franklin College Goshen College Grace College Hanover College Huntington University Indiana Wesleyan University Manchester University Marian University Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary's College Taylor University University of Evansville University of Saint Francis Wabash College

Iowa Briar Cliff University Central College Clarke University Coe College Cornell College Dordt University Graceland University Grand View University

Grinnell College Loras College Luther College Morningside University Mount Mercy University Northwestern College Simpson College Waldorf University Wartburg College

Kansas Baker University Benedictine College Bethany College Bethel College Central Christian College of Kansas Fort Hays State University Kansas Wesleyan University McPherson College MidAmerica Nazarene University Newman University Ottawa University Sterling College Washburn University

Kentucky Alice Lloyd College Asbury University Bellarmine University Berea College Campbellsville University Centre College Georgetown College Kentucky Wesleyan College Lindsey Wilson University Midway University Thomas More University Transylvania University Union Commonwealth University University of the Cumberlands University of Pikeville

Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana Dillard University Louisiana Christian University Xavier University of Louisiana University of Holy Cross

Maine Bates College Bowdoin College Colby College College of the Atlantic Saint Joseph's College of Maine Unity Environmental University University of Maine at Farmington University of Maine at Fort Kent

Maryland Goucher College Hood College McDaniel College Mount Saint Mary's University Notre Dame of Maryland University St. John's College St. Mary's College of Maryland Stevenson University United States Naval Academy Washington College

Massachusetts Amherst College Assumption University Clark University College of the Holy Cross Curry College Dean College Elms College Emerson College Emmanuel College Gordon College Hampshire College Lesley University Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Merrimack College Mount Holyoke College Regis College Simmons University Smith College Stonehill College Wellesley College Wheaton College Williams College

Michigan Adrian College Albion College Alma College Aquinas College Calvin University Concordia University Hillsdale College Hope College Kalamazoo College Madonna University University of Olivet Rochester Christian University Siena Heights University

Minnesota Augsburg University Bethany Lutheran College Carleton College College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Concordia College Gustavus Adolphus College Hamline University Macalester College St. Olaf College University of Minnesota Morris University of St. Thomas

Mississippi Blue Mountain Christian University Millsaps College Rust College Tougaloo College Mississippi University for Women William Carey University

Missouri Central Methodist University College of the Ozarks Columbia College of Missouri Culver–Stockton College Drury University Evangel University Hannibal-LaGrange University Lindenwood University Missouri Baptist University Missouri Valley University Southwest Baptist University Stephens College Truman State University Westminster College William Jewell College

Montana Carroll College Rocky Mountain College University of Providence

Nebraska Doane University Hastings College Midland University Nebraska Wesleyan University

New Hampshire Colby–Sawyer College Franklin Pierce University Keene State College New England College Rivier University Saint Anselm College Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

New Jersey Caldwell University Drew University Ramapo College Saint Elizabeth University Saint Peter's University

New Mexico St. John's College

New York Bard College Barnard College Brooklyn College Colgate University University of Mount Saint Vincent Columbia College (oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University) D'Youville University Elmira College Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (a division of The New School university) Hamilton College Hartwick College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Houghton University Ithaca College Keuka College Le Moyne College Manhattan University Manhattanville University Marymount Manhattan College Mercy University Mount Saint Mary College Roberts Wesleyan University St. Bonaventure University St. Joseph's University St. Lawrence University St. Thomas Aquinas College Sarah Lawrence College Siena University Skidmore College State University of New York at Geneseo State University of New York at Purchase Union College United States Military Academy Vassar College Wagner College

North Carolina Barton College Belmont Abbey College Bennett College Brevard College Catawba College

Davidson College Elon University Greensboro College Guilford College High Point University Lenoir–Rhyne University Mars Hill University Meredith College Montreat College North Carolina Wesleyan University Salem College University of Mount Olive University of North Carolina at Asheville Wake Forest University Warren Wilson College William Peace University

North Dakota University of Jamestown

Ohio Ashland University Antioch College Baldwin Wallace University Bluffton University Capital University Cedarville University College of Wooster Defiance College Denison University Heidelberg University Hiram College John Carroll University

Kenyon College Lake Erie College Malone University Marietta College Miami University Mount St. Joseph University Mount Vernon Nazarene University Muskingum University

Oberlin College Ohio Dominican University Ohio Northern University Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein University Tiffin University University of Findlay University of Mount Union Wilmington College Wittenberg University

Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist University Southern Nazarene University University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Oregon George Fox University Gutenberg College Lewis & Clark College Linfield University Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts Reed College Southern Oregon University University of Portland Warner Pacific University Western Oregon University Willamette University

Pennsylvania Albright College Allegheny College Bryn Athyn College Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carlow University Cedar Crest College Chatham University Chestnut Hill College Commonwealth University-Mansfield Dickinson College Elizabethtown College Franklin & Marshall College Gannon University Geneva College Gettysburg College Grove City College Gwynedd Mercy University Haverford College Immaculata University Juniata College Keystone College King's College La Salle University Lafayette College Lebanon Valley College Lycoming College Mercyhurst University Messiah University Misericordia University Moravian University Muhlenberg College Point Park University Rosemont College Saint Francis University Saint Vincent College Susquehanna University Swarthmore College Thiel College Ursinus College Washington & Jefferson College Waynesburg University Westminster College Wilson College

Rhode Island Providence College Roger Williams University

South Carolina Allen University Benedict College Charleston Southern University Coker University College of Charleston Columbia College Converse University Erskine College Furman University Lander University Morris College Newberry College North Greenville University Presbyterian College Southern Wesleyan University Wofford College

South Dakota Augustana University Mount Marty University University of Sioux Falls

Tennessee Belmont University Bethel University Carson–Newman University Cumberland University Fisk University King University Lane College Lee University Lincoln Memorial University Lipscomb University Maryville College Milligan University New College Franklin Rhodes College Sewanee: The University of the South University of Tennessee Southern (formerly Martin Methodist College) Tennessee Wesleyan University Union University

Texas Abilene Christian University Austin College Dallas Baptist University Hardin-Simmons University Houston Christian University Howard Payne University Midwestern State University