Best Small Schools

Sub-3,000 enrollment — small classes, close-knit feel.

Sorted by selectivity. 32 schools tagged with this attribute.

#	School	Location	Accept	SAT mid-50%	ACT mid-50%	Undergrads	Avg Class Size	Type
#1	Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	6.8%	1490-1560	33-35	1,900	~15 est.	private	View
#2	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	6.8%	1470-1540	33-35	1,841	~20 est.	private	View
#3	Pomona	Claremont, California	6.9%	1500-1550	32-35	1,732	~15 est.	private	View
#4	Williams	Williamstown, Massachusetts	7.4%	1500-1560	33-35	2,000	~13 est.	private	View
#5	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	7.5%	1500-1550	33-35	1,623	~18 est.	private	View
#6	Colby	Waterville, Maine	8.0%	1470-1530	32-34	2,200	~22 est.	private	View
#7	Barnard	New York, New York	10.1%	1470-1540	33-35	2,600	~24 est.	private	View
#8	Claremont McKenna	Claremont, California	9.6%	1490-1550	32-35	1,398	~18 est.	private	View
#9	Davidson	Davidson, North Carolina	12.6%	1360-1490	31-34	1,900	~20 est.	private	View
#10	Harvey Mudd	Claremont, California	12.7%	1510-1560	34-36	900	~18 est.	private	View
#11	Haverford	Haverford, Pennsylvania	13.3%	1470-1540	33-35	1,400	~18 est.	private	View
#12	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	13.3%	1410-1490	31-33	1,900	~22 est.	private	View
#13	Hamilton	Clinton, New York	13.5%	1460-1530	33-35	2,037	~20 est.	private	View
#14	Colgate	Hamilton, New York	13.9%	1450-1530	33-34	3,200	~20 est.	private	View
#15	Wellesley	Wellesley, Massachusetts	14.1%	1470-1550	32-35	2,500	~15 est.	private	View
#16	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	14.5%	1430-1520	31-34	1,788	~20 est.	private	View
#17	Wesleyan	Middletown, Connecticut	16.1%	1300-1500	31-34	3,805	~18 est.	private	View
#18	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vermont	17.5%	1445-1530	33-35	2,760	~18 est.	private	View
#19	Olin College	Needham, Massachusetts	18.0%	1483-1528	34-35	400	~15 est.	private	View
#20	Carleton	Northfield, Minnesota	20.4%	1470-1530	33-35	2,069	~20 est.	private	View
#21	Vassar	Poughkeepsie, New York	20.9%	1460-1530	32-34	2,400	~18 est.	private	View
#22	Smith	Northampton, Massachusetts	21.0%	1450-1520	32-35	2,500	~15 est.	private	View
#23	Pitzer	Claremont, California	25.2%	1340-1490	31-33	1,227	~26 est.	private	View
#24	Macalester	Saint Paul, Minnesota	28.2%	1360-1520	29-34	2,200	~22 est.	private	View
#25	Reed	Portland, Oregon	29.2%	1320-1490	30-34	1,500	~20 est.	private	View
#26	Bryn Mawr	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania	29.4%	1290-1490	29-33	1,300	~15 est.	private	View
#27	Kenyon	Gambier, Ohio	31.0%	1370-1473	31-33	2,249	~20 est.	private	View
#28	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	34.2%	1360-1500	30-33	2,900	~20 est.	private	View
#29	Mount Holyoke	South Hadley, Massachusetts	36.0%	1410-1510	32-33	2,200	~20 est.	private	View
#30	Trinity College	Hartford, Connecticut	38.0%	1300-1430	29-32	2,200	~20 est.	private	View
#31	Scripps	Claremont, California	38.3%	1440-1520	31-34	1,000	~24 est.	private	View
#32	Stevens Institute	Hoboken, New Jersey	47.6%	1380-1505	31-34	4,000	~24 est.	private	View