Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Led by top-ranked Williams College, 19 institutions that field either a men’s and/or women’s varsity or collegiate club team in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) rate on the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States list.
A total of six CWPA schools are among the Top 10 and 13 of the Top 25 belong to the league as Amherst College (No. 2), Wellesley College (No. 4), Middlebury College (No. 7), Carleton College (No. 8), Bowdoin College (No. 10), Wesleyan University (No. 11), Bucknell University (No. 14), Colgate University (No. 15), Hamilton College (No. 16), Colby College (No. 19), Macalester College (No. 20) and Grinnell College (No. 24) all rank among the upper echelon of the best liberal arts institutions in the nation.
Bucknell and Macalester are the highest ranked institutions that field varsity teams in the CWPA as the Bison compete in the CWPA administered Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) for the men and the CWPA for the women to accompany a men’s collegiate club team, while Macalester competes in the CWPA Division III ranks for the women and fields a men’s collegiate club program.
Fellow varsity program Connecticut College, which also competes in the MAWPC for the men and the CWPA Division III group for the women, rates at No. 32 with Bates College (No. 35) completing the CWPA’s representation in the Top 50 prior to Knox College (No. 73) rounding out the squads in the Top 75.
Washington & Jefferson College, which competes with Connecticut as a member of the MAWPC for the men and the CWPA Division III group for the women, comes in at No. 77 with Saint John’s University (No. 85) and Augustana College (No. 89) completing the league’s ranked teams.
| Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States (2017) | |||
| Liberal arts rank | College | State | WSJ/THE U.S. College Rank |
| 1 | Williams College | Massachusetts | 22 |
| 2 | Amherst College | Massachusetts | 23 |
| 3 | Pomona College | California | 28 |
| 4 | Wellesley College | Massachusetts | 30 |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | Pennsylvania | 34 |
| 6 | Smith College | Massachusetts | 35 |
| 7 | Middlebury College | Vermont | 36 |
| 8 (T) | Carleton College | Minnesota | 37 |
| 8 (T) | Haverford College | Pennsylvania | 37 |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | Maine | 44 |
| 11 | Wesleyan University | Connecticut | 45 |
| 12 | Claremont McKenna College | California | 46 |
| 13 | Bryn Mawr College | Pennsylvania | 47 |
| 14 | Bucknell University | Pennsylvania | 53 |
| 15 | Colgate University | New York | 54 |
| 16 | Hamilton College | New York | 60 |
| 17 | Oberlin College | Ohio | 62 |
| 18 | Trinity College | Connecticut | 65 |
| 19 | Colby College | Maine | 66 |
| 20 | Macalester College | Minnesota | 67 |
| 21 | Lafayette College | Pennsylvania | 73 |
| 22 | Vassar College | New York | 75 |
| 23 | Davidson College | North Carolina | 77 |
| 24 | Grinnell College | Iowa | 78 |
| 25 | Barnard College | New York | 80 |
| 26 | Denison University | Ohio | 83 |
| 27 (T) | Occidental College | California | 84 |
| 27 (T) | University of Richmond | Virginia | 84 |
| 29 | College of the Holy Cross | Massachusetts | 88 |
| 30 | DePauw University | Indiana | 91 |
| 31 | Kenyon College | Ohio | 94 |
| 32 (T) | Connecticut College | Connecticut | 96 |
| 32 (T) | Scripps College | California | 96 |
| 34 | Franklin & Marshall College | Pennsylvania | 100 |
| 35 (T) | Bates College | Maine | 102 |
| 35 (T) | Union College | New York | 102 |
| 37 | Spelman College | Georgia | 106 |
| 38 | Washington and Lee University | Virginia | 109 |
| 39 (T) | Mount Holyoke College | Massachusetts | 117 |
| 39 (T) | The College of Wooster | Ohio | 117 |
| 41 | Dickinson College | Pennsylvania | 123 |
| 42 | Gettysburg College | Pennsylvania | 125 |
| 43 | Colorado College | Colorado | 126 |
| 44 | Pitzer College | California | 127 |
| 45 | Furman University | South Carolina | 131 |
| 46 | Reed College | Oregon | 137 |
| 47 | Skidmore College | New York | 139 |
| 48 (T) | Allegheny College | Pennsylvania | 144 |
| 48 (T) | Gustavus Adolphus College | Minnesota | 144 |
| 50 | Centre College | Kentucky | 147 |
| 51 | Rhodes College | Tennessee | 150 |
| 52 | Berea College | Kentucky | 153 |
| 53 | St Olaf College | Minnesota | 155 |
| 54 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | New York | 157 |
| 55 (T) | Illinois Wesleyan University | Illinois | 159 |
| 55 (T) | Willamette University | Oregon | 159 |
| 57 | Sewanee-The University of the South | Tennessee | 162 |
| 58 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Massachusetts | 166 |
| 59 (T) | University of Puget Sound | Washington | 170 |
| 59 (T) | Susquehanna University | Pennsylvania | 170 |
| 61 (T) | Kalamazoo College | Michigan | 172 |
| 61 (T) | Stonehill College | Massachusetts | 172 |
| 63 (T) | Saint Mary’s College | Indiana | 174 |
| 63 (T) | Ursinus College | Pennsylvania | 174 |
| 65 (T) | Albion College | Michigan | 182 |
| 65 (T) | Lewis & Clark College | Oregon | 182 |
| 67 | Whitman College | Washington | 185 |
| 68 (T) | Muhlenberg College | Pennsylvania | 186 |
| 68 (T) | St. Lawrence University | New York | 186 |
| 70 | Virginia Military Institute | Virginia | 190 |
| 71 | Siena College | New York | 197 |
| 72 | Ohio Wesleyan University | Ohio | 200 |
| 73 | Knox College | Illinois | 202 |
| 74 | Earlham College | Indiana | 204 |
| 75 (T) | Austin College | Texas | 207 |
| 75 (T) | Washington College | Maryland | 207 |
| 77 (T) | Juniata College | Pennsylvania | 210 |
| 77 (T) | College of Saint Benedict | Minnesota | 210 |
| 77 (T) | Washington & Jefferson College | Pennsylvania | 210 |
| 77 (T) | Wofford College | South Carolina | 210 |
| 81 | Wheaton College (Illinois) | Illinois | 215 |
| 82 | Lake Forest College | Illinois | 223 |
| 83 (T) | Beloit College | Wisconsin | 226 |
| 83 (T) | Lawrence University | Wisconsin | 226 |
| 85 | Saint John’s University | Minnesota | 233 |
| 86 (T) | Hope College | Michigan | 235 |
| 86 (T) | Saint Anselm College | New Hampshire | 235 |
| 88 | Southwestern University | Texas | 240 |
| 89 (T) | Augustana College |
Illinois | 241 |
| 89 (T) | Drew University | New Jersey | 241 |
| 91 | Westminster College (Pennsylvania) | Pennsylvania | 248 |
| 92 | Cornell College | Iowa | 254 |
| 93 | Hanover College | Indiana | 256 |
| 94 (T) | Alma College | Michigan | 267 |
| 94 (T) | St Mary’s College of Maryland | Maryland | 267 |
| 96 (T) | Houghton College | New York | 273 |
| 96 (T) | Luther College | Iowa | 273 |
| 98 (T) | Goucher College | Maryland | 277 |
| 98 (T) | Sarah Lawrence College | New York | 277 |
| 98 (T) | Westmont College | California | 277 |
| Collegiate Club (Men and/or Women) | Varsity (Men and/or Women) | Collegiate Club and Varsity (Men and/or Women) |
