| Rank | School | Location | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2013 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate |
| #1 | Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $48,310 | 2,131 | 17.5% | 97% | 95% |
| #2 | Amherst College | Amherst, MA | $48,526 | 1,785 | 14.3% | 98% | 96% |
| #3 | Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $46,060 | 1,534 | 14.3% | 96% | 93% |
| #4 | Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | $45,078 | 2,474 | 29.1% | 96% | 91% |
| #5 | Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | $46,808 | 1,795 | 15% | 96% | 93% |
| #5 | Pomona College | Claremont, CA | $45,832 | 1,612 | 13.9% | 98% | 96% |
| #7 | Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $46,044 | 2,495 | 17.5% | 96% | 94% |
| #8 | Carleton College | Northfield, MN | $47,736 | 2,045 | 21% | 97% | 92% |
| #8 | Claremont McKenna College | Claremont, CA | $47,395 | 1,328 | 11.7% | 96% | 93% |
| #8 | Haverford College | Haverford, PA | $47,214 | 1,187 | 23.5% | 97% | 93% |
| #11 | Davidson College | Davidson, NC | $45,377 | 1,788 | 25.6% | 96% | 92% |
| #11 | Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, NY | $49,570 | 2,477 | 24.1% | 96% | 94% |
| #13 | United States Naval Academy | Annapolis, MD | $0 | 4,526 | 7.4% | 97% | 88% |
| #14 | Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | $45,617 | 2,277 | 18.4% | 95% | 90% |
| #15 | Colby College | Waterville, ME | $47,350 | 1,820 | 26% | 94% | 93% |
| #15 | Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $47,820 | 1,926 | 27.2% | 95% | 93% |
| #15 | Harvey Mudd College | Claremont, CA | $48,594 | 807 | 19.1% | 98% | 91% |
| #15 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $47,972 | 3,205 | 20.4% | 96% | 92% |
| #19 | Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $45,650 | 1,791 | 24.2% | 93% | 93% |
| #19 | Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA | $45,620 | 1,721 | 35.1% | 94% | 86% |
| #19 | Smith College | Northampton, MA | $44,724 | 3,033 | 43.1% | 93% | 86% |
| #22 | Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $48,175 | 2,900 | 26.7% | 94% | 91% |
| #23 | Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | $48,682 | 2,911 | 30.4% | 93% | 88% |
| #24 | Macalester College | St. Paul, MN | $47,195 | 2,039 | 34.2% | 95% | 87% |
| #24 | Scripps College | Claremont, CA | $47,378 | 1,009 | 35.7% | 93% | 84% |
| #24 | United States Military Academy | West Point, NY | $0 | 4,591 | 9% | 95% | 84% |
| #27 | Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, PA | $45,540 | 1,738 | 39.9% | 91% | 84% |
| #27 | Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | $46,410 | 2,060 | 22.3% | 96% | 87% |
| #27 | United States Air Force Academy | USAF Academy, CO | $0 | 3,993 | 15.4% | 90% | 85% |
| #30 | Kenyon College | Gambier, OH | $47,330 | 1,705 | 38.4% | 94% | 89% |
| #30 | University of Richmond | Univ. of Richmond, VA | $46,680 | 3,531 | 31.2% | 94% | 85% |
| #32 | Barnard College | New York, NY | $46,040 | 2,489 | 20.5% | 96% | 90% |
| #32 | Bucknell University | Lewisburg, PA | $48,498 | 3,608 | 29.5% | 94% | 91% |
| #34 | College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $45,692 | 2,912 | 33% | 95% | 91% |
| #35 | Lafayette College | Easton, PA | $45,635 | 2,486 | 34.1% | 94% | 88% |
| #35 | Pitzer College | Claremont, CA | $46,992 | 1,081 | 14.5% | 92% | 82% |
| #37 | Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | $47,692 | 2,494 | 44.5% | 90% | 85% |
| #37 | Franklin and Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $48,514 | 2,297 | 36.2% | 93% | 87% |
| #37 | Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $47,314 | 2,702 | 35.1% | 94% | 86% |
| #37 | Whitman College | Walla Walla, WA | $44,800 | 1,541 | 57% | 94% | 88% |
| #41 | Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $42,656 | 2,251 | 46.8% | 91% | 82% |
| #41 | Soka University of America | Aliso Viejo, CA | $30,214 | 412 | 43.4% | 96% | 84% |
| #41 | union College | Schenectady, NY | $48,384 | 2,246 | 37.3% | 93% | 88% |
| #44 | Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | $47,522 | 2,128 | 42.4% | 93% | 88% |
| #45 | Bard College | Annandale on Hudson, NY | $48,240 | 2,278 | 37.6% | 88% | 74% |
| #45 | Centre College | Danville, KY | $37,100 | 1,381 | 68.6% | 91% | 82% |
| #45 | Connecticut College | New London, CT | $47,740 | 1,922 | 36.7% | 90% | 84% |
| #45 | Sewanee—University of the South | Sewanee, TN | $37,100 | 1,701 | 60.3% | 88% | 78% |
| #45 | Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $49,056 | 2,422 | 31.8% | 91% | 86% |
| #50 | Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA | $47,480 | 2,533 | 41.6% | 90% | 84% |
| #51 | Denison University | Granville, OH | $45,670 | 2,274 | 46% | 90% | 81% |
| #51 | DePauw University | Greencastle, IN | $42,746 | 2,304 | 61.2% | 91% | 79% |
| #51 | Furman University | Greenville, SC | $44,668 | 2,953 | 64.1% | 89% | 84% |
| #54 | Rhodes College | Memphis, TN | $41,572 | 2,040 | 57.6% | 91% | 79% |
| #54 | St. Olaf College | Northfield, MN | $41,700 | 3,125 | 59.1% | 94% | 87% |
| #56 | St. John's College | Annapolis, MD | $47,826 | 493 | 87.1% | 86% | 65% |
| #56 | St. Lawrence University | Canton, NY | $47,696 | 2,506 | 46.4% | 91% | 80% |
| #56 | Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL | $31,900 | 2,993 | 70.3% | 95% | 87% |
| #59 | Lawrence University | Appleton, WI | $42,657 | 1,555 | 72.7% | 89% | 82% |
| #59 | Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $50,780 | 1,782 | 77.1% | 87% | 69% |
| #61 | Beloit College | Beloit, WI | $42,500 | 1,306 | 67.7% | 89% | 78% |
| #61 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Geneva, NY | $47,908 | 2,372 | 50% | 88% | 79% |
| #61 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, IN | $37,750 | 902 | 69.6% | 86% | 69% |
| #64 | Gustavus Adolphus College | St. Peter, MN | $40,020 | 2,455 | 63.2% | 92% | 82% |
| #64 | Kalamazoo College | Kalamazoo, MI | $41,061 | 1,458 | 66.9% | 92% | 77% |
| #64 | Muhlenberg College | Allentown, PA | $44,145 | 2,448 | 46.2% | 92% | 86% |
| #64 | Virginia Military Institute | Lexington, VA | in-state: $15,518, out-of-state: $37,574 | 1,675 | 47.8% | 84% | 76% |
| #64 | Willamette University | Salem, OR | $44,076 | 3,024 | 57.8% | 88% | 78% |
| #69 | Berea College | Berea, KY | $870 | 1,623 | 34% | 80% | 62% |
| #69 | College of Wooster | Wooster, OH | $43,350 | 2,116 | 56.3% | 89% | 75% |
| #69 | Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $23,616 | 1,511 | 49.5% | 97% | 81% |
| #69 | Wheaton College | Norton, MA | $46,423 | 1,656 | 73.9% | 86% | 76% |
| #73 | Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | $35,982 | 915 | 66.9% | 82% | 72% |
| #73 | Earlham College | Richmond, IN | $42,870 | 1,164 | 63.7% | 85% | 71% |
| #73 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington, IL | $40,844 | 2,009 | 58.4% | 90% | 78% |
| #73 | St. John's University | Collegeville, MN | $38,704 | 1,978 | 75.2% | 90% | 79% |
| #77 | Lewis & Clark College | Portland, OR | $43,382 | 3,518 | 62.9% | 86% | 74% |
| #77 | Reed College | Portland, OR | $46,010 | N/A | 48.5% | 92% | 78% |
| #77 | Thomas Aquinas College | Santa Paula, CA | $24,500 | 366 | 81.5% | 87% | 80% |
| #77 | Wofford College | Spartanburg, SC | $37,120 | 1,584 | 68.8% | 89% | 82% |
| #81 | Allegheny College | Meadville, PA | $40,660 | 2,161 | 64.9% | 87% | 79% |
| #81 | Hendrix College | Conway, AR | $39,290 | 1,432 | 80.4% | 85% | 68% |
| #81 | Knox College | Galesburg, IL | $40,497 | 1,424 | 75% | 88% | 79% |
| #81 | Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $25,496 | 2,129 | 40.8% | 89% | 68% |
| #81 | Transylvania University | Lexington, KY | $33,360 | 1,081 | 82.9% | 87% | 72% |
| #81 | University of Puget Sound | Tacoma, WA | $43,428 | 2,814 | 85.2% | 87% | 78% |
| #87 | New College of Florida | Sarasota, FL | in-state: $6,872, out-of-state: $29,900 | 793 | 69.2% | 83% | 66% |
| #87 | Southwestern University | Georgetown, TX | $36,120 | 1,535 | 52.2% | 86% | 70% |
| #89 | Austin College | Sherman, TX | $34,840 | 1,224 | 58.6% | 82% | 72% |
| #89 | Bennington College | Bennington, VT | $46,658 | 738 | 64.9% | 85% | 67% |
| #89 | College of St. Benedict | St. Joseph, MN | $39,402 | 2,051 | 75.5% | 89% | 82% |
| #89 | Luther College | Decorah, IA | $38,370 | 2,466 | 72.1% | 87% | 76% |
| #89 | Millsaps College | Jackson, MS | $33,982 | 804 | 47.5% | 80% | 64% |
| #89 | St. John's College | Santa Fe, NM | $47,626 | 424 | 93.4% | 74% | 57% |
| #89 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | St. Mary's City, MD | in-state: $14,874, out-of-state: $28,674 | 1,858 | 73.4% | 88% | 79% |
| #96 | St. Mary's College | Notre Dame, IN | $35,970 | 1,479 | 85.7% | 87% | 71% |
| #96 | Washington and Jefferson College | Washington, PA | $41,282 | 1,328 | 39.7% | 83% | 77% |
| #96 | Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | $39,990 | 1,318 | 70.2% | 87% | 76% |
| #99 | Albion College | Albion, MI | $37,300 | 1,307 | 56.4% | 79% | 74% |
| #99 | College of the Atlantic | Bar Harbor, ME | $40,491 | 370 | 73.2% | 85% | 69% |
| #99 | Drew University | Madison, NJ | $45,214 | 2,291 | 77.4% | 79% | 69% |
| #99 | Hope College | Holland, MI | $29,560 | 3,388 | 70.5% | 89% | 78% |
| #99 | Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, OH | $41,920 | 1,830 | 75.3% | 83% | 69% |
| #99 | St. Michael's College | Colchester, VT | $39,375 | 2,378 | 75.1% | 89% | 75% |
