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

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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

Arizona

Arkansas

California

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Pomona College
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Mills College

Colorado

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U.S. Air Force Academy

Connecticut

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Wesleyan University

Florida

Georgia

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Morehouse College

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

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Grinnell College

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

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Bowdoin College

Maine

Maryland

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Amherst College
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Wellesley College
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Williams College

Massachusetts

Michigan

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Carleton College

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

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Saint Anselm College

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

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Barnard College
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Hamilton College
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Vassar College

New York

North Carolina

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Davidson College

North Dakota

Ohio

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Kenyon College
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Oberlin College

Oklahoma

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Reed College

Oregon

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Bryn Mawr College
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Haverford College
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Swarthmore College

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

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Sewanee: The University of the South

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

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Middlebury College

Vermont

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Washington and Lee University

Virginia

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Whitman College

Washington

West Virginia

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Beloit College

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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References

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