Big universities and well-known liberal arts colleges on the two coasts might command most of the attention, but for those students seeking a quality liberal arts education in a familiar setting, there's no need to look further than the Midwest.
To find the 30 best liberal arts colleges in the Midwest, we started by considering only those colleges in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Ranking Methodology:
There are far more than 30 liberal arts colleges in the Midwest, so we narrowed down our list by considering factors such as:
- National rankings (40%)
– Freshmen retention rates (20%)
– Unique curriculum (30%)
– Membership in a college consortium (5%)
– Historical significance (5%)
Though we didn't directly consider the 4-year cost of attending these liberal arts colleges, we did order our 30 best liberal arts colleges in the Midwest based on their average 20-year net return on investment, as decided by PayScale.
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