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Amherst College (MA)  \n3. Swarthmore College (PA)  \n3. Wellesley College (MA)  \n5. Pomona College (CA)  \n6. Bowdoin College (ME)  \n7. Carleton College (MN)  \n7. Claremont McKenna Col. (CA)  \n7. Middlebury College (VT)  \n10. Washington and Lee U. (VA)  \n11. Colby College (ME)  \n11. Haverford College (PA)  \n11. Smith College (MA)  \n14. Grinnell College (IA)  \n14. Hamilton College (NY)  \n14 Vassar College (NY)  \n17. Colgate University (NY)  \n17. Davidson College (NC)  \n17. U.S. Naval Academy (MD)  \n17. Wesleyan University (CT)  \n21. Bates College (ME)  \n21. U.S. Military Academy (NY)  \n23. Harvey Mudd College (CA)  \n23. University of Richmond (VA)  \n25. Barnard College (NY)  \n25. Macalester College (MN)  \n27. Bryn Mawr College (PA)  \n27. College of the Holy Cross (MA)  \n27. Colorado College (CO)  \n27. Kenyon College (OH)  \n27. Soka U. of America (CA)  \n32. Mount Holyoke College (MA)  \n33. Oberlin College (OH)  \n33. Scripps College (CA)  \n35. Bucknell University (PA)  \n35. Pitzer College (CA)  \n38. Franklin and Marshall Co. (PA)  \n39, Lafayette College (PA)  \n39. Occidental College (CA)  \n39. Skidmore College (NY)  \n43. Denison University (OH)  \n43. Sewanee – U. of the South (TN)  \n45. Union College (NY)  \n46. Berea College (KY)  \n46. Connecticut College (CT)  \n46. DePauw University (IN)  \n46. Dickinson College (PA)  \n46. Furman University (SC)  \n. 46. Trinity College (CT)  \n46. Whitman College (WA)  \n53. Centre College (KY)  \n53. Gettysburg College (PA)  \n53. Rhodes College (TN)  \n53. Wabash College (IN)  \n57. Spelman College (GA)  \n58. Agnes Scott College (GA)  \n58. Lawrence University (WI)  \n58. St. Lawrence University (NY)  \n58. Wheaton College (IL)  \n62. Bard College (NY)  \n62. St. Olaf College (MN)  \n64. Hillsdale College (MI)  \n64. St. John’s College (MD)  \n66. College of Wooster (OH)  \n66. Knox College (IL)  \n68. Cornell College (IA)  \n68. Reed College (OR)  \n68. Sarah Lawrence College (NY)  \n68. Willamette University (OR)  \n72. Hobart & William Smith (NY)  \n72. Kalamazoo College (MI)  \n72. Lewis & Clark (OR)  \n72. Muhlenberg College (PA)  \n72. St. John’s College (NM)  \n72. Transylvania University (KY)  \n72. Virginia Military Institute (VA)  \n72. Wofford College (SC)  \n80. Earlham College (IN)  \n80. Illinois Wesleyan (IL)  \n82. Allegheny College (PA)  \n82. Beloit College (WI)  \n82. College of St. Benedict (MN)  \n82. College of the Atlantic (ME)  \n82. Juniata College (PA)  \n82. Ursinus College (PA)  \n82. Wheaton College (MA)  \n89. Bennington College (VT)  \n89. Gustavus Adolphus (MN)  \n89. U. of Puget Sound (WA)  \n92. Augustana College (IL)  \n92. Hendrix College(AR)  \n92. Lake Forest College (IL)  \n92. Ohio Wesleyan U. (OH)  \n92. Saint John’s University (MN)  \n92. Southwestern University (TX)  \n92. St. Mary’s of Maryland (MD)  \n92. Wash & Jefferson Col. (PA)  \n100. Luther College IA)  \n100. 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