#20
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#2026
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#2426
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#4226
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#4626
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#7126
NicheBest Colleges in America#8926
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#16726
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMaine colleges5
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
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no application-fee data
Main websitehttp://www.colby.edu
Admissions emailadmissions@colby.edu
Admissions phone207-859-4828
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Bowdoin College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Hamilton College NY · Private (nonprofit)13.6%14801K
Bates College ME · Private (nonprofit)14.8%14401K
Tufts University MA · Private (nonprofit)10.8%15007K
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Dartmouth College NH · Private (nonprofit)6.0%1520—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.