2016年NICHE美国最佳文理学院排名最新出炉，主要依据统计数据和学生评价。顶尖的美国文理学院是学术精英型大学，有良好的价值体系，并通过提供一个更小的、更个性化的学习环境，为学生经历一个特殊的大学时期创造更好的条件。
以下是文理学院top100：
1Bowdoin College
2Williams College
3Carleton College
4Washington & Lee University
5Pomona College
6Colgate University
7Amherst College
8Wellesley College
9Middlebury College
10Haverford College
11Barnard College
12University of Richmond
13Bucknell University
14Vassar College
15Smith College
16Wesleyan University
17Hamilton College
18Colby College
19Reed College
20Grinnell College
21Franklin & Marshall College
22Davidson College
23Macalester College
24Union College - New York
25Scripps College
26College of the Holy Cross
27Swarthmore College
28Bates College
29Whitman College
30Claremont McKenna College
31Bryn Mawr College
32Kenyon College
33Mount Holyoke College
34Oberlin College
35Lafayette College
36Gettysburg College
37Colorado College
38Occidental College
39Lawrence University
40St. Olaf College
41Pacific Union College
42Pitzer College
43Skidmore College
44Calvin College
45St. Lawrence University
46Gustavus Adolphus College
47Wheaton College - Illinois
48DePauw University
49The College of Idaho
50Dickinson College
51Millsaps College
52Sewanee - The University of the South
53Willamette University
54Westmont College
55Rhodes College
56Centre College
57Wofford College
58Kalamazoo College
59Spelman College
60Hendrix College
61Agnes Scott College
62Transylvania University
63Luther College
64Illinois Wesleyan University
65Southwestern University
66Hope College
67Virginia Military Institute
68Washington College
69College of Wooster
70Westminster College - Missouri
71Lewis & Clark College
72College of Saint Benedict
73Beloit College
74Presbyterian College
75Allegheny College
76Trinity College - Connecticut
77Saint Michael's College
78Furman University
79Hollins University
80Wesleyan College
81Eastern Mennonite University
82Muhlenberg College
83Juniata College
84Knox College
85Hanover College
86Denison University
87New College of Florida
88Austin College
89Hobart & William Smith Colleges
90Central College
91Ohio Wesleyan University
92Ouachita Baptist University
93Washington & Jefferson College
94Nebraska Wesleyan University
95University of Minnesota - Morris
96Saint Mary's College - Indiana
97Monmouth College
98St. Norbert College
99Hampden-Sydney College
100Eckerd College
什么是文理学院？
文理学院是美国大学的重要种类之一，以本科教育为主，特征是注重全面综合教育，设置课程包括艺术、人文、自然科学、社会科学等各门类。区别于以就业为重要指针的各种专业学校或技术高校。 在大部分美国人心目中，文理学院往往代表着经典、小规模、高质量的本科教育。
文理学院有什么特点？
不培养具体人才，而是进行自由教育
小班化教学，平均每个班大约有10到15个学生
老师一般以教学为主，科研为辅
一般坐落于山清水秀之间，是读书做学问的好环境
