NESCAC Schools Ranked Academically

The NESCAC or commonly known as New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an athletic conference formed in 1955. However, the conference when along with bate, trinity, tufts, and Middlebury, Union college joined the conference and officially made it NESCAC in 1977 containing sports teams from all liberal art institutions of higher education. Let us see how NESCAC schools ranked academically in this article.

NESCAC Schools Ranked Academically

NESCAC schools ranked academically

NESCAC School conference is made up of 11 schools, which can be ranked academically in a different format depending on distinct factors such as – graduation rate, Endowment per student, program reputations, and so on. As NESCAC is a product of the formation of the athletic conference, it is considered easier to rank it according to sports than to other factors such as academically, oldest to newest, and so on. 

To know more about the 11 prestigious schools, their features, their admission process, and the ranking of NESCAC schools academically. Read the article below.

NESCAC School Ranks: Academically

Williams College 

Williams college comes at the Top of this list not because it is one of the most prestigious schools, but because it is ta op liberal arts college according to a survey. Williams College has the highest student stats, best student outcomes, graduation rate, and program rate, among all the NESCAC schools and colleges.

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 Location                                                                                          Williamstown, MA  

US Ranking                                                   #1 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                       $5.1 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      15%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      96%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,400 – 1,660

Amherst College

Amherst College is the archival school of Williams and is ranked #2 in NESCAC. Amherst is one of the trinity colleges of Liberal Arts of college other two being William and Swarthmore. The Amherst maintains the second position because it offers is that it is in the middle of a city. 

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 Location                                                                                                  Amherst, MA  

US Ranking                                                   #2 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                     $3.95 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      12%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      95%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,405 – 1,500

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin college ranks #3 at liberal arts college and NESCAC. Along with similar graduation rates to William and Amherst, it also excels in outcome stats of students, however, the incoming rate of students is low because of which it ranks low. 

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 Location                                                                                               Brunswick, ME  

US Ranking                                                   #3 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                       $1 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      9%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      95%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,300 – 1,560

Middlebury College

Similarly, like William college Middlebury college is also situated in a rural area. However, even after being situated in rural areas as compared to other liberal arts colleges it has the most intellectual students along with professional programs. Middlebury also has a high graduation rate and incoming student stats.

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 Location                                                                                               Middlebury, VT 

US Ranking                                                   #4 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                       $1.6 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      22%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      93%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,345 – 1,500

Tufts University 

Unlike other universities and colleges in the list, Tufts University is not part of liberal arts colleges, however, it does fall under NESCAC. It is one of the largest universities on the list and is known for protecting its yield, making its acceptance rate higher, but with stats, they only take students with high SAT grades.  

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 Location                                                                                                  Medford, MA 

US Ranking                                                                                           #5 in NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                       $1.9 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      23%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      94%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,363 – 1,580

Hamilton College

Hamilton college has almost the same stats as compared to Tufts and is also considered to be one the of hardest universities to get into. It ranks so low in the lost because it does not have the same popularity and recognition as Tufts and it is located in a remote location and because of that it has low student stats. 

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 Location                                                                                                     Clinton, NY 

US Ranking                                                   #6 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                       $1.5 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      18%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      93%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,340 – 1,510

Wesleyan University

The Wesleyan university is one of the easiest schools to get into on the list and if you look at stats. it ranks so low because its acceptance rate is high and does not have the same growth rate as tufts and Hamilton.

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 Location                                                                                               Middletown, CT 

US Ranking                                                   #7 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                     $1.72 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      21%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      90%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,345 – 1,520

Colby College

Colby College is one of the smallest colleges on the list but is still said to have a stronghold in student stats as it has the second-lowest acceptance rate. But Colby ranks low because it has a low graduation rate. 

Important Information

 Location                                                                                               Waterville, ME 

US Ranking                                                   #8 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                       $1.2 Billion

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      10%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      90%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,380 – 1,490

Bates College

Bates college is like Colby however, it does have a higher graduation rate and it is located in a small rural town. Bates ranks so low because it has a very low endowment rate and the difference in campuses and student experience is worlds apart. 

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 Location                                                                                                  Lewiston, ME 

US Ranking                                                   #9 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                     $466 Million

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      14%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      91%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,205 – 1,410

Trinity College

Trinity College is located near Connecticut in New London, but, as the reputation and stats speak for themselves the trinity is second lowest in both and it does not have the same name as the top 9 on the list. It does have a high acceptance rate that keeps it in 10 and does not last. 

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 Location                                                                                               Middlebury, VT 

US Ranking                                                 #10 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                     $780 Million

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      36%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      83%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,245 – 1,540

Connecticut College 

The last on the list is Connecticut college and not trinity because even though they have almost the same stats because ConnColl does not have sororities and is not liberal as community bathrooms for freshmen are shared by both genders. And trinity beats Connecticut because of its slightly better reputation.  

Important Information

 Location                                                                                              New London, CT 

US Ranking                                                 #11 in Liberal Arts college and NESCAC.

Endowment Value                                                                                     $420 Million

Acceptance Rate                                                                                                      38%                                                                

Graduation Rate                                                                                                      83%

SAT Range                                                                                                1,340 – 1,400

Conclusion

By the analysis of the topic, nescac schools ranked academically 800 S2, it has been concluded that there are distinct factors such as –  graduation rate, student stats, Acceptance rate and so on that affect how nescac schools are academically ranked among colleges and universities. 

Later in the article, all 11 liberal arts colleges are listed along with reasons, and stats are discussed academically.