Women's Colleges
2023 Women's Colleges Overview
Women's colleges are undergraduate, bachelor's degree focused institutions whose student populations are composed almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges allows to admit male students to their graduate schools or in smaller numbers to undergraduate programs, but all serve a primarily female student body (wiki).
33 women's colleges are active for academic year 2021-2022. Of them, Trinity Washington University ranked first in women's colleges ranking and Russell Sage College ranked second. 15 women's colleges ranked in top 500 U.S. colleges and universities including all types of 4 year-colleges. Below table lists all women's colleges sorted by ranking.
- Total 33 women's colleges - 1 public and 32 private schools.
- The average tuition & fees of women's colleges is $38,766. Barnard College has the highest tuition & fees of $62,525 and Columbia College has the lowest tuition & fees of $7,308.
- The average SAT score of women's colleges is 1,223. Barnard College has the highest SAT score of 1,488 and Mount Mary University has the lowest SAT score of 995.
- The average acceptance rate of women's colleges is 65%. Barnard College has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 11% and Trinity Washington University has the highest acceptance rate of 97%.
- The average student population at women's colleges is 2,120. University of Denver has the most students of 14,130 and Bennett College has the small number of students of 207.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Women's Colleges Comparison
| Rank | College Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | SAT Score | Acceptance Rate | Population | Graduation Rate | Student to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Trinity Washington University Washington, DC | $25,610 | $15,120 | - | 97.3% | 1,862 | 41% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Russell Sage College Troy, NY | $35,351 | $13,140 | - | 73.1% | 2,266 | 63% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Brenau University Gainesville, GA | $32,685 | $14,481 | 1,065 | 89.1% | 2,551 | 47% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Meredith College Raleigh, NC | $42,540 | $13,507 | 1,186 | 69.9% | 1,711 | 68% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore, MD | $40,730 | $12,279 | - | 65.1% | 2,184 | 59% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Hollins University Roanoke, VA | $41,210 | $18,551 | - | 74.7% | 855 | 59% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Alverno College Milwaukee, WI | $31,858 | $10,594 | - | 90.8% | 1,822 | 48% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | $28,885 | - | - | 50.8% | 2,417 | 76% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Salem College Winston-Salem, NC | $31,016 | $8,400 | 1,127 | 90.2% | 496 | 67% | 15 to 1 |
| - | Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | $35,781 | $19,235 | 1,112 | 75.4% | 2,745 | 51% | 12 to 1 |
| - | Converse University Spartanburg, SC | $21,410 | $7,860 | - | 82.0% | 1,440 | 57% | 15 to 1 |
| - | Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA | $23,590 | $11,400 | 1,140 | 80.0% | 454 | 42% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI | $33,390 | $19,408 | 995 | 62.4% | 1,273 | 51% | 10 to 1 |
| 1 | Barnard College New York, NY | $62,525 | - | 1,488 | 11.5% | 3,043 | 93% | 10 to 1 |
| 2 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | $61,920 | - | 1,470 | 16.2% | 2,461 | 92% | 8 to 1 |
| 3 | Scripps College Claremont, CA | $60,712 | $48,598 | 1,450 | 29.5% | 1,116 | 82% | 10 to 1 |
| 4 | Smith College Northampton, MA | $58,768 | $58,480 | 1,450 | 29.9% | 2,924 | 91% | 9 to 1 |
| 5 | University of Denver Denver, CO | $56,439 | $55,563 | 1,295 | 63.6% | 14,130 | 76% | 10 to 1 |
| 6 | College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE | $22,450 | $21,103 | - | 38.2% | 1,011 | 60% | 9 to 1 |
| 7 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | $59,330 | $50,730 | - | 39.3% | 1,778 | 87% | 9 to 1 |
| 8 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | $58,498 | $27,418 | 1,405 | 52.3% | 2,342 | 85% | 10 to 1 |
| 9 | St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN | $47,870 | $18,210 | 1,050 | 74.9% | 3,904 | 59% | 9 to 1 |
| 10 | Mills College Oakland, CA | $30,950 | $36,443 | 1,396 | 79.8% | 817 | 64% | 8 to 1 |
| 11 | Wesleyan College Macon, GA | $27,650 | $11,573 | 1,122 | 62.2% | 734 | 56% | 9 to 1 |
| 12 | Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN | $49,930 | $29,231 | 1,160 | 83.1% | 1,527 | 74% | 9 to 1 |
| 13 | Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | $45,786 | $17,260 | - | 69.9% | 1,109 | 75% | 12 to 1 |
| 14 | Stephens College Columbia, MO | $25,586 | $9,430 | 1,100 | 63.7% | 593 | 53% | 8 to 1 |
| 15 | Simmons University Boston, MA | $44,350 | $27,314 | 1,250 | 83.5% | 5,984 | 71% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | $47,990 | $46,313 | - | 58.1% | 382 | 57% | 8 to 1 |
| - | Bennett College Greensboro, NC | $18,550 | - | - | 79.2% | 207 | 22% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA | $43,643 | $14,811 | 1,115 | 68.8% | 1,440 | 64% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Columbia College Sonora, CA | $7,308 | - | - | 0.0% | 2,063 | 38% | 16 to 1 |
| - | Cottey College Nevada, MO | $24,960 | - | 1,075 | 60.5% | 303 | 67% | 7 to 1 |
| Average | $38,766 | $23,572 | 1,223 | 64.5% | 2,120 | 63% | 10 to 1 |