Women's Colleges
2022 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).
34 women's colleges are active for academic year 2020-2021. Of them, Barnard College ranked first in women's colleges ranking and Wellesley College ranked second. 16 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 34 women's colleges - 1 public and 33 private schools.
- The average tuition & fees of women's colleges is $37,030. Wellesley College has the highest tuition & fees of $60,752 and Columbia College has the lowest tuition & fees of $7,442.
- The average SAT score of women's colleges is 1,196. Barnard College has the highest SAT score of 1,488 and Bennett College has the lowest SAT score of 900.
- The average acceptance rate of women's colleges is 64%. 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 2,061. University of Denver has the most students of 13,856 and Judson College has the small number of students of 229.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnard College New York, NY | $59,687 | - | 1,488 | 11.0% | 2,744 | 90% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | $60,752 | - | 1,470 | 16.0% | 2,280 | 94% | 7 to 1 |
| 3 | Scripps College Claremont, CA | $58,442 | $46,774 | 1,450 | 30.0% | 958 | 88% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | $56,518 | $25,983 | 1,405 | 52.0% | 2,040 | 84% | 9 to 1 |
| 5 | Smith College Northampton, MA | $56,114 | $55,830 | 1,450 | 30.0% | 2,504 | 87% | 7 to 1 |
| 6 | University of Denver Denver, CO | $54,819 | $53,943 | 1,295 | 64.0% | 13,856 | 75% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | $56,320 | $48,328 | 1,405 | 38.0% | 1,634 | 85% | 8 to 1 |
| 8 | Mills College Oakland, CA | $30,950 | $36,443 | 1,396 | 80.0% | 961 | 65% | 8 to 1 |
| 9 | Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN | $48,010 | $28,252 | 1,160 | 83.0% | 1,581 | 81% | 9 to 1 |
| 10 | Wesleyan College Macon, GA | $26,390 | $11,531 | 1,122 | 62.0% | 779 | 51% | 8 to 1 |
| 11 | Simmons University Boston, MA | $43,062 | $21,546 | 1,250 | 84.0% | 6,263 | 79% | 9 to 1 |
| 12 | Salem College Winston-Salem, NC | $30,766 | $8,400 | 1,127 | 90.0% | 636 | 66% | 15 to 1 |
| 13 | Meredith College Raleigh, NC | $41,224 | $13,344 | 1,186 | 70.0% | 1,802 | 64% | 11 to 1 |
| 14 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | $28,181 | - | 1,125 | 53.0% | 2,207 | 75% | 11 to 1 |
| 15 | Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA | $23,080 | $11,400 | 1,140 | 80.0% | 362 | 32% | 8 to 1 |
| 16 | Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA | $42,591 | $14,719 | 1,115 | 69.0% | 1,433 | 62% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore, MD | $39,745 | $13,711 | 1,020 | 62.0% | 2,233 | 49% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Stephens College Columbia, MO | $24,570 | $9,230 | 1,100 | 64.0% | 622 | 59% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Hollins University Roanoke, VA | $40,170 | $18,269 | 1,155 | 81.0% | 795 | 62% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | $44,250 | $17,260 | - | 68.0% | 1,080 | 72% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Russell Sage College Troy, NY | $33,894 | $13,140 | - | 73.0% | 2,389 | 62% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Columbia College Sonora, CA | $7,442 | - | - | - | 2,132 | 36% | 18 to 1 |
| - | Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI | $32,760 | $17,432 | 995 | 62.0% | 1,200 | 51% | 10 to 1 |
| - | St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN | $46,494 | $17,760 | 1,050 | 75.0% | 4,277 | 64% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | $46,150 | $49,457 | 1,175 | 50.0% | 389 | 55% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | $35,781 | $19,235 | 1,112 | 75.0% | 3,224 | 60% | 12 to 1 |
| - | College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE | $21,800 | $17,638 | - | 50.0% | 1,024 | 61% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Bennett College Greensboro, NC | $18,550 | - | 900 | 73.0% | 232 | 29% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Brenau University Gainesville, GA | $32,530 | $13,940 | 1,065 | 89.0% | 2,813 | 41% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Cottey College Nevada, MO | $23,114 | - | 1,075 | 61.0% | 283 | 54% | 6 to 1 |
| - | Converse College Spartanburg, SC | $19,850 | $7,698 | 1,100 | 82.0% | 1,377 | 52% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Trinity Washington University Washington, DC | $25,110 | $14,850 | - | 97.0% | 1,846 | 46% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Judson College Marion, AL | $18,640 | - | 1,160 | 56.0% | 229 | 48% | 5 to 1 |
| - | Alverno College Milwaukee, WI | $31,258 | $10,402 | - | 78.0% | 1,876 | 43% | 10 to 1 |
| Average | $37,030 | $22,834 | 1,196 | 63.9% | 2,061 | 62% | 10 to 1 |