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).
33 women's colleges are active for academic year 2021-2022. Of them, Bay Path University ranked first in women's colleges ranking and Converse 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 $37,587. 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 1,223. 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 2,116. University of Denver has the most students of 13,856 and Bennett College has the small number of students of 232.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | $35,781 | $19,235 | 1,112 | 75.4% | 3,224 | 51% | 12 to 1 |
| - | Converse College Spartanburg, SC | $19,850 | $7,698 | - | 82.0% | 1,377 | 57% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA | $23,080 | $11,400 | 1,140 | 80.0% | 362 | 42% | 8 to 1 |
| - | Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI | $32,760 | $17,432 | 995 | 62.4% | 1,200 | 51% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Trinity Washington University Washington, DC | $25,110 | $14,850 | - | 97.3% | 1,846 | 41% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Russell Sage College Troy, NY | $33,894 | $13,140 | - | 73.1% | 2,389 | 63% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Brenau University Gainesville, GA | $32,530 | $13,940 | 1,065 | 89.1% | 2,813 | 47% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Meredith College Raleigh, NC | $41,224 | $13,344 | 1,186 | 69.9% | 1,802 | 68% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore, MD | $39,745 | $13,711 | - | 65.1% | 2,233 | 59% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Hollins University Roanoke, VA | $40,170 | $18,269 | - | 74.7% | 795 | 59% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Alverno College Milwaukee, WI | $31,258 | $10,402 | - | 90.8% | 1,876 | 48% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | $28,181 | - | - | 50.8% | 2,207 | 76% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Salem College Winston-Salem, NC | $30,766 | $8,400 | 1,127 | 90.2% | 636 | 67% | 15 to 1 |
| 1 | Barnard College New York, NY | $59,687 | - | 1,488 | 11.5% | 2,744 | 93% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | $60,752 | - | 1,470 | 16.2% | 2,280 | 92% | 7 to 1 |
| 3 | Scripps College Claremont, CA | $58,442 | $46,774 | 1,450 | 29.5% | 958 | 82% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 | Smith College Northampton, MA | $56,114 | $55,830 | 1,450 | 29.9% | 2,504 | 91% | 7 to 1 |
| 5 | University of Denver Denver, CO | $54,819 | $53,943 | 1,295 | 63.6% | 13,856 | 76% | 11 to 1 |
| 6 | College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE | $21,800 | $17,638 | - | 38.2% | 1,024 | 60% | 9 to 1 |
| 7 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | $56,320 | $48,328 | - | 39.3% | 1,634 | 87% | 8 to 1 |
| 8 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | $56,518 | $25,983 | 1,405 | 52.3% | 2,040 | 85% | 9 to 1 |
| 9 | St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN | $46,494 | $17,760 | 1,050 | 74.9% | 4,277 | 59% | 11 to 1 |
| 10 | Mills College Oakland, CA | $30,950 | $36,443 | 1,396 | 79.8% | 961 | 64% | 8 to 1 |
| 11 | Wesleyan College Macon, GA | $26,390 | $11,531 | 1,122 | 62.2% | 779 | 56% | 8 to 1 |
| 12 | Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN | $48,010 | $28,252 | 1,160 | 83.1% | 1,581 | 74% | 9 to 1 |
| 13 | Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | $44,250 | $17,260 | - | 69.9% | 1,080 | 75% | 11 to 1 |
| 14 | Stephens College Columbia, MO | $24,570 | $9,230 | 1,100 | 63.7% | 622 | 53% | 11 to 1 |
| 15 | Simmons University Boston, MA | $43,062 | $21,546 | 1,250 | 83.5% | 6,263 | 71% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA | $42,591 | $14,719 | 1,115 | 68.8% | 1,433 | 64% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Columbia College Sonora, CA | $7,442 | - | - | 0.0% | 2,132 | 38% | 18 to 1 |
| - | Cottey College Nevada, MO | $23,114 | - | 1,075 | 60.5% | 283 | 67% | 6 to 1 |
| - | Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | $46,150 | $49,457 | - | 58.1% | 389 | 57% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Bennett College Greensboro, NC | $18,550 | - | - | 79.2% | 232 | 22% | 7 to 1 |
| Average | $37,587 | $22,834 | 1,223 | 64.5% | 2,116 | 63% | 10 to 1 |