Women's Colleges
2024 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 2023-2024. Of them, Russell Sage College ranked first in women's colleges ranking and Spelman 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 $40,856. Barnard College has the highest tuition & fees of $66,246 and Columbia College has the lowest tuition & fees of $8,870.
- The average SAT score of women's colleges is 1,275. Barnard College has the highest SAT score of 1,505 and Cedar Crest College has the lowest SAT score of 1,075.
- The average acceptance rate of women's colleges is 64%. Barnard College has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 9% and Trinity Washington University has the highest acceptance rate of 97%.
- The average student population at women's colleges is 2,059. University of Denver has the most students of 13,734 and Bennett College has the small number of students of 168.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Russell Sage College Troy, NY | $36,756 | $13,240 | - | 73.6% | 2,159 | 68% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | $30,058 | - | - | 28.4% | 3,102 | 74% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Meredith College Raleigh, NC | $43,936 | $13,619 | 1,220 | 73.2% | 1,587 | 67% | 10 to 1 |
| - | Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | $37,227 | $19,235 | 1,080 | 75.6% | 2,465 | 47% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Hollins University Roanoke, VA | $42,260 | $18,785 | 1,195 | 72.4% | 803 | 65% | 8 to 1 |
| - | Alverno College Milwaukee, WI | $32,794 | $10,726 | - | 89.9% | 1,596 | 52% | 8 to 1 |
| - | Trinity Washington University Washington, DC | $26,110 | $15,390 | - | 97.0% | 1,895 | 38% | 12 to 1 |
| - | Brenau University Gainesville, GA | $33,275 | $14,552 | - | 86.6% | 2,704 | 45% | 11 to 1 |
| - | Salem College Winston-Salem, NC | $32,236 | $6,600 | - | 87.5% | 469 | 61% | 16 to 1 |
| - | Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore, MD | $41,910 | $12,705 | - | 69.6% | 1,733 | 60% | 8 to 1 |
| - | Converse University Spartanburg, SC | $23,096 | $8,000 | 1,140 | 55.6% | 1,284 | 57% | 9 to 1 |
| - | Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA | $25,110 | $12,300 | 1,220 | 75.8% | 460 | 61% | 8 to 1 |
| - | Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI | $34,390 | $18,364 | - | 69.5% | 1,198 | 60% | 9 to 1 |
| 1 | Barnard College New York, NY | $66,246 | - | 1,505 | 8.8% | 3,442 | 91% | 10 to 1 |
| 2 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | $64,320 | - | 1,490 | 13.6% | 2,447 | 90% | 7 to 1 |
| 3 | Scripps College Claremont, CA | $63,434 | $48,598 | 1,460 | 27.9% | 1,099 | 84% | 10 to 1 |
| 4 | Smith College Northampton, MA | $61,568 | $61,260 | 1,440 | 22.9% | 2,873 | 88% | 8 to 1 |
| 5 | College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN | $53,884 | $17,073 | 1,124 | 87.8% | 1,470 | 78% | 11 to 1 |
| 6 | University of Denver Denver, CO | $59,340 | $58,347 | 1,320 | 77.7% | 13,734 | 77% | 8 to 1 |
| 7 | College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE | $23,340 | $21,739 | - | 64.6% | 857 | 66% | 8 to 1 |
| 8 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | $62,560 | $52,506 | 1,400 | 30.8% | 1,742 | 82% | 8 to 1 |
| 9 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | $64,142 | $32,710 | 1,430 | 39.8% | 2,392 | 82% | 9 to 1 |
| 10 | St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN | $49,758 | $18,570 | 1,340 | 92.5% | 3,577 | 63% | 10 to 1 |
| 11 | Mills College at Northeastern University Oakland, CA | $30,950 | $36,443 | - | - | 817 | 64% | 8 to 1 |
| 12 | Wesleyan College Macon, GA | $27,650 | $11,573 | - | 66.8% | 660 | 45% | 7 to 1 |
| 13 | Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN | $51,430 | $29,794 | 1,220 | 83.9% | 1,519 | 74% | 9 to 1 |
| 14 | Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | $48,150 | $18,200 | 1,245 | 66.5% | 1,114 | 76% | 11 to 1 |
| 15 | Stephens College Columbia, MO | $28,200 | $9,900 | 1,140 | 64.2% | 590 | 45% | 8 to 1 |
| 16 | Simmons University Boston, MA | $45,538 | $28,662 | 1,270 | 76.5% | 5,710 | 74% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Cottey College Nevada, MO | $26,209 | - | - | 73.0% | 311 | 56% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | $50,279 | $65,469 | 1,180 | 53.2% | 368 | 61% | 7 to 1 |
| - | Columbia College Sonora, CA | $8,870 | - | - | - | 2,349 | 27% | 14 to 1 |
| - | Bennett College Greensboro, NC | $19,140 | - | - | 44.6% | 168 | 19% | 6 to 1 |
| - | Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA | $44,934 | $14,838 | 1,075 | 84.3% | 1,324 | 62% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | $40,856 | $24,614 | 1,275 | 63.6% | 2,059 | 64% | 9 to 1 |