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Top Test Optional Liberal Arts Schools

By: Caroline Koppelman

Over the past few years, standardized testing has become a heavily contested subject. Although some argue that it is an important data point and equalizer, more and more schools are moving towards becoming test optional. Test optional means students can choose to submit their test scores, and a lack of submissions won’t affect their chances. Here is a list of the top test optional liberal arts schools.  

Liberal Arts Schools

  1. Bowdoin College
  2. Smith College 
  3. Wesleyan University 
  4. Bates College 
  5. Bryn Mawr 
  6. College of the Holy Cross 
  7. Mount Holyoke College 
  8. Pitzer College 
  9. Skidmore College 
  10. Union College 
  11. Dickinson College 
  12. Franklin and Marshall College 
  13. Trinity College 
  14. Bard College 
  15. Connecticut College 
  16. Sewanee--The University of the South 
  17. Gettysburg College 
  18. Furman University 
  19. Denison University 
  20. St. John’s College 
  21. Lawrence University 
  22. Sarah Lawrence College 
  23. St. Lawrence University 
  24. Beloit College 
  25. Earlham College 
  26. Hobart and William Smith Colleges 
  27. Kalamazoo College 
  28. Agnes Scott College 
  29. Wheaton College 
  30. Willamette University 
  31. Allegheny College 
  32. Knox College 
  33. Lewis & Clark College 
  34. Muhlenberg College 
  35. University of Puget Sound 
  36. Gustavus Adolphus 
  37. College of the Atlantic 
  38. Transylvania University 
  39. Bennington College 
  40. Cornell College 
  41. Ursinus College 
  42. St. John’s College 
  43. Washington & Jefferson College
  44. Washington College 
  45. Augustana College 
  46. Juniata College 
  47. St. Michael’s College 
  48. Lake Forest College 
  49. Ohio Wesleyan University 
  50. Drew University 
  51. Goucher College 
  52. St. Anselm College 
  53. Siena College 
  54. Ripon College 
  55. Stonehill College 
  56. Susquehanna University 
  57. Presbyterian College 
  58. Whittier College 
  59. McDaniel College 
  60. Illinois College 
  61. Marlboro College 
  62. Roanoke College 
  63. Wittenberg University 
  64. Hiram College 
  65. Guilford College 
  66. William Jewell College 
  67. Lycoming College 
  68. Hartwick College 
  69. Warren Wilson College 
  70. College of Idaho