《美国新闻与世界报道》公布了2011年美国大学排名，我们这里主要介绍的是2011年美国文理学院的排名情况，文理学院以本科教育为主，特征是注重全面综合教育，下面列出了排名在前50的学校名单，大家在选校的时候可以作为参考：
1.Williams College
2.Amherst College
3.Swarthmore College
4.Middlebury College
Wellesley College
6.Bowdoin College
Pomona College
8 Carleton College
9 Davidson College
Haverford College
11.Claremont McKenna College
Wesleyan University
Claremont McKenna College
12.Wesleyan University Vassar College
14.Smith College
Washington and Lee University
16.United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
18 Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvey Mudd College
21.Bates College
Colgate University
23 Colby College
24 Oberlin College
Scripps College
26.Barnard College
Colorado College
Macalester College
Mount Holyoke College
30.Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
32.College of the Holy Cross
Kenyon College
Sewanee--University of the South
University of Richmond
36.Occidental College
Trinity College
38.Bard College
Lafayette College
Whitman College
41.Connecticut College
Franklin and Marshall College
Furman University
Skidmore College
Union College
46.Pitzer College
47.Centre College
Dickinson College
Gettysburg College
Rhodes College
2011年美国大学排名之文理学院与2010年相比，原排名17、18位的Washington and Lee University和HSmith College排名提前到14位(并列);而Grinnell College、Harvey Mudd College则落到了18位(并列); Bates College 、Scipps College 分别由2010年的25、28位上升到21、23位;原48位的 Skidmore College 上升到41位。