关于美国文理学院的介绍已经有很多，但是截止目前，远没有被大多数家长所接受。目前接受文理学院的一批人还主要停留在对美国教育有过深入研究的家长，或者可以通过各种渠道提前了解到美国优质教育资源的前沿人士。

 文理学院注重自然科学、社会科学和人文学科的教育，从她的传统来讲，一直都注重互动教学，重点不在研究，全职教授专职教学，通常只提供四年制本科教育，最后获得文学书或理学士学位。小班教学、超低的师生比、精致教学是文理学院的标签。文理学院有男女混校、女校、私立、公立、宗教渊源以及专门为美国黑人开设的学校之分。当然，文理学院也在随着社会的需求进行着相应改变，但是更多的文理学院还是坚守文理教育的初衷而岿然不动。变与不变都无可厚非，各有其道理，在此不再展开说明。

目前，文理学院主要提供文理课程，但是已经有了很多变化。例如，文理学院开设的 3+2 工程学士项目就不少，而且很多文理学院都是和名校有转学协议，成绩优秀的学生可以在文理学院修读 3 年后进入加州理工、圣母大学、南加州大学、圣路易斯华盛顿大学、康奈尔大学、哥伦比亚大学、范德比尔特大学、杜克大学、西北大学、达特茅斯学院、凯斯西楚大学、伊利诺伊大学、普度大学获得工程学位。这样既扎扎实实打好了文理基础，又能获得实实在在的工程技能。对于资金方面没有障碍的学生，同时经历文理学院和综合性大学的教育，绝对是不可多得的教育体验。

其次，我们有很多家长想让孩子学习医学、牙科、药学、眼科学、兽医学、法律等学科，但是国际学生进入这些领域的难度尽人皆知，但是大多数文理学院都设置了“预前学士”项目，例如 pre-law，Pre- Physical Therapy，Pre-chiropractic，Pre-dental，Pre-medicine，Pre-occupational Therapy，Pre-optometry，Pre-pharmacy，Pre-physician Assistant，Pre-veterinary Medicine，这样的话，申请人可以有更多的选择，选择自己感兴趣的学术项目。

另外，个别文理学院也开始设置一些职业硕士，例如 Claremont McKenna College 开设了纯金融硕士（Master's program in Finance），University of Richmond、Rhodes College、Millsaps College 开设了会计硕士（Master of Accountancy - MAcc），虽然这些项目开设的学校少，但是因为力求静致，项目的水平很高，当然想进入这些项目也是严苛之极。在这么小众的环境中，项目学习者得到的提升真的是真真切切的。当然，文理学院开设较多的硕士还主要集中在MBA 项目、心理学硕士、教育硕士。建议所有申请人可以多去尝试美国的精英文理教育环境。

但是，目前还有一个现实问题，大多数申请人只是把眼睛盯在美国排名前 50 的文理学院身上。其实，这也无可厚非。但是我要说的是，美国的任何文理学院项目都是值得信任的, 教育质量很有保障。而且国际学生相对较少。

这次去美国走访学校，我去了堪萨斯州的Benedictine College，这所学校并没有什么排名，但是我依然被她们的校园环境、设施水平、老师态度、教授素质、学生涵养所震撼。午饭时分和一个西班牙裔的女孩进行了交流，对自己学校的认可度真的让我们感动。我们却从来没有认同自己的母校，如果学校是二流三流都不敢说自己出身何处。但是 Benedictine College 并没有什么排名，学生却引以自豪。而另外一个陪同我们参观的弗吉尼亚女孩（见附图），申请当初走访了美国 11 所学校，同时被当地的弗吉尼亚大学和詹姆斯麦迪逊大学录取，但是学生还是最后选择了 Benedictine College。我问她为什么选择这里，她说这里更适合她，她也告诉我： Academic ranking makes no sense! 选择学校是适合自己的，匹配自己的，而不是排名。排名是商业机构的一家之言，不具备完全的参考性，只是了解学校的一个窗口。

 

美国堪萨斯州文理学院 Benedictine College

 

本尼迪克特学院外景

以下是美国文理学院的一个比较全面的学校列表，但并非最完整的列表，但是基本囊括了美国最好的文理学院。

阿拉巴马州 Alabama

•Birmingham–Southern College
•Huntingdon College
•Judson College
•Miles College
•Oakwood University
•Spring Hill College
•Stillman College
•Talladega College
•University of Monteval2lo

 

亚利桑那州 Arizona

•Prescott College

 

阿肯色州 Arkansas

•Hendrix College
•John Brown University
•Lyon College
•Ouachita Baptist University
•Central Baptist College

 

加州 California

•Claremont Colleges
◦Claremont McKenna College
◦Harvey Mudd College
◦Pitzer College
◦Pomona College
◦Scripps College
•Concordia University, Irvine
•Deep Springs College
•Mills College
•Menlo College
•Mount St. Mary's College
•Occidental College
•Saint Mary's College of California
•San Diego Christian College
•Soka University of America
•Thomas Aquinas College
•Westmont College
•Whittier College

 

科罗拉多州 Colorado

•Adams State College
•Colorado College
•Fort Lewis College
•Western State College of Colorado

 

康涅狄格州 Connecticut

•Albertus Magnus College
•Connecticut College
•Mitchell College
•Saint Joseph College
•Trinity College
•Wesleyan University

 

福罗里达州 Florida

•Bethune–Cookman University
•Eckerd College
•Flagler College
•New College of Florida
•Palm Beach Atlantic University
•Rollins College
•Stetson University

 

乔治亚州 Georgia

•Agnes Scott College
•Berry College
•Covenant College
•Emmanuel College
•Georgia College and State University
•Morehouse College
•Morris Brown College
•Oglethorpe University
•Piedmont College
•Reinhardt College
•Southern Catholic College
•Spelman College
•Toccoa Falls College
•Wesleyan College

 

爱达荷州 Idaho

•College of Idaho
•Northwest Nazarene University

 

伊利诺伊州 Illinois

•Augustana College
•Blackburn College
•Eureka College
•Greenville College
•Illinois College
•Illinois Wesleyan University
•Judson University
•Knox College
•Lake Forest College
•MacMurray College
•McKendree University
•Millikin University
•Monmouth College
•North Central College
•Olivet Nazarene University
•Quincy University
•Rockford College
•Shimer College
•Trinity Christian College
•Wheaton College

 

印第安纳州 Indiana

•Bethel College
•DePauw University
•Earlham College
•Franklin College
•Goshen College
•Grace College
•Hanover College
•Marian University
•Saint Joseph's College
•Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
•Saint Mary's College
•Taylor University
•University of Evansville
•Wabash College

 

爱荷华州 Iowa

•Briar Cliff University
•Central College
•Coe College
•Cornell College
•Dordt College
•Grand View University
•Grinnell College
•Iowa Wesleyan College
•Loras College
•Luther College
•Morningside College
•Mount Mercy College
•Northwestern College
•Simpson College
•Waldorf College
•Wartburg College

 

堪萨斯州 Kansas

•Benedictine College
•Bethany College
•Bethel College
•Central Christian College
•McPherson College
•MidAmerica Nazarene University
•Sterling College

 

肯塔基州 Kentucky

•Alice Lloyd College
•Asbury University
•Berea College
•Centre College
•Georgetown College
•Kentucky Wesleyan College
•Midway College
•St. Catharine College
•Thomas More College
•Transylvania University
•Union College
•University of the Cumberlands

 

路易斯安娜州 Louisiana

•Centenary College of Louisiana
•Dillard University
•Louisiana College

 

缅因州 Maine

•College of the Atlantic
•Bates College
•Bowdoin College
•Colby College
•Saint Joseph's College of Maine
•Unity College
•University of Maine at Farmington
•University of Maine at Fort Kent

 

马里兰州 Maryland

•College of Notre Dame of Maryland
•Goucher College
•Hood College
•McDaniel College
•Stevenson University
•St. John's College
•St. Mary's College of Maryland
•Washington College

 

马萨诸塞州 Massachusetts

•Assumption College
•Bard College at Simon's Rock
•Bridgewater State College
•Clark University
•College of the Holy Cross
•Curry College
•Eastern Nazarene College
•Elms College
•Emerson College
•Emmanuel College
•Five Colleges
◦Amherst College
◦Hampshire College
◦Mount Holyoke College
◦Smith College
•Gordon College
•Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
•Merrimack College
•Mount Ida College
•Pine Manor College
•Regis College
•Simmons College
•Stonehill College
•Wellesley College
•Wheaton College
•Williams College

 

密歇根州 Michigan

•Adrian College
•Albion College
•Alma College
•Aquinas College
•Calvin College
•Concordia University
•Hillsdale College
•Hope College
•Kalamazoo College
•Madonna University
•Marygrove College
•Olivet College

 

明尼苏达州 Minnesota

•Bethany Lutheran College
•Carleton College
•College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
•Concordia College
•Gustavus Adolphus College
•Macalester College
•St. Olaf College
•University of Minnesota Morris

 

密西西比州 Mississippi

•Blue Mountain College
•Millsaps College
•Rust College
•Tougaloo College

 

密苏里州 Missouri

•College of the Ozarks
•Culver–Stockton College
•Evangel University
•Missouri Valley College
•Stephens College
•Truman State University
•Westminster College
•William Jewell College

 

蒙大拿州 Montana

•Carroll College

 

内布拉斯加州 Nebraska

•Dana College
•Doane College
•Hastings College
•Midland University
•Nebraska Wesleyan University

 

新罕布什尔州 New Hampshire

•Colby–Sawyer College
•Franklin Pierce University
•Keene State College
•Plymouth State University
•Saint Anselm College
•Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

 

新泽西州 New Jersey

•Caldwell College
•College of Saint Elizabeth
•Drew University
•Ramapo College

 

新墨西哥州 New Mexico

•College of Santa Fe
•St. John's College

 

纽约州 New York

•Adelphi University
•Bard College
•Barnard College
•Buffalo State College
•Canisius College
•Cazenovia College
•Colgate University
•College of Mount Saint Vincent
•Concordia College
•D'Youville College
•Elmira College
•Empire State College
•Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (a division of The New School university)
•Hamilton College
•Hartwick College
•Hobart and William Smith Colleges
•Houghton College
•Ithaca College
•Le Moyne College
•Keuka College
•The King's College
•Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
•Manhattan College
•Manhattanville College
•Marist College
•Marymount Manhattan College
•Medaille College
•Mercy College
•Mount Saint Mary College
•Nyack College
•St. Bonaventure University
•St. John Fisher College
•St. Lawrence University
•St. Thomas Aquinas College
•Sarah Lawrence College
•Siena College
•Skidmore College
•State University of New York at Fredonia
•State University of New York at Geneseo
•State University of New York at Plattsburgh
•Union College
•Vassar College
•Wagner College
•Wells College

 

北卡州 North Carolina

•Barton College
•Belmont Abbey College
•Bennett College
•Brevard College
•Catawba College
•Davidson College
•Elon University
•Greensboro College
•Guilford College
•High Point University
•Lenoir–Rhyne University
•Mars Hill College
•Meredith College
•Montreat College
•Mount Olive College
•North Carolina Wesleyan College
•Peace College
•Salem College
•University of North Carolina at Asheville
•University of North Carolina at Pembroke
•University of North Carolina at Wilmington
•Warren Wilson College

 

北达科塔州 North Dakota

•Jamestown College

 

俄亥俄州 Ohio

•Antioch College
•Baldwin–Wallace College
•Bluffton University
•College of Mount St. Joseph
•College of Wooster
•Denison University
•Mount Union College
•Heidelberg University
•Hiram College
•John Carroll University
•Kenyon College
•Malone University
•Miami University
•Mount Vernon Nazarene University
•Muskingum University
•Oberlin College
•Ohio Dominican University
•Ohio Wesleyan University
•Otterbein College
•Urbana University
•Wittenberg University

 

俄克拉荷马州 Oklahoma

•Bacone College
•Southern Nazarene University
•University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

 

俄勒冈州 Oregon

•George Fox University
•Gutenberg College
•Lewis & Clark College
•Linfield College
•Reed College
•Southern Oregon University
•Warner Pacific College
•Western Oregon University
•Willamette University

 

宾夕法尼亚州 Pennsylvania

•Albright College
•Allegheny College
•Bryn Mawr College
•Bucknell University
•Cedar Crest College
•Chatham University
•Dickinson College
•Elizabethtown College
•Franklin & Marshall College
•Gannon University
•Geneva College
•Gettysburg College
•Grove City College
•Haverford College
•Juniata College
•Keystone College
•King's College
•Lafayette College
•La Salle University
•Lebanon Valley College
•Lycoming College
•Mercyhurst College
•Messiah College
•Misericordia University
•Moravian College
•Muhlenberg College
•Point Park University
•Saint Vincent College
•Susquehanna University
•Swarthmore College
•Thiel College
•Ursinus College
•Washington & Jefferson College
•Waynesburg University
•Westminster College
•Wilson College
•York College of Pennsylvania

 

罗得岛州 Rhode Island

•Providence College
•Roger Williams University

 

南卡州 South Carolina

•Allen University
•Benedict College
•Columbia College
•College of Charleston
•Coker College
•Converse College
•Erskine College
•Francis Marion University
•Furman University
•Limestone College
•Morris College
•Newberry College
•North Greenville University
•Presbyterian College
•Winthrop University
•Wofford College

 

南达科塔州 South Dakota

•Augustana College
•Mount Marty College
•University of Sioux Falls

 

田纳西州 Tennessee

•Belmont University
•Bethel University
•Carson–Newman College
•Fisk University
•Lane College
•Lipscomb University
•Lincoln Memorial University
•Maryville College
•Martin Methodist College
•Milligan College
•Rhodes College
•Sewanee: The University of the South
•Union University

 

德克萨斯州 Texas

•Abilene Christian University
•Austin College
•College of Saint Thomas More
•Dallas Baptist University
•Midwestern State University
•St. Edward's University
•St. Mary's University
•Southwestern University
•Trinity University
•University of Dallas
•University of St. Thomas
•Wayland Baptist University

 

犹他州 Utah

•Westminster College

 

佛蒙特州 Vermont

•Bennington College
•Burlington College
•Castleton State College
•Green Mountain College
•Johnson State College
•Lyndon State College
•Marlboro College
•Middlebury College
•Saint Michael's College
•Southern Vermont College

 

弗吉尼亚州 Virginia

•Bridgewater College
•Christendom College
•Christopher Newport University
•Emory and Henry College
•Hampden–Sydney College
•Hollins University
•Lynchburg College
•Mary Baldwin College
•Randolph College
•Randolph–Macon College
•Roanoke College
•Southern Virginia University
•Sweet Briar College
•University of Mary Washington
•University of Richmond
•University of Virginia's College at Wise
•Virginia Wesleyan College
•Washington and Lee University

 

华盛顿州 Washington

•The Evergreen State College
•Gonzaga University
•Pacific Lutheran University
•University of Puget Sound
•University of Washington, Bothell
•Walla Walla University
•Whitman College
•Whitworth University

 

西弗吉尼亚州 West Virginia

•Alderson–Broaddus College
•Bethany College
•Davis & Elkins College
•Shepherd University
•West Virginia Wesleyan College
•Wheeling Jesuit University

 

威斯康辛州 Wisconsin

•Alverno College
•Beloit College
•Carroll University
•Carthage College
•Edgewood College
•Lawrence University
•Lakeland College
•Marian University
•Mount Mary College
•Northland College
•Ripon College
•St. Norbert College
•Silver Lake College
•Viterbo University
•University of Wisconsin–Superior
•Wisconsin Lutheran College

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