Centre College

• Centre College in Danville, Kentucky is a private liberal arts college that serves a student population of just over 1,100. In 2010, Forbes listed Centre as the number one college in the South and the number 14 college in the country. Center has high academic standards, with more than 80 percent of its student body ranked in the top 25 percent of their high school classes. Students here enjoy a faculty-to-student ratio of 11-to-one and choose from around 30 different majors, including biochemistry, behavioral neuroscience, art history and Spanish.
  
  

Berry College

• Berry College in Rome, Georgia has a student body population of just under 2,000. This private, co-educational college sits on the world's largest contiguous college campus; it spreads over more than 26,000 acres of meadows, woodlands and streams. This college has been ranked as being within the top tier of liberal arts colleges in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report. Students here enjoy a 12.4-to-one student-to-faculty ratio and academic programs in business, education, the humanities and the sciences.
  
  

Xavier University of Louisiana

• Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans has a student body population of around 3,300 students. It is the only historically black Catholic university in the United States, and is ranked first by the U.S. Department of Education for the number of African American students earning undergraduate degrees in the biological and physical sciences. Xavier offers programs in its 18 academic departments, including engineering, business and the humanities.
  
  

Davidson College

• Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina serves a student population of around 1,800 students. Established as a Presbyterian college in 1837, this private liberal arts college offers 21 majors and 12 academic concentrations to students. This college competes in 21 sports in the NCAA Division I and boasts exemplary alumni whose numbers include 23 Rhodes scholars. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10-to-one and an average class size of 15, students here enjoy a personal and rigorous academic experience.