<p>I analyzed the US News data for 124 National Liberal Arts Colleges. Their Peer Assessment scores can be predicted quite well by a combination of:
student faculty ratio
SAT 25th percentile
acceptance rate
financial resources rank
percent of classes under 20
percent of full time faculty
alumni giving rate</p>
<p>The r-squared was .84. The Multiple R was .92.</p>
<p>Peer Assessment scores for the Liberal Arts Colleges can be predicted very accurately by quantitative data but not as accurately as National Universities.</p>