In terms of LACs, students from these colleges have received Apker Awards (for undergraduate research in physics):
Harvey Mudd
Williams
Swarthmore
Amherst
Haverford
Hamilton
Wesleyan
Colgate
Reed
Macalester
Middlebury
Oberlin
Mt. Holyoke
Franklin & Marshall
Bucknell
Of the above, these schools have had graduates who have won a Nobel Prize in a science field:
Swarthmore
Amherst
Haverford
Hamilton
Oberlin