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<p>Big state universities offer liberal arts courses as well – any engineering degree program will include required humanities and social studies breadth courses as specified by ABET to maintain accreditation (even Brown has breadth requirements for engineering majors even though it has no breadth requirements for other majors). However, it is true that double majoring is more difficult when one of the majors is in engineering, due to the relatively large number of course requirements (typically 15-25% humanities and social studies breadth, 25-30% math and science, and most of the rest engineering and computer science). The 3-2 type of programs do give an additional year’s worth of schedule space to fit in the second major, though they have some disadvantages as others have described (harder to get engineering internships, transfer may not be guaranteed, financial aid, etc.).</p>
<p>The advantage of small liberal arts colleges is not the breadth of courses (which is typically less at the small colleges) but (usually) the small college environment (smaller freshman and sophomore courses, more undergraduate focus). Whether it makes up for the usually smaller course selection depends on the student and the specific school.</p>