Bates vs. Pitzer

In social science fields such as sociology and anthropology Pitzer would be very strong and rightfully has been recognized in this article:

http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/small-colleges/sociology-anthropology/

For economics (and probaby related public policy fields, i.e., government studies), Bates might be a stronger option:

https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html

Both of these schools support popular psychology departments with excellent course breadth and depth.

For humanities such as English literature, Pitzer’s offerings seem appealing.

By standardized scoring profiles, Bates and Pitzer appear pretty similar:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-610-smartest-colleges-in-america-2015-9