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<p>That is not true for Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst. All three are at well over 50%. 89% of Swat grads go on to some kind of additional schooling within 6 years. I think the number is 70% at Amherst. </p>
<p>The only number I’ve seen for Williams is that 57% of the classes of '85 and '86 received an additional degree. That’s not really an apples to apples number, but it’s certainly well above half.</p>
<p>You can say that any school suffers from not having tremendous depth in every department. For example, Williams suffers by not offering a single engineering course, let alone an ABET accredited degree. Swarthmore suffers (I suppose) by not sending many grads into the New York museum scene. U Mich, which presumably offers every major under the sun in depth, suffers by having 250 people in a class and TAs who can’t speak English. You pick your poison.</p>
<p>We have a little art history interest in family (my wife was an Eph art history major) and “the girls” have done a lot o museums together since D was toddler (and a Van Gogh fan). D doesn’t seem to be suffering too greatly in her Art History class at Swat despite the small department. She absolutely loves the course. It probably suits her better than her major is substantial with 11 full-time professors and 20 majors last year compared to not so strong at Williams. So far, she’s had three seminars in her major, each with under 10 students.</p>