<p>“Would one pick a college for its study abroad programs? Many of these programs are open to students from other colleges. Is there a significant advantage to being a student at a school that runs 30 or more study abroad programs?”</p>
<p>I don’t know ANY college that runs 30 or more study abroad programs. And the best programs are filled or close to filled up by students from the sponsoring college. Smith’s 80-year-old programs in Paris and Florence usually take no more than 1 or 2 a year from other colleges, and the competition is fierce. All students live with families, take classes at the University of Florence or the Sorbonne, and have to sign a written pledge not to use English as part of the program. (They also have stiffer language requirements than most of the rest.) I don’t know that Earlham’s programs are even open to folks from other colleges, and they are usually oversubscribed. St. Olaf’s are rather unique “traveling” programs, which I think have required prep before and after, hence rendering them impossible for other students.</p>
<p>“any schools with world/global/international cultures and languages together as a discipline?”</p>
<p>Check out Kalamazoo and Macalester.</p>