<p>Can anyone name a few? I’m really looking for some small Liberal Arts Colleges in the North East, with no graduate schools attached.</p>
<p>The only one I can think of is Holy Cross. Anyone else? :)</p>
<p>The service academies (USMA, USNA, USAFA) come to mind.</p>
<p>Virtually all liberal arts colleges will be undergrad-only. The addition of a graduate school turns a “college” into a “university.”</p>
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<p>Gadad & IBclass are on the spot. Since you mentioned Holy Cross, many of the other members of the Patriot league are colleges (Bucknell, Colgate and Lafayette) even tho’ Colgate is listed as a University, they only offer one graduate degree in teaching and I believe there are fewer than 20 students in that program…probably similar at Bucknell.
Good luck.</p>
<p>Hmmm no service academies for me. </p>
<p>And thanks everyone I guess I didn’t realize that most LACs are undergrad only. The few I’ve looked at do actually have grad schools (ie. Clark U and Trinity-CT ).</p>
<p>Those few are considered to be “LAC-like” universities. They have many similar characteristics of liberal arts colleges due to their small size and their “single” college situation.</p>
<p>Tcnj…</p>
<p>Depending on your scores and interests, there will be quite a few choices–PA alone has over a dozen good options
Bear in mind that the “university” label does not mean there are a lot of graduate studnets</p>
<p>All liberal arts except Wesleyan</p>
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Incorrect.</p>
<p>Many LACs (Bryn Mawr, Williams, Colgate, Washington & Lee, Oberlin, Furman, Sewanee, Hollins, and others) have a few graduate students.</p>
<p>^^ Also, Wesleyan has very few graduate students. It’s primarily undergraduate.</p>
<p>smilemyonly - Keep in mind that even though some liberal arts colleges have graduate students, they don’t have graduate “schools,” like you mentioned in your original post. In other words, the focus is still on the undergraduate. As mentioned above, many LACs have graduate students (even if called ____ College). LAC’s are not set up like research universities with their undergrad college and separate graduate schools. LACs have their unergrads, and simply “graduate programs” tacked on. </p>
<p>Trinity, for example, only has 150 graduate students compared to 2,100 undergrads. Williams has 50 graduate students and 2,000 grad students. Wesleyan has 175 graduate students and 2,800 undergrads, etc.</p>
<p>I really think you should focus on LAC vs. research university instead of “are there graduate students vs. no graduate students?” The undergrad environment at Colgate, Williams, Wesleyan, etc. is virtually identical to schools like Amherst and Bowdoin (that don’t have any graduate students). A good way to differentiate is using the US News rankings (not for the numbers, just for classification), which employ the Carnegie classifications that distinguish between the LACs and research universities.</p>
<p>Wesleyan has an interesting history… it was chartered as Wesleyan “University” in 1831 despite being undergraduate-only through the 1960’s.</p>
<p>Yeah I completely see your point. I really want a tiny school that focuses on undergrad. Preferable less than 3,000. I really dislike the use of TAs and am trying to find colleges that don’t utilize them. Thanks I’ll definitely look into that further.</p>
<p>Lafayette College in Easton, PA is 2400 undergrads (no grad students). Not sure what you are looking for beyond that.</p>