<p>^^^In post #7, your second paragraph stated that liberal arts colleges offered no professional training. Yet Smith College, which I am going to assume you include as a liberal arts college, offers engineering (listed right there on its ‘majors’ page).</p>
<p>Most people familiar with higher education include engineering as a professional program.</p>
<p>I repeat: there are no absolute rules. Except, perhaps, “you’ll know one when you see one”.</p>