Difference between liberal arts college and national research college/university?

<p>More large LAC’s added</p>

<p>Some of the larger LAC’s with #of undergraduates
2,414 - Lafayette
2,614 - Smith College
2,854 - Wesleyan
2,884 - Colgate
2,899 - Holy Cross
2,925 - Univ. of Richmond
3,285 - Siena College
3,508 - Bucknell
3,845 - UNC Asheville</p>

<p>Some of the smaller Major Research Universities
967 — Caltech
1,474 - Pacific University
1,540 - University of LaVerne
2,333 - Clark University
3,262 - Rice
4,248 - Dartmouth
4,299 - MIT
4,781 - Lehigh
5,220 - Princeton
5,224 - Tufts
5,310 - Yale</p>