<p>The non-doctorate schools tend to be smaller. They will emphasize their smaller classes that are all taught by professors. For the intro classes that are lecture-recitation at larger universities, the lecture may be taught by a professor, but graduate teaching assistants usually handle the recitation sections. The professors at a non-doctoral school typically are teaching oriented, whereas at a PhD-granting school, the professors are focused on research. If you learn better in smaller settings with closer contact with teachers, a non-doctoral school might be better.</p>