Most CCs, even those with a large number of students studying liberal arts subjects to prepare for transfer to a four year school, have a larger number of students studying pre-professional subjects in pursuit of associates degrees, vocational certificates, or just completion of a few relevant courses for their professional goals.
In any case, the flowchart at http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/downloads/CCIHE2015-FlowCharts-01Feb16.pdf has a completely separate branch for schools that mainly confer associates degrees, versus the branch for schools that mainly confer bachelor’s degrees.
Presumably, LACs are what the flowchart calls “Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus” which have these characteristics:
- 4 year degrees as main focus
- <50 master’s degrees
- <20 research doctorates
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=50% of baccalaureate degrees in arts and sciences
The flowchart says that there are 259 such schools. Note that overall size of the school is not part of the classification. Harvey Mudd does fit into this category.