Liberal Arts Colleges with really good sciences

circuitrider
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:37:00 +0000

Wesleyan has an amazing string of having two winners and two finalists for the prestigious Apker prize in physics in recent years.

The Apker Prize is based on a national competition, in which we compete in the category of Ph.D. granting institutions, and are thus competing directly with universities such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale. In these past six years, Wesleyan is leading the nation, outdoing all our larger brethren research universities.”

Like physics, Wesleyan is the only top LAC that produces a significant number of doctoral students year in and year out in the sciences, about 5% of the student body. That translates into more upper level courses (very important for math majors) and a higher level of research available to undergraduates who want it.