Liberal Arts Colleges with really good sciences

tk21769
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:20:24 +0000

The colleges mentioned above are excellent but very selective.
Keep in mind, too, that “science” covers a lot of ground. No college can cover all of it equally well.

Other LACs that seem to have good science programs/facilities include:
Oberlin
Colorado College (geology)
Grinnell
Connecticut College (botany)
St. Olaf (mathematics)
Lawrence University (physics)
Allegheny
Earlham (life sciences)
College of the Atlantic (environmental science)

I’ve listed these roughly in order of selectivity and noted a few areas of apparent strength in parentheses.

It would be hard to rank LACs in order of “science” strength. One metric you might want to consider is the percentage of alumni who go on to earn doctorates in areas that interest you. Here are NSF numbers showing the baccalaureate origins of U.S.-trained science & engineering PhD recipients:
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13323/
See especially table 4 (which adjusts for school size).

Here’s a tool you can use to compare colleges that at least offer a major in neuroscience (or some other field):