<p>One of my criteria for picking a college was that I could study Sanskrit if I decided I wanted to. I never decided to, I never seriously considered it, but I still think (for me) that was a good criterion.</p>
<p>If you are interested in languages, and might seriously consider wanting to study some less-popular languages in any kind of depth, that narrows your options considerably, and essentially rules out the vast majority of smaller colleges.</p>