FWIW my D2 went to a different LAC that happened to make some noise about its prowess in neuroscience. Someone came on CC, some years ago, asking to compare it Northwestern in that field, so I looked. It turned out that it was, or seemed to me, all smoke & mirrors. Yes they had students doing research, but they had like no courses! Whereas Northwestern had lots of courses. There was no comparison.
So one suggestion would be look at the registrar’s list of courses actually given over the last two semesters at each institution and compare. It’s a lot easier to learn something if they actually teach it there.