<p>How do you know you don’t like 2 of the 5 professors in a small department? You meet them if that is your major or necessary to your major. This was a 4 year LAC, so my daughter would have needed to take 4-6 math classes even in the first 3 years for a 3+2 program. It was just too small a department. My kids had a preference for which APUSH teacher they wanted last year, so why wouldn’t they want an option a for calculus prof? I was in a smaller department at a major university. I knew most of the 20 or so profs in that department, so I’d pick classes from the ones I liked and avoid the ones I didn’t. In other departments, I’d ask people who they liked before picking an econ class or science class. Almost every class had more than one professor teaching it.</p>
<p>Some people like small and cozy, but I prefer more choices. Because I was in a smaller department, I knew most of the others and we often had the same classes through the years. I also hope my kids don’t have to transfer. They’ve been to 3 high schools, and I just hope they can have just one college on their resumes, so we didn’t want to pick a 2+2 or 2+3 program.</p>
<p>The OP didn’t say which state university it was, but I hardly think the quality at most flagships is just okay while the quality at small LACs is always superior. U of Virginia? Florida? Michigan? Plenty of quality for those who look for it. And plenty of options.</p>