<p>OP, Swarthmore is the only selective LAC that offers an engineering program. If that means they have a more robust Physics department idk, but worth investigating. The Science building at Swarthmore was hugely impressive. My D who’s a science nerd was positively gleeful there. Of course it’s eclipsed by the facilities at Yale and Stanford (only 2 unis we’ve seen) but at an LAC those facilities are all yours as an undergrad! And as nostalgic says, the profs are all yours too. That’s really pretty exciting. The small LAC’s we’ve looked at have research money for students starting freshman year and including summers. Pomona is so well funded that their new goal is to be able to fund student research for every student. They are pretty close already, I think, and that consortium with Harvey Mudd literally next door broadens your opportunities even more. But just out of curiosity, even in a school with fewer than 30 Physics classes how could you exhaust their course offerings?</p>