Small private schools vs big state schools?

tk21769
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:34:52 +0000

^ Always?
Small schools necessarily have fewer course offerings.
Usually they have fewer majors. Many small colleges (LACs) have no engineering or other pre-professional programs. They may lack very advanced laboratory equipment or significant library holdings in many fields. Even in some fairly popular fields, they may only have a few faculty members.

Personally, I think small classes and a high level of student-faculty engagement do tend to trump all these disadvantages. However, that won’t be the case for everyone.