<p>By the way, my son looked at the endowment figures per student when he decided to apply ED to Swarthmore, as he felt that was an important factor in choosing an LAC. These statistics are widely published, and although reflected indirectly as in the factors that id mentioned, are also obviously a direct influence. </p>
<p>It is so expensive to run an LAC successfully and money only can help the quality of the education available at Swarthmore, which is a superb institution.</p>