<p>In the interest of accuracy:</p>
<p>If we assume that Wesleyan doesn’t spend a dime on the 600 graduate liberal arts students, then the per student spending is about $65,000 (inc. financial aid) compared to $79,000 per student at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>To answer the question about what increased spending buys, one part of the answer is smaller class sizes:</p>
<p>% of classes with fewer than 20 students
Swat: 74%
Wes: 62%</p>
<p>% of classes with 20 - 49 students
Swat: 24%
Wes: 32%</p>
<p>% of classes with 50+ students
Swat: 2%
Wes: 5%</p>
<p>If anyone can point me to the Wesleyan Common Data Set filings, I can provide further breakdowns of class size.</p>