<p>@parent5656: That’s interesting, because I was looking at the same list and was thinking it contained relatively few liberal arts colleges. My kids’ school has a strong science program and sends many kids to liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>After having gone through the college process not so long ago with a science-oriented kid, I’ll say that a lot of liberal arts colleges have great science programs. Most of the ones we looked at had either build a new science center in the past 10 years or were in the process of building one. Studies by the National Science Foundation have shown that the schools that send the highest percentage of their students on to STEM PhDs are research universities and selective liberal arts colleges. So I wouldn’t let the presence of liberal arts colleges on the matriculation list dissuade you from SMS.</p>