Some surprising results for LACs when broken down by category.
The top two LACs–Amherst College & Williams College–rank quite high for “outcomes” at #19 (Amherst) and at #13 (Williams College), yet do poorly in the category of “Engagement Rank” finishing in the bottom 20% at >400 (a rank from #401 to #500).Engagement Rank is based on survey results regarding teaching and interactions with students and faculty.
The Engagement Rank category of “>400” is the same ranking received by CalTech, Princeton University, Haverford College, Middlebury College, Hamilton College, Kenyon College, and by Davidson College. Not bad company, but still disappointing.
Swarthmore College does well in the Engagement Rank category at #48–tied with Northwestern University, Rice University, and Duke University.
Engagement Rank = “how engaged students feel they are with their professors, their peers, and their education.”