<p>What is a baccalaureate college,and what is the difference between baccalaureate degree and Bachelor’s degree?</p>
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<p>I found baccalaureate colleges in wwww.Usnews.com…</p>
<p>Unless the groupings have changed, the main difference between LAC and BC is in the % of graduates earning degrees in liberal arts v others.</p>
<p>Okay…Can you Elaborate more… Thanks for info…</p>
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They are the same - just one word is closer to the Latin root than the other. The word “baccalaureate degree” is usually used to refer to the class of all 4-year undergraduate degrees to distinguish that degree from a PhD or a high school diploma (e.g. one could say that a graduate fellowship requires a baccalaureate degree), and the word “Bachelor’s degree” is used both for the type of degree and one specific instance of it (a “Bachelor of Science in Microbiology” from the University of Minnesota). </p>
<p>But they are actually the same. A few college try to be fancy and call their degrees AB instead of BA, because they use the Latin version and the word order is different in Latin. But really, it’s all the same.</p>
<p>What is a baccalaureate college? are these same as other colleges(LAC). Thank you</p>
<p>A “baccalaureate college” would be an institution that only offers undergraduate degrees. Most of these institutions are liberal arts colleges (LAC) type, but some have a technical or business focus.</p>
<p>Ohh okay…This is what I found out…Tell Me if I am right or wrong.</p>
<p>Baccalaureate colleges are a type of Liberal Arts colleges, But offering lesser number of degrees compared to LAC.</p>
<p>Why is Harvey Mudd classified as an LAC, not a BA college?</p>
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Because they award less than 50% of their degrees in engineering, and the rest in liberal arts (sciences). </p>
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It’s the other way round. A liberal arts college focuses on liberal arts, e.g. sciences, literature, history, sociology, etc. They might offer a few professional degrees (most frequently engineering) as well, but typically the professional majors are well integrated into the liberal arts framework as well. For example, an engineering major at Swarthmore (a liberal arts college) requires only 20 courses in sciences and engineering, leaving 12 courses to be taken in humanities and social sciences. An engineering major at a more specialized school typically involves more sciences and less humanities and social sciences.</p>
<p>A baccelaureate college on the other hand refers to any undergraduate college, some of which might focus on subjects other than liberal arts (e.g. engineering, business, nursing, athletic training, etc). For US News purposes, a liberal arts college awards at least 50% of its degrees in liberal arts and a baccelaureate college less than 50%.</p>
<p>Oh.Thank you… So if I studied in a baccalaureate college, and I am majoring in computer science. I can expect to have more Focus on particular subject only(Computer science). Right?.. Seems okay to me… I don’t have to focus on extra subjects…which I don’t like…</p>
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Possibly but not necessarily. Every college or university has its own curriculum. I think you are better off researching several dozen potential colleges than relying on an arbitrary US News classification. FYI, you would probably get the most specialized computer science education at a National University in the US News classification because big universities have more resources and bigger computer science departments than small colleges. And the top colleges in the National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges sections are much more selective (and “prestigious”) than the top Baccalaureate Colleges.</p>
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<p>Thank you Very much for your detailed explanation. You have been a great help.</p>
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