<p>In most respects, the undergraduate arts & science programs at many universities are not very different from what you’d find at a LAC. The main difference is that liberal arts colleges (like Harvey Mudd and Pomona) have no (or few) graduate degree programs. Usually they have < 3000 undergraduate students. A university like Yale would have more large classes (> 50 students), but also a wider variety of courses, than a LAC like Pomona. In addition, a university like Yale has many graduate degree programs (including PhD, law and medical degree programs.)</p>
<p>Universities also are more likely to have undergraduate programs in pre-professional fields such as business, journalism/communications, and engineering. Harvey Mudd is one of the few LACs that has engineering programs. However, there are some universities whose undergraduate programs focus almost exclusively on the arts and sciences.</p>