Liberal arts college for math?

[Anonymous]

DS wants a liberal arts college strong in math but doesn't want to be in the middle of nowhere for 4 years. Is the quality of the following schools anything like Williams: Pomona, Swarthmore/Haverford, Reed, Occidental, Macalester. He can't imagine himself in a small town for college, but we may have to steer him towards universities like Uchicago for the type of math education he is seeking.

[Anonymous]

I'd argue three of the mentioned schools have better math departments than Williams, but I don't wish to be burnt by the DCUM crowd for heresy.

All of these are wonderful choices, though there is a dip after Reed. Getting university research opportunities will be important for DS, so make sure students are placing well into REUs-which is likely true of all of these colleges.

[Anonymous]

What is he looking for? What type of math? PhD in his future? The answer to your question depends on these.

[Anonymous]

Villanova has a track record for math majors.

[Anonymous]

Pomona very strong for math and can cross enroll too at Mudd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is he looking for? What type of math? PhD in his future? The answer to your question depends on these.

This. For example, Reed sends a lot of students to PhD programs, but recruitment for investment banks is lower.

[Anonymous]

Math is one of the liberal arts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Villanova has a track record for math majors.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Villanova has a track record for math majors.

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Anonymous wrote:Villanova has a track record for math majors.

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Villanova:The Papacy :: Bucknell:The Street

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Villanova has a track record for math majors.

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Villanova:The Papacy :: Bucknell:The Street

10/10

[Anonymous]

As a basis for comparison of the mathematics communities at liberal arts colleges, you can view them by number of majors through IPEDS. Williams, for example, graduated 22 mathematics majors and 7 statistics majors in a recent year:

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Williams&s=all&id=168342#programs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Villanova has a track record for math majors.

Hahahaha yup

Villanova:The Papacy :: Bucknell:The Street

Villanova has a pipeline to The Vatican.

[Anonymous]

The Princeton Review offers a sampling of schools strong in math, “Great Schools for Mathematics & Statistics Majors," should you want to seek this resource.

[Anonymous]

Very strong schools for math.