Mathematics LACs

[Anonymous]

How would you rank the top LACs for mathematics. Here's mine
1) Carleton
2) 3Cs (Claremont Mckenna, Pomona, Harvey Mudd)
3) Williams
4) Wellesley College
5) Reed
6) Haverford
one should consider course availability, outcomes, and quality of instructors.

[Anonymous]

Replace Wellesley with Swarthmore and Move it up to first, 6th should be Vassar

[Anonymous]

None. Who goes to a liberal arts college to major in mathematics? Go for gender theory or history of science or music, but let’s be for real- these institutions suck at real mathematics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Replace Wellesley with Swarthmore and Move it up to first, 6th should be Vassar

+1 . Got a very talented kid doing advanced Math at Swat. It is outstanding.

[Anonymous]

Williams. CMC. Harvey M. Swat.

[Anonymous]

Be careful in this thinking. I know that we overemphasize the importance of SAT results, but at least for math the SAT scores need to be looked at.

Most LAC's have very low SAT scores so the chances that your talented math kid will be sitting next to someone who couldn't break 720 on the math SAT is quite high! He might not enjoy that very much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Replace Wellesley with Swarthmore and Move it up to first, 6th should be Vassar

+1 . Got a very talented kid doing advanced Math at Swat. It is outstanding.

I concur.
Tenure Track Faculty At Swat: 18
Tenure Track Faculty At 3Cs: 38
Tenure Track Faculty at Williams: 12
Swat has invested heavily into a premier math program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful in this thinking. I know that we overemphasize the importance of SAT results, but at least for math the SAT scores need to be looked at.

Most LAC's have very low SAT scores so the chances that your talented math kid will be sitting next to someone who couldn't break 720 on the math SAT is quite high! He might not enjoy that very much.

Are you serious? These colleges are producing top math talent every year. They may not be making the Princeton Math PhD, but that's reserved for a very small sliver of INTERNATIONAL mathematical talent that skews towards pure geniuses. You have a great chance getting into a good graduate program in mathematic from all of these institutions.

And for the last time, the SAT has nothing to do with real analysis.

[Anonymous]

This site includes private LACs such as Williams, Amherst, Mudd, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Hamilton and Pomona:

2025 Best Colleges for Mathematics - College Transitions https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-mathematics/

Personally, I would remove CMC and add Haverford and Reed to this group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Williams. CMC. Harvey M. Swat.

This has to be a joke? Who ranks Claremont Mckenna above Harvey Mudd for mathematics? Swarthmore has surpassed Williams in math faculty, research funding, and placement into graduate training (https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs/#math). Harvey Mudd, Swat, Pomona, Williams is way more accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This site includes private LACs such as Williams, Amherst, Mudd, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Hamilton and Pomona:

2025 Best Colleges for Mathematics - College Transitions https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-mathematics/

Personally, I would remove CMC and add Haverford and Reed to this group.

Claremont Mckenna is a great choice if you like having a job and stability. All the others if you like instability and graduate training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This site includes private LACs such as Williams, Amherst, Mudd, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Hamilton and Pomona:

2025 Best Colleges for Mathematics - College Transitions https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-mathematics/

Personally, I would remove CMC and add Haverford and Reed to this group.

Claremont Mckenna is a great choice if you like having a job and stability. All the others if you like instability and graduate training.

In any case, CMC graduated a slim 7 math majors in a recent year, which would seem to make it an outlier among LACs that may graduate 30 or more.

College Navigator - Claremont McKenna College https://share.google/phx4OhuPTDRO00uzF

[Anonymous]

Amherst math is a beloved department, and in fact the largest one on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This site includes private LACs such as Williams, Amherst, Mudd, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Hamilton and Pomona:

2025 Best Colleges for Mathematics - College Transitions https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-mathematics/

Personally, I would remove CMC and add Haverford and Reed to this group.

Claremont Mckenna is a great choice if you like having a job and stability. All the others if you like instability and graduate training.

In any case, CMC graduated a slim 7 math majors in a recent year, which would seem to make it an outlier among LACs that may graduate 30 or more.

College Navigator - Claremont McKenna College https://share.google/phx4OhuPTDRO00uzF

Too busy getting jobs in economics. Also pretty impressive-they have more faculty than majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amherst math is a beloved department, and in fact the largest one on campus.

But mediocre.