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[quote=Anonymous]For flagships, look up the enrollment size of the liberal arts college.  Compare it to the size of the engineering college and the size of the business college.

Look at humanities degrees awarded (and social sciences if you believe econ, psych, and poli sci major count to offset STEM-centricity).

I went to Penn State (Honors College) and transferred to Pitt after freshman year. Pitt was very humanities and social science focused, and I was happy there.  At Penn State, Liberal Arts was the least prestigious college and there was little curriculum support for Honors College students in those majors.

My grad degree is in business from Michigan.  Michigan has a large variety of majors in LSA.  There are only a few graduates in some of them.  But LSA is a great option for undergrads.  My DC is there now and I'm envious every time I look through his course selection opportunities.

I would look at English major counts as a reasonable proxy for strength in the humanities.  Also the number of foreign language majors summed across languages.

And then, consider the number of majors in your child's intended field.

I would use 30 to 50 degrees a year at a flagship as an indication of a somewhat intimate program.  When there are only a handful, it's very important the school is a great fit and the faculty are a great fit.  Online research usually gives faculty bios and links to publications.[/quote]

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