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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This school has the name of Robert E. Lee on it.  Whatever works for you, but I wouldn’t want to deal with that during a job interview (and 95 percent of employers haven’t heard of either of these schools, I would guess).[/quote]

Poor guess. Look at outcomes. Kiplingers and The Economist both point out the remarkable impact of W&L. I think W&L came out first in their initial rankings.  Of course all colleges have regional awareness, and I’m ashamed to admit I’d never heard of the awesome Claremont colleges before my kids began looking. [/quote]

W&L did rank first in the Economist "Value Add" ranking, meaning actual income exceeds predicted income by the widest margin of all U.S. universities.  It appears to be behind a paywall here: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2015/10/29/our-first-ever-college-rankings

There is a similar ranking by the Center on Education and the Workforce https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/college-rankings/#interactive  W&L ranks 4th. It makes adjustments for the mix of majors and selectivity.  W&L actual median earnings were $77,600 and predicted earnings were $60,400, a "value add" of $17,200.  CMC had actual median earnings of $63,600 and projected earnings of $59,500, ranking 307.

The original question was about the prestige of these schools.  I don't like the word prestige because it is relative, but these are clearly highly rated LACs.  Given how different and far apart they are, though, the better question might be which is the better fit.  LACs are all about fit.  This is one of the reasons selective LACs have such loyal alumni.

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