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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think more LACs need to strengthen in engineering and CS in order to rise in popularity.

Harvey Mudd is well positioned to rise. And other STEM-oriented LACs like Carleton. Swarthmore too. Wes is also strong in STEM.[/quote]
 Both mudd and swarthmore hardly have that many engineering majors compared to cs or math. [/quote]
At Swarthmore, Engineering was the most popular major last year. [/quote]
I seriously doubt this when just 3 years ago economics had 3 times the amount of grads as engineering: https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/institutional-research/Swarthmore%20Gradstats%202022.pdf[/quote]

https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/1023-admitted-to-swarthmore-class-2024

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Oh, so engineering isn't actually the most popular major—it's just one that many freshmen express interest in when they start. As shown by institutional research, far fewer students end up graduating with an engineering degree, and it's not even among the top five most common majors for Swarthmore graduates.[/quote]

Engineering is the most popular intended major among the admitted students. Next, in order, are political science, economics, biology, computer science, English literature, mathematics and statistics, philosophy, biochemistry, environmental science, history, and psychology.[/quote]
Yes, I read your source. But clearly something happens between freshman and senior year to where economics majors are 3x as likely as engineering.[/quote]

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