Anonymous wrote:Overall endowments:

Middlebury: $1.6B
Wesleyan: $1.57B
Davidson: $1.4B
Denison: $1B

Less after today thanks to the tariffs.

Overall endowments:

Middlebury: $1.6B
Wesleyan: $1.57B
Davidson: $1.4B
Denison: $1B

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t Denison have by far the strongest endowment out of of these 4?

It’s endowment per student that matters. Based on the latest data, Davidson leads the pack by quite a bit. Davidson has about $650k/per student, Middlebury and Denison both have around $450k and Wesleyan has about $400k.

Anonymous wrote:I think they are close to equal for “elite ness” though older people may not know Denison. It’s more of an up and comer than the others.

As for fun, I think it depends on what you’re into. I’d visit and choose on gut feeling. There’s no wrong or right answer.

Lol. I have only heard of Denison because my grandfather went there

Doesn’t Denison have by far the strongest endowment out of of these 4?

All these schools are great, but Davidson is top-ranked. For years, Middlebury coasted on its reputation, but as metrics changed to outcomes, it ranked lower. Also, coming out of the Great Financial Crisis, Middlebury had some financial issues. Subsequently, it couldn’t compete as aggressively with other schools on financial aid and other investments.

You can’t go wrong with any of these schools.

Davidson is great. So is Denison. These are my son’s top two choices. Going the admitted student tours and then he will decide.

Heard good things about Middlebury and Wesleyan but don’t know them as well.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter loves Davidson. She also looked at Denison and Middlebury. She liked those too. Different parts of country but otherwise they all are small residential liberal arts schools with great academics.

I'm so glad! It's an amazing place to go to college for friendships, academics, athletics, beautiful campus, and business connections!

I like Wes, Denison and Midd. Don’t know much about Davidson. Not a huge fan of southern schools, but to each their own.

Anonymous wrote:By overall score in U.S. News, Middlebury places exactly between Williams and Denison.

These schools are so close academically, please don’t choose based on perceived “prestige” or the rankings. That’s foolish. People are splitting hairs here.

By overall score in U.S. News, Middlebury places exactly between Williams and Denison.

Wesleyan, Davidson, and Middlebury are great schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why am I the only one who automatically thought, two of these are at opposite extremes, so it looks like this:

Middlebury

Davidson
Wesleyan


Denison

Right? I mean Denison isn't remotely in the same league as Middlebury.

Um. You are saying the #36 ranked LAC isn’t in the same class with the #19 ranked LAC. Denison, Miss, Wes and Davidson are all cut from the same cloth. Great LACs.

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To be fair, up until a few years ago, Middlebury was consistently ranked in the top 10–even the top 5–until USNews changed its methodology. Denison has never broken the top 20.

Great list of LACs for a junior in my opinion.