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Old 03-12-2014, 09:42 PM
 
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Old 03-13-2014, 09:34 AM
 
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By definition, liberal arts colleges aren't universities and thus don't have graduate school programs.

The few that do have them do so in order to use the grad students as cheap faculty for teaching undergrads. But even schools with grad students rarely have them in the hard sciences, as most LACs don't have the facilities for upper level research. Grad school programs at most LACs, where they exist, are usually in stuff like education and the humanities.

The only LAC that I can think of with a decent grad school reputation in the sciences is Wesleyan, up in Connecticut. It's a college centered on undergraduates. But even it goes by the name Wesleyan University. So if you are looking for sciences and math, your best bet will be at a university. LACs with these programs are few and far between.
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