NRR - Best Liberal Arts School for Math

This is LetsRun, not LetsRatio.

Dartmouth is good

It's also not 'let's acronym'. Think: What does NRR stand for?

St. Olaf?

Link wrote:

It's also not 'let's acronym'. Think: What does NRR stand for?

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Nice one Donno

Link wrote:

1. Mudd

2. Amherst

3. St. Olaf

Agree? Disagree? Others?

If you really want to study math, don't go to a Liberal Arts school, go to a large state school with a big research budget. Bonus points if they throw a lot of money into physics research.

science major wrote:

If you really want to study math, don't go to a Liberal Arts school, go to a large state school with a big research budget. Bonus points if they throw a lot of money into physics research.

If we're going to bring in schools other than liberal arts schools, I'd put MIT over any large state school.

Bear of Bad News wrote:

science major wrote:

If you really want to study math, don't go to a Liberal Arts school, go to a large state school with a big research budget. Bonus points if they throw a lot of money into physics research.

If we're going to bring in schools other than liberal arts schools, I'd put MIT over any large state school.

If the OP is considering a liberal arts school in the first place, and isn't a bibliophilic intellectual who just wants a quiet place to think and learn about the world, a decent state school is likely more achievable than MIT.

Look at Reed

www.reed.edu

Although Harvey Mudd is probably one of the better Liberal Arts schools for math and engineering.

Any particular reason on why a liberal arts school?

science major wrote:

If the OP is considering a liberal arts school in the first place, and isn't a bibliophilic intellectual who just wants a quiet place to think and learn about the world, a decent state school is likely more achievable than MIT.

Yeah, you're probably right. I guess the desire to go to a liberal arts school in the first place shows a desire for a rounded education as well, which isn't really the MIT focus.

for a liberal arts school, Williams is very good for math, and they even have a respected summer math program. I had some excellent teachers in two years of math there: Morgan (the soap bubble geometry guy), Park (the theoretical physics guy who wrote the Farther Shore, a history of time), the harpsichord guy (Victor something), Adams? (a young guy), and some others.

Link wrote:

1. Mudd

2. Amherst

3. Northfield Community College

Agree? Disagree? Others?

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Really, what were you thinking when you made this list? Mudd isn't even a liberal arts school!

Thank you for the responses. I myself am not interested in finding such a college. It's for a friend. The question ended up in my lap, because I have a PhD in mathematics. However, my entire education has been at large public schools (A^2...). When I got the email, I was wasting time on letsrun, so that's how I ended up posting the question here. I know there's lots of college students on here, or recent grads, so I figured some of you might be able to give some honest first hand accounts. I included Mudd because I think when my friend said 'liberal arts' she meant 'small and focused on teaching'. I do understand what you're saying about Mudd. When most people think 'liberal arts' they think only of the humanities. Three of the original quadrivium were math and science, though, you know. And, of course, Harvey Mudd describes itself as a liberal arts school

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consortium_of_Liberal_Arts_Colleges

Oh, and I included St. Olaf's because they have that wonderful trip abroad for math majors.

When I think of liberal arts, I don't just think of the humanities, I think of math, science, AND humanities. My understanding of Mudd is that it focuses heavily on engineering, hard sciences, and math, without much emphasis on the humanities. St. Olaf is known for its music program, but not math.

*US News and World Report Top 7 Liberal Arts Schools for Maths*

1. Cleveland State University

2. Cuyahoga Community College

3. Baldwin Wallace

4. ITT-Tech Institute for da "Ruhtard"

5. University of Phoenix (Online Campus Only)

6. Heidelberg University

7. Otterbein

Thiz iz legitz i swearz

A couple of the professors at my school (a rival school no less) said Harvard's program was really top-notch. I think the Chicago one is pretty well known also. Do these not count as liberal arts?

Lies!!!!

Cleveland State U. !! = #1 !!!

Mudd springs immediately to mind. It is very focused, but still a top notch liberal arts school.