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Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2017 OP
I'm an alum of #62. TexasTowelie Mar 2017 #1
No but Bowdoin was one of my dream schools back in the day... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #2
Brother attended Colby, elleng Mar 2017 #3
My alma mater is Texas A&M, lol Horse with no Name Mar 2017 #4
I'm an alumnus of Bates College, #14. royable Mar 2017 #5
The Claremont colleges have four on the top 25!! longship Mar 2017 #6
There is a fifth. It is called Pitzer College. They also have a graduate school StevieM Mar 2017 #9
Thanks. It's been years since I was in that area. nt longship Mar 2017 #10
Yep. Mine is in there. Squinch Mar 2017 #7
I went to Reed. panader0 Mar 2017 #8
My kid went to #15 mcar Mar 2017 #11
I'm an alum of #40 smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #12
Playboy ranked my college the top party school in the nation Brother Buzz Mar 2017 #13
What? llmart Mar 2017 #14
Hubby went to #51 AnnieBW Mar 2017 #15
I had an opportunity to attend Colorado College GreenEyedLefty Mar 2017 #16
Yep...#52....that was a while ago Sancho Mar 2017 #17
WTF? Where's Sweet Briar? no_hypocrisy Mar 2017 #18
I have a freshman at DePauw Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #19

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
2. No but Bowdoin was one of my dream schools back in the day...
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 07:42 PM
Mar 2017

Unfortunately, or fortunately however you want to look at it in retrospect, my folks would never have been able to afford the tuition.

royable

(1,264 posts)
5. I'm an alumnus of Bates College, #14.
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 07:50 PM
Mar 2017

It was an excellent school to attend and I am very glad that I did.

Thanks for the link!

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
9. There is a fifth. It is called Pitzer College. They also have a graduate school
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:17 PM
Mar 2017

called Claremont Graduate School.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
8. I went to Reed.
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:09 PM
Mar 2017

Okay, all I did was hang out for a music concert....
Signed, a graduate of the school of hard knocks.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
14. What?
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 09:31 PM
Mar 2017

No Trump University????


How is Virginia Military Institute a liberal arts college? I'm not that familiar with them.

GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
16. I had an opportunity to attend Colorado College
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 09:35 PM
Mar 2017

But I couldn't afford it. But I am happy with my University of Michigan degree.

Sancho

(9,067 posts)
17. Yep...#52....that was a while ago
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 09:43 PM
Mar 2017

I guess the question is whether a liberal arts education is desirable anymore. Many schools are under pressure to just teach "job skills".

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