Wesleyan has had a remarkable string of finalists for the Apker prize, four (4) over the last ten years, including two winners:
http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2014/09/09/hanakatafinalist/
What’s more remarkable is that all of Wesleyan’s finalists were competing in the PhD-granting institutional category because, despite being a LAC, it does offer advanced degrees in STEM and ethnomusicology.
Wesleyan also received over $2.9 million in research in the physical sciences in FY17 which compares favorably with Harvey Mudd and similarly undergraduate focused small colleges:
Wesleyan
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1424&id=h1
Harvey Mudd
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1171&id=h1
Reed
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=3217&id=h2
Carleton
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=2340&id=h1
Amherst
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=2115&id=h1