Do you guys know any good colleges that not only have a strong math/science program but also emphasizes the humanities?
Thanks
Liberal Arts schools in general would fit your criteria! Specific recommendations depend on the exact majors you’re interested in.
These colleges appear in a Princeton Review sampling, “Great Schools for Mathematics Majors,” and would generally also offer strong humanities programs:
Bowdoin
Bryn Mawr (if female)
Carleton
College of the Holy Cross
Grinnell
Hamilton
Harvard
Haverford
Harvey Mudd (consortium humanities options)
Macalester
Reed
St. Lawrence
St. Olaf
UChicago
URochester
Union College
You 100% should be going to a LAC. I’m a current double major at Grinnell in Economics and English, so I can speak to Grinnell’s strength in both the maths and the humanities. Please let me know if I can supply more information. I’ll even give you a personalized tour of the college if you visit. Application is free and there’s no supplemental essay, so it’s as easy as one click of a button. You should apply even if you are even remotely interested.
I wouldn’t say that OP should 100% go to a liberal arts college. “Strong in math, sciences, and humanities” describes a whole lot of colleges. For example, pretty much any top college could fit into that category - people may not typically think of places like Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Chicago, or Columbia as having strengths in math and the sciences, but they absolutely do. (That’s also true of a lot of public universities and non-elite universities, too.) On the other hand, MIT is a STEM-focused school but also has strong offerings in the humanities and social sciences as well.
There are a LOT of schools that are good in math, sciences, and the humanities.
I mean - LACs are a great idea, too! I went to one myself. But they’re definitely not the only option.
What else are you looking for in a college? What kind of experience do you want to have?
@juillet , I’m interested in a STEM related career, but also want to cater to the needs of our humanity.
Also, I am interested in clubs related to humanities (Conferences, MUN, debate, etc)
Yea I wouldn’t say 100% LAC but I just think that it’s a good place to start.
@realtrophies222 Steven R. Antonoff, an educational consultant from Denver, Colorado, compiled a list of colleges with excellent mathematics programs through his research and the input of numerous other higher education professionals.
The schools Juillet mentioned are listed. Note the diversity of schools.
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
California Institute of Technology
California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Clarkson University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Humboldt State University
Illinois Wesleyan University .
Johns Hopkins University.
Kansas State University
Lafayette College .
Louisiana State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Occidental College.
Oklahoma State University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Rice University.
SUNY — University at Buffalo.
Seattle University.
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Texas A&M International University.
The University of Texas at Austin.
Union College
University of California — Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Washington, Seattle.
Washington University in St. Louis.
Wellesley College
Yale University
Lafayette, Union, Lehigh, Bucknell and U of Rochester come to mind
I’d suggest taking a look at Rice - while it’s a STEM-heavy school, it also has wonderful humanities professors and courses and offers lots of organizations for humanities-based interests. There are also interdisciplinary programs (like the medical humanities program) that encompass both the humanities and STEM fields. All students have to take at least 9 hours in humanities, social science, and natural science/engineering, so you’d have opportunities to explore all fields. Most of the humanities majors only require 36-48 hours, so it’s feasible to double major with the hard sciences (which typically have higher hour requirements).
Lafayette, U of Rochester, Grinnell, and Lehigh are probably good schools for you to look at.
Wesleyan.
So much info missing like family income, available funds per year, east/west coast, cold/warm climate, etc.
Since I’m east coast these are my thoughts for both STEM and Humanities with potential debate rhetorics and other arts availability.
MIT, RPI, Carnegie Mellon, NYU