<p>Looking through the academics offered at many of the LAC's, we're noticing that you can do premed and prelaw easily. But not so much for accounting and finance. I guess the LAC's provide a lovely education for preprofessional degrees, but if you want to prep in your undergraduate education for something like accounting or engineering, you need to find a different type of school. </p>
<p>Frustrating - my son would do well combining LAC curriculum with some accounting, I think... it's being hard to find the size of school he wants (around 5000) with the type of program he wants (LA curriculum with coumputer science and possibly some accounting) in New England, NY, PA.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh has a strong computer science program and about 5,000 undergrads. (But grad students bring enrollment up closer to 10,000.)</p>
<p>that’s a tough one, the only schools i could really offer, even though they’re not in new england, would be northwestern and rice.</p>
<p>dartmouth is often hailed for being very undergraduate-focused and having more of a LAC environment, though whether they offer comp sci or accounting is something that someone else would have to answer.</p>
<p>U of Rochester is one of those small Universities with a LAC feel. Based on list mominva provided, U of Rochester is newly accredited in accounting. They also have a very fine graduate school of business.</p>
<p>^^ neither does northwestern or rice to my knowledge, however a lot of these schools do have accounting classes you can take (most schools with strong econ programs likely will)</p>
<p>In addition to LACs, many Unis do not offer accounting either. Of the UCs for example, only a couple offer it: Berkeley & Riverside have an undergrad biz school, but UCLA does not.</p>
<p>It’s not surprising that Liberal Arts Colleges generally don’t have what you might call “career training” courses like accounting, since their goal is to provide a liberal arts education. I think it’s easier to find LACs with engineering programs than accounting: Swarthmore is one notable example.</p>
<p>Siena College in Loudonville, NY is a LAC, pretty much, that is accredited in accounting. And there are some smaller schools in Massachusetts like Babson and Bentley that have a business emphasis that you might want to check out. And of course there is the undergraduate Wharton program at U Penn.</p>
<p>Sorry, I just went back up and reread, noticing that he wanted schools around 5000. That’s more a mid-sized U than a LAC. Northeastern in Boston is probably much bigger, but known for its coop programs, which might suit him.</p>
<p>Rider University in NJ is private with about 5,000 students. It’s a safety LA school but has a GREAT accounting program. Everyone gets jobs in that field with good firms once they graduate.</p>
<p>Accounting in the strict sense is not usually a Liberal Arts curriculum. You can find many LAC’s that offer accounting classes. But if not, then try business or economics. Or try a different type of school if accounting is the only thing you are really interested in doing.</p>
<p>None of my following suggestions fit your criteria exactly, but along with other posters I say check out:</p>
<p>Bentley
Hofstra
University of Richmond
University of Delaware
UMass Amherst (consortium provides a LAC paradise with the uni as a home base.) </p>
<p>My young cousin just graduated with an accounting degree from U of NH (not on list, but I know it provides it.) She was thrilled with her experience and immediately employed.</p>
<p>However, as other posters have stated, LAC education is antithetical to pursuing accounting. Pre-med is not really preprofessional. LAC’s provide an all around liberal arts education that would be the foundation to pursue accounting at the masters level.</p>
<p>Rider seems a good suggestion that Native NJ has made.</p>
<p>Also check out Susquehanna, Marist, Bryant, Babson, Ithaca, Northeastern, Syracuse and Quinnipiac. They don’t necessarily fit your exact criteria, but some might be what you are looking for (esp. Susquehanna, Marist, Ithaca, and Quinnipiac). Generally if you are looking at top LACs you are correct about the lack of an accounting program. Mythmom, has some good suggestions, as well as Rider. If you are looking at top LACs you probably won’t find an accounting major. Also, prelaw and premed are not usually majors. For example, someone premed would take the required sciences for med school, but they could be a bio major, or they could be a dance major. Actually, I know someone who was a dance major and then went to law school. I also kow someone who was a pharmacy major and then went on to law school.</p>
<p>“Frustrating - my son would do well combining LAC curriculum with some accounting, I think… it’s being hard to find the size of school he wants (around 5000) with the type of program he wants (LA curriculum with coumputer science and possibly some accounting) in New England, NY, PA.”</p>
<p>Schools with excellent accounting programs as well as strong liberal arts include George Washington, American University, University of Pittsburgh (especially in honors program), and, further from home, University of Denver and Santa Clara University.</p>
<p>(My d. is planning to combine international accounting with international studies/Arabic.)</p>
<p>Bentley college has a very strong liberal arts offering plus strong programs in business and accounting. In fact, you can take liberal arts at nearby Brandeis and get credit at Bentley. This comes quite close to being akin to a liberal arts college with accounting.</p>
<p>Check out Claremont McKenna,which is a LAC and has accounting/economics too. I don’t think it is AACSB accredited though and has limited offerings in accounting even though it does have accounting as a major.</p>
<p>Ooo, sorry, I forget to mention Lehigh! One of the best accounting programs in the country, and liberal arts to boot. Fully accredited, and ranked #6 in the country for undergraduate accounting programs by Business Week.</p>