<p>Not being a school expert myself, I wanted to ask my fellow CCers (?) about these alternatives to normal universities. Since I'm applying for undergrad, I was looking into LACs, but saw that so many of them are far from the "action" of a big city and thus, at least in my mind, far from job opportunities and internships. I know I'm probably wrong, considering the level of some of those schools, but would still like to include on in my list. Possibly with a bigger student body that 1,000 (which also means more cute girls :P)</p>
<p>In Philadelphia suburbs: Swarthmore, Haverford, Ursinus.</p>
<p>In Chicago suburbs: Lake Forest</p>
<p>In Charlotte suburbs: Davidson</p>
<p>In St. Paul: Macalester</p>
<p>in Los Angeles: Occidental</p>
<p>In Colorado Springs: Colorado College</p>
<p>In Memphis: Rhodes</p>
<p>A little far but add Pomoma and Harvey Mudd for LA.</p>
<p>“Normal” universities? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>perhaps Rollins College in Orlando</p>
<p>NYC: Barnard (all girls school fyi)</p>
<p>This is the complete list of colleges categorized as Liberal Arts by the Carnegie Foundation and are located in mid to large size cities and have at least 1000 students, ordered by student body size. (source is IPEDS).</p>
<p>Christopher Newport University Newport News VA 4,916
University of Richmond Richmond VA 4,405
Lewis & Clark College Portland OR 3,584
College of the Holy Cross Worcester MA 2,899
Willamette University Salem OR 2,851
University of Dallas Irving TX 2,843
Guilford College Greensboro NC 2,828
University of Puget Sound Tacoma WA 2,823
Morehouse College Atlanta GA 2,586
Muhlenberg College Allentown PA 2,515
Trinity College Hartford CT 2,396
Barnard College New York NY 2,390
Eckerd College Saint Petersburg FL 2,346
Spelman College Atlanta GA 2,177
Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln NE 2,138
Occidental College Los Angeles CA 2,102
Marymount Manhattan College New York NY 2,095
Colorado College Colorado Springs CO 2,091
Macalester College Saint Paul MN 2,033
Rhodes College Memphis TN 1,721
Virginia Union University Richmond VA 1,667
Mills College Oakland CA 1,589
Birmingham Southern College Birmingham AL 1,542
Warner Pacific College Portland OR 1,536
Saint Augustines College Raleigh NC 1,508
Reed College Portland OR 1,477
University of Hawaii-West Oahu Pearl City HI 1,471
Coe College Cedar Rapids IA 1,357
Virginia Wesleyan College Norfolk VA 1,279
Greensboro College Greensboro NC 1,214
Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock AR 1,119
Transylvania University Lexington KY 1,110
Huntingdon College Montgomery AL 1,107
Salem College Winston Salem NC 1,063
Millsaps College Jackson MS 1,060</p>
<p>College of the Holy Cross (LAC ~ 3,000 students) is in Worcester, MA which is one of the largest cities in New England (but it’s not a very pretty city TBH haha). Worcester also has schools like Clark, WPI, and Assumption College. The school’s also 45 minutes-1 hour away from Boston which has plenty of schools so I don’t think meeting cute girls will be a problem when you’re surrounded by so much 
lol</p>