Having gone to both huge and tiny schools, in every case, I was happier with the smaller classes in the smaller schools than the larger classes in the larger schools. I had plenty of fantastic professors in the small classes, while I had too many boring drones in the large lectures.
There’s a personal connection to the teachers in the smaller classes that made a huge amount of difference to me. If I missed a class at the large school, the teacher wouldn’t notice nor care, and I started feeling that going to class wasn’t important. If I missed a class at the small school, the teacher would inquire as to where I’d been. I felt more invested in the smaller classes.