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According to collegeboard.com, the only Top 20-ranked LAC with more than 5% in engineering/computer science is Harvey Mudd (55%).
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<p>CollegeBoard is wrong then. Although it varies from year to year, Swarthmore averages above 5% engineering majors plus computer science majors.</p>
<p>Engineering:
2005 7.4%
2006 6.4%
2007 4.0%
2008 4.9%</p>
<p>Computer Science:
2005 2.9%
2006 2.6%
2007 3.4%
2008 4.4%</p>
<p>id,
Thanks for the data on Swarthmore. This is one of the problems with collegeboard's data as it only lists those majors which have a 5% representation. They list Engineering and Computer Science separately and, as you numbers show, neither had a 5% level in the latest year. </p>
<p>Ideally, in making these comparisons, one would use the CDS for each school as it provides the level of detail that you provide for Swarthmore, but unfortunately too many schools don't publish a CDS and thus apples-to-apples comparisons are only possible using centralized sources such as collegeboard.</p>
<p>The other problem is that it is statistical foolishness to base any conclusions on a one-year sample for a small liberal arts college with only 350 to 400 in a graduating class. The year to year fluctuations can be staggering, especially when you start looking at small subgroups like an ethnic category or engineering majors.</p>