I intend to study applied math, I am considerring liberal arts colleges, can anyone give me some advice, which liberal arts colleges are good at applied math program ?
Thank you very much.
hmmm… look into davidson, swarthmore, harvey mudd (a miniature caltech), and maybe union in new york.
You can look at the school website to see what courses offered at any LAC you are interested in.
What are your stats?
What’s your EFC? Will you need any merit aid?
These liberal arts colleges are among those that appear in a Princeton Review sampling, “Great Schools for Mathematics Majors”:
Harvey Mudd
Bowdoin
Hamilton
Haverford
Carleton
Grinnell
Reed
Macalester
St. Olaf
You can review the math department websites for these schools for specific information on their curricula.
This is a table I made showing # of undergrad alumni who go on to get PhDs in different hard science fields. Even if your goal is not a PhD, a large # in the math column indicates a large and strong math department, relative to other LACs.
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19572642/#Comment_19572642
The LACs that produce a lot of future math PhDs are (in order) Harvey Mudd, Williams, St Olaf, Carleton, Oberlin, Pomona, Swarthmore, Reed, Whitman. Haverford is also quite high considering how small it is. I’m pretty sure all of these meet full-need (financial aid). If you are high stats, you can also get merit aid from St Olaf and Oberlin and to a lesser degree Whitman. Those 3 (and Reed) are somewhat easier to get into also; the rest will require top stats for entry. There are aso a bunch of “mid-tier” LACs that produce relatively high #s of future math PhD (>15 or so in the table). Again PhD might not be your goal, but it is an indicator of dept strength and size.
Given that LACs are small, you should study their dept info to make sure they have the type of applied math your are looking for. My D is a math major at St Olaf, so if you have questions about their dept I might be able to give some insight on their program.
That’s a helpful list, and remember if you’re considering Haverford, then also consider Bryn Mawr, as they share curricula and campuses. You can freely cross register at either if you attend one. I think that also goes for Swarthmore. If you’re at Bryn Mawr, then whatever Swarthmore and Haverford offer, you can also take if you’re a Bryn Mawr student.