If money is a concern Ill be happy to inform you that liberal arts colleges are very generous in terms of grants/scholarships. Many (elite) have excellent networking opportunities post graduation and prepare you well for every graduate school. Employers are valuing these small college more and more because they provide them with balanced workers who have soft skills (from the humanities) and quantitative reasoning. An English degree may seem useless to one but when coupled with lets say an economics minor and an internship the once hungry applicant is now recieving numerous job offers. (Perspective of a Computer Science Major)