<p>I was doing some research on CC's list of top liberal arts schools through the Princeton Review website. Liberal arts schools sound great for me, but one of the major turnoffs is the lack of diversity. I realize that not everyone probably dresses like their name is J.Crew, but I'm worried about the lack of diversity in both ethnicity and socio-economic background. </p>
<p>What do you guys think? Is this a well-known problem in liberal arts schools? Which liberal arts schools are making an effort to make their school more diverse?</p>
<p>Like all sizes of schools, some liberal arts colleges have pushed harder for diversity than others. Some of them are very diverse (in the context of elite educational institutions). </p>
<p>Of the super-selective colleges, Swarthmore, Amherst, and Wellesley are all very diverse racially/ethnically. Smith is extremely diverse socio-economically.</p>
<p>Of schools that are not quite so selective, Occidental and Agnes Scott have a high degree of diversity.</p>
<p>There is one counterbalancing factor among liberal arts colleges (assuming they have somewhat diverse student bodies). You have a good chance of meeting and getting to know those students who are very different from you. It's not just who is on campus, it's how they interact, and at a smaller residential school with small classes, that sort of interaction is facilitated. So a school which is somewhat less diverse than a large university may, in the end, be more meaningfully diverse to many students.</p>