<p>They are all good schools, but Sarah Lawrence and Bard are better known for humanity and social science. You really should go to their department websites to compare. For example, you will find the following information in Macalester’s Chemistry Department website:</p>
<p>Students graduating from Macalester’s Chemistry Department since 1998 have gone on to a wide variety of pursuits:</p>
<p>45% Have gone on to graduate school in chemistry (including bio-, physical, organic, analytical, and geochemistry).</p>
<p>14% Have gone on to further education in engineering (including chemical, civil, and nuclear engineering, as well as materials science)</p>
<p>10% Have gone on to medical school or MD/PhD programs</p>
<p>10% Have gone on to work in industry (including Pace Analytical,
Microsoft, Northwestern Hospital, and Medtronic)</p>
<p>8% Have gone on to graduate school in another science (including forensic science, microbiology, viticulture, molecular biology, and biophysics)</p>
<p>5% Have gone on to work in public health (including epidemiology, nursing, and women’s health)</p>
<p>5% Have gone into non-college teaching (mostly at the high school level)</p>
<p>1% Have gone on to non-science graduate education (Environmental Policy) </p>
<p>I will assume that Macalester Chemistry department is very strong since 69% of its graduates go to different graduate school. Macalester also has 8 professors in the department. If you check Sarah Lawrence’s website, you will find that it has 2 professors. </p>
<p>Bard has 4 professors but “The Bard chemistry program has a long history of students going on to graduate studies. In the last fifteen years, 58 students have graduated with a concentration in chemistry, 50% of whom were women and 70% of these chemistry graduates have continued their studies in graduate school or medical school. Students are required to complete a senior project in the senior year.” as per the website.</p>
<p>Franklin Marshall has impressively 14 professors. The department generally graduates between 12 and 20 chemistry majors per year. Over the past 15 years, 12 of these chemistry majors have garnered special awards such as NSF and ACS graduate fellowships, Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships, and Beckman fellowships. Three have been selected to receive the college’s most prestigious academic award, the Williamson Medal, at graduation. More than 70% of our chemistry majors have pursued postgraduate education by attending graduate school, medical school, or law school. </p>
<p>There are other factors to be considered too. Where you want to spend your next4 years. Macalester is in the city. Bard and Franklin Marshall are more rural. SLC is in the suburb.</p>
<p>Hope this will help. :)</p>