<p>My D did the same search last year - I think you have been given or already have all the fairly comprehensive Chinese programs small midwestern LACs offer. The best way to go about it is to look at each school’s East Asian website - see how many levels are offered, if they have Chinese literature courses, what the overseas affiliation is, how many profs, etc. The smaller the school the more carefully you need to plan.</p>
<p>For ‘medium’ sized schools - I believe Northwestern has a good Chinese program, check out U of C, and WUSTL as well. Obviously much depends on your stats.</p>