<p>Also, adjusting for size would be very inaccurate because the size of schools have changed over the years considerably, especially when you consider both grad and undergrad populations.</p>
<p>SMU was tied on the Forbes list not the NNBD list.</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Princeton are still double of the size of the average LAC and also have some graduate programs in addition. </p>
<p>Brown also has no business school or law school, which is going to disproportionately hurt them in this kind of ranking; not to mention on the margin the type of student attracted to Brown is not as relatively money-seeking.</p>