Does size matter when it comes to college campuses?
It is important if you are concerned about a faculty to student ratio, as well as the opportunities that are available to you. It depends also upon what you're pursuing academically. If, for instance, it's important to you to have a well-rounded experience, many times students will choose a liberal arts education, and a school that has an appropriate size in terms of a student to teacher ratio, as well as the variety of opportunities that are available. Smaller schools can feel like a small community, and many times the students appreciate that. Often the tuition is a little higher for a school like that, and that is a consideration. But many people choose to attend a larger school. Often they like that option because of the variety of resources that are available, particularly if someone is involved in science or engineering, it's very important to have a high-quality lab with the latest equipment, to have a faculty that are experts in their area. Although smaller and mid-sized schools offer those amenities, sometimes it's not always the case, and so it really does depend upon what the student seeks in their college experience, their total college experience - the social as well as the academic. Nothing beats actually going to the campus and getting the feel of the environment as well.
