What is a better, smaller, private college/university in the midwest?

Carlton, MacAllister and Grinnell are three that come to mind. Also, Beloit and Oberlin.

Midwest is a big area, you may want to close that down a little bit.

It’s not in the Midwest. St. John’s College is where I did my graduate work. They are phenomenal. They have 2 campuses: one in Annapolis, Maryland, and the other in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They use what’s called the Great Works Curriculum. You study primary texts, and sometimes in the original language. They have the highest per capita rate of students going on to higher degrees of all colleges in the US.

Oberlin and Northwestern University come to mind. Not sure the latter qualifies.

Here’s a random list article about “the best small colleges in the midwest” – not sure it’s right about that.

I have a friend that graduated from Oberlin and loved it but that was in 1970s. My ex’s uncle also graduated from Oberlin 1960, he also loved it.

Macalester College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Grinnell College
Carleton College
What are the intended Studies?

An old roommate did his first two years at Coe College in Ames, Iowa. It comes well recommended from various sources.

I would second @Hawaii_Jake and St John’s College. I wanted to go there when I was 18 but ended up at the University of California Santa Barbara.

History with possible minors in English or Literature or any combination of those. On way to get masters in Library Sciences.

@Acrylic Any of the above mentioned should give you a good liberal arts education, preparatory to getting an MLS. You want recommendations in the midwest but I’ll just mention that I went to Sarah Lawrence College in Ne York state and got a great education there (and then an MLS.)

Edit: “New” York State