You don't even need to hedge that much. Quite a few non-PhD granting colleges offer superior education (not even arguably superior, just superior) than all but

You don't even need to hedge that much. Quite a few non-PhD granting colleges offer superior education (not even arguably superior, just superior) than all but the highest tier research universities, public or private. I won't pick too many examples lest this gets bogged down haggling over details, but basically, Swarthmore.