<p>If you think that the quality of undergrad education has an influence on admission to and success in grad school, then this might be of interest (especially since the OP says that academics are her concern).</p>
<p>Percentage of graduates getting a PhD
Academic field: ALL</p>
<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database</p>
<p>Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database</p>
<p>Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period. Includes all NSF doctoral degrees inc. PhD, Divinity, etc., but not M.D. or Law. </p>
<p>1 35.8% California Institute of Technology
…
35 8.7% Johns Hopkins University
…
91 5.7% Tufts University
…
100 5.3% Southwestern University</p>
<p>??? ?.?% George Washington University
??? ?.?% University of Wisconsin - Madison</p>
<p>I left 1 and 100 in to show the wide range (mostly at the top).</p>