@ucbalumnus Isn’t it true that liberal arts colleges produce more PhDs in Econ per capita?
“Isn’t it true that liberal arts colleges produce more PhDs in econ per capita?” (#20)
From, “The Undergraduate Origin of Ph.D. Economists” (2006):
Currently, 18 of the 25 American undergraduate institutions that send the largest percentage of their graduating class on to earn a Ph.D. in economics are liberal arts colleges. Graduates of liberal arts colleges also have shorter time-to-degree and higher verbal GRE scores than other economics Ph.D. students.
It is also true that a child who has a parent that is a PhD is 3 to 5 times more likely to attend an LAC.
^That’s interesting…
At what point does one enter a Ph. D program? Do kids do the GRE senior year and apply again, or must they do a masters first?
Siegfried & Stock published a paper on the UNDERGRADUATE ORIGINS OF PH.D. ECONOMISTS in 2006.
http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/VUECON/vu06-w11.pdf
See table 4 (Institution Size Normalized Top American Sources of Eventual Economics ).
The top 5 are all LACs.
Also see table 5 (Economics Program-Size Normalized Top American Sources of Eventual Economics Ph.D.s, 1997-2003)
7 of the top 10 are LACs.
That paper may be a bit out of date, but I doubt the PhD production patterns have changed too much with respect to this question. Of course, it may be the case that higher concentrations of LAC alumni choose to pursue PhDs in the first place (for whatever reason.)
In most cases, students commonly enter PhD programs with their bachelor’s degrees. Those intending to go on to PhD study immediately after undergraduate apply (and take GRE as needed) during their senior years.