<p>I'm currently decding between Hamilton and Grinnell, I know Hamilton has a great econ program but I haven't really heard much abt Econ at Grinnell? How is it? And how connected to the real world is all classes in general for both Grinnell and Hamilton? Is it possible and easy for a Canadian student to find internships/jobs in the summer. And is it possible to get into really good business schools/find a good job after graduation? Which school would be better considering the above? Thanks! Oh, and any add. info on those two schools would be great!</p>
<p>Hamilton and Grinnell are both excellent schools with a lot to offer. Not taking anything away from Hamilton, it would be really hard to turn down Grinnell unless you have a specific reason to choose otherwise.</p>
<p>Grinnell not only has the largest per student endowment of any LAC in the country, it's the fourth largest of any school period. This translates into top-shelf facilities and programs, on par with any school in the country.</p>
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**Colleges/Universities: Endowment per Student for 2004**</p>
<ol>
<li>Princeton University $1,678,406 </li>
<li>Yale University $1,328,552 </li>
<li>Harvard University $1,278,283 </li>
<li>Grinnell College $893,666 </li>
<li>Pomona College $837,825 </li>
<li>Swarthmore College $789,735 </li>
<li>Williams College $748,146 </li>
<li>Rice University $723,909 </li>
<li>Stanford University $714,622 </li>
<li>Caltech $701,004 </li>
<li>Amherst College $698,469 </li>
<li>MIT $650,426 </li>
<li>Wellesley College $557,347 </li>
<li>Berea College $553,778 </li>
<li>Dartmouth College $486,734 </li>
<li>Wabash College $415,412 </li>
<li>Smith College $361,572<br></li>
<li>Emory University $358,322 </li>
<li>Bowdoin College $344,786 </li>
<li>Haverford College $336,788 </li>
<li>Washington University $327,601 </li>
<li>University of Notre Dame $317,991 </li>
<li>Claremont McKenna College $315,208 </li>
<li>Earlham College $309,135 </li>
<li>Middlebury College $306,253 </li>
<li>University of Chicago $293,211 </li>
<li>Hamilton College $287,572 </li>
<li>Macalester College $284,891 </li>
<li>Bryn Mawr College $280,279 </li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College $277,207 </li>
<li>Carleton College $274,779 </li>
<li>Vassar College $271,254 </li>
<li>Trinity University $269,780 </li>
<li>University of Richmond $268,827 </li>
<li>Univ of California, San Francisco $262,341 </li>
<li>Lafayette College $255,066 </li>
<li>Northwestern University $250,785 </li>
<li>Washington and Lee University $245,384 </li>
<li>Scripps College $242,171 </li>
<li>Brown University $239,584 </li>
<li>Colby College $232,952 </li>
<li>Duke University $232,650 </li>
<li>Vanderbilt University $230,054 </li>
<li>Columbia University $223,404 </li>
<li>Davidson College $222,963 </li>
<li>Southwestern University $218,710 </li>
<li>Oberlin College $218,498 </li>
<li>Mount Holyoke College $214,832 </li>
<li>Denison University $214,666 </li>
<li>Whitman College $206,231
From an Economics Department standpoint, this list showing the number of future PhDs in Economics for every 1000 graduates of a college isn't the end all and be all. But, you can assume that the schools near the top of this list have pretty solid Econ departments:
``` **Number of PhDs per 1000 grads** Academic field: Economics
PhDs and Doctoral Degrees: ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database
Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database
Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period
1 Swarthmore College 16
2 Grinnell College 7
3 Williams College 7
4 Carleton College 7
5 Harvard University 6
6 Agnes Scott College 6
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5
8 University of Chicago 5
9 Yale University 5
10 California Institute of Technology 5
11 Princeton University 5
12 Macalester College 5
13 Stanford University 4
14 Pomona College 4
15 Oberlin College 4
16 Wellesley College 4
17 Trinity University 4
18 Bowdoin College 3
19 Earlham College 3
20 Berea College 3
21 Amherst College 3
22 Wabash College 3
23 Bard College 3
24 Rocky Mountain College 3
25 Coe College 3
26 Wesleyan University 3
27 College of William and Mary 3
28 Colby College 3
29 Columbia University 3
30 Hillsdale College 3
31 Franklin and Marshall College 3
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<p>You use the term "connected to the real world" and the word "business", which makes me think you might be looking for a career in business.
I know many Grinnell grads and some students and this is not typically their orientation at all. Grinnell students tend to be left-leaning intellectuals, and many go for PhDs and stay in academia.
I know less about Hamilton, but by reputation its student body may have a higher percentage of students interested in business careers. Just a guess, but I would think that more corporate recruiters come through Hamilton than do through Grinnell.
Grinnell has a bit of an edge in academic reputation.</p>