Elite LAC vs top uni in UK

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<p>LACs have some of the highest PhD production rates in the life sciences.
<a href=“Doctoral Degree Productivity - Institutional Research - Reed College”>http://www.reed.edu/ir/phd.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Below are my estimates of the percentage of biological science majors at various schools who go on to earn PhDs in the biological/life sciences.</p>

<p>Method<br>
M = number of graduating majors in biological sciences per school, 2012<br>
P = number of PhDs in biological sciences conferred on alumni per school, 2006-10<br>
Rate = P / (M*5) </p>

<p>Data Sources<br>
IPEDS (<a href=“Use the Data”>http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/&lt;/a&gt;) for M, number of graduating bio majors per school, 2012<br>
NSF (<a href=“NCSES”>NCSES) for P, number of biological science PhDs earned by school alumni, 2006-10 </p>

<p>Rate … P … M … School/
37% Carleton College
34% Wesleyan University
32% Reed College
22% Swarthmore College, University of Chicago, Princeton
21% Grinnell College
19% Harvard College
11% UC Berkeley
10% Johns Hopkins
9% University of Wisconsin - Madison
8% University of Michigan - AA
4% University of Southern California</p>