<p>The production of Ph.Ds is only one of many measures of the academic quality of a department. Here are some interesting numbers on the baccalaureate origins of Ph.Ds in economics:</p>
<p>Swarthmore College 15.12
Agnes Scott College 9.08
Grinnell College 9.04
Carleton College 7.04
Williams College 6.96
Harvard University 6.88
Macalester College 6.49
Princeton University 4.78
Trinity University (TX) 4.55
MIT 4.46
Stanford University 4.40
Yale University 4.28
Wabash College 3.92
Bowdoin College 3.91
University of Chicago 3.77
Oberlin College 3.77
Wellesley College 3.66
Earlham College 3.53
Kalamazoo College 3.48
Beloit College 3.27
Pomona College 3.21
Illinois Wesleyan University 3.16
College of William and Mary 3.09
Amherst College 3.09
Columbia University 3.02
Rice University 2.93</p>
<p>This data is taken directly from a recent working paper, The Undergraduate Origins of Ph.D. Economists by John Siegfried of Vanderbilt. </p>
<p>EconPapers: The Undergraduate Origins of Ph.D. Economists</p>
<p>Here is more data on other disciplines from Reed College’s website.</p>
<p>[REED</a> COLLEGE PHD PRODUCTIVITY](<a href=“http://web.reed.edu/ir/phd.html]REED”>Doctoral Degree Productivity - Institutional Research - Reed College)</p>
<p>Wesleyan shows strength in History and, not unsurprisingly, Area & Ethnic Studies.</p>