<p>Hey it has been so hard for me to find some ranking according to majors...would someone be so kind as to help me with the LAC rankings on ANTHROPOLOGY , EDUCATION, HISTORY ,respectively ? Thanks a lot :)</p>
<p>Rankings by subjext are can be very specialized and are usually publisehd for graduate school programs. Since LACs dn't have graduate programs, you won't find them in the listings.</p>
<p>LACs don't usually have education majors, though some of them will hvae eduation-related or themed psychology and sociologyy courses. History is oen of those fields where any good school is likely to have good offerings, with the diffrence being in variety and quatnity rather than quality. Unlrss you have an interest in one specialized field of history, you can't rally go wrong with most history departmetns. Anthro departmetns may be smaller than history departments at most LACs, but again, at teh undergraduate level you should be able to find enough to get a fine background at any good school.</p>
<p>D's roommate came to Barnard (if you're of the appropriate gender) from rural Georgia because she said it was the most hands-on antro. department and one that gave undergraduates field work. Don't know how true this is, but that's what she said. It certainly has strong history. FWIW</p>
<p>Not every top LAC offers education as a major. Macalester and Dartmouth do, and they have excellent anthro and history departments as well.</p>
<p>I would also suggest Skidmore and Colgate.</p>
<p>I second that Dartmouth has excellent resources for its Anthro, history, and education departments.</p>
<p>Undergraduate origins of PhDs in Anthropology, Education, and History, 1986-1995. (A less-than-perfect ranking, but at least it's a start) <a href="http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/CollegeRelations/BacOrigins/BacOrg98.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/CollegeRelations/BacOrigins/BacOrg98.pdf</a></p>
<p>LACs Sending the Largest # of Undergrads on to PhDs in Anthropology and Sociology</p>
<p>1 Oberlin Coll (OH) 33
2 Bryn Mawr Coll (PA) 31
3 Reed Coll (OR) 29
3 Smith Coll (MA) 29
5 Beloit Coll (WI) 28
6 Swarthmore Coll (PA) 25
7 Barnard Coll (NY) 24
8 Wesleyan U (CT) 20
9 Vassar Coll (NY) 19
9 Wellesley Coll (MA) 19
11 Carleton Coll (MN) 18</p>
<p>LACs Sending the Largest # of undergrads on to PhDs in Education</p>
<p>1 Wheaton Coll (IL) 85
2 Smith Coll (MA) 65
3 Oberlin Coll (OH) 64
3 Spelman Coll (GA) 64
5 Wellesley Coll (MA) 63
6 Furman U (SC) 62
7 Luther Coll (IA) 58
7 St. Olaf Coll (MN) 58
9 Coll of Wooster (OH) 55
9 DePauw U (IN) 55</p>
<p>LACs Sending the Largest Number of Undergrads on to PhDs in History</p>
<p>1 Wesleyan U (CT) 51
2 Oberlin Coll (OH) 35
3 Swarthmore Coll (PA) 34
4 Mt. Holyoke Coll (MA) 27
5 Smith Coll (MA) 26
5 Wellesley Coll (MA) 26
7 Radcliffe Coll (MA) 23
8 Bryn Mawr Coll (PA) 22
8 Carleton Coll (MN) 22
8 Vassar Coll (NY) 22</p>
<p>Alternate History ranking from <a href="http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2005/0509/0509new1.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2005/0509/0509new1.cfm</a></p>
<p>Programs Sending the Largest Proportion of History Majors on to PhDs </p>
<p>School, PhDs with Bachelor's from School 1989-2002, History BA's from School 1987-2001, Ratio PhDs w. BAs from School to Total BAs</p>
<p>Wesleyan University* 100 607 16/100<br>
University of Chicago* 119 727 16/100<br>
Pomona College 43 284 15/100<br>
Bryn Mawr College 40 267 15/100<br>
Swarthmore College 52 350 15/100<br>
Wellesley College 45 307 15/100<br>
Reed College 42 306 14/100<br>
Johns Hopkins University 36 274 13/100<br>
Oberlin College* 90 693 13/100<br>
Stanford University* 110 985 11/100<br>
Mount Holyoke College 43 389 11/100<br>
Smith College 49 446 11/100<br>
Cornell University* 112 1029 11/100<br>
Kalamazoo College 15 141 11/100<br>
Carleton College 58 550 11/100</p>
<p>One good way to tell if a LAC has a good anthro department is to see if it's by itself. A good many LACs lump anthropology and sociology together into one rather broad major, which can be unsatisfactory if you're looking for more in-depth courses. </p>
<p>SarahsDad's post hit most of the good anthro programs, except I would add Grinnell, Davidson, Hamilton, Wooster, and Franklin & Marshall. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that anthropology is a very broad field, and even the best schools will not necessarily have expertise in all four sub-fields (archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and linguistics). If you have a certain aspect in mind, it would be wise to investigate course offerings more closely.</p>
<p>Thanks for ur warm help ;) Now I have a much clearer idea about it !</p>
<p>warblersrule86 :
U seem to know a lot about anthropology ~and Could u tell me as why u would recommend Grinnell College ? For Grinnell C also appears on several other occasions when I ask the same good-at-anthro-LAC question .Thanks ;)</p>
<p>Somewhat unusually for a LAC, Grinnell offers a wide selection of courses in three of the areas I mentioned (linguistics is a separate program). Grinnell students also benefit from several field schools- it runs an archaeological field school and a program in Mexico or Costa Rica (can't remember which). Grinnell has historically been a feeder school for good PhD programs. </p>
<p>It's also the wealthiest LAC (slightly more so than Swat, Amherst, or Williams) and has a good reputation for $$$. To put it in perspective, Grinnell (1400 students) has roughly the same size endowment as NYU (41,000 students).</p>