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<p>Now that you mention it, of the eight LACs you list in the ivy-equivalent category, seven are clearly in the bottom half of @tk21769 's PhD ranking. Yes, there are LACs in the top half, but only one - Swarthmore - falls under the category you defined as an ivy-equivalent. There are a number of ironies here. One is, that it would seem that the more ivy-like the strongest LACs become, the less “academic” they become. The other is, that RUs, while sending a disproportionate number of their undergraduates into the professional world, simultaneously maintain some of the world’s most highly leveraged PhD programs. </p>