national liberal arts colleges - proportion of physics graduates

<p>college, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors graduates, number of physics graduates, proportion of physics graduates</p>

<p>sorted by proportion of physics graduates</p>

<p>from IPEDS</p>

<p>Harvey Mudd College 1560 155 21 0.1355
Reed College 1460 298 14 0.0470
Haverford College 1460 278 10 0.0360
Grinnell College 1490 319 10 0.0313
Knox College 1340 224 7 0.0313
Bates College 1420 517 16 0.0309
Saint Johns University 1260 424 12 0.0283
Occidental College 1360 438 12 0.0274
Presbyterian College 1240 225 6 0.0267
Kalamazoo College 1380 271 6 0.0221
Centre College 1340 230 5 0.0217
Gustavus Adolphus College 1260 716 15 0.0209
Beloit College 1300 291 6 0.0206
Juniata College 1260 296 6 0.0203
Carleton College 1480 500 10 0.0200
The College of Wooster 1330 413 8 0.0194
Wabash College 1310 163 3 0.0184
Swarthmore College 1530 395 7 0.0177
Albion College 1220 341 6 0.0176
Oberlin College 1440 632 11 0.0174
MacAlester College 1450 460 8 0.0174
Austin College 1340 290 5 0.0172
Lawrence University 1340 294 5 0.0170
Principia College 1270 118 2 0.0169
Dickinson College 1370 536 9 0.0168
Virginia Military Institute 1230 299 5 0.0167
Whitman College 1440 359 6 0.0167
Colby College 1430 484 8 0.0165
St. Olaf College 1340 689 11 0.0160
Denison University 1330 446 7 0.0157
Franklin and Marshall College 1360 449 7 0.0156
Hendrix College 1340 202 3 0.0149
Illinois Wesleyan University 1380 473 7 0.0148
Bowdoin College 1460 408 6 0.0147
Hobart William Smith Colleges 1270 425 6 0.0141
Williams College 1520 504 7 0.0139
Earlham College 1340 226 3 0.0133
College of the Holy Cross 1350 646 8 0.0124
Ursinus College 1320 324 4 0.0123
Wheaton College 1420 410 5 0.0122
Augustana College 1300 493 6 0.0122
Furman University 1370 661 8 0.0121
Wofford College 1350 263 3 0.0114
Millsaps College 1290 276 3 0.0109
Pomona College 1530 368 4 0.0109
St Mary's College of Maryland 1350 465 5 0.0108
Wellesley College 1460 576 6 0.0104
Kenyon College 1420 389 4 0.0103
Colgate University 1430 690 7 0.0101
Ohio Wesleyan University 1320 400 4 0.0100
DePauw University 1320 516 5 0.0097
Wesleyan University 1490 725 7 0.0097
Rhodes College 1370 314 3 0.0096
Bryn Mawr College 1410 320 3 0.0094
Mount Holyoke College 1380 553 5 0.0090
Willamette University 1340 447 4 0.0089
Gettysburg College 1340 572 5 0.0087
Colorado College 1380 479 4 0.0084
Middlebury College 1500 613 5 0.0082
Bucknell University 1380 860 7 0.0081
University of Puget Sound 1355 619 5 0.0081
Sweet Briar College 1255 126 1 0.0079
Allegheny College 1300 381 3 0.0079
Southwestern University 1360 264 2 0.0076
Amherst College 1550 409 3 0.0073
Goucher College 1290 274 2 0.0073
Bennington College 1300 138 1 0.0072
Davidson College 1440 451 3 0.0067
Drew University 1320 323 2 0.0062
College of Saint Benedict 1220 504 3 0.0060
Connecticut College 1400 419 2 0.0048
Hamilton College 1420 423 2 0.0047
St Lawrence University 1250 434 2 0.0046
Hope College 1260 652 3 0.0046
Smith College 1370 734 3 0.0041
Spelman College 1140 498 2 0.0040
Lafayette College 1350 532 2 0.0038
Sewanee: The University of the South 1320 292 1 0.0034
Muhlenberg College 1320 587 2 0.0034
Wheaton College 1300 592 2 0.0034
Birmingham Southern College 1300 299 1 0.0033
Washington and Lee University 1450 463 1 0.0022
Skidmore College 1340 578 1 0.0017
Vassar College 1460 670 1 0.0015
University of Richmond 1390 814 1 0.0012
Randolph-Macon College 1210 196 0 0.0000
Hanover College 1280 196 0 0.0000
Trinity College 1400 470 0 0.0000
Claremont McKenna College 1490 287 0 0.0000
Barnard College 1430 585 0 0.0000
Hollins University 1280 178 0 0.0000
Pitzer College 1330 224 0 0.0000
Scripps College 1440 181 0 0.0000
Agnes Scott College 1300 184 0 0.0000</p>

<p>sorted by the NUMBER of physics graduates</p>

<p>Harvey Mudd College 1560 155 21 0.1355
Bates College 1420 517 16 0.0309
Gustavus Adolphus College 1260 716 15 0.0209
Reed College 1460 298 14 0.0470
Saint Johns University 1260 424 12 0.0283
Occidental College 1360 438 12 0.0274
Oberlin College 1440 632 11 0.0174
St. Olaf College 1340 689 11 0.0160
Haverford College 1460 278 10 0.0360
Grinnell College 1490 319 10 0.0313
Carleton College 1480 500 10 0.0200
Dickinson College 1370 536 9 0.0168
The College of Wooster 1330 413 8 0.0194
MacAlester College 1450 460 8 0.0174
Colby College 1430 484 8 0.0165
College of the Holy Cross 1350 646 8 0.0124
Furman University 1370 661 8 0.0121
Knox College 1340 224 7 0.0313
Swarthmore College 1530 395 7 0.0177
Denison University 1330 446 7 0.0157
Franklin and Marshall College 1360 449 7 0.0156
Illinois Wesleyan University 1380 473 7 0.0148
Williams College 1520 504 7 0.0139
Colgate University 1430 690 7 0.0101
Wesleyan University 1490 725 7 0.0097
Bucknell University 1380 860 7 0.0081
Presbyterian College 1240 225 6 0.0267
Kalamazoo College 1380 271 6 0.0221
Beloit College 1300 291 6 0.0206
Juniata College 1260 296 6 0.0203
Albion College 1220 341 6 0.0176
Whitman College 1440 359 6 0.0167
Bowdoin College 1460 408 6 0.0147
Hobart William Smith Colleges 1270 425 6 0.0141
Augustana College 1300 493 6 0.0122
Wellesley College 1460 576 6 0.0104
Centre College 1340 230 5 0.0217
Austin College 1340 290 5 0.0172
Lawrence University 1340 294 5 0.0170
Virginia Military Institute 1230 299 5 0.0167
Wheaton College 1420 410 5 0.0122
St Mary's College of Maryland 1350 465 5 0.0108
DePauw University 1320 516 5 0.0097
Mount Holyoke College 1380 553 5 0.0090
Gettysburg College 1340 572 5 0.0087
Middlebury College 1500 613 5 0.0082
University of Puget Sound 1355 619 5 0.0081
Ursinus College 1320 324 4 0.0123
Pomona College 1530 368 4 0.0109
Kenyon College 1420 389 4 0.0103
Ohio Wesleyan University 1320 400 4 0.0100
Willamette University 1340 447 4 0.0089
Colorado College 1380 479 4 0.0084
Wabash College 1310 163 3 0.0184
Hendrix College 1340 202 3 0.0149
Earlham College 1340 226 3 0.0133
Wofford College 1350 263 3 0.0114
Millsaps College 1290 276 3 0.0109
Rhodes College 1370 314 3 0.0096
Bryn Mawr College 1410 320 3 0.0094
Allegheny College 1300 381 3 0.0079
Amherst College 1550 409 3 0.0073
Davidson College 1440 451 3 0.0067
College of Saint Benedict 1220 504 3 0.0060
Hope College 1260 652 3 0.0046
Smith College 1370 734 3 0.0041
Principia College 1270 118 2 0.0169
Southwestern University 1360 264 2 0.0076
Goucher College 1290 274 2 0.0073
Drew University 1320 323 2 0.0062
Connecticut College 1400 419 2 0.0048
Hamilton College 1420 423 2 0.0047
St Lawrence University 1250 434 2 0.0046
Spelman College 1140 498 2 0.0040
Lafayette College 1350 532 2 0.0038
Muhlenberg College 1320 587 2 0.0034
Wheaton College 1300 592 2 0.0034
Sweet Briar College 1255 126 1 0.0079
Bennington College 1300 138 1 0.0072
Sewanee: The University of the South 1320 292 1 0.0034
Birmingham Southern College 1300 299 1 0.0033
Washington and Lee University 1450 463 1 0.0022
Skidmore College 1340 578 1 0.0017
Vassar College 1460 670 1 0.0015
University of Richmond 1390 814 1 0.0012
Randolph-Macon College 1210 196 0 0.0000
Hanover College 1280 196 0 0.0000
Trinity College 1400 470 0 0.0000
Claremont McKenna College 1490 287 0 0.0000
Barnard College 1430 585 0 0.0000
Hollins University 1280 178 0 0.0000
Pitzer College 1330 224 0 0.0000
Scripps College 1440 181 0 0.0000
Agnes Scott College 1300 184 0 0.0000</p>

<p>It would be interesting to be at a well known school like W&L or Vassar where you were the only person majoring in a subject that isn't exactly obscure. I wonder how that curve works.</p>