<p>Here are the top-50 undergrad schools in per capita PhD and Doctoral production from 1994-2003. Rank, followed by name, followed by number of PhDs per 1000 undergrads. This covers all PhDs and doctoral degrees included in the NSF data base. </p>
<p>Per Capita Undergrad Production of PhDs and Doctoral Degrees </p>
<p>Academic field: English Lit </p>
<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees: 1994 to 2003 from NSF database </p>
<p>Enrollment from 2004 USNews </p>
<p>Formula: PhDs divided by undergrad enrollment times 1000 </p>
<p>1 Amherst College 45
2 Swarthmore College 43
3 Yale University 43
4 Williams College 36
5 Bryn Mawr College 34
6 Wesleyan University 33
7 Oberlin College 32
8 Reed College 30
9 Carleton College 30
10 Pomona College 28
11 Harvard University 27
12 Barnard College 27
13 Haverford College 26
14 Vassar College 25
15 Bennington College 25
16 Princeton University 24
17 Wellesley College 22
18 Smith College 22
19 University of the South 22
20 Brown University 22
21 Kenyon College 19
22 Stanford University 18
23 Mount Holyoke College 18
24 University of Chicago 17
25 Columbia University in the City of New York 17
26 Davidson College 16
27 Sarah Lawrence College 16
28 Dartmouth College 16
29 Kalamazoo College 16
30 Beloit College 15
31 Colby College 15
32 Earlham College 15
33 Grinnell College 14
34 Hendrix College 14
35 College of the Holy Cross 14
36 Middlebury College 13
37 University of Dallas 13
38 Hamilton College 13
39 Bowdoin College 13
40 Occidental College 13
41 College of Wooster 12
42 Trinity University 12
43 Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) 11
44 Hampshire College 11
45 Agnes Scott College 11
46 Rice University 11
47 Mills College 11
48 St Olaf College 11
49 Knox College 11
50 Macalester College 11</p>
<p>Note 1: Some have complained that these lists don't provide useful data. Proposed Solution: ignore the lists. </p>
<p>Note 2: Some have complained that these lists don't include Law, MBA, MD, or Masters degrees. Proposed Solution: find the data and make your own list. </p>
<p>Note 3: Some have complained that I should go school by school and selectively remove engineering from one school or music from another, but leave them for still others. Proposed Solution: Be my guest.</p>