PhD production - Math & Computer Science

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<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: Math and Computer Science </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 California Institute of Technology 107
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 63
3 Harvey Mudd College 55
4 Harvard University 32
5 Reed College 31
6 Rice University 28
7 Princeton University 25
8 Carnegie Mellon University 20
9 University of Chicago 19
10 Pomona College 19
11 Swarthmore College 18
12 Yale University 18
13 Brown University 17
14 Williams College 16
15 Stanford University 16
16 Grinnell College 16
17 St Olaf College 16
18 Haverford College 14
19 Oberlin College 12
20 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 12
21 Carleton College 11
22 Amherst College 11
23 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 11
24 Cornell University, All Campuses 11
25 Bryn Mawr College 10
26 United States Military Academy 10
27 University of California-Berkeley 10
28 Mills College 10
29 Kalamazoo College 9
30 Knox College 9
31 Dartmouth College 9
32 Cooper Union 9
33 Brandeis University 9
34 Duke University 8
35 United States Air Force Academy 7
36 Wesleyan University 7
37 Bowdoin College 7
38 Polytechnic University 7
39 University of Pennsylvania 7
40 Case Western Reserve University 7
41 Vassar College 7
42 Johns Hopkins University 7
43 Wellesley College 7
44 Birmingham Southern College 7
45 Whitman College 7
46 Columbia University in the City of New York 7
47 Union College (Schenectady, NY) 6
48 College of Wooster 6
49 Lawrence University 6
50 University of Rochester 6
51 Stevens Institute of Technology 6
52 Washington University 6
53 Northwestern Univ 6
54 Smith College 6
55 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 6
56 Bucknell University 6
57 Hendrix College 6
58 Furman University 6
59 University of Bridgeport 6</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>

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<p>Huh...that's some pretty interesting figures.</p>

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<p>Please post similar data for biology.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Undergraduate schools of people granted PH Ds in Biological Sciences from 1992 to 2001 listed by percent…..information from Reed College web page
Reed
Calif. Inst. of Tech.
Swarthmore
Univ. of Chicago
Kalamazoo
MIT
Earlham
Harvey Mudd
Univ. of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Grinnell</p>

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<p>This link shows baccalaureate origins of people granted Ph.D.s from 1992 to 2001. The listing shows the top 10 institutions in the nation ranked by percentage of graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in selected disciplines. </p>

<p>The list was prepared by Reed College.</p>

<p><a href="http://web.reed.edu/ir/phd.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/ir/phd.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Here's a little newer list with the percentage of all grads getting a PhD in Bio related fields:</p>

<p>Percent of PhDs per grad
Academic field: Bio and Health Sciences</p>

<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database</p>

<p>Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database</p>

<p>Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period</p>

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1 California Institute of Technology  5.4%
2   Reed College    4.8%
3   Swarthmore College  4.4%
4   University of Chicago   3.3%
5   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   3.1%
6   University of California-San Francisco  3.1%
7   Harvard University  3.0%
8   Kalamazoo College   3.0%
9   Harvey Mudd College 2.9%
10  Earlham College 2.8%
11  Johns Hopkins University    2.7%
12  Princeton University    2.6%
13  Haverford College   2.6%
14  Mount Holyoke College   2.6%
15  Yale University 2.5%
16  Rice University 2.5%
17  Lawrence University 2.5%
18  Carleton College    2.5%
19  Stanford University 2.5%
20  Oberlin College 2.4%
21  Cornell University, All Campuses    2.4%
22  Grinnell College    2.3%
23  Hendrix College 2.3%
24  Bryn Mawr College   2.1%
25  Bowdoin College 2.1%
26  Wellesley College   2.1%
27  Amherst College 2.1%

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