<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: Physics & Astronomy </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 221
2 Harvey Mudd College 120
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 80
4 Carleton College 31
5 Princeton University 30
6 Rice University 28
7 Reed College 27
8 Harvard University 25
9 University of Chicago 25
10 Swarthmore College 21
11 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 20
12 Haverford College 20
13 Case Western Reserve University 17
14 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 17
15 Grinnell College 16
16 Williams College 16
17 Yale University 16
18 Whitman College 15
19 University of Rochester 15
20 Amherst College 15
21 Goshen College 14
22 Cornell University, All Campuses 13
23 Marlboro College 12
24 Stanford University 11
25 University of California-Berkeley 11
26 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 11
27 Stevens Institute of Technology 11
28 Oberlin College 11
29 Wabash College 10
30 Gustavus Adolphus College 10
31 Illinois Institute of Technology 9
32 Colorado School of Mines 9
33 Bryn Mawr College 9
34 University of Dallas 9
35 Lawrence University 9
36 Bethel College (North Newton, KS) 9
37 Wesleyan University 8
38 Columbia University in the City of New York 8
39 Pomona College 8
40 College of William and Mary 8
41 St Olaf College 8
42 Beloit College 8
43 Brown University 8
44 Carnegie Mellon University 8
45 Bates College 8
46 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 8
47 Kalamazoo College 8
48 Earlham College 8
49 Johns Hopkins University 7
50 Hastings College 7
51 Kenyon College 7
52 Rhodes College 7
53 Brandeis University 7
54 Macalester College 7
55 Franklin and Marshall College 7
56 St John's University (Collegeville, MN) 7
57 Bowdoin College 7
58 Clarkson University 7</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>