PhD production - Total

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 (total) 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: ALL</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 828
2 Swarthmore College 513
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 505
4 Harvey Mudd College 467
5 Reed College 394
6 Carleton College 394
7 Harvard University 386
8 Oberlin College 384
9 Yale University 351
10 Bryn Mawr College 342
11 Haverford College 330
12 Princeton University 328
13 Amherst College 320
14 Pomona College 316
15 Williams College 315
16 Grinnell College 298
17 University of Chicago 290
18 Rice University 288
19 Wesleyan University 286
20 Stanford University 269
21 Brown University 263
22 Wellesley College 263
23 Smith College 236
24 Kalamazoo College 227
25 Cornell University, All Campuses 222
26 University of Rochester 215
27 Duke University 210
28 Juilliard School 206
29 Earlham College 206
30 Vassar College 206
31 Mount Holyoke College 205
32 Bowdoin College 203
33 Barnard College 201
34 St Olaf College 200
35 Dartmouth College 199
36 Macalester College 195
37 University of California-Berkeley 193
38 Bates College 176
39 College of William and Mary 175
40 Lawrence University 175
41 Occidental College 174
42 University of Pennsylvania 174
43 College of Wooster 170
44 Trinity University 169
45 Brandeis University 169
46 Hendrix College 169
47 Beloit College 167
48 Knox College 166
49 Davidson College 164
50 Case Western Reserve University 164</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>ID, this is fascinating info, and not too surprising. I have been studying it in light not only of Swat (God willing DD will be adding to those stats in a few years) but also in light of the schools Loren Pope sees as great values in the CTCL group. S2 will be looking into at least four of the schools listed here; he is not the driven child the first two are, but it sure looks like he could get a fine start at these schools if advanced degrees are any sign! Thanks for compiling!</p>

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<p>Interesteddad, I hope you will also produce these ratings for English, History, and Polisci. I know it takes time, but I'd like to see some broadening to the humanities.</p>

<p>Thanks very much.</p>

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<p>While you're at it . . . please also do chemistry and physics. Thanks again.</p>

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<p>Those are all on the list. I'll post a few at a time.</p>

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<p>Seriously, wow.</p>

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<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>ID: Swarthmore sure looks good. Thanks so much for all the work in the individual subject areas. English, History,Psych maybe later?</p>

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<p>Sorry, ID. I have just noticed that you have already done English Lit. Thanks!</p>

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<p>interesteddad,</p>

<p>you never cease to make be proud to be a swattie!</p>

<p>swat 09</p>

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<p>Interesteddad, I appreciate your hard work in putting these and other figures up. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I'd really appreciate it if you could also post the results for History. Thanks again.</p>

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<p>I posted History and Music/Art. Sorry for combining Music and Art, but that's how the NSF reports them.</p>

<p>Thanks to Afan, I now see a way to further refine these lists, using the actual number of grads for each school for an offset period before the PhD years in question. This is preferable to using the current enrollment because it will be more accurate for the few schools that have grown or contracted an unusual amount in recent years. So, I may post some revised lists. I don't expect much to change, although a few schools may move up or down a spot or two.</p>