<p>As I tried to explain, the reason for focusing on Cornell’s privately endowed colleges (Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Art, &Planning, and Hotel Management) is purely pragmatic. The number of PhDs for Cornell was for the privately endowed colleges only. I did not have the number for the whole campus. Therefore it made sense to divide by the bachelors degees awarded from the private colleges. Evidently, the privately endowed colleges at Cornell have a higher PhD production rate than the NYS statutory colleges at Cornell. That is interesting and useful information.</p>
<p>I have noticed that the NSF sometimes publishes the Cornell PhD figures for the whole campus and sometimes just for the endowed colleges. I don’t know of any other university that has such a major private/public dichotomy on one campus. The statutory colleges at Cornell are actually quite elite but PhD terminal degrees in Agriculture are uncommon. The Industrial and Labor Relations School grads seek mostly law degrees, I think.</p>