Table of colleges and university that produce awardees of NSF graduate fellowships

@intparent, it’s pretty tough to compare LACs with public research U’s.

Yes, UW-Madison has more physics majors than Mudd, but likely not 10X more (because Madison has a ton more different fields and majors). Furthermore, not everyone who can get in to Madison can get in to Mudd, so other than for bragging rights, the percentage of majors who get this (or other prestigious designations) doesn’t tell you much either (as likely a good deal less than a quarter of Madison’s student body can get in to Mudd). It certainly doesn’t tell you about the relative strength of a department. So for a kid who can get in to both Mudd and Madison, which is better? Hard to say. It likely would depend on the kid.

What about Madison and Lewis&Clark? Still tough to say, though in that case I may lean towards L&C.

Blog post today from UIUC : 36 Illinois students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

https://illinois.edu/blog/view/6231/348104

“Thirty-six University of Illinois students have won National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. Of the 36 awardees, 31 are graduate students, and five are undergraduates. An additional 51 students were accorded honorable mention.”

““Thirty-six awardees places us tenth nationally among all institutions of higher education, and fourth among public universities,” says Ken Vickery, director of the Graduate College’s Office of External Fellowships. “This level of success is significant given that each year sees a higher number of students competing for the same number of awards. We’ve seen the number of applications increase by 5,000 just in the past five years.”

And of course, there are many kids who can do well at both the schools who produce a decent number of high-achievers on both an absolute and per capita basis. In that case, choosing the cheaper option may be prudent.

BTW, on this list, U Arizona, UCD, and UCSC all do better than many people may expect (higher or equal to UPenn/UVa/NYU/USC) and may be considered “value” propositions (especially since U Arizona still has a NMF scholarship, though it isn’t full-tuition any more). I knew that UT-Austin was a STEM powerhouse. Also UW-Seattle, though placing as high as they do is impressive and beyond my expectations.

Among LACs, Lewis&Clark does better than some much more famous LACs (and Reed, though I rank Reed pretty highly already).

BTW, I see both “UM-Ann Arbor” and “U of MI” on the list. Should those 2 be combined? Possibly so.

The UIUC number may also be divided (and thus understated). “UIUC”, “U of IL”, etc.

Based on number of undergrads (<1000), Caltech could appear on top of the LAC charts.
Harvey Mudd just announced they had 5 undergrads win NSF fellowships. Both being STEM intensive schools with an emphasis on research should have these results.

@Purple Titan Yes, probably so if Ann Arbor is the main campus. Same with U of Illinois. There were a handful like that and I couldn’t figure out how to be sure which campus was listed. U of Calif is also listed without saying which campus. Sadly CC doesn’t let me edit by posts otherwise I’d fix that (or put an asterisk or something on).

@IlliniDad18 A couple things to keep in mind. #1 some of the U of IL NSF awardees would have done their undergraduate degrees elsewhere. Any big research university will draw graduate students from many institutions. Many of those 36 were graduate students and only those who got their undergraduate degree at U of IL would be on my list under U of IL. #2 I excluded Engineering and there are a lot of NSF awardees in that area. I’m going to do engineering separately so I can break out the different disciplines.

Are you better off going to the big public research university versus the smaller school where you more personal attention? Most graduate students in STEM come from the big public research universities because those institutions produce the most undergraduates in those fields. However, google around a bit and you find that some small liberal arts schools have higher ‘yield’, a higher % of their undergraduates go on to graduate school in STEM. But the ones with ‘higher yield’ tend to be much more selective than the large public research universities so you have keep that in mind when thinking about those higher yields. Large research universities have many research opportunities for undergraduates. The NSF REU program is one example and you can search to see what institutions are current REU sites (https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp). Some fields involve labor intensive fieldwork and many undergrads in those fields get their starts there. A big research university will have both faculty and graduate students hiring undergrads. You have to seek out and apply for these positions, but they are there for the ‘go getter’. Some state universities (xyz state university) are also big producers of STEM graduate students and have many of the same advantages but can be easier to get into and lower cost. You just need to do your research to find which ones are strong in your area of interest.

I will say that in my years of mentoring young graduate students, I have noticed one big advantage that the students from small liberal arts colleges have. They all can write well. Your success at every stage of your career from graduate student to professional will depend on your ability to write well.

Yeah, I daresay that the vast majority of the “U of MI” students went to Ann Arbor, considering that the other 2 UM campuses are more commuter schools.

In IL, UIC is a research U, but most of the “U of IL” students would have attended UIUC.

@PurpleTitan Redo of the top 1-35 since I had U of Maryland, U of Michigan and U of Illinois #s split into 2 institutions. The flagship was designated w/o the location in early years and then later the location was added. This moves these institutions up quite a bit. Note Engineering is not listed; these institutions have big engineering programs.

ChemComSciGeoSciLifeSciEnvSciMath_PhysicsPsychSocScitotalname
45
3298360153829__48359UC Berkeley
2414174125392825__63276Harvard
2240105383650720246MIT
19
15113963
9241610206Cornell Univ
92313382219132331191Stanford
10
20235030
78820176U of WA
73283116251614__24173Princeton
1711
724239162625158Yale
15
128271812101425141U of MI Ann Arbor
_96553124181614137UC Los Angeles
_
10
472311171611__34133U of Chicago
1212029273715__18132Brown
139142816
7910__22128UTX Austin
1115122111891518120Columbia Univ
11244424551213120U of WI Madison
71073416352015117UC San Diego
19157163202132106CA Inst of Tech
74920148515__19101UNC Chapel Hill
10113034246896UC Davis
5
3102917
4714_594U of AZ
_
18
8316941510689U of IL Urbana-Champ.
2
55161910
1131788Duke Univ
_
12
6418_526131884Northwestern Univ
9
971912767884UMD Coll Park
_
11
2117233671383U of FL
65821937101483WA Univ
5
481624274878UC Santa Cruz
5
7217929121578U of Penn
1
26915
35132276Dartmouth Coll
5
3019192731876Swarthmore Coll
114219112107874U of MN Twin Cities
9
7613
83118873Rice Univ
4
3325
96731272AZ State
132312140128872UC Santa Barb.
610617
8258668U of VA
7
2412
724111665Pomona Coll
_
16
54194425564UC Irvine
7
281119245563Carleton Coll
8
3499314
3861_Ohio State

Table of baccalaureate origin of awardees of NSF Graduate Fellowships in Engineering 2010-2016 by field of engineering. See post #1 in this thread for where the data came from. I left off fields that didn’t have more than 40 awards in this time period

AeronaCivilElectrMechanChemicEnviroMaterialBioengMedicaltotalname
8
21134205162714137MIT
169111811
87920109GA Inst of Tech
121422187101912105UC Berkeley
44983274101694UTX Austin
677106131671183U of FL
18
31311721101176UMD Coll Park
3027813
1310166CA Inst of Tech
224128710
6960Cornell Univ
63111221064559U of IL Urb.-Champ.
117116797352Stanford
933641531549TX A&M Univ
3
_51215553948NC State
1341270111
948Rice Univ
431077143746U of MI Ann Arbor
030853381545Johns Hopkins
2
_0688434944AZ State
1102436141243Clemson Univ
0__49452061040U of PR Mayaguez
2__0195732938UMN Twin Cities
115480213438U of WA
413503161437Duke Univ
4
_2149432736Purdue Univ
_13732049736UC San Diego
116106230635Ohio State
013552110835U of Pittsburgh
_31745326435U of WI Madison
_01549513634Columbia Univ
00535069634U of Penn
100890201333Case Western Res
0
001010532333Penn State
53673322233Princeton
012662111433UC Los Angeles
20699021231Brigham Young
01563326531Carnegie-Mellon
311342241131U of VA
2
14032031429U of MO Columbia
0
1456103929Vanderbilt Univ
_20455191128Iowa State
_04729220228U of AR

41-95 for the Engineering table

AeronaCivilElectrMechanChemicEnviroMateriBioengMedicatotalname
_21366111627Rens. Polytech Inst
_22323503727WA Univ
_21654132226MI State
_00118085225Northwestern Univ
_10770024324Franklin W Olin Coll
_10112618323UC Riverside
_10183222423U of NE Lincoln
_21230024822Harvard
_10442414222U of AZ
_30465210122U of CO Boulder
_00127332422Yale
_00360124521Brown
_15334110321VA Polytech Inst
_02761040020Drexel Univ
_30163022320U of AL Tuscaloosa
_00321035519Rutgers U New Brun.
_40170230219U of Central FL
110410010219U of Delaware
_01266301019U of Notre Dame
_60034102218Clarkson Univ
_11109111318CUNY City Coll
_16330012218Harvey Mudd Coll
_15231101418MI Tech Univ
_10122314418UC Davis
_00222102918U of Rochester
_00223104618U of Utah
_10244002417Auburn Univ
_00100033916Boston Univ
_01311015416Louisiana State
_00434211116Tufts Univ
_00121132616UC Irvine
_20023323116U of Kansas
_00453003116U of NM
_00375010016U of Tulsa
_02133312015MT State
_30214111215U of Southern CA
_00125101414OR State
_20441020114SUNY Buffalo
_00163120114UC Santa Barb.
_10154110114UMD Balt. County
_01127011114U of MA Amherst
_01211202514U of SC Columbia
_41043200014West VA Univ
_30020000813MS State
_14205001013Northeastern Univ
_00411102312Dartmouth Coll
_02024200111Lafayette Coll
_21031000411Syracuse Univ
_10106011111U of KY
_11212002211U of Miami
_22001500010Oklahoma State
_11230011110Rose-Hulman In of Tech
_00133001210U of CT
_00121201310Worcester Polytech Inst

Last table for Engineering. I stopped at 4 total awardees in Engineering from 2010-2016. There are about 200 more institutions with 3 or less awardees.

AeronaCivilElectrMechanChemicEnviroMateriBioengMedicatotalname
2023010109US Military Acad.
0
_114210009U of NH
0__210021129UNC Chapel Hill
0__013300119U of Oklahoma
2__104000029Utah State
0__023011018Baylor Univ
0__011210128CO State
0__220002118FL Intnl. Univ
1__131020008MO U of Science & Tech
0__012100048SUNY Stony Brook
0__001200238Tulane Univ
0__034010008U of South FL
0__002112028U of TN Knoxville
0__001110137Bucknell Univ
0__031020017Murray State
0__003120017New Jersey Inst of Tech
0__011010047St. Louis Univ
0__001300037U of Chicago
2__003020007U of Cincinnati
0__004200017U of Dayton
0__011210027U of Iowa
0__011002127UTX Dallas
0__102120006CA State Poly Pomona
0__104100006Hope Coll
0__010101126Howard Univ
0__010210026IL Inst of Tech
2__210100006NM State
0__000000246U of AL Birmingham
0__032000106UNC Charlotte
0__101001216WA State
1__002001105Boise State
0__020002015Carleton Coll
0__001202005CO Sch. of Mines
0__101210005Cooper Union
0__001020115Kansas State
0__001010035Kettering Univ
0__000100225Lehigh Univ
0__020110105Mcgill Univ
0__012001105Morehouse Coll
0__020003005Mount Holyoke Coll
0__030000025Norfolk State
1__102000015NC Agri & Tech State
1__000010125Ohio Univ
1__002020005San Diego State
0__004010005TN Tech Univ
0__021100015U of Louisville
0__100001125U of Memphis
0__021020005U of WY
0__100000214CA Polytech State
0__000101114CUNY
0__101020004FL State
0__002001104Grove City Coll
0__001000034Marquette Univ
1__001101004NY Univ
0__001012004Pomona Coll
0__011000204Rochester Inst of Tech
0__010020014Rowan Univ
0__002001104San Jose State
0__010000124Smith Coll
0__012010004Swarthmore Coll
0__001000124U of Akron
0__012000014U of AL Huntsville
0__001200014U of Maine
0__001300004UNV Reno
0__200020004U of VT
0__103000004Valparaiso Univ
0__00002200_4Wellesley Coll

UF and UPR surprising to the upside on the engineering list.

Then again, FL is a big state, so has lots of talent.

@liska21 thank you so much for this!!

Another look at production of graduate students by the Oberlin Group of small LAC colleges (+ a few more similar ones that I added). This is the baccalaureate origins (where they got their bachelors) of PhDs in the hard sciences from 2004 to 2014. I downloaded the data from here: https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/webcaspar

GeoSciLifeSciPhysSciMath&CStotalname
__
88
21010051449Carleton Coll
12
61116120309Harvey Mudd Coll
__
30
1943937300Oberlin Coll
91716147288Swarthmore Coll
311346751283Williams Coll
__
5143
8132261Reed Coll
__
8152
5039249St Olaf Coll
__
22
1564118237Wesleyan Univ
231413531230Pomona Coll
__
7145
5522229Grinnell Coll
__
23
1423023218Smith Coll
291193417199Colgate Univ
__
7131
4219199Wellesley Coll
__
21
1083631196Amherst Coll
81134825194Haverford Coll
131144023190Bucknell Univ
__
13
1332715188Mount Holyoke Coll
23
974024184Macalester Coll
151133610174Colby Coll
__
17
1132518173Bowdoin Coll
81034814173Vassar Coll
2710630
9172Colorado Coll
24
824025171Whitman Coll
211042614165Middlebury Coll
11
79
55
9154Coll of Wooster
10
893616151Trinity Univ
13
764516150U of Puget Sound
9764317145Furman Univ
__
9
744319145Hope Coll
16
665111144Franklin & Marshall Coll
19
892510143Bates Coll
9803517141Bryn Mawr Coll
__
9
764610141Gustavus Adolphus Coll
2794013134Kalamazoo Coll
__
1
942414133Davidson Coll
58626
5122Barnard Coll
0812812121Kenyon Coll
__
3
673120121Lafayette Coll
10
584013121Lawrence Univ
11
70_30
8119Occidental Coll
29316
8119Ohio Wesleyan Univ
2614312118Coll of The Holy Cross
__
4
652118108Depauw Univ
10
71_16
8105Augustana Coll
24
65_11
5105Eckerd Coll
87118
4101Dickinson Coll
15
59_21
6101Hamilton Coll
8_78
8
6100Skidmore Coll
0_76
717100Spelman Coll
__
7
482619100Wheaton Coll
37713
598Earlham Coll
__
3
63_24
898Gettysburg Coll
__
6
63_22
697Connecticut Coll
__
3
69_17
695Denison Univ
__
1
72_14
693Clark Univ
__
1
59_29
392Drew Univ
__
8
47_26
990Union Coll
__
5
43_32
686Albion Coll
__
2
47251286Knox Coll
__
1
57171085Lewis & Clark Coll
__
1
50_25
985Willamette Univ
12
49
121083Beloit Coll
25820
383Muhlenberg Coll
__
9
45151382Washington & Lee Univ
__
8
40131475Sewanee: The U of The South
__
2
4122__772Morehouse Coll
14221
771Berea Coll
__
1
43151271Trinity Coll
__
0
4617__770Alma Coll
736161069St Lawrence Univ
238131467Bard Coll
24511
967Rhodes Coll
__
0
26_28
256Wabash Coll
__
0
26_21
552Lake Forest Coll
__
2
3013__449Claremont Mckenna Coll
22716
449Coe Coll
__
1
2716__448Austin Coll
02816
145Pacific Univ
__
2
2710__544Coll of St Benedict
21915
238Randolph-Macon Coll
__
0
305035Scripps Coll
__
1
274335Whittier Coll
__
0
255333Seattle Pacific Univ
__
1
206229Manhattan Coll
__
0
202325Pitzer Coll
__
0
166325Rollins Coll
__
0
202224Simmons Coll
__
1
173021Sarah Lawrence Coll
__
0
105318Lee Univ
__
0
124117Mills Coll
0
200
___2Clark Coll

Same table but all schools. Note there is a huge diversity of size of schools here, so keep that in mind.

Baccalaureate origins (where they got their bachelors) of PhDs in the hard sciences from 2004 to 2014. I downloaded the data from here: https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/webcaspar

s 1-100

GeoSciLifeSciPhysSciMath&CS___totalname
__
7412224543422092UC, Berkeley
9610962972101699Cornell Univ
6410151921001371U of WI-Madison
387972191441198U of IL at Urbana-Champ.
41876146
881151UC, Davis
597312071541151U of MI, Ann Arbor
87795173
921147Penn State
454663012991111MA Inst of Tech
397591631241085UC, Los Angeles
505262512301057Harvard
49717173961035UC, San Diego
36684173
88981U of FL
__
37593168151949UTX at Austin, The
__
33
520204163920Brigham Young Univ
__
60535163119877U of WA
__
31
64210153827TX A&M Univ, Coll Station
__
43
496144143826Stanford
__
3348617564758U of AZ, The
__
3649999104738VA Polytech Inst and State
__
26476119105726UMD, Coll Park
__
25
53211150718MI State
__
34
46911388704U of VA, Charlottesville
__
27
5079865697Rutgers, New Brun.
__
2546514856694U of MN, Twin Cities
__
5645973105693Brown
__
2447511876693Ohio State, Columbus
__
24366152137679U of Chicago
__
32
40712478641Purdue Univ
__
13
4658572635U of Penn
__
6636613759628UC, Santa Barb.
__
25314150138627Princeton
__
27
4586673624Duke Univ
__
3242510253612UNC at Chapel Hill
__
3633814096610NC State
__
5934610488597U of CO Boulder
__
4338611548592UC, Santa Cruz
__
44145268127584CA Inst of Tech
__
20
3749186571Yale
__
383878542552Boston Univ
__
18
4016651536Iowa State
__
7179119223528Carnegie Mellon Univ
__
204164939524U of GA
__
21
32511549510U of Rochester
__
15
3459942501U of MA Amherst
__
253457553498Indiana Univ
__
15
3895832494CO State
__
16253116109494Columbia Univ
__
11
3646341479Johns Hopkins Univ
__
3827312938478Coll of William and Mary
__
232968376478WA Univ in St. Louis
__
12
3239743475U of Pittsburgh
__
528210579471UC, Irvine
__
88
21010051449Carleton Coll
__
16
3246833441U of Delaware
__
182847760439Northwestern Univ
__
30
21096101437Rice Univ
__
29
157128117431GA Inst of Tech
__
133036939424U of MO
__
15
2996539418U of Iowa
__
212438865417U of Utah
__
37
2636641407FL State
__
292625953403AZ State
__
19
1989966382U of Notre Dame
__
123103821381U of CT
__
34
2187352377Dartmouth Coll
__
152525338358U of Kansas
__
28
2303947344U of NE-Lincoln
__
61939942340Case Western Reserve
__
142027050336SUNY, Stony Brook Univ
__
14
2346521334Louisiana State
__
252186227332OR State
__
18
2096441332SUNY, Binghamton Univ
__
162155544330U of TN
__
10
2395426329Miami Univ
__
72036054324NY Univ
__
121778844321CA Polytech State
__
3265
3615319Emory Univ
__
12
1878632317SUNY, Univ at Buffalo
__
121159396316Rens. Polytech Inst
__
3221
4738309Brandeis Univ
12
61116120309Harvey Mudd Coll
__
17
2213633307Tufts Univ
__
301943937300Oberlin Coll
__
10
2065033299U of South FL
__
201885138297U of OR
__
6207
3644293UMD, Balt. County
__
45
1684930292U of Oklahoma
__
72144227290U of KY
__
242005214290U of PR at Mayaguez
__
9171
6147288Swarthmore Coll
__
15
2103820283U of NH, Durham
__
311346751283Williams Coll
__
5223
3024282Kansas State
__
5186
5832281Clemson Univ
__
8192
4534279Vanderbilt Univ
__
39
2072111278U of Miami
__
61569417273U of PR at Rio Piedras
__
81855023266U of NM
__
61935015264Boston Coll
11488529
263Truman State

Baccalaureate origins (where they got their bachelors) of PhDs in the hard sciences from 2004 to 2014. I downloaded the data from here: https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/webcaspar

s 101-200

GeoSciLifeSciPhysSciMath&CS___totalname
__
51438132261Reed Coll
__
81525039249St. Olaf Coll
__
61575231246U of IL at Chicago
__
81575326244James Madison Univ
__
91385441242UC, Riverside
__
121813316242WA State
__
2123
5855238U of Central FL
__
22
1564118237Wesleyan Univ
__
71603533235Baylor Univ
__
41375737235Rochester Inst of Tech
__
141364835233U of Southern CA
__
15
1484325231U of SC, Columbia
__
231413531230Pomona Coll
__
7145
5522229Grinnell Coll
__
14
1622230228Tulane Univ
__
21791927227Auburn Univ, Auburn
__
41672629226TX Tech Univ
__
71751923224Oklahoma State
__
101762314223U of VT
__
8153
4813222Ohio Univ
__
6143
3835222Utah State
__
23
1423023218Smith Coll
1014844
9211West VA Univ
__
71385410209Allegheny Coll
__
191352821203U of Rhode Is.
__
7132
3924202U of AR
__
5110
5532202Worcester Polytech Inst
__
14
1203531200SUNY, Univ at Albany
__
291193417199Colgate Univ
__
11
1234718199SUNY, Geneseo
__
71314219199Wellesley Coll
__
211083631196Amherst Coll
__
13
1283321195MT State
__
131293221195Syracuse Univ
__
8113
4825194Haverford Coll
__
13
1144023190Bucknell Univ
__
101115315189Western WA Univ
__
13
1332715188Mount Holyoke Coll
__
51353215187Wake Forest Univ
23
974024184Macalester Coll
__
91332414180NM State
__
21073833180U of Houston
__
151074015177Northern AZ Univ
__
9121
2421175MS State
__
15
1133610174Colby Coll
__
171132518173Bowdoin Coll
__
10
1212319173Georgetown Univ
1135_33
4173U of WI-Stevens Point
__
81034814173Vassar Coll
2710630
9172Colorado Coll
__
111023524172UTX at El Paso
__
12
1291515171Humboldt State
121053717171U of Idaho
24
82
4025171Whitman Coll
__
12
117_31
8168St. Louis Univ
__
71133315168San Diego State
__
201161913168U of MT
__
1125
3011167Loyola Univ Chicago
__
6
934126166U of Southern MS
__
211042614165Middlebury Coll
__
10
1013121163U of Cincinnati
__
91022328162George Mason Univ
__
91072719162Southern IL Univ
__
9944216161Coll of Charleston
__
6119
1422161Northeastern Univ
__
6
923923160FL Intnl. Univ
111112216160U of Maine
__
21
106_29
4160UNC at Wilmington
__
6973422159Coll of New Jersey
__
11
1002919159U of WY
__
11162516158VA Commonwealth Univ
101171712156Bowling Green State
11
79
55
9154Coll of Wooster
__
31082815154ND State
7942231154U of AL
__
7107
2514153Temple Univ
11
91
2920151FL Atlantic Univ
10
89
3616151Trinity Univ
__
5
98_39
9151Villanova Univ
21
614919150MI Tech Univ
13
764516150U of Puget Sound
10
972715149U of Hawaii at Manoa
__
51022714148Wayne State
__
9981723147George WA Univ
10
96
2614146UNV, Reno
__
9
764317145Furman Univ
__
9744319145Hope Coll
__
1
753633145U of North TX
16
665111144Franklin & Marshall Coll
__
9982413144U of WI-Milwaukee
19
89
2510143Bates Coll
__
2107
2212143Ithaca Coll
__
3105
1915142U of AL at Birmingham
__
9
803517141Bryn Mawr Coll
9764610141Gustavus Adolphus Coll
__
3119
12
7141Marquette Univ
8823218140Kent State
14
68
4315140Millersville U of Penn
32
18
7019139CO Sch. of Mines
__
4101
20_13
138Howard Univ

Baccalaureate origins (where they got their bachelors) of PhDs in the hard sciences from 2004 to 2014. I downloaded the data from here: https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/webcaspar

s 201-300

GeoSciLifeSciPhysSciMath&CS___totalname
41002410138San Francisco State
6832821138UTX at Arlington
__
2
853614137U of Richmond
10
543240136UTX at Dallas
4853313135Grand Valley State
__
2
794013134Kalamazoo Coll
58832
9134U of Toledo
1942414133Davidson Coll
15
71
3611133FL Inst of Tech
11
80
2813132Lehigh Univ
__
6
603728131Drexel Univ
3813313130Calvin Coll
__
9
802218129Western MI Univ
3841723127CA State, Long Beach
__
2
981610126CUNY, Hunter Coll
1107_10
8126ND State
68724
8125Creighton Univ
38234
6125IL State
3793013125Luther Coll
__
4
812118124CA State Polytech Univ
38033
8124San Jose State
58626
5122Barnard Coll
NA
812812121Kenyon Coll
3673120121Lafayette Coll
10
58
4013121Lawrence Univ
__
6
732813120U of WI-Eau Claire
27638
4120Western KY Univ
11
70_30
8119Occidental Coll
29316
8119Ohio Wesleyan Univ
0792416119U of Louisville
__
2
614312118Coll of the Holy Cross
2723212118U of Northern Iowa
__
8
81_19
9117Evergreen State Coll
4732416117U of Dayton
__
8
751518116CA State, Fullerton
1831814116UTX at San Antonio
__
4
672617114CA State, Chico
86928
9114Indiana U of Penn
13
66_31
4114Juniata Coll
7682316114Northern IL Univ
__
6
662319114U of MS, Univ
18820
5114Ursinus Coll
2623711112U of Akron
__
1
73_29
8111U of Scranton
36731
8109Bradley Univ
7662412109MO State
__
4
67_30
7108Ball State
4652118108DePauw Univ
__
3
77_22
6108East Carolina Univ
27130
4107U of WI-La Crosse
3374422106Clarkson Univ
NA
84
15
7106Xavier U of Louisiana
10
71_16
8105Augustana Coll, Rock Is.
4731315105CA State, Northridge
24
65
11
5105Eckerd Coll
13
194924105NM Inst of Mining and Tech
2592420105UNC at Charlotte
__
4
692011104Appalachian State
14
214425104MO U of Science and Tech
4711613104TX State, San Marcos
__
5
64_25
9103CA State, Los Angeles
77116
9103U of MN, Duluth
4543411103Wright State
__
2
74_20
6102FL Agri and Mechanical Univ
5711610102St. Mary’s Coll of MD
__
7
82_12
1102SUNY, Coll of Env Sci and For
5622312102U of Mary WA
__
8
71_18
4101Dickinson Coll
15
59_21
6101Hamilton Coll
3721511101Towson Univ
__
8
78
8
6100Skidmore Coll
NA
76
717100Spelman Coll
__
7
482619100Wheaton Coll
47220
399Hampton Univ
__
5
64191098Central MI Univ
__
3
77_13
598Earlham Coll
__
3
63_24
898Gettysburg Coll
__
4
53301198SUNY, Buffalo State
__
6
63_22
697CT Coll
__
6
70_17
497U of South AL
__
3
69_17
695Denison Univ
__
1
56251395New Coll of FL
__
8
58131695Old Dominion Univ
__
8
34242995U of Tulsa
NA
45
351494Santa Clara Univ
37016
493CA State, Fresno
__
1
72_14
693Clark Univ
__
1
59_29
392Drew Univ
__
6
54221092Eastern MI Univ
__
2
6224__492Wittenberg Univ
NA
6224__490IL Wesleyan Univ
845191890Portland State
14
49_22
590St. Cloud State
__
8
4726__990Union Coll
NA
61171189Duquesne Univ
__
6
5816__989U of ND
459131288GA State
545231588U of MN, Morris
19
35_28
587Valparaiso Univ
NA
52
28
7___87Xavier Univ

Baccalaureate origins (where they got their bachelors) of PhDs in the hard sciences from 2004 to 2014. I downloaded the data from here: https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/webcaspar

s 301-400 I'm stopping here. Look

GeoSciLifeSciPhysSciMath&CS___totalname
54332
686Albion Coll
__
1
4730__886Grove City Coll
247251286Knox Coll
34429
985CA State, Sacramento
__
1
57171085Lewis & Clark Coll
__
1
65_10
985Loyola Univ MD
__
3
5918__585UNC at Greensboro
15025
985Willamette Univ
__
2
22322884Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech
__
3
48211284SUNY, Fredonia
NA
53
211084UTX-Pan American
12
49121083Beloit Coll
__
2
5820__383Muhlenberg Coll
250201082Drake Univ
95615
282Richard Stockton Coll
__
9
45151382WA and Lee Univ
__
3
46_23
981Hendrix Coll
__
4
4923__581Idaho State
14625
981U of St. Thomas (MN)
__
2
42181981Youngstown State
NA
32
435_80Butler Univ
NA
47
82580CUNY, Brooklyn Coll
2_60
71180East TN State
25815
580Fairfield Univ
__
2
42152079CUNY, Queens Coll
__
5
52111179U of Louisiana at Lafayette
__
4
5315__779U of Memphis
43930
679U of PR at Humacao
__
1
4624__879U of West FL
141211578U of AL in Huntsville
NA
60_13
477Northern MI Univ
__
1
4521__976Concordia Coll
45410
876Stephen F. Austin State
__
3
23272376US Air Force Acad.
__
1
4720__876U of Central AR
24325
575Fordham Univ
__
8
40131475Sewanee: The U of the South
__
5
4912__975U of Northern CO
1_65
5374UMD Balt.
NA
51
131074U of NE at Omaha
142151573CUNY, City Coll
11
47
51073Hampshire Coll
54613
973TX Christian Univ
__
3
50_15
573UNV, Las Vegas
__
8
3821__673UNC at Asheville
NA
41191272Canisius Coll
NA
40
24872Centre Coll
__
2
41_22
772Morehouse Coll
NA
42
24672Ohio Northern Univ
__
7
39_17
972U of New Orleans
__
4
4714__772U of San Diego
13824
972Wichita State
__
1
4221__771Berea Coll
334241071Eastern IL Univ
242161171Middle TN State
23923
771St. John’s Univ
NA
39
221071Southern Univ and A&M Coll
25510
4_71SUNY, Coll at Plattsburgh
NA
63
4
471TX Woman’s Univ
__
1
43151271Trinity Coll, Hartford
__
3
5015__371U of WI-River Falls
NA
4617__770Alma Coll
93223
670SUNY, Oswego
__
5
479869Salisbury Univ
__
7
36161069St. Lawrence Univ
10
33
161069U of AK Fairbanks
34711
768Jackson State
__
4
35181168Providence Coll
__
7
32171268Southern Methodist Univ
__
4
4712__568U of MA Boston
238131467Bard Coll
240131267DePaul Univ
43621
667Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ, Indianapolis
__
1
45_15
667John Carroll Univ
__
2
37111767Louisiana Tech Univ
__
2
45_11
967Rhodes Coll, Memphis
__
4
4612__567Rutgers State U of New Jersey, Newark
54613
367West Chester U of Penn
__
2
4514__667Winona State
NA
3427__566Lebanon Valley Coll
13328
466Penn State, Erie
NA
45
14766Western IL Univ
NA
46
10
965Angelo State
__
1
4115__865Gonzaga Univ
243101065NC Agri and Tech State
43817
665Pacific Lutheran Univ
__
2
46_13
465St. John’s Univ, NY
__
4
4017__465St. Norbert Coll
53022
865TN Tech Univ
__
2
3123__965U of MO, St. Louis
NA
4814__365U of the Sciences in Philadelphia
04118
564AR State
__
1
4017__664Baldwin-Wallace Coll
23221
863GA Southern Univ
NA
35
141463Harding Univ
335151063MN State, Mankato
5_46
9
363Rutgers State U of New Jersey, Camden
__
5
3417__763U of MA Lowell
34110
862Montclair State
__
2
4410662Morgan State

Nice work, @liska21. You’re truly a data cruncher!

I wonder if there is a difference between research universities and LACs regarding faculty encouraging students to apply for NSF grants? Could it be that a higher percentage of undergraduate students doing research in labs funded by government grants (i.e. research univ labs) are encouraged to apply for NSF grants simply because the faculty know about the opportunity? When I was on the faculty at a larger research univ, I know I kept my ear to the ground for any and all grant opportunities to fund lab members.

Typically, students (and their parents) looking to get into a science career only think about the quickest way to get a pipette in their hand and start “doing research”. What is often forgotten in this equation is the HUGE need to communicate your research results to be a successful scientist. Successful scientists all have the ability to communicate well. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of liska21’s statement:

@dadof1 Now that I have both the # PhDs and # NSF Grad Fellowships, I can look at the % of PhDs that get a NSFGF from various types of schools. However, many of these students would have applied for the fellowship while a masters student or early PhD, so after they’d left their BS institution and are in grad school. It’ll be interesting to see if there is an evidence of a baccalaureate effect in the % PhDs with NSFGF’s.

I started this data crunching after an info session at Williams College when they were touting the # of NSFGF’s their students and alums had gotten in 2015-2016. I was curious to see how it compared across schools, especially since we were headed off to Bates and Colby the next day (I was also stuck in a motel and feeling kind of bored…). But I was also interested to see how the different Univ of XYZ and XYZ State Universities compare across states.

There are lots on interesting tidbits here. Northfield, MN (Carleton + St Olaf, ~5000 students) produced as many undergrads who went on to get PhDs in the hard science as Univ of MN-Twin Cities (~30000 undergrads and a major res. univ). Reed College (~1.4K) produced 260 undergrads who went on to PhDs in the hard sciences compared to 297 at U of OR (24K undergrads) and 332 at OR State (28K undergrads). The two women’s colleges in Amherst, Smith+Mt Holyoke (~4700), produced 406 undergrads who got PhDs in the hard sciences compared to 501 by U of MA-Amherst (~22K). High per-capita scientist production by LACs is nothing new but it’s interesting when you compare institutions side by side. I had known the per-capita was higher but didn’t really grasp that the total #s produced were in the same ballpark for some institutions.