<p>I don’t see the point of reporting the percentage of all students who go on to get a PhD. How are my chances at getting a PhD hurt because my school also sends people to med school, or has people who want to get an MBA, or has engineers who would rather go into industry than academia, or has people whose career goals only require a masters, etc etc. All it’s really doing is pointing out the obvious fact that LACs specialize in fields where continuing on to get a PhD is a common option.</p>