<p>from #8 above:</p>
<p>[Physics</a> PhD Students - Types of Financial Support - Figure 5](<a href=“http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/bachplus5c/figure5.htm]Physics”>http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/bachplus5c/figure5.htm)</p>
<p>correct me if I am wrong, but according this survey, students that had higher student/facuty ratios in the Physics department were, in general, happier with their physics undergraduate education. This goes against what would be rational.</p>