There’s currently a thread about LACs and STEM careers. You can see that the women’s colleges are very high in the lists …
Also, let me just add that MHC is GREAT for international relations! And, an advantage of a small LAC is that the professors are very accessible and committed to helping their students. My D made a connection with a bio prof right away and he is already helping her find internships in her field, etc.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18057764#Comment_18057764
Here are some excerpts:
According to a National Science Foundation survey, the following were the top 25 U.S. baccalaureate-origin LACs of 2002–11 science & engineering doctorate recipients, adjusted for institution size:
Harvey Mudd (24.4 S&E PhDs per 100 alumni)
Reed
Swarthmore
Carleton
Grinnell
Pomona
Haverford
Williams
Bryn Mawr
Macalester
Hillsdale
Oberlin
Amherst
Lawrence U.
Kalamazoo
Wesleyan
Wellesley
Hendrix
Whitman
Allegheny, Vassar, Bowdoin
Earlham
Mt. Holyoke
Occidental (5.7 S&E PhDs per 100 alumni)
Source: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13323/
Top LACs for STEM majors ranked by USNews
All STEM Fields
- Harvey Mudd 93.0%
- Lafayette 41.7%
- Pomona 36.0%
- Bucknell 35.3%
- Carleton 34.8%
- St. Olaf 33.0%
- Union 31.4%
- Colby 31.0%
- Scripps 28.6%
- Williams 27.6%
- Swarthmore 27.1%
- Colorado College 26.7%
- Grinnell 25.9%
- Lawrence 25.8%
15. Mount Holyoke 25.6% - Gettysburg 25.2%
- Oberlin 25.0%
- Wabash 25.0%
- St. Lawrence 25.0%
- Macalester 24.4%
21. Bryn Mawr 24.1% - Bowdoin 23.9%
- Hamilton 23.7%
- Whitman 23.7%
- Middlebury 23.4%
- Wellesley 22.9%
- Franklin & Marshall 22.7%
- Rhodes 22.6%
- Reed 22.6%
- DePauw 22.4%
- Haverford 22.0%
32. Smith 21.5%
Top 30+ LACs for PhD Production in Math and Computer Science
Year: 2003-2012
Carnegie Classification (standardized): Baccalaureate/Liberal Arts I
Academic Discipline, Broad (standardized): Mathematics and Computer Science
Source: webcaspar.com (NSF data)
Number of Doctorates Earned by Alumni… College
50 Williams College
47 Carleton College
42 Swarthmore College
37 St Olaf College
34 Oberlin College
30 Reed College
27 Amherst College
25 Pomona College
22 Grinnell College
22 Haverford College
22 Macalester College
21 Bucknell University
20 Whitman College
19 Furman University
19 Smith College
17 Bryn Mawr College
17 Wesleyan University
16 Bowdoin College
16 Colgate University
16 Hope College
16 Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
15 Lafayette College
15 Spelman College
14 Davidson College
14 DePauw University
14 Lawrence University
13 University of Minnesota - Morris
13 University of Puget Sound
13 Wellesley College
12 Mt. Holyoke,