<p>I would really caution people not to draw conclusions, good or bad, from small samples (like a single year) at any small liberal arts college. The numbers are so small that you see huge year to year variation.</p>
<p>I don’t know what percentage of math majors apply to grad school directly out of college, but the number is probably in the single digits. This stuff is so dependent on individual students.</p>
<p>momPhD:</p>
<p>I suspect that UPenn’s data is a lot less comprehensive than it might appear. It’s really a challenge to compile accurate data because the only complete picture you get is during graduation week. These days, the majority of kids are not going to grad school directly out of college. In many fields (law for example), it’s almost frowned up now. So it’s up to the alumni office and that is hit or miss to some extent.</p>
<p>PhD data is available because the National Science Foundation has been surveying every PhD recepient in the US since the 1920s. They get a 90%+ response rate. Med school admissions data is tracked by the national admissions combine, but is not publicly available.</p>
<p>Most of the publicly available data for Swarthmore is available in the factbook:</p>
<p>[Swarthmore</a> College :: Institutional Research :: Fact Book](<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/factbook.xml]Swarthmore”>Fact Book :: Institutional Effectiveness, Research & Assessment :: Swarthmore College)</p>
<p>There’s more at the career counseling site. Beyond that, you’d probably have to contact career counseling and see what they’ve got.</p>