Brown (no aid) vs. Amherst ( aid)

Colleges & Universities Amherst College
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Amherst sends a lot of people on to graduate scale (as a percent of their overall enrollment) - a lot of LAC’s do. It is well-regarded by graduate schools.

You might be interested in these resources:

  1. NSF article detailing the universities and colleges that send the most students onto get doctorates in science. About 1/2 of the top 50 are LACs:

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13323/

  1. Reed also provides a shorter list which ranks schools by the percentages of students who go onto get doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines:

http://www.reed.edu/ir/phd.html