<p>I think that all of the top LACs have very high placement rates into PhD programs, med schools, law schools, and biz schools. Each LAC tends to do slightly better (a few percentage points) in one area or another, based on the type of students they attract more than anything else. </p>
<p>For example, Williams has ALWAYS been known as a med/law/biz school factory. Swarthmore has ALWAYS been known as a PhD factory. Doesn’t mean that Williams doesn’t do very well at PhD placement or that Swarthmore doesn’t do very well at Med school placements. I’m sure that Amherst and Pomona are right there, too.</p>
<p>To be honest, this wouldn’t be high on my list of reasons to choose one school from this group over another. I just don’t think there’s enough difference to really matter. More important would be other issues like location, campus culture, specific programs and policies, the offerings in a “specialty” major like art history or linguistics, etc.</p>