<p>As for the quality of the political science department at Reed, one of the future PhD tabulations puts Reed in a tie for fourth place:</p>
<p>Academic field:Political Science and Government </p>
<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees: ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database<br>
Number of Undergraduates: ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database<br>
Formula: Total PhDs per 1000 graduates </p>
<p>1 Swarthmore College 10
2 Haverford College 8
3 Princeton University 8
4 Pomona College 7
5 Harvard University 7
6 University of Chicago 7
7 Oberlin College 7
8 Williams College 7
9 Reed College 7
10 Wesleyan University 6
11 Bryn Mawr College 6
12 University of the South 5
13 Whitman College 5
14 Amherst College 5
15 Yale University 5
16 College of Wooster 5
17 Stanford University 5
18 Georgetown University 5
19 Claremont McKenna College 5
20 Carleton College 5
21 Smith College 4
22 Middlebury College 4
23 Franklin and Marshall College 4
24 Tougaloo College 4
25 Wellesley College 4</p>
<p>(courtesy of interesteddad, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/t-193524.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/archive/index.php/t-193524.html</a>)</p>