psychology undergrad schools

vonlost
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:20:59 +0000

Correct; it’s just available data, which must be carefully interpreted. It’s not meant to be a ranking, especially since such disparate schools are listed. The data reflect a relatively large psych department compared to other departments at a given school, combined with the future PhDs of the psych majors.

The data may indeed be more useful for students drawn to LACs. For example, for the given case of psychology, and the few cases of a high school student having interest in becoming a clinician or doing research, she might start with the LACs on the list where her statistics indicate a “match” for admission, and further research these for an overall fit. Or perhaps some students might infer that relatively high future PhD numbers indicate a quality undergrad program.