Swarthmore vs. UChicago

interesteddad
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:19:27 +0000

As for grad school. Swarthmore has the 3rd highest percentage of graduates getting a PhD over most recent 10 year period in the country, behind only two tech schools: CalTech and Harvey Mudd.

Swarthmore has the highest percentage of graduates getting Social Science PhDs over that period.

And, to address your specific question, a higher percentage of Swat grads have gotten an Economics PhD than any other college or university in the country – and it’s not even close. On a percentage basis, more than three times as many Swat grads have gotten an Econ PhD than UChicago grads:



**PhDs in Economics per 1000 grads**

PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database

Number of Graduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database

Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period

1 Swarthmore College 16
2       Grinnell College    7
3       Williams College    7
4       Carleton College    7
5       Harvard University  6
6       Agnes Scott College 6
7       Massachusetts Institute of Technology   5
8       University of Chicago   5
9       Yale University 5
10      California Institute of Technology  5
11      Princeton University    5
12      Macalester College  5
13      Stanford University 4
14      Pomona College  4
15      Oberlin College 4
16      Wellesley College   4
17      Trinity University  4
18      Bowdoin College 3
19      Earlham College 3
20      Berea College   3
21      Amherst College 3
22      Wabash College  3
23      Bard College    3
24      Rocky Mountain College  3
25      Coe College 3
26      Wesleyan University 3
27      College of William and Mary 3
28      Colby College   3
29      Columbia University in the City of New York 3
30      Hillsdale College   3
31      Franklin and Marshall College   3