Top Biochemistry Schools Anyone?

vonlost
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:45:23 +0000

Because biochem often means research, here are the top undergrad producers (by percentage) of future PhDs for bio and chem (no, there’s no biochem category, pick out the schools that do both):



Percent of PhDs per grad
Academic field: Bio and Health Sciences

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

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

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

1 California Institute of Technology 5.4%
2   Reed College    4.8%
3   Swarthmore College  4.4%
4   University of Chicago   3.3%
5   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   3.1%
6   University of California-San Francisco  3.1%
7   Harvard University  3.0%
8   Kalamazoo College   3.0%
9   Harvey Mudd College 2.9%
10  Earlham College 2.8%
11  Johns Hopkins University    2.7%
12  Princeton University    2.6%
13  Haverford College   2.6%
14  Mount Holyoke College   2.6%
15  Yale University 2.5%
16  Rice University 2.5%
17  Lawrence University 2.5%
18  Carleton College    2.5%
19  Stanford University 2.5%
20  Oberlin College 2.4%
21  Cornell University, All Campuses    2.4%
22  Grinnell College    2.3%
23  Hendrix College 2.3%
24  Bryn Mawr College   2.1%
25  Bowdoin College 2.1%
26  Wellesley College   2.1%
27  Amherst College 2.1%

Per Capita Undergrad Production of PhDs and Doctoral Degrees

Academic field: Chemistry

PhDs and Doctoral Degrees: 1994 to 2003 from NSF database

Enrollment from 2004 USNews

Formula: PhDs divided by undergrad enrollment times 1000

1 Harvey Mudd College 100
2   California Institute of Technology  42
3   Wabash College  38
4   Reed College    30
5   Carleton College    30
6   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   27
7   Bowdoin College 26
8   Grinnell College    24
9   Haverford College   24
10  Franklin and Marshall College   22
11  College of Wooster  22
12  Bryn Mawr College   19
13  Allegheny College   18
14  College of William and Mary 18
15  Texas Lutheran University   18
16  Furman University   17
17  University of Minnesota - Morris    17
18  Knox College    17
19  Occidental College  17
20  University of Chicago   16
21  Bates College   15
22  Rice University 15
23  Juniata College 15
24  Kalamazoo College   15
25  Williams College    15
26  Swarthmore College  15
27  Oberlin College 15