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The quote doesn’t make it clear if that’s true for each of those degrees, or is simply true collectively. Also, I have to think that more people attend such schools with the intention of going on for more advanced degrees than the typical college as well.</p>
<p>This brings up another point worth thinking about–could it be that students are good about picking the kind of school to attend? That is, those who want to be around a lot of accomplished peers go somewhere where that can happen (a selective school or an honors program), and those who’d rather be big fish in a small pond do that. If their long-term results are the same, that’s OK by me.</p>