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Doctoral Degree Productivity

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Undergraduate Origins of Doctoral Degrees

Percentage ranking of doctorates, by academic field, conferred upon graduates of listed institutions.

Rank All Disciplines Science and Math Social Sciences Humanities and Arts
1 Calif. Inst. of Tech. Calif. Inst. of Tech. Swarthmore St. John's, MD
2 Harvey Mudd Harvey Mudd ºìÌÒÊÓƵ New England Cons. of Music
3 Swarthmore MIT Univ. of Chicago ºìÌÒÊÓƵ
4 ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Carleton Williams Swarthmore
5 Carleton ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Carleton St. John's, NM
6 MIT Swarthmore Pomona Oberlin
7 New College of Florida Case Western Reserve Univ. Wesleyan Yale
8 Univ. of Chicago New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Tech. Wellesley Bryn Mawr
9 Grinnell Rice Grinnell Sarah Lawrence
10 Haverford Grinnell Macalester Univ. of Chicago

Percentage Ranking by Specific Fields of Study

Rank Life Sciences Physical Sciences Psychology Other Social Sciences* Humanities
1 Calif. Inst. of Tech. Calif. Inst. of Tech. ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Macalester New England Conserv. of Music
2 ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Harvey Mudd Vassar Swarthmore Juilliard
3 Swarthmore Carleton Wellesley Wesleyan St. John's, MD
4 Grinnell ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Barnard ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Manhattan School of Music
5 Carleton MIT Williams Harvard Swarthmore
6 MIT New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Tech. Wesleyan Williams Oberlin
7 Haverford Haverford Haverford Carleton ºìÌÒÊÓƵ
8 Univ. of California, Merced Swarthmore Union College at Kentucky Pomona Wheaton
9 New College of Florida Colorado School of Mines Carleton Dartmouth St. Johns, NM
10 Harvey Mudd Grinnell Spelman Bryn Mawr Sarah Lawrence

*Does not include psychology, education, or communications and librarianship.

Source: National Science Foundation and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The listing shows the top institutions in the nation ranked by estimated percentage of graduates who went on to earn a doctoral degree in selected disciplines between 2009-2018.