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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]bTW—top 50 sc ools that produce science PhDs I had bookmarked. 2010, so you might want to search for an updated list. But I bet the top 20 of this list holds up.  It’s where to look if your kid what’s research and not an MD (yes, I know some MDs research...). It’s a mix of school sizes. But some LACs do very well.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-50-schools-that-produce-science-phds/[/quote]

Interesting article. Thanks for sharing![/quote]

That’s only half the study.  Here’s what NSF says about that list:

“This finding contrasts sharply with the baccalaureate origins of the absolute number of S&E PhDs. The top 50 known U.S. baccalaureate-origin institutions of 1997–2006 S&E doctorate recipients are almost all research institutions with very high research activity, and more than half are public institutions (table 3). Two (Brigham Young University and College of William and Mary) have high research activity. None are baccalaureate colleges. The top 5 baccalaureate-origin institutions of 1997–2006 S&E doctorate recipients are: University of California Berkeley, Cornell University, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.”

And here’s the list of the actual top 50 undergrad schools wrt the production of STEM PhDs:

https://wayback.archive-it.org/5902/20160210152803/http%3A//www%2Ensf%2Egov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/tab3.gif

I think that the first list tells you that certainly you can get there (STEM PhD) from here (LAC BA) and gives you a sense of which LACs are best suited if that’s the path you want to take.  But it doesn’t make the case that LACs are the best place to study if you want to get a STEM PhD.[/quote]

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