Listed here are colleges ranked in order of the highest number of doctoral degrees per hundred BA/BS degrees, signifying the success of the school in sending its graduates on to achieve doctorates in social sciences (including subjects such as Economics, Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, Anthropology, Linguistics, and other area studies). FYI, this list is from The College Finder, 2017 edition now available!
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1. Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
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2. Reed College (Portland, OR)
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3. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
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4. The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
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5. Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
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6. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
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7. Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
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8. Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)
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9. Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
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10. Pomona College (Claremont, CA)
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11. Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
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12. Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
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13. Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
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14. Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
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15. Yale University (New Haven, CT)
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16. St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM)
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17. Haverford College (Haverford, PA)
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18. Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
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19. Brown University (Providence, RI)
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20. Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
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21. Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
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22. Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
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23. Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
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24. Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
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25. Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
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Source:
Baccalaureate Origins of Earned Doctoral Degrees, Pomona College Office of Institutional Research, 2015
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