Baccalaureate Origins of Ph.D.s
St. Olaf ranks high among private liberal arts colleges in the number of its graduates who earn doctoral degrees. The data below is based on the NSF/NRC Survey of Earned Doctorates (from the CASPAR database) and compares St. Olaf to the 165 selective liberal arts colleges that are classified as Baccalaureate I Colleges in the Carnegie classification.
Baccalaureate Origin of Doctorates Earned in Different Periods
| College | 1990-94 | 1984-94 | 1966-94 |
| 1. Oberlin | 482 |
1046 |
2607 |
| 2. Carleton | 360 |
663 |
1622 |
| 3. Swarthmore | 326 |
635 |
1713 |
| 4. Wesleyan U | 297 |
569 |
1322 |
| 5. St.Olaf | 283 |
530 |
1193 |
| 6. Smith | 276 |
584 |
1505 |
| 7. Wellesley | 260 |
597 |
1567 |
| 8. Reed | 256 |
489 |
1240 |
| 9. Barnard | 241 |
580 |
1712 |
| 10. Mt. Holyoke | 217 |
455 |
1138 |
| 11. Wheaton (IL) | 216 |
492 |
1335 |
| 12. Vassar | 209 |
452 |
1156 |
| 13. Williams | 203 |
407 |
1086 |
| 14. Bucknell | 202 |
455 |
1150 |
| 15. Pomona | 196 |
452 |
1362 |
| 16. Bryn Mawr | 192 |
370 |
933 |
| 17. Grinnell | 188 |
358 |
981 |
| 18. Colgate | 185 |
375 |
954 |
| 19. Amherst | 179 |
379 |
1249 |
| 20. Wooster | 167 |
352 |
1080 |
St. Olaf Graduates
Looking at specific disciplines, the following table shows the number of Ph.D.s awarded to St. Olaf graduates during the period 1990-94 and the rank of St. Olaf among liberal arts colleges as a source of Ph.D.s in those disciplines.
| Discipline | Number |
Rank |
| Biol Science | 40 |
8 |
| Math/CompSci | 28 |
1 |
| Chemistry | 26 |
7 |
| Education | 24 |
10 |
| Psychology | 23 |
19 |
| Religion | 19 |
1 |
| Art & Music | 18 |
3 |
| Physics | 13 |
5 |
| English & Lit | 10 |
19 |
| Foreign Lang | 9 |
2 |
| History | 6 |
22 |
| Economics | 5 |
16 |
| Political Sci | 4 |
25 |
| Business | 4 |
9 |
| Sociology | 3 |
13 |
| Anthropology | 2 |
20 |
| Library | 2 |
4 |
| Social Serv | 2 |
9 |
