Franklin & Marshall Report

January 1998

Franklin and Marshall College has just completed the 8th edition of their "baccalaureate origins of Ph.D.s" report. It ranks 4-year private institutions by Ph.D. production rates per field. Below are the figures for Wooster in the 6th, 7th, and 8th editions. The numbers are total degrees given; in parentheses are our rankings in the pertinent group. Data is represented for two time periods:

Since 1920 (1920-1988, 1920-1990, 1920-1995)
Every Ten Years (1979-1988, 1981-1990, 1986-1995)

Some highlights:

• It was the 5th edition which rated Wooster as 11th in Ph.D. production, the figure we often quote; that edition covered the period from 1920 to 1986. The corresponding standings for later editions are 13th, 26th, and 26th, respectively.

• Wooster produced 1,565 Ph.D.s from 1920 to 1995, for an average of 21 per year.

• Our rating in the sciences stayed at 18th, but in non-sciences fell from 11th to 26th.

• Our best ratings over the long period, 1920-1995, are 2nd in chemistry, 6th in geology, 7th in education, and 9th in history.

• Our rankings for total Ph.D.s over a 10-year period rose to 19th (1986-1995) from 21st (1981-90); chemistry rose to 5th in 1986-1990, having been 7th from 1981-1990.
  

Click here to see the complete Franklin and Marshall report on Baccalaureate Origins of Doctoral Recipients, 8th Edition.

Updated: June 12, 2008