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In an effort to encourage the consistent incorporation of facts about information on Baccalaureate Origins
in grant proposals and other general writing produced by a number of Earlham College faculty, the
following text is provided by the Public Affairs office as an accurate summary of the data.
On general Ph.D. completion*
Between 1975 and 2004, 10.2 percent of Earlham College graduates completed doctoral degrees.
An Earlham education enhances intellectual growth.  Alumni rate contact with Earlham faculty, the
quality of teaching and the courses in their majors highly.  Earlham alumni have reported for many years
that their alma mater prepared them well for post-baccalaureate education.  In fact, Earlham is
ranked 23rd among 1,469 institutions of higher learning in the U.S. in the percentage of graduates who
go on to receive Ph.D.s.*  This fact, which compares doctoral degree completions by Earlham graduates
with those of other baccalaureate institutions, strongly demonstrates the quality of the teaching/learning
experience at Earlham.  Earlham is one of the top three liberal arts colleges in the Great Lakes
Colleges Association in overall production of doctoral degrees by alumni.
On women's Ph.D. completions*
It is noteworthy that doctoral productivity for women graduates of Earlham has improved dramatically
since the 1971-80 period, from 67th among four-year institutions in 1971-80 to 41st in 1995-2004.
This finding reflects not only the changes within higher education and American society during this period,
but also Earlham's continuing commitment to improving the role of women.
*This citation should accompany references to this data:
"These findings are based on the Baccalaureate Origins data for 1975-2004 made available by the
Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium.  Rankings reflect relative size of institutions.