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Top Graduate Schools for Carleton Alumni by Degree Program

Carleton Alumni 1990 to Present


(Source:  Alumni database 9/2010.  Tables show the show top schools attended by alumni for major degree programs.  The information is as reported by alumni, and although the database is by no means complete, it does provide our best indicator of the types of graduate programs that our alumni attend.  Note that a record of attendance does not guarantee that a degree was actually completed.)

MBA Programs

Rank Institution Count
1 U of Minnesota 39
2 U of Chicago 28
3 Northwestern U 19
4 Harvard U 13
5 Stanford U 8
6 U of Pennsylvania 7
6 Yale U 7
8 College of St. Thomas 6
8 U of Washington 6
10 Columbia U 5
10 Dartmouth C 5
12 Cornell U 4
12 Duke U 4
12 Massachusetts Inst. Tech. 4
12 U of Mi-Ann Arbor 4
12 Washington U 4

JD Programs

Rank Institution Count
1 U of Minnesota 74
2 U of Mi-Ann Arbor 27
3 William Mitchell College 22
4 U of Wisconsin-Madison 21
5 Georgetown U 19
6 New York U 16
6 Harvard U 16
8 U of Iowa 14
8 U of Chicago 14
8 Stanford U 14
11 Columbia U 13
12 Lewis & Clark C 12
12 George Washington U 12
12 Northwestern U 12

MD Programs

Rank Institution Count
1 U of Minnesota 81
2 Mayo Grad School of Med. 13
2 U of Chicago 13
4 U of Iowa 10
5 Loyola U of Chicago 9
6 Northwestern U 8
6 U of Rochester 8
6 U of Washington 8
9 Dartmouth C 7
9 Rush U 7
9 U of Wisconsin-Madison 7
12 Columbia U 6
12 Georgetown U 6
12 U of IL Urbana-Champaign 6

PhD Programs

Rank Institution Count
1 U of Minnesota 86
2 U of Wisconsin-Madison 66
3 U of CA-Berkeley 62
4 U of Washington 54
5 U of Mi-Ann Arbor 48
6 U of Chicago 39
7 U of CO at Boulder 30
8 Harvard U 23
9 Stanford U 22
10 U of Arizona-Tucson 21
11 Cornell U 19
11 Northwestern U 18
11 U of Texas at Austin 18
11 Yale U 18