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Table 308. Doctor's degrees conferred by 60 large degree-granting institutions: 1992-93 to 2001-02

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                                                     | Rank | Total, |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
                     Institution                     | or-  |1992-93 |1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02
                                                     |der\1\|   to   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
                                                     |      |2001-02 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
_____________________________________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______
                          1                          |  2   |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |   11    |  12   |  13
_____________________________________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______
     United States, all institutions ................|     †| 444,250| 42,132| 43,185| 44,446| 44,652| 45,876| 46,010| 44,077|   44,808| 44,904| 44,160
                                                     |______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______
Total, 60 large institutions ........................|     †| 242,991| 23,997| 24,621| 25,021| 24,852| 25,089| 25,305| 23,750|   23,929| 23,605| 22,822
                                                     |______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______
University of California, Berkeley ..................|     1|   7,859|    810|    896|    828|    770|    759|    756|    720|      756|    759|    805
The University of Texas at Austin ...................|     2|   7,278|    686|    714|    727|    744|    786|    836|    754|      659|    733|    639
University of Wisconsin, Madison ....................|     3|   7,238|    676|    783|    758|    753|    782|    757|    687|      729|    663|    650
University of Illinois at Urbana ....................|     4|   6,783|    705|    666|    761|    698|    735|    706|    646|      597|    667|    602
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ................|     5|   6,669|    627|    707|    685|    763|    704|    729|    658|      604|    632|    560
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
Ohio State University, Main Campus ..................|     6|   6,599|    685|    710|    699|    717|    721|    636|    561|      620|    633|    617
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ...................|     7|   6,490|    654|    649|    714|    691|    635|    690|    650|      629|    568|    610
University of California, Los Angeles ...............|     8|   6,174|    657|    620|    663|    611|    616|    607|    589|      606|    612|    593
Harvard University ..................................|     9|   5,868|    540|    538|    556|    528|    623|    803|    615|      602|    520|    543
Stanford University .................................|    10|   5,797|    581|    560|    574|    585|    607|    606|    574|      589|    573|    548
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ..........|    11|   5,287|    495|    507|    563|    510|    523|    571|    560|      513|    526|    519
Texas A & M University ..............................|    12|   5,283|    496|    579|    564|    574|    541|    525|    501|      490|    509|    504
Columbia University in the City of New York .........|    13|   5,138|    687|    644|    660|    404|    482|    469|    414|      461|    465|    452
Nova Southeastern University ........................|    14|   5,087|    433|    485|    450|    447|    534|    540|    537|      587|    519|    555
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...............|    15|   5,087|    516|    508|    521|    554|    514|    520|    486|      475|    492|    501
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
University of Southern California ...................|    16|   4,906|    415|    415|    539|    539|    448|    515|    536|      481|    522|    496
Cornell University\2\ ...............................|    17|   4,844|    520|    593|    525|    516|    485|    474|    485|      441|    423|    382
Purdue University, Main Campus ......................|    18|   4,825|    504|    493|    509|    508|    478|    496|    496|      468|    464|    409
University of Washington, Seattle ...................|    19|   4,797|    416|    455|    482|    495|    526|    479|    520|      486|    486|    452
University of Maryland, College Park Campus .........|    20|   4,765|    490|    528|    480|    466|    505|    474|    501|      461|    430|    430
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
University of Florida ...............................|    21|   4,675|    372|    442|    400|    434|    429|    456|    445|      516|    574|    607
University of Pennsylvania ..........................|    22|   4,419|    506|    488|    539|    447|    440|    436|    380|      427|    376|    380
Michigan State University ...........................|    23|   4,285|    401|    429|    419|    484|    411|    451|    404|      444|    414|    428
University of Arizona ...............................|    24|   3,996|    373|    442|    396|    384|    445|    411|    411|      405|    359|    370
Rutgers University, New Brunswick ...................|    25|   3,910|    376|    400|    405|    416|    410|    402|    375|      371|    392|    363
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
New York University .................................|    26|   3,854|    404|    391|    380|    356|    392|    446|    300|      402|    368|    415
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .........|    27|   3,851|    388|    373|    369|    365|    387|    382|    374|      425|    398|    390
Indiana University, Bloomington .....................|    28|   3,719|    348|    348|    383|    374|    366|    361|    363|      409|    420|    347
University of Chicago ...............................|    29|   3,699|    346|    395|    366|    381|    364|    368|    384|      391|    371|    333
University of Georgia ...............................|    30|   3,504|    352|    309|    342|    343|    328|    369|    365|      352|    351|    393
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. .........|    31|   3,498|    369|    379|    361|    378|    410|    349|    349|      309|    268|    326
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus ...............|    32|   3,488|    333|    334|    324|    358|    387|    380|    360|      316|    360|    336
Northwestern University .............................|    33|   3,465|    363|    305|    375|    359|    357|    377|    309|      321|    350|    349
Yale University .....................................|    34|   3,423|    369|    348|    366|    367|    329|    365|    322|      334|    313|    310
University of California, Davis .....................|    35|   3,405|    306|    323|    341|    397|    351|    337|    310|      357|    337|    346
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University of Iowa ..................................|    36|   3,362|    331|    342|    340|    377|    364|    327|    310|      317|    334|    320
Johns Hopkins University ............................|    37|   3,335|    318|    262|    271|    321|    329|    360|    366|      351|    384|    373
University of Virginia, Main Campus .................|    38|   3,198|    315|    294|    312|    325|    368|    302|    302|      343|    316|    321
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ..........|    39|   3,128|    283|    300|    304|    325|    314|    322|    358|      316|    306|    300
State University of New York at Buffalo .............|    40|   3,037|    320|    345|    318|    346|    314|    295|    271|      303|    294|    231
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst ................|    41|   3,028|    370|    338|    307|    338|    282|    299|    270|      276|    261|    287
University of Colorado at Boulder ...................|    42|   2,961|    299|    306|    299|    297|    328|    309|    307|      266|    292|    258
City University of New York, Graduate School         |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
   and University Center ............................|     1|   2,921|    318|    286|    294|    302|    310|    333|    277|      280|    250|    271
Boston University ...................................|     1|   2,878|    271|    289|    315|    309|    276|    307|    287|      274|    304|    246
Arizona State University, Main Campus ...............|     2|   2,858|    270|    258|    305|    315|    274|    287|    273|      286|    277|    313
                                                     |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |       |
University of California, San Diego .................|     3|   2,849|    280|    285|    274|    259|    281|    310|    303|      294|    285|    278
Iowa State University ...............................|     4|   2,766|    322|    307|    318|    287|    255|    300|    257|      238|    243|    239
Florida State University ............................|     5|   2,751|    262|    274|    295|    273|    306|    305|    273|      263|    252|    248
Temple University ...................................|     6|   2,731|    282|    287|    315|    281|    306|    285|    248|      263|    238|    226
Princeton University ................................|     7|   2,688|    249|    267|    300|    286|    296|    263|    250|      279|    268|    230
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University of Tennessee ............................ |     8|   2,618|    249|    226|    257|    281|    295|    254|    255|      286|    239|    276
University of South Carolina at Columbia ............|     9|   2,592|    281|    288|    237|    267|    274|    243|    268|      246|    235|    253
University of Missouri, Columbia ....................|    10|   2,537|    260|    253|    219|    248|    264|    277|    230|      256|    278|    252
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus ...............|    11|   2,492|    226|    273|    264|    227|    298|    274|    230|      238|    248|    214
University of Nebraska at Lincoln ...................|    12|   2,446|    221|    227|    229|    261|    276|    282|    251|      251|    235|    213
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University of Connecticut ...........................|    13|   2,430|    216|    246|    265|    239|    254|    253|    227|      275|    234|    221
University of Kansas, Main Campus ...................|    14|   2,385|    193|    225|    250|    243|    248|    278|    267|      246|    231|    204
Louisiana St. U. & A&M and Hebert Laws Center .......|    15|   2,372|    188|    218|    222|    238|    234|    258|    253|      275|    264|    222
Duke University .....................................|    16|   2,348|    191|    201|    246|    230|    258|    238|    249|      230|    259|    246
State University of New York at Stony Brook .........|    17|   2,315|    283|    268|    241|    261|    275|    265|    227|      244|    231|     20
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† Not applicable.
\1\Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2002.
\2\Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges.

NOTE: Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 1992-93 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared October 2003.)


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