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Table 305. Doctor's degrees conferred by 60 large degree-granting institutions: 1994-95 through 2003-04
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                                               |      |  Total,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                               |  Rank| 1994-95|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                               | order|      to|       |       |       |       |1998-99|  1999-|       |       |       |
Institution                                    |   \1\| 2003-04|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|    \2\|   2000|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04
_______________________________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1                                              |    2 |      3 |      4|     5 |     6 |     7 |     8 |     9 |    10 |    11 |    12 |    13
_______________________________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   United States, all institutions ............|    † | 453,335| 44,446| 44,652| 45,876| 46,010| 44,077| 44,808| 44,904| 44,160| 46,024| 48,378
                                               |______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   Total, 60 large institutions ...............|    † | 242,541| 24,969| 24,843| 25,038| 25,303| 23,751| 23,915| 23,629| 23,059| 23,425| 24,609
                                               |______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
University of California, Berkeley ............|     1|   7,700|    828|    770|    759|    756|    720|    756|    759|    805|    772|    775
University of Texas at Austin .................|     2|   7,254|    727|    744|    786|    836|    754|    659|    733|    639|    674|    702
University of Wisconsin, Madison ..............|     3|   7,063|    758|    753|    782|    757|    687|    729|    663|    650|    656|    628
University of Illinois at Urbana ..............|     4|   6,603|    761|    698|    735|    706|    646|    597|    667|    602|    617|    574
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ..........|     5|   6,487|    685|    763|    704|    729|    658|    604|    632|    560|    560|    592
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor .............|     6|   6,463|    714|    691|    635|    690|    650|    629|    568|    610|    616|    660
Ohio State University, Main Campus ............|     7|   6,339|    699|    717|    721|    636|    561|    620|    633|    617|    575|    560
University of California, Los Angeles .........|     8|   6,159|    663|    611|    616|    607|    589|    606|    612|    593|    596|    666
Harvard University ............................|     9|   5,910|    556|    528|    623|    803|    615|    602|    520|    543|    548|    572
Stanford University ...........................|    10|   5,892|    574|    585|    607|    606|    574|    589|    573|    548|    611|    625
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Nova Southeastern University ..................|    11|   5,606|    450|    447|    534|    540|    537|    587|    519|    555|    732|    705
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ....|    12|   5,327|    563|    510|    523|    571|    560|    513|    526|    519|    503|    539
University of Southern California .............|    13|   5,208|    539|    539|    448|    515|    536|    481|    522|    496|    559|    573
Texas A & M University ........................|    14|   5,165|    564|    574|    541|    525|    501|    490|    509|    504|    442|    515
University of Florida .........................|    15|   5,146|    400|    434|    429|    456|    445|    516|    574|    607|    591|    694
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology .........|    16|   4,970|    521|    554|    514|    520|    486|    475|    492|    501|    440|    467
University of Washington ......................|    17|   4,922|    482|    495|    526|    479|    520|    486|    486|    452|    493|    503
Purdue University, Main Campus ................|    18|   4,737|    509|    508|    478|    496|    496|    468|    464|    409|    463|    446
Columbia University in the City of New York ...|    19|   4,735|    660|    404|    482|    469|    414|    461|    465|    452|    433|    495
University of Maryland, College Park Campus ...|    20|   4,647|    480|    466|    505|    474|    501|    461|    430|    430|    418|    482
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Cornell University\3\ .........................|    21|   4,554|    525|    516|    485|    474|    485|    441|    423|    382|    411|    412
Michigan State University .....................|    22|   4,327|    419|    484|    411|    451|    404|    444|    414|    428|    442|    430
University of Pennsylvania ....................|    23|   4,222|    539|    447|    440|    436|    380|    427|    376|    380|    384|    413
University of Arizona .........................|    24|   3,957|    396|    384|    445|    411|    411|    405|    359|    370|    378|    398
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...|    25|   3,941|    369|    365|    387|    382|    374|    425|    398|    390|    412|    439
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New York University ...........................|    26|   3,877|    380|    356|    392|    446|    300|    402|    368|    415|    411|    407
Rutgers University, New Brunswick .............|    27|   3,874|    405|    416|    410|    402|    375|    371|    392|    363|    358|    382
Indiana University, Bloomington ...............|    28|   3,765|    383|    374|    366|    361|    363|    409|    420|    347|    367|    375
University of Georgia .........................|    29|   3,661|    342|    343|    328|    369|    365|    352|    351|    393|    414|    404
University of Chicago .........................|    30|   3,621|    366|    381|    364|    368|    384|    391|    371|    333|    332|    331
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University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus .........|    31|   3,551|    324|    358|    387|    380|    360|    316|    360|    336|    348|    382
Northwestern University .......................|    32|   3,534|    375|    359|    357|    377|    309|    321|    350|    349|    370|    367
University of California, Davis ...............|    33|   3,524|    341|    397|    351|    337|    310|    357|    337|    346|    373|    375
Johns Hopkins University ......................|    34|   3,481|    271|    321|    329|    360|    366|    351|    384|    373|    364|    362
Yale University ...............................|    35|   3,355|    366|    367|    329|    365|    322|    334|    313|    310|    317|    332
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. ...|    36|   3,312|    361|    378|    410|    349|    349|    309|    268|    326|    272|    290
University of Virginia, Main Campus ...........|    37|   3,284|    312|    325|    368|    302|    302|    343|    316|    321|    337|    358
University of Iowa ............................|    38|   3,238|    340|    377|    364|    327|    310|    317|    334|    320|    249|    300
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ....|    39|   3,205|    304|    325|    314|    322|    358|    316|    306|    300|    322|    338
Arizona State University, Main Campus .........|    40|   2,985|    305|    315|    274|    287|    273|    286|    277|    313|    300|    355
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University of Colorado at Boulder .............|    41|   2,945|    299|    297|    328|    309|    307|    266|    292|    258|    303|    286
State University of New York at Buffalo .......|    42|   2,940|    318|    346|    314|    295|    271|    303|    294|    231|    269|    299
University of California, San Diego ...........|    43|   2,890|    274|    259|    281|    310|    303|    294|    285|    278|    279|    327
City University of New York, Graduate School   |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   and University Center ......................|    44|   2,887|    294|    302|    310|    333|    277|    280|    250|    271|    272|    298
Boston University .............................|    45|   2,855|    315|    309|    276|    307|    287|    274|    304|    246|    270|    267
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst ..........|    46|   2,807|    307|    338|    282|    299|    270|    276|    261|    287|    213|    274
Florida State University ......................|    47|   2,776|    295|    273|    306|    305|    273|    263|    252|    248|    290|    271
Princeton University ..........................|    48|   2,708|    300|    286|    296|    263|    250|    279|    268|    230|    260|    276
University of Tennessee, Knoxville ............|    49|   2,685|    257|    281|    295|    254|    255|    286|    239|    276|    262|    280
Temple University .............................|    50|   2,657|    315|    281|    306|    285|    248|    263|    238|    226|    161|    334
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Iowa State University .........................|    51|   2,593|    318|    287|    255|    300|    257|    238|    243|    239|    228|    228
University of Missouri, Columbia ..............|    52|   2,549|    219|    248|    264|    277|    230|    256|    278|    252|    274|    251
University of South Carolina at Columbia ......|    53|   2,499|    237|    267|    274|    243|    268|    246|    235|    253|    235|    241
University of Nebraska at Lincoln .............|    54|   2,488|    229|    261|    276|    282|    251|    251|    235|    213|    254|    236
Duke University ...............................|    55|   2,468|    246|    230|    258|    238|    249|    230|    259|    246|    253|    259
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University of Connecticut .....................|    56|   2,462|    265|    239|    254|    253|    227|    275|    234|    221|    237|    257
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus .........|    57|   2,442|    264|    227|    298|    274|    230|    238|    248|    214|    237|    212
University of Kansas, Main Campus .............|    58|   2,438|    250|    243|    248|    278|    267|    246|    231|    204|    232|    239
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus ..|    59|   2,434|    189|    252|    224|    263|    228|    230|    255|    257|    225|    311
Louisiana St. U. & A&M and Hebert Laws Center .|    60|   2,417|    222|    238|    234|    258|    253|    275|    264|    222|    211|    240
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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, 2004.
\2\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
\3\Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1994-95 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:95-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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