Table 312.

Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees: 1996-97 through 2005-06

Institution	Rank order1	Total, 1996–97 to 2005–06	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States, all institutions	†	472,953	45,876	46,010	44,077	44,808	44,904	44,160	46,042	48,378	52,631	56,067
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates	†	246,462	25,056	25,296	23,687	23,870	23,623	22,852	23,548	24,668	26,026	27,836
University of California, Berkeley	1	7,668	759	756	720	756	759	805	772	775	803	763
University of Texas at Austin	2	7,298	786	836	754	659	733	639	674	702	719	796
University of Wisconsin, Madison	3	6,866	782	757	687	729	663	650	656	628	666	648
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	4	6,546	635	690	650	629	568	610	616	660	725	763
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	5	6,469	735	706	646	597	667	602	617	574	636	689
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	6	6,468	704	729	658	604	632	560	560	592	678	751
Nova Southeastern University	7	6,260	534	540	537	587	519	555	749	705	777	757
University of California, Los Angeles	8	6,250	616	607	589	606	612	593	596	666	657	708
Ohio State University, Main Campus	9	6,177	721	636	561	620	633	617	575	560	590	664
Stanford University	10	6,081	607	606	574	589	573	548	611	625	671	677
Harvard University	11	6,013	623	803	615	602	520	543	548	572	560	627
University of Florida	12	5,732	429	456	445	516	574	607	591	694	702	718
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	13	5,471	523	571	560	513	526	519	503	539	571	646
University of Southern California	14	5,437	448	515	536	481	522	496	559	573	657	650
Texas A & M University	15	5,090	541	525	501	490	509	504	442	515	528	535
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	16	5,085	526	479	520	486	486	452	493	503	528	612
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	17	5,078	514	520	486	475	492	501	440	467	581	602
Columbia University in the City of New York	18	4,853	482	469	414	461	465	452	433	495	603	579
University of Maryland, College Park	19	4,819	505	474	501	461	430	430	418	482	516	602
Purdue University, Main Campus	20	4,810	478	496	496	468	464	409	463	446	524	566
Cornell University2	21	4,441	485	474	485	441	423	382	411	412	452	476
Michigan State University	22	4,312	411	451	404	444	414	428	442	430	425	463
University of Pennsylvania	23	4,195	440	436	380	427	376	380	384	413	463	496
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24	4,156	387	382	374	425	398	390	412	439	459	490
New York University	25	3,979	392	446	300	402	368	415	411	407	423	415
University of Arizona	26	3,958	445	411	411	405	359	370	378	398	386	395
Indiana University, Bloomington	27	3,794	366	361	363	409	420	347	367	375	397	389
Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway	28	3,778	410	402	375	371	392	363	358	382	332	393
University of Georgia	29	3,774	328	369	365	352	351	393	414	404	424	374
Johns Hopkins University	30	3,684	329	360	366	351	384	373	364	362	387	408
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus	31	3,653	387	380	360	316	360	336	348	382	372	412
University of Chicago	32	3,599	364	368	384	391	371	333	332	331	327	398
Northwestern University	33	3,589	357	377	309	321	350	349	370	367	366	423
University of California, Davis	34	3,588	351	337	310	357	337	346	373	375	389	413
University of Virginia, Main Campus	35	3,315	368	302	302	343	316	321	337	358	341	327
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	36	3,288	314	322	358	316	306	300	322	338	343	369
Yale University	37	3,269	329	365	322	334	313	310	317	332	329	318
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	38	3,268	410	349	349	309	268	326	272	290	329	366
University of Iowa	39	3,226	364	327	310	317	334	320	249	300	341	364
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus	40	3,068	274	287	273	286	277	313	300	355	314	389
Boston University	41	3,042	276	307	287	274	304	246	270	267	320	491
University of California, San Diego	42	3,018	281	310	303	294	285	278	279	327	303	358
State University of New York at Buffalo	43	3,009	314	295	271	303	294	231	269	299	380	353
University of Colorado at Boulder	44	2,931	328	309	307	266	292	258	303	286	272	310
City University of New York, Graduate School and   University Center	45	2,919	310	333	277	280	250	271	272	298	298	330
Florida State University	46	2,809	306	305	273	263	252	248	290	271	276	325
Temple University	47	2,766	306	285	248	263	238	226	161	334	322	383
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus	48	2,748	224	263	228	230	255	257	225	311	355	400
University of Tennessee	49	2,745	295	254	255	286	239	276	262	280	281	317
Princeton University	50	2,683	296	263	250	279	268	230	260	276	273	288
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	51	2,682	282	299	270	276	261	287	213	274	267	253
University of Missouri, Columbia	52	2,633	264	277	230	256	278	252	274	251	274	277
Duke University	53	2,540	258	238	249	230	259	246	253	259	277	271
University of California, Santa Barbara	54	2,537	225	264	229	232	258	199	251	253	287	339
Stony Brook University	55	2,529	275	265	227	244	231	20	298	285	317	367
University of Connecticut	56	2,526	254	253	227	275	234	221	237	257	261	307
Iowa State University	57	2,515	255	300	257	238	243	239	228	228	246	281
University of South Carolina, Columbia	58	2,494	274	243	268	246	235	253	235	241	253	246
University of Nebraska at Lincoln	59	2,477	276	282	251	251	235	213	254	236	234	245
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus	60	2,454	298	274	230	238	248	214	237	212	239	264

† Not applicable. 1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2006. 2 Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1996–97 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:97–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)