Table 311.

Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees: 1995–96 through 2004–05

Institution	Rank order1	Total, 1995–96 to 2004–05	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States, all institutions	†	461,520	44,652	45,876	46,010	44,077	44,808	44,904	44,160	46,024	48,378	52,631
Total, 60 large institutions	†	243,454	24,856	24,992	25,280	23,710	23,907	23,639	22,860	23,505	24,696	26,009
University of California, Berkeley	1	7,675	770	759	756	720	756	759	805	772	775	803
University of Texas at Austin	2	7,246	744	786	836	754	659	733	639	674	702	719
University of Wisconsin, Madison	3	6,971	753	782	757	687	729	663	650	656	628	666
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	4	6,480	763	704	729	658	604	632	560	560	592	678
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	5	6,478	698	735	706	646	597	667	602	617	574	636
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	6	6,474	691	635	690	650	629	568	610	616	660	725
Ohio State University, Main Campus	7	6,230	717	721	636	561	620	633	617	575	560	590
University of California, Los Angeles	8	6,153	611	616	607	589	606	612	593	596	666	657
Stanford University	9	5,989	585	607	606	574	589	573	548	611	625	671
Nova Southeastern University	10	5,933	447	534	540	537	587	519	555	732	705	777
Harvard University	11	5,914	528	623	803	615	602	520	543	548	572	560
University of Florida	12	5,448	434	429	456	445	516	574	607	591	694	702
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	13	5,335	510	523	571	560	513	526	519	503	539	571
University of Southern California	14	5,326	539	448	515	536	481	522	496	559	573	657
Texas A & M University	15	5,129	574	541	525	501	490	509	504	442	515	528
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	16	5,030	554	514	520	486	475	492	501	440	467	581
University of Washington, Seattle	17	4,968	495	526	479	520	486	486	452	493	503	528
Purdue University, Main Campus	18	4,752	508	478	496	496	468	464	409	463	446	524
University of Maryland, College Park	19	4,683	466	505	474	501	461	430	430	418	482	516
Columbia University in the City of New York	20	4,678	404	482	469	414	461	465	452	433	495	603
Cornell University2	21	4,481	516	485	474	485	441	423	382	411	412	452
Michigan State University	22	4,333	484	411	451	404	444	414	428	442	430	425
University of Pennsylvania	23	4,146	447	440	436	380	427	376	380	384	413	463
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24	4,031	365	387	382	374	425	398	390	412	439	459
University of Arizona	25	3,947	384	445	411	411	405	359	370	378	398	386
New York University	26	3,920	356	392	446	300	402	368	415	411	407	423
Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway	27	3,801	416	410	402	375	371	392	363	358	382	332
Indiana University, Bloomington	28	3,779	374	366	361	363	409	420	347	367	375	397
University of Georgia	29	3,743	343	328	369	365	352	351	393	414	404	424
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus	30	3,599	358	387	380	360	316	360	336	348	382	372
Johns Hopkins University	31	3,597	321	329	360	366	351	384	373	364	362	387
University of Chicago	32	3,582	381	364	368	384	391	371	333	332	331	327
University of California, Davis	33	3,572	397	351	337	310	357	337	346	373	375	389
Northwestern University	34	3,525	359	357	377	309	321	350	349	370	367	366
Yale University	35	3,318	367	329	365	322	334	313	310	317	332	329
University of Virginia, Main Campus	36	3,313	325	368	302	302	343	316	321	337	358	341
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.	37	3,280	378	410	349	349	309	268	326	272	290	329
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	38	3,244	325	314	322	358	316	306	300	322	338	343
University of Iowa	39	3,239	377	364	327	310	317	334	320	249	300	341
State University of New York at Buffalo	40	3,002	346	314	295	271	303	294	231	269	299	380
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus	41	2,994	315	274	287	273	286	277	313	300	355	314
University of California, San Diego	42	2,919	259	281	310	303	294	285	278	279	327	303
University of Colorado at Boulder	43	2,918	297	328	309	307	266	292	258	303	286	272
City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center	44	2,891	302	310	333	277	280	250	271	272	298	298
Boston University	45	2,860	309	276	307	287	274	304	246	270	267	320
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	46	2,767	338	282	299	270	276	261	287	213	274	267
Florida State University	47	2,757	273	306	305	273	263	252	248	290	271	276
University of Tennessee	48	2,709	281	295	254	255	286	239	276	262	280	281
Princeton University	49	2,681	286	296	263	250	279	268	230	260	276	273
Temple University	50	2,664	281	306	285	248	263	238	226	161	334	322
University of Missouri, Columbia	51	2,604	248	264	277	230	256	278	252	274	251	274
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus	52	2,600	252	224	263	228	230	255	257	225	311	355
Iowa State University	53	2,521	287	255	300	257	238	243	239	228	228	246
University of South Carolina, Columbia	54	2,515	267	274	243	268	246	235	253	235	241	253
Duke University	55	2,499	230	258	238	249	230	259	246	253	259	277
University of Nebraska at Lincoln	56	2,493	261	276	282	251	251	235	213	254	236	234
University of Connecticut	57	2,458	239	254	253	227	275	234	221	237	257	261
Stony Brook University	58	2,423	261	275	265	227	244	231	20	298	285	317
University of California, Santa Barbara	59	2,420	222	225	264	229	232	258	199	251	253	287
Louisiana State University & A&M College	60	2,417	238	234	258	253	275	264	222	211	240	222

†Not applicable. 1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2005. 2 Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1995–96 through 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:96-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)