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Table 306. Doctor's degrees conferred by 60 large degree-granting institutions: 1993-94 to 2002-03

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                                               | Rank | Total, |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Institution                                    |order |1993-94 |1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99| 1999- |2000-01|2001-02|2002-03
                                               |  \1\ |     to |       |       |       |       |       |   \2\ |   2000|       |       |
                                               |      |2002-03 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
_______________________________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1                                              |    2 |      3 |      4|     5 |     6 |     7 |     8 |     9 |    10 |    11 |    12 |    13
_______________________________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   United States, all institutions ............|    † | 448,142| 43,185| 44,446| 44,652| 45,876| 46,010| 44,077| 44,808| 44,904| 44,160| 46,024
                                               |______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
   Total, 60 large institutions ...............|    † | 242,492| 24,621| 25,021| 24,852| 25,089| 25,305| 23,750| 23,929| 23,605| 22,822| 23,498
                                               |______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
University of California, Berkeley ............|     1|   7,821|    896|    828|    770|    759|    756|    720|    756|    759|    805|    772
University of Texas at Austin .................|     2|   7,266|    714|    727|    744|    786|    836|    754|    659|    733|    639|    674
University of Wisconsin, Madison ..............|     3|   7,218|    783|    758|    753|    782|    757|    687|    729|    663|    650|    656
University of Illinois at Urbana ..............|     4|   6,695|    666|    761|    698|    735|    706|    646|    597|    667|    602|    617
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ..........|     5|   6,602|    707|    685|    763|    704|    729|    658|    604|    632|    560|    560
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Ohio State University, Main Campus ............|     6|   6,489|    710|    699|    717|    721|    636|    561|    620|    633|    617|    575
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor .............|     7|   6,452|    649|    714|    691|    635|    690|    650|    629|    568|    610|    616
University of California, Los Angeles .........|     8|   6,113|    620|    663|    611|    616|    607|    589|    606|    612|    593|    596
Harvard University ............................|     9|   5,876|    538|    556|    528|    623|    803|    615|    602|    520|    543|    548
Stanford University ...........................|    10|   5,827|    560|    574|    585|    607|    606|    574|    589|    573|    548|    611
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Nova Southeastern University ..................|    11|   5,386|    485|    450|    447|    534|    540|    537|    587|    519|    555|    732
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ....|    12|   5,295|    507|    563|    510|    523|    571|    560|    513|    526|    519|    503
Texas A & M University ........................|    13|   5,229|    579|    564|    574|    541|    525|    501|    490|    509|    504|    442
University of Southern California .............|    14|   5,050|    415|    539|    539|    448|    515|    536|    481|    522|    496|    559
Massachusetts Institute of Technology .........|    15|   5,011|    508|    521|    554|    514|    520|    486|    475|    492|    501|    440
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of Florida .........................|    16|   4,894|    442|    400|    434|    429|    456|    445|    516|    574|    607|    591
Columbia University in the City of New York ...|    17|   4,884|    644|    660|    404|    482|    469|    414|    461|    465|    452|    433
University of Washington ......................|    18|   4,874|    455|    482|    495|    526|    479|    520|    486|    486|    452|    493
Purdue University, Main Campus ................|    19|   4,784|    493|    509|    508|    478|    496|    496|    468|    464|    409|    463
Cornell University\3\ .........................|    20|   4,735|    593|    525|    516|    485|    474|    485|    441|    423|    382|    411
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of Maryland, College Park Campus ...|    21|   4,693|    528|    480|    466|    505|    474|    501|    461|    430|    430|    418
Michigan State University .....................|    22|   4,326|    429|    419|    484|    411|    451|    404|    444|    414|    428|    442
University of Pennsylvania ....................|    23|   4,297|    488|    539|    447|    440|    436|    380|    427|    376|    380|    384
University of Arizona .........................|    24|   4,001|    442|    396|    384|    445|    411|    411|    405|    359|    370|    378
Rutgers University, New Brunswick .............|    25|   3,892|    400|    405|    416|    410|    402|    375|    371|    392|    363|    358
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...|    26|   3,875|    373|    369|    365|    387|    382|    374|    425|    398|    390|    412
New York University ...........................|    27|   3,861|    391|    380|    356|    392|    446|    300|    402|    368|    415|    411
Indiana University, Bloomington ...............|    28|   3,738|    348|    383|    374|    366|    361|    363|    409|    420|    347|    367
University of Chicago .........................|    29|   3,685|    395|    366|    381|    364|    368|    384|    391|    371|    333|    332
University of Georgia .........................|    30|   3,566|    309|    342|    343|    328|    369|    365|    352|    351|    393|    414
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus .........|    31|   3,503|    334|    324|    358|    387|    380|    360|    316|    360|    336|    348
University of California, Davis ...............|    32|   3,472|    323|    341|    397|    351|    337|    310|    357|    337|    346|    373
Northwestern University .......................|    33|   3,472|    305|    375|    359|    357|    377|    309|    321|    350|    349|    370
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. ...|    34|   3,401|    379|    361|    378|    410|    349|    349|    309|    268|    326|    272
Johns Hopkins University ......................|    35|   3,381|    262|    271|    321|    329|    360|    366|    351|    384|    373|    364
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Yale University ...............................|    36|   3,371|    348|    366|    367|    329|    365|    322|    334|    313|    310|    317
University of Iowa ............................|    37|   3,280|    342|    340|    377|    364|    327|    310|    317|    334|    320|    249
University of Virginia, Main Campus ...........|    38|   3,220|    294|    312|    325|    368|    302|    302|    343|    316|    321|    337
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ....|    39|   3,167|    300|    304|    325|    314|    322|    358|    316|    306|    300|    322
State University of New York at Buffalo .......|    40|   2,986|    345|    318|    346|    314|    295|    271|    303|    294|    231|    269
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of Colorado at Boulder .............|    41|   2,965|    306|    299|    297|    328|    309|    307|    266|    292|    258|    303
Arizona State University, Main Campus .........|    42|   2,888|    258|    305|    315|    274|    287|    273|    286|    277|    313|    300
Boston University .............................|    43|   2,877|    289|    315|    309|    276|    307|    287|    274|    304|    246|    270
City University of New York, Graduate School   |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   and University Center ......................|    44|   2,875|    286|    294|    302|    310|    333|    277|    280|    250|    271|    272
University of Massachusetts, Amherst ..........|    45|   2,871|    338|    307|    338|    282|    299|    270|    276|    261|    287|    213
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
University of California, San Diego ...........|    46|   2,848|    285|    274|    259|    281|    310|    303|    294|    285|    278|    279
Florida State University ......................|    47|   2,779|    274|    295|    273|    306|    305|    273|    263|    252|    248|    290
Princeton University ..........................|    48|   2,699|    267|    300|    286|    296|    263|    250|    279|    268|    230|    260
Iowa State University .........................|    49|   2,672|    307|    318|    287|    255|    300|    257|    238|    243|    239|    228
University of Tennessee, Knoxville ............|    50|   2,631|    226|    257|    281|    295|    254|    255|    286|    239|    276|    262
                                               |      |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Temple University .............................|    51|   2,610|    287|    315|    281|    306|    285|    248|    263|    238|    226|    161
University of Missouri, Columbia ..............|    52|   2,551|    253|    219|    248|    264|    277|    230|    256|    278|    252|    274
University of South Carolina at Columbia ......|    53|   2,546|    288|    237|    267|    274|    243|    268|    246|    235|    253|    235
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus .........|    54|   2,503|    273|    264|    227|    298|    274|    230|    238|    248|    214|    237
University of Nebraska at Lincoln .............|    55|   2,479|    227|    229|    261|    276|    282|    251|    251|    235|    213|    254
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University of Connecticut .....................|    56|   2,451|    246|    265|    239|    254|    253|    227|    275|    234|    221|    237
University of Kansas, Main Campus .............|    57|   2,424|    225|    250|    243|    248|    278|    267|    246|    231|    204|    232
Duke University ...............................|    58|   2,410|    201|    246|    230|    258|    238|    249|    230|    259|    246|    253
Louisiana St. U. & A&M and Hebert Laws Center .|    59|   2,395|    218|    222|    238|    234|    258|    253|    275|    264|    222|    211
State University of New York at Stony Brook ...|    60|   2,330|    268|    241|    261|    275|    265|    227|    244|    231|     20|    298
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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, 2003.
\2\Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges.
\3\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993-94 through 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:94-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2003. (This table was prepared February 2005.)