Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


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.)