Table 323.

Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees: 1997–98 through 2006–07

Institution	Rank order1	Total, 1997–98 to 2006–07	1997–98	1998–99	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States, all institutions	†	487,693	46,010	44,077	44,808	44,904	44,160	46,042	48,378	52,631	56,067	60,616
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates	†	250,849	25,315	23,709	23,907	23,635	22,811	23,519	24,694	25,979	27,849	29,431
University of California, Berkeley	1	7,812	756	720	756	759	805	772	775	803	763	903
University of Texas at Austin	2	7,291	836	754	659	733	639	674	702	719	796	779
University of Wisconsin, Madison	3	6,859	757	687	729	663	650	656	628	666	648	775
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	4	6,700	690	650	629	568	610	616	660	725	763	789
Nova Southeastern University	5	6,637	540	537	587	519	555	749	705	777	757	911
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	6	6,583	729	658	604	632	560	560	592	678	751	819
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	7	6,432	706	646	597	667	602	617	574	636	689	698
University of California, Los Angeles	8	6,368	607	589	606	612	593	596	666	657	708	734
Stanford University	9	6,194	606	574	589	573	548	611	625	671	677	720
Ohio State University, Main Campus	10	6,123	636	561	620	633	617	575	560	590	664	667
University of Florida	11	6,097	456	445	516	574	607	591	694	702	718	794
Harvard University	12	6,073	803	615	602	520	543	548	572	560	627	683
University of Southern California	13	5,680	515	536	481	522	496	559	573	657	650	691
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	14	5,594	571	560	513	526	519	503	539	571	646	646
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	15	5,190	479	520	486	486	452	493	503	528	612	631
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	16	5,165	520	486	475	492	501	440	467	581	602	601
Texas A & M University	17	5,147	525	501	490	509	504	442	515	528	535	598
University of Maryland, College Park	18	4,967	474	501	461	430	430	418	482	516	602	653
Purdue University, Main Campus	19	4,945	496	496	468	464	409	463	446	524	566	613
Columbia University in the City of New York	20	4,939	469	414	461	465	452	433	495	603	579	568
Cornell University2	21	4,441	474	485	441	423	382	411	412	452	476	485
Michigan State University	22	4,394	451	404	444	414	428	442	430	425	463	493
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	23	4,281	382	374	425	398	390	412	439	459	490	512
University of Pennsylvania	24	4,238	436	380	427	376	380	384	413	463	496	483
University of Arizona	25	3,973	411	411	405	359	370	378	398	386	395	460
New York University	26	3,951	446	300	402	368	415	411	407	423	415	364
University of Georgia	27	3,834	369	365	352	351	393	414	404	424	374	388
Indiana University, Bloomington	28	3,798	361	363	409	420	347	367	375	397	389	370
Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway	29	3,774	402	375	371	392	363	358	382	332	393	406
Johns Hopkins University	30	3,752	360	366	351	384	373	364	362	387	408	397
University of California, Davis	31	3,711	337	310	357	337	346	373	375	389	413	474
Northwestern University	32	3,694	377	309	321	350	349	370	367	366	423	462
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	33	3,676	380	360	316	360	336	348	382	372	412	410
University of Chicago	34	3,592	368	384	391	371	333	332	331	327	398	357
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	35	3,385	322	358	316	306	300	322	338	343	369	411
Boston University	36	3,306	307	287	274	304	246	270	267	320	491	540
Yale University	37	3,300	365	322	334	313	310	317	332	329	318	360
University of Virginia, Main Campus	38	3,295	302	302	343	316	321	337	358	341	327	348
University of Iowa	39	3,238	327	310	317	334	320	249	300	341	364	376
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	40	3,214	349	349	309	268	326	272	290	329	366	356
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus	41	3,170	287	273	286	277	313	300	355	314	389	376
University of California, San Diego	42	3,124	310	303	294	285	278	279	327	303	358	387
State University of New York at Buffalo	43	3,089	295	271	303	294	231	269	299	380	353	394
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus	44	2,983	263	228	230	255	257	225	311	355	400	459
University of Colorado at Boulder	45	2,922	309	307	266	292	258	303	286	272	310	319
City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center	46	2,912	333	277	280	250	271	272	298	298	330	303
Florida State University	47	2,853	305	273	263	252	248	290	271	276	325	350
Temple University	48	2,852	285	248	263	238	226	161	334	322	383	392
University of Tennessee	49	2,797	254	255	286	239	276	262	280	281	317	347
Princeton University	50	2,719	263	250	279	268	230	260	276	273	288	332
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	51	2,693	299	270	276	261	287	213	274	267	253	293
University of Missouri, Columbia	52	2,662	277	230	256	278	252	274	251	274	277	293
University of California, Santa Barbara	53	2,622	264	229	232	258	199	251	253	287	339	310
Stony Brook University	54	2,618	265	227	244	231	20	298	285	317	367	364
University of Connecticut	55	2,611	253	227	275	234	221	237	257	261	307	339
Duke University	56	2,559	238	249	230	259	246	253	259	277	271	277
Iowa State University	57	2,556	300	257	238	243	239	228	228	246	281	296
University of Kansas	58	2,518	278	267	246	231	204	232	239	223	271	327
University of Nebraska, Lincoln	59	2,475	282	251	251	235	213	254	236	234	245	274
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	60	2,471	258	253	275	264	222	211	240	222	252	274

† Not applicable. 1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2007. 2 Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges. NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1997–98 through 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:98–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2007. (This table was prepared July 2008.)