Table 336.

Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees: 1999-2000 through 2008-09

Institution	Rank order 1	Total, 1999-2000 to 2008-09	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States, all institutions	†	529,034	44,808	44,904	44,160	46,042	48,378	52,631	56,067	60,616	63,712	67,716
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates	†	264,209	23,379	23,225	22,608	23,422	24,646	26,128	28,252	30,008	30,965	31,576
University of California, Berkeley	1	8,078	756	759	805	772	775	803	763	903	873	869
University of Texas at Austin	2	7,393	659	733	639	674	702	719	796	779	868	824
Nova Southeastern University	3	7,213	587	519	555	749	705	777	757	911	881	772
University of Wisconsin, Madison	4	6,972	729	663	650	656	628	666	648	775	763	794
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	5	6,955	629	568	610	616	660	725	763	789	753	842
University of Florida	6	6,894	516	574	607	591	694	702	718	794	857	841
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	7	6,850	604	632	560	560	592	678	751	819	775	879
University of California, Los Angeles	8	6,684	606	612	593	596	666	657	708	734	752	760
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	9	6,623	597	667	602	617	574	636	689	698	759	784
Ohio State University, Main Campus	10	6,424	620	633	617	575	560	590	664	667	760	738
Stanford University	11	6,348	589	573	548	611	625	671	677	720	673	661
University of Southern California	12	6,140	481	522	496	559	573	657	650	691	708	803
Harvard University	13	5,967	602	520	543	548	572	560	627	683	666	646
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	14	5,715	513	526	519	503	539	571	646	646	620	632
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	15	5,496	486	486	452	493	503	528	612	631	622	683
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	16	5,365	475	492	501	440	467	581	602	601	599	607
Texas A & M University	17	5,312	490	509	504	442	515	528	535	598	594	597
Purdue University, Main Campus	18	5,254	468	464	409	463	446	524	566	613	600	701
Columbia University in the City of New York	19	5,244	461	465	452	433	495	603	579	568	598	590
University of Maryland, College Park	20	5,234	461	430	430	418	482	516	602	653	655	587
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	21	4,608	425	398	390	412	439	459	490	512	600	483
Cornell University2	22	4,477	441	423	382	411	412	452	476	485	479	516
Michigan State University	23	4,474	444	414	428	442	430	425	463	493	446	489
University of Pennsylvania	24	4,430	427	376	380	384	413	463	496	483	464	544
University of Arizona	25	4,082	405	359	370	378	398	386	395	460	452	479
University of California, Davis	26	4,064	357	337	346	373	375	389	413	474	500	500
New York University	27	4,060	402	368	415	411	407	423	415	364	432	423
University of Georgia	28	3,950	352	351	393	414	404	424	374	388	391	459
Indiana University, Bloomington	29	3,929	409	420	347	367	375	397	389	370	414	441
Johns Hopkins University	30	3,906	351	384	373	364	362	387	408	397	446	434
Northwestern University	31	3,897	321	350	349	370	367	366	423	462	438	451
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	32	3,878	316	360	336	348	382	372	412	410	479	463
Boston University	33	3,855	274	304	246	270	267	320	491	540	562	581
Rutgers University, New Brunswick	34	3,838	371	392	363	358	382	332	393	406	431	410
Arizona State University	35	3,615	286	277	313	300	355	314	389	376	418	587
University of Chicago	36	3,601	391	371	333	332	331	327	398	357	395	366
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	37	3,490	316	306	300	322	338	343	369	411	328	457
Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus	38	3,449	230	255	257	225	311	355	400	459	467	490
University of Virginia, Main Campus	39	3,444	343	316	321	337	358	341	327	348	393	360
University of California, San Diego	40	3,436	294	285	278	279	327	303	358	387	488	437
Capella University	41	3,421	29	61	70	131	178	272	499	667	814	700
University of Iowa	42	3,418	317	334	320	249	300	341	364	376	413	404
Yale University	43	3,378	334	313	310	317	332	329	318	360	375	390
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University	44	3,292	309	268	326	272	290	329	366	356	341	435
University at Buffalo	45	3,263	303	294	231	269	299	380	353	394	373	367
Temple University	46	3,133	263	238	226	161	334	322	383	392	409	405
City University of New York, Graduate School
and University Center	47	3,070	280	250	271	272	298	298	330	303	358	410
University of Tennessee	48	3,053	286	239	276	262	280	281	317	347	355	410
Florida State University	49	2,986	263	252	248	290	271	276	325	350	368	343
University of Colorado at Boulder	50	2,929	266	292	258	303	286	272	310	319	323	300
A. T. Still University of Health Sciences	51	2,878	0	67	148	244	273	327	396	440	467	516
Stony Brook University	52	2,875	244	231	20	298	285	317	367	364	408	341
Princeton University	53	2,862	279	268	230	260	276	273	288	332	307	349
University of California, Santa Barbara	54	2,822	232	258	199	251	253	287	339	310	346	347
University of Missouri, Columbia	55	2,787	256	278	252	274	251	274	277	293	326	306
University of Utah	56	2,716	215	192	218	225	216	229	276	345	397	403
Duke University	57	2,707	230	259	246	253	259	277	271	277	302	333
University of Connecticut	58	2,682	275	234	221	237	257	261	307	339	285	266
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	59	2,670	276	261	287	213	274	267	253	293	291	255
Iowa State University	60	2,623	238	243	239	228	228	246	281	296	308	316

†Not applicable.

1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2009.

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, 1999-2000 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)