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Table 340. Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2000-01 through 2009-10
Institution Rank order1 Total,
2000-01
to
2009-10
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States, all institutions 1,366,408 119,585 119,663 121,579 126,087 134,387 138,056 144,690 149,378 154,425 158,558
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates 540,308 48,607 48,714 49,742 51,425 53,405 54,635 57,172 58,228 58,986 59,394
University of Florida 1 17,732 1,412 1,514 1,532 1,658 1,665 1,732 1,957 2,107 2,028 2,127
Nova Southeastern University 2 15,851 1,249 1,165 1,524 1,540 1,629 1,521 1,913 1,772 1,732 1,806
Ohio State University, Main Campus 3 14,654 1,300 1,392 1,314 1,342 1,432 1,549 1,501 1,611 1,617 1,596
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 4 14,554 1,302 1,233 1,279 1,307 1,455 1,536 1,667 1,563 1,594 1,618
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 5 14,136 1,218 1,284 1,260 1,365 1,406 1,514 1,496 1,483 1,576 1,534
                         
New York University 6 13,777 1,388 1,376 1,361 1,339 1,385 1,321 1,331 1,413 1,419 1,444
Harvard University 7 13,644 1,257 1,286 1,324 1,333 1,288 1,393 1,476 1,468 1,418 1,401
University of Southern California 8 13,624 1,214 1,145 1,392 1,269 1,361 1,312 1,378 1,523 1,571 1,459
University of Texas at Austin 9 13,510 1,311 1,226 1,269 1,299 1,404 1,443 1,358 1,439 1,379 1,382
University of Wisconsin, Madison 10 13,209 1,273 1,257 1,274 1,213 1,314 1,261 1,425 1,407 1,430 1,355
                         
University of California, Los Angeles 11 12,629 1,168 1,132 1,174 1,251 1,225 1,271 1,307 1,361 1,382 1,358
Columbia University in the City of New York 12 11,862 1,080 1,055 1,083 1,116 1,231 1,300 1,203 1,218 1,281 1,295
University of California, Berkeley 13 11,737 1,101 1,152 1,095 1,169 1,151 1,110 1,280 1,218 1,216 1,245
Temple University 14 11,172 981 1,014 985 1,141 1,119 1,205 1,194 1,220 1,169 1,144
University of Pennsylvania 15 11,037 1,033 970 1,027 1,032 1,170 1,162 1,136 1,105 1,190 1,212
                         
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 16 10,825 996 979 1,084 1,026 1,069 1,098 1,113 1,204 1,101 1,155
University of Washington, Seattle Campus 17 10,638 975 928 962 991 1,003 1,124 1,130 1,125 1,176 1,224
Boston University 18 9,968 867 819 771 876 926 1,062 1,210 1,161 1,179 1,097
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 19 9,853 933 919 918 882 971 998 1,018 1,067 1,081 1,066
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus 20 9,539 909 913 887 980 936 926 996 1,026 1,022 944
                         
Stanford University 21 9,123 850 818 895 891 904 954 969 944 920 978
Georgetown University 22 9,083 867 867 915 934 890 844 923 926 967 950
George Washington University 23 9,079 797 855 815 875 879 937 949 956 1,011 1,005
University of Iowa 24 8,950 892 890 801 847 924 887 926 926 937 920
University at Buffalo 25 8,837 796 755 801 856 933 905 970 938 964 919
                         
University of Virginia, Main Campus 26 8,508 803 826 817 851 826 840 852 925 907 861
University of Tennessee 27 8,369 441 817 810 813 790 873 895 912 994 1,024
Northwestern University 28 8,202 784 740 765 761 798 837 878 876 872 891
University of Georgia 29 8,201 671 810 800 833 818 828 858 832 897 854
University of California, Davis 30 8,091 697 710 750 770 791 812 876 900 894 891
                         
Michigan State University 31 7,959 725 751 745 774 774 768 855 770 876 921
University of Illinois at Chicago 32 7,937 663 678 701 748 789 807 862 873 851 965
University of Houston 33 7,568 737 721 687 697 824 772 778 809 786 757
Purdue University, Main Campus 34 7,529 648 601 666 662 763 785 837 840 882 845
University of Maryland, Baltimore 35 7,518 657 692 667 787 750 813 767 775 775 835
                         
University of Arizona 36 7,354 670 675 673 702 696 698 814 778 824 824
Cornell University2  37 7,232 685 642 665 678 740 754 752 752 785 779
Wayne State University 38 6,968 649 666 632 701 682 703 688 758 772 717
University of Miami 39 6,902 560 651 623 682 685 673 707 703 758 860
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 40 6,765 664 638 622 640 655 669 719 720 687 751
                         
Indiana University, Bloomington 41 6,765 704 612 659 647 683 667 651 695 729 718
University of the Pacific 42 6,720 628 609 631 642 733 684 691 708 681 713
University of Chicago 43 6,639 693 633 635 624 638 695 653 704 682 682
Texas A & M University 44 6,638 634 629 561 633 651 660 727 723 717 703
Case Western Reserve University 45 6,612 604 584 566 638 636 681 654 718 750 781
                         
Duke University 46 6,552 615 617 573 662 615 570 680 682 718 820
Yale University 47 6,462 594 617 631 625 625 622 640 671 685 752
University of Kentucky 48 6,456 594 559 571 605 670 634 653 717 719 734
Washington University in St. Louis 49 6,430 501 491 566 599 641 678 727 730 760 737
Thomas M. Cooley Law School 50 6,338 419 401 438 405 524 614 756 845 981 955
                         
Yeshiva University 51 6,334 611 608 587 621 659 627 635 649 657 680
University of Kansas 52 6,322 478 485 500 557 562 585 789 781 766 819
University of South Carolina, Columbia 53 6,289 579 611 574 621 636 642 641 639 703 643
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 54 6,269 531 520 587 642 609 623 621 662 715 759
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus 55 6,032 526 519 503 539 571 646 664 643 703 718
                         
Creighton University 56 5,946 512 536 603 575 612 613 610 628 638 619
University of Missouri, Columbia 57 5,898 593 543 599 582 562 569 582 629 613 626
Florida State University 58 5,862 474 475 532 479 577 601 631 730 680 683
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus 59 5,861 543 524 551 514 573 619 592 689 594 662
Fordham University 60 5,757 551 579 510 584 577 608 611 581 575 581
†Not applicable.
1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2010.
2 Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges.
NOTE: Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional degrees.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2001 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2011.)

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