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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 |
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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.) |