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Table 324.90. | Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2002-03 through 2011-12 |
Institution | Rank order 1 | Total, 2002-03 to 2011-12 |
2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States, all institutions | † | 1,460,987 | 121,579 | 126,087 | 134,387 | 138,056 | 144,690 | 149,378 | 154,425 | 158,558 | 163,765 | 170,062 |
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates | † | 566,380 | 49,452 | 51,191 | 53,202 | 54,588 | 57,214 | 58,255 | 59,387 | 59,742 | 61,257 | 62,092 |
University of Florida | 1 | 18,887 | 1,532 | 1,658 | 1,665 | 1,732 | 1,957 | 2,107 | 2,028 | 2,127 | 2,127 | 1,954 |
Nova Southeastern University | 2 | 16,936 | 1,524 | 1,540 | 1,629 | 1,521 | 1,913 | 1,772 | 1,732 | 1,806 | 1,699 | 1,800 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 3 | 15,391 | 1,279 | 1,307 | 1,455 | 1,536 | 1,667 | 1,563 | 1,594 | 1,618 | 1,692 | 1,680 |
Ohio State University, Main Campus | 4 | 15,248 | 1,314 | 1,342 | 1,432 | 1,549 | 1,501 | 1,611 | 1,617 | 1,596 | 1,658 | 1,628 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 5 | 14,750 | 1,260 | 1,365 | 1,406 | 1,514 | 1,496 | 1,483 | 1,576 | 1,534 | 1,550 | 1,566 |
University of Southern California | 6 | 14,257 | 1,392 | 1,269 | 1,361 | 1,312 | 1,378 | 1,523 | 1,571 | 1,459 | 1,474 | 1,518 |
Harvard University | 7 | 14,025 | 1,324 | 1,333 | 1,288 | 1,393 | 1,476 | 1,468 | 1,418 | 1,401 | 1,450 | 1,474 |
New York University | 8 | 13,907 | 1,361 | 1,339 | 1,385 | 1,321 | 1,331 | 1,413 | 1,419 | 1,444 | 1,413 | 1,481 |
University of Texas at Austin | 9 | 13,654 | 1,269 | 1,299 | 1,404 | 1,443 | 1,358 | 1,439 | 1,379 | 1,382 | 1,309 | 1,372 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 10 | 13,610 | 1,274 | 1,213 | 1,314 | 1,261 | 1,425 | 1,407 | 1,430 | 1,355 | 1,417 | 1,514 |
University of California, Los Angeles | 11 | 12,985 | 1,174 | 1,251 | 1,225 | 1,271 | 1,307 | 1,361 | 1,382 | 1,358 | 1,330 | 1,326 |
Columbia University in the City of New York | 12 | 12,347 | 1,083 | 1,116 | 1,231 | 1,300 | 1,203 | 1,218 | 1,281 | 1,295 | 1,291 | 1,329 |
University of California, Berkeley | 13 | 12,040 | 1,095 | 1,169 | 1,151 | 1,110 | 1,280 | 1,218 | 1,216 | 1,245 | 1,292 | 1,264 |
Temple University | 14 | 11,577 | 985 | 1,141 | 1,119 | 1,205 | 1,194 | 1,220 | 1,169 | 1,144 | 1,246 | 1,154 |
University of Pennsylvania | 15 | 11,435 | 1,027 | 1,032 | 1,170 | 1,162 | 1,136 | 1,105 | 1,190 | 1,212 | 1,212 | 1,189 |
University of Washington, Seattle Campus | 16 | 11,259 | 962 | 991 | 1,003 | 1,124 | 1,130 | 1,125 | 1,176 | 1,224 | 1,251 | 1,273 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17 | 11,201 | 1,084 | 1,026 | 1,069 | 1,098 | 1,113 | 1,204 | 1,101 | 1,155 | 1,172 | 1,179 |
Boston University | 18 | 10,570 | 771 | 876 | 926 | 1,062 | 1,210 | 1,161 | 1,179 | 1,097 | 1,111 | 1,177 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 19 | 10,317 | 918 | 882 | 971 | 998 | 1,018 | 1,067 | 1,081 | 1,066 | 1,106 | 1,210 |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus | 20 | 9,889 | 887 | 980 | 936 | 926 | 996 | 1,026 | 1,022 | 944 | 1,113 | 1,059 |
Stanford University | 21 | 9,527 | 895 | 891 | 904 | 954 | 969 | 944 | 920 | 978 | 1,053 | 1,019 |
George Washington University | 22 | 9,451 | 815 | 875 | 879 | 937 | 949 | 956 | 1,011 | 1,005 | 974 | 1,050 |
University of Tennessee | 23 | 9,223 | 810 | 813 | 790 | 873 | 895 | 912 | 994 | 1,024 | 1,002 | 1,110 |
Georgetown University | 24 | 9,219 | 915 | 934 | 890 | 844 | 923 | 926 | 967 | 950 | 936 | 934 |
University at Buffalo | 25 | 9,147 | 801 | 856 | 933 | 905 | 970 | 938 | 964 | 919 | 948 | 913 |
University of Iowa | 26 | 9,065 | 801 | 847 | 924 | 887 | 926 | 926 | 937 | 920 | 949 | 948 |
University of Virginia, Main Campus | 27 | 8,716 | 817 | 851 | 826 | 840 | 852 | 925 | 907 | 861 | 933 | 904 |
University of California, Davis | 28 | 8,613 | 750 | 770 | 791 | 812 | 876 | 900 | 894 | 891 | 927 | 1,002 |
University of Georgia | 29 | 8,512 | 800 | 833 | 818 | 828 | 858 | 832 | 897 | 854 | 889 | 903 |
Northwestern University | 30 | 8,503 | 765 | 761 | 798 | 837 | 878 | 876 | 872 | 891 | 927 | 898 |
University of Illinois at Chicago | 31 | 8,422 | 701 | 748 | 789 | 807 | 862 | 873 | 851 | 965 | 914 | 912 |
Michigan State University | 32 | 8,396 | 745 | 774 | 774 | 768 | 855 | 770 | 876 | 921 | 951 | 962 |
Purdue University, Main Campus | 33 | 8,084 | 666 | 662 | 763 | 785 | 837 | 840 | 882 | 845 | 924 | 880 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore | 34 | 7,944 | 667 | 787 | 750 | 813 | 767 | 775 | 775 | 835 | 875 | 900 |
University of Houston | 35 | 7,739 | 687 | 697 | 824 | 772 | 778 | 809 | 786 | 757 | 831 | 798 |
University of Arizona | 36 | 7,672 | 673 | 702 | 696 | 698 | 814 | 778 | 824 | 824 | 813 | 850 |
Thomas M. Cooley Law School | 37 | 7,637 | 438 | 405 | 524 | 614 | 756 | 845 | 981 | 955 | 1,039 | 1,080 |
Cornell University2 | 38 | 7,462 | 665 | 678 | 740 | 754 | 752 | 752 | 785 | 779 | 782 | 775 |
University of Miami | 39 | 7,405 | 623 | 682 | 685 | 673 | 707 | 703 | 758 | 860 | 803 | 911 |
Wayne State University | 40 | 7,316 | 632 | 701 | 682 | 703 | 688 | 758 | 772 | 717 | 856 | 807 |
Duke University | 41 | 7,217 | 573 | 662 | 615 | 570 | 680 | 682 | 718 | 820 | 887 | 1,010 |
University of Kansas | 42 | 7,036 | 500 | 557 | 562 | 585 | 789 | 781 | 766 | 819 | 856 | 821 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 43 | 7,026 | 566 | 599 | 641 | 678 | 727 | 730 | 760 | 737 | 805 | 783 |
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis | 44 | 6,989 | 622 | 640 | 655 | 669 | 719 | 720 | 687 | 751 | 755 | 771 |
University of Kentucky | 45 | 6,974 | 571 | 605 | 670 | 634 | 653 | 717 | 719 | 734 | 783 | 888 |
University of the Pacific | 46 | 6,964 | 631 | 642 | 733 | 684 | 691 | 708 | 681 | 713 | 749 | 732 |
Texas A & M University, College Station | 47 | 6,904 | 561 | 633 | 651 | 660 | 727 | 723 | 717 | 703 | 739 | 790 |
Indiana University, Bloomington | 48 | 6,890 | 659 | 647 | 683 | 667 | 651 | 695 | 729 | 718 | 693 | 748 |
Case Western Reserve University | 49 | 6,812 | 566 | 638 | 636 | 681 | 654 | 718 | 750 | 781 | 730 | 658 |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | 50 | 6,803 | 587 | 642 | 609 | 623 | 621 | 662 | 715 | 759 | 787 | 798 |
University of Chicago | 51 | 6,739 | 635 | 624 | 638 | 695 | 653 | 704 | 682 | 682 | 711 | 715 |
Yale University | 52 | 6,649 | 631 | 625 | 625 | 622 | 640 | 671 | 685 | 752 | 686 | 712 |
Florida State University | 53 | 6,581 | 532 | 479 | 577 | 601 | 631 | 730 | 680 | 683 | 818 | 850 |
Yeshiva University | 54 | 6,489 | 587 | 621 | 659 | 627 | 635 | 649 | 657 | 680 | 690 | 684 |
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus | 55 | 6,478 | 503 | 539 | 571 | 646 | 664 | 643 | 703 | 718 | 736 | 755 |
University of South Carolina, Columbia | 56 | 6,476 | 574 | 621 | 636 | 642 | 641 | 639 | 703 | 643 | 703 | 674 |
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences | 57 | 6,298 | 410 | 412 | 477 | 551 | 644 | 694 | 730 | 815 | 810 | 755 |
Arizona State University | 58 | 6,292 | 495 | 524 | 478 | 569 | 574 | 656 | 766 | 656 | 746 | 828 |
University of Connecticut | 59 | 6,269 | 465 | 510 | 554 | 629 | 609 | 576 | 687 | 746 | 720 | 773 |
Creighton University | 60 | 6,156 | 603 | 575 | 612 | 613 | 610 | 628 | 638 | 619 | 614 | 644 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 2012. | ||||||||||||
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 2003 through Fall 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2013.) |