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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
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.)

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