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Table 324.90. Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2004-05 through 2013-14
Institution Rank order1 Total,
2004-05
to
2013-14
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States, all institutions 1,566,315 134,387 138,056 144,690 149,378 154,564 158,590 163,827 170,217 175,026 177,580
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates 603,218 53,704 55,360 58,243 59,476 60,506 61,109 62,616 63,424 64,632 64,148
University of Florida 1 19,655 1,665 1,732 1,957 2,107 2,028 2,127 2,127 1,954 1,964 1,994
Nova Southeastern University 2 17,340 1,629 1,521 1,913 1,772 1,732 1,806 1,699 1,800 1,729 1,739
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3 16,426 1,455 1,536 1,667 1,563 1,594 1,618 1,692 1,680 1,826 1,795
Ohio State University, Main Campus 4 15,857 1,432 1,549 1,501 1,611 1,617 1,596 1,658 1,628 1,661 1,604
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 5 15,408 1,406 1,514 1,496 1,483 1,576 1,534 1,550 1,566 1,647 1,636
                         
University of Southern California 6 14,631 1,361 1,312 1,378 1,523 1,571 1,459 1,474 1,518 1,554 1,481
Harvard University 7 14,367 1,288 1,393 1,476 1,468 1,418 1,401 1,450 1,474 1,464 1,535
New York University 8 14,208 1,385 1,321 1,331 1,413 1,419 1,444 1,413 1,481 1,494 1,507
University of Wisconsin, Madison 9 14,060 1,314 1,261 1,425 1,407 1,430 1,355 1,417 1,514 1,440 1,497
University of Texas at Austin 10 13,815 1,404 1,443 1,358 1,439 1,379 1,382 1,309 1,372 1,351 1,378
                         
University of California, Los Angeles 11 13,385 1,225 1,271 1,307 1,361 1,382 1,358 1,330 1,326 1,393 1,432
Rutgers University, New Brunswick2 12 13,277 1,131 1,182 1,226 1,341 1,382 1,401 1,424 1,430 1,495 1,265
Columbia University in the City of New York 13 12,927 1,231 1,300 1,203 1,218 1,281 1,295 1,291 1,329 1,382 1,397
University of California, Berkeley 14 12,368 1,151 1,110 1,280 1,218 1,216 1,245 1,292 1,264 1,304 1,288
University of Washington, Seattle Campus 15 11,963 1,003 1,124 1,130 1,125 1,176 1,224 1,251 1,273 1,329 1,328
                         
University of Pennsylvania 16 11,827 1,170 1,162 1,136 1,105 1,190 1,212 1,212 1,189 1,207 1,244
Temple University 17 11,788 1,119 1,205 1,194 1,220 1,169 1,144 1,246 1,154 1,191 1,146
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 18 11,523 1,069 1,098 1,113 1,204 1,101 1,155 1,172 1,179 1,203 1,229
Boston University 19 11,205 926 1,062 1,210 1,161 1,179 1,097 1,111 1,177 1,175 1,107
Texas A&M University, College Station3 20 11,811 971 987 1,094 1,079 1,107 1,206 1,256 1,324 1,344 1,443
                         
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 21 10,794 971 998 1,018 1,067 1,081 1,066 1,106 1,210 1,159 1,118
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus 22 10,243 936 926 996 1,026 1,022 944 1,113 1,059 1,086 1,135
George Washington University 23 9,923 879 937 949 956 1,011 1,005 974 1,050 1,071 1,091
Stanford University 24 9,796 904 954 969 944 920 978 1,053 1,019 1,052 1,003
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 25 9,758 790 873 895 912 994 1,024 1,002 1,110 1,104 1,054
                         
University of Iowa 26 9,462 924 887 926 926 937 920 949 948 1,045 1,000
University at Buffalo 27 9,439 933 905 970 938 964 919 948 913 992 957
Georgetown University 28 9,298 890 844 923 926 967 950 936 934 973 955
Michigan State University 29 9,042 774 768 855 770 876 921 951 962 993 1,172
University of California, Davis 30 9,003 791 812 876 900 894 891 927 1,002 1,009 901
                         
Northwestern University 31 8,972 798 837 878 876 872 891 927 898 1,009 986
University of Illinois at Chicago 32 8,916 789 807 862 873 851 965 914 912 974 969
University of Virginia, Main Campus 33 8,875 826 840 852 925 907 861 933 904 908 919
Western Michigan University--Thomas M. Cooley Law School 34 8,808 524 614 756 845 981 955 1,039 1,080 1,143 871
University of Georgia 35 8,728 818 828 858 832 897 854 889 903 901 948
                         
Purdue University, Main Campus 36 8,647 763 785 837 840 882 845 924 880 926 965
University of Maryland, Baltimore 37 8,254 750 813 767 775 775 835 875 900 889 875
Duke University 38 8,222 615 570 680 682 718 820 887 1,010 1,100 1,140
University of Arizona 39 8,021 696 698 814 778 824 824 813 850 854 870
University of Houston 40 7,906 824 772 778 809 786 757 831 798 796 755
                         
University of Miami 41 7,789 685 673 707 703 758 860 803 911 874 815
University of Kansas 42 7,696 562 585 789 781 766 819 856 821 870 847
Cornell University4  43 7,671 740 754 752 752 785 779 782 775 771 781
Wayne State University 44 7,567 682 703 688 758 772 717 856 807 777 807
University of Kentucky 45 7,532 670 634 653 717 719 734 783 888 864 870
                         
Capella University 46 7,500 272 499 667 814 700 841 819 810 889 1,189
Washington University in St. Louis 47 7,438 641 678 727 730 760 737 805 783 806 771
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 48 7,254 655 669 719 720 687 751 755 771 755 772
Florida State University 49 7,119 577 601 631 730 680 683 818 850 736 813
Indiana University, Bloomington 50 7,116 683 667 651 695 729 718 693 748 771 761
                         
University of the Pacific 51 7,075 733 684 691 708 681 713 749 732 760 624
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus 52 6,997 571 646 664 643 703 718 736 755 800 761
Case Western Reserve University 53 6,968 636 681 654 718 750 781 730 658 705 655
University of Chicago 54 6,901 638 695 653 704 682 682 711 715 710 711
Yale University 55 6,894 625 622 640 671 685 752 686 712 758 743
                         
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences 56 6,879 477 551 644 694 730 815 810 755 732 671
University of Connecticut 57 6,776 554 629 609 576 687 746 720 773 720 762
University of South Carolina, Columbia 58 6,748 636 642 641 639 703 643 703 674 748 719
Yeshiva University 59 6,704 659 627 635 649 657 680 690 684 726 697
Arizona State University, Tempe 60 6,646 478 569 574 656 766 656 746 828 723 650
†Not applicable.
1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2014.
2 Includes degrees conferred by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, which merged with Rutgers University in 2013-14.
3 Includes law degrees conferred by Texas Wesleyan University, which was acquired by Texas A&M in 2013, as well as degrees in all fields from Texas A&M Health Sciences Center.
4 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005 through Fall 2014, Completions component. (This table was prepared April 2016.)

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