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Table 324.90. | Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2005-06 through 2014-15 |
Institution | Rank order 1 | Total, 2005-06 to 2014-15 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States, all institutions | † | 1,610,482 | 138,056 | 144,690 | 149,378 | 154,564 | 158,590 | 163,827 | 170,217 | 175,026 | 177,587 | 178,547 |
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates | † | 613,395 | 55,286 | 58,230 | 59,494 | 60,533 | 61,061 | 62,649 | 63,458 | 64,632 | 64,161 | 63,891 |
University of Florida | 1 | 19,904 | 1,732 | 1,957 | 2,107 | 2,028 | 2,127 | 2,127 | 1,954 | 1,964 | 1,994 | 1,914 |
Nova Southeastern University | 2 | 17,513 | 1,521 | 1,913 | 1,772 | 1,732 | 1,806 | 1,699 | 1,800 | 1,729 | 1,739 | 1,802 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 3 | 16,731 | 1,536 | 1,667 | 1,563 | 1,594 | 1,618 | 1,692 | 1,680 | 1,826 | 1,794 | 1,761 |
Ohio State University, Main Campus | 4 | 16,118 | 1,549 | 1,501 | 1,611 | 1,617 | 1,596 | 1,658 | 1,628 | 1,661 | 1,604 | 1,693 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 5 | 15,608 | 1,514 | 1,496 | 1,483 | 1,576 | 1,534 | 1,550 | 1,566 | 1,647 | 1,636 | 1,606 |
University of Southern California | 6 | 14,808 | 1,312 | 1,378 | 1,523 | 1,571 | 1,459 | 1,474 | 1,518 | 1,554 | 1,481 | 1,538 |
Harvard University | 7 | 14,613 | 1,393 | 1,476 | 1,468 | 1,418 | 1,401 | 1,450 | 1,474 | 1,464 | 1,535 | 1,534 |
New York University | 8 | 14,307 | 1,321 | 1,331 | 1,413 | 1,419 | 1,444 | 1,413 | 1,481 | 1,494 | 1,507 | 1,484 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 9 | 14,248 | 1,261 | 1,425 | 1,407 | 1,430 | 1,355 | 1,417 | 1,514 | 1,440 | 1,497 | 1,502 |
University of Texas at Austin | 10 | 13,790 | 1,443 | 1,358 | 1,439 | 1,379 | 1,382 | 1,309 | 1,372 | 1,351 | 1,378 | 1,379 |
University of California, Los Angeles | 11 | 13,544 | 1,271 | 1,307 | 1,361 | 1,382 | 1,358 | 1,330 | 1,326 | 1,393 | 1,432 | 1,384 |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick2 | 12 | 13,399 | 1,182 | 1,226 | 1,341 | 1,382 | 1,401 | 1,424 | 1,430 | 1,495 | 1,265 | 1,253 |
Columbia University in the City of New York | 13 | 12,983 | 1,300 | 1,203 | 1,218 | 1,281 | 1,295 | 1,291 | 1,329 | 1,382 | 1,397 | 1,287 |
University of California, Berkeley | 14 | 12,382 | 1,110 | 1,280 | 1,218 | 1,216 | 1,245 | 1,292 | 1,264 | 1,304 | 1,288 | 1,165 |
University of Washington, Seattle Campus | 15 | 12,355 | 1,124 | 1,130 | 1,125 | 1,176 | 1,224 | 1,251 | 1,273 | 1,329 | 1,328 | 1,395 |
Texas A&M University, College Station3 | 16 | 12,328 | 987 | 1,094 | 1,079 | 1,107 | 1,206 | 1,256 | 1,324 | 1,344 | 1,443 | 1,488 |
University of Pennsylvania | 17 | 11,901 | 1,162 | 1,136 | 1,105 | 1,190 | 1,212 | 1,212 | 1,189 | 1,207 | 1,244 | 1,244 |
Temple University | 18 | 11,784 | 1,205 | 1,194 | 1,220 | 1,169 | 1,144 | 1,246 | 1,154 | 1,191 | 1,146 | 1,115 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 19 | 11,673 | 1,098 | 1,113 | 1,204 | 1,101 | 1,155 | 1,172 | 1,179 | 1,203 | 1,229 | 1,219 |
Boston University | 20 | 11,395 | 1,062 | 1,210 | 1,161 | 1,179 | 1,097 | 1,111 | 1,177 | 1,175 | 1,107 | 1,116 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 21 | 10,957 | 998 | 1,018 | 1,067 | 1,081 | 1,066 | 1,106 | 1,210 | 1,159 | 1,118 | 1,134 |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus | 22 | 10,397 | 926 | 996 | 1,026 | 1,022 | 944 | 1,113 | 1,059 | 1,086 | 1,135 | 1,090 |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville4 | 23 | 10,109 | 873 | 895 | 912 | 994 | 1,024 | 1,002 | 1,110 | 1,104 | 1,054 | 1,141 |
George Washington University | 24 | 10,003 | 937 | 949 | 956 | 1,011 | 1,005 | 974 | 1,050 | 1,071 | 1,091 | 959 |
Stanford University | 25 | 9,853 | 954 | 969 | 944 | 920 | 978 | 1,053 | 1,019 | 1,052 | 1,003 | 961 |
University at Buffalo | 26 | 9,534 | 905 | 970 | 938 | 964 | 919 | 948 | 913 | 992 | 957 | 1,028 |
University of Iowa | 27 | 9,481 | 887 | 926 | 926 | 937 | 920 | 949 | 948 | 1,045 | 1,000 | 943 |
Michigan State University | 28 | 9,472 | 768 | 855 | 770 | 876 | 921 | 951 | 962 | 993 | 1,172 | 1,204 |
Georgetown University | 29 | 9,383 | 844 | 923 | 926 | 967 | 950 | 936 | 934 | 973 | 955 | 975 |
University of California, Davis | 30 | 9,190 | 812 | 876 | 900 | 894 | 891 | 927 | 1,002 | 1,009 | 901 | 978 |
Northwestern University | 31 | 9,157 | 837 | 878 | 876 | 872 | 891 | 927 | 898 | 1,009 | 986 | 983 |
University of Illinois at Chicago | 32 | 9,117 | 807 | 862 | 873 | 851 | 965 | 914 | 912 | 974 | 969 | 990 |
Western Michigan University--Thomas M. Cooley Law School | 33 | 8,972 | 614 | 756 | 845 | 981 | 955 | 1,039 | 1,080 | 1,143 | 871 | 688 |
University of Virginia, Main Campus | 34 | 8,940 | 840 | 852 | 925 | 907 | 861 | 933 | 904 | 908 | 919 | 891 |
Purdue University, Main Campus | 35 | 8,857 | 785 | 837 | 840 | 882 | 845 | 924 | 880 | 926 | 965 | 973 |
University of Georgia | 36 | 8,802 | 828 | 858 | 832 | 897 | 854 | 889 | 903 | 901 | 948 | 892 |
Duke University | 37 | 8,408 | 570 | 680 | 682 | 718 | 820 | 887 | 1,010 | 1,100 | 1,140 | 801 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore | 38 | 8,393 | 813 | 767 | 775 | 775 | 835 | 875 | 900 | 889 | 875 | 889 |
Capella University | 39 | 8,387 | 499 | 667 | 814 | 700 | 841 | 819 | 810 | 889 | 1,189 | 1,159 |
University of Arizona | 40 | 8,264 | 698 | 814 | 778 | 824 | 824 | 813 | 850 | 854 | 870 | 939 |
University of Kansas | 41 | 8,087 | 585 | 789 | 781 | 766 | 819 | 856 | 821 | 870 | 847 | 953 |
University of Miami | 42 | 7,990 | 673 | 707 | 703 | 758 | 860 | 803 | 911 | 874 | 815 | 886 |
University of Houston | 43 | 7,861 | 772 | 778 | 809 | 786 | 757 | 831 | 798 | 796 | 755 | 779 |
Cornell University5 | 44 | 7,696 | 754 | 752 | 752 | 785 | 779 | 782 | 775 | 771 | 781 | 765 |
Wayne State University | 45 | 7,695 | 703 | 688 | 758 | 772 | 717 | 856 | 807 | 777 | 807 | 810 |
University of Kentucky | 46 | 7,670 | 634 | 653 | 717 | 719 | 734 | 783 | 888 | 864 | 870 | 808 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 47 | 7,548 | 678 | 727 | 730 | 760 | 737 | 805 | 783 | 806 | 771 | 751 |
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis | 48 | 7,409 | 669 | 719 | 720 | 687 | 751 | 755 | 771 | 755 | 772 | 810 |
Florida State University | 49 | 7,359 | 601 | 631 | 730 | 680 | 683 | 818 | 850 | 736 | 813 | 817 |
Indiana University, Bloomington | 50 | 7,226 | 667 | 651 | 695 | 729 | 718 | 693 | 748 | 771 | 761 | 793 |
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus | 51 | 7,201 | 646 | 664 | 643 | 703 | 718 | 736 | 755 | 800 | 761 | 775 |
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences | 52 | 7,076 | 551 | 644 | 694 | 730 | 815 | 810 | 755 | 732 | 671 | 674 |
Yale University | 53 | 7,031 | 622 | 640 | 671 | 685 | 752 | 686 | 712 | 758 | 743 | 762 |
University of the Pacific | 54 | 6,990 | 684 | 691 | 708 | 681 | 713 | 749 | 732 | 760 | 624 | 648 |
Case Western Reserve University | 55 | 6,987 | 681 | 654 | 718 | 750 | 781 | 730 | 658 | 705 | 655 | 655 |
University of Connecticut | 56 | 6,982 | 629 | 609 | 576 | 687 | 746 | 720 | 773 | 720 | 762 | 760 |
University of Chicago | 57 | 6,942 | 695 | 653 | 704 | 682 | 682 | 711 | 715 | 710 | 711 | 679 |
Arizona State University, Tempe | 58 | 6,919 | 569 | 574 | 656 | 766 | 656 | 746 | 828 | 723 | 650 | 751 |
University of South Carolina, Columbia | 59 | 6,863 | 642 | 641 | 639 | 703 | 643 | 703 | 674 | 748 | 719 | 751 |
University of Utah | 60 | 6,803 | 553 | 622 | 667 | 684 | 632 | 723 | 718 | 726 | 711 | 767 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2015. | ||||||||||||
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 University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, which in 2014-15 began reporting separately from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. | ||||||||||||
5 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 2006 through Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared June 2017.) |