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Table 324.90. Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2006-07 through 2015-16
Institution Rank order1 Total, 2006-07 to 2015-16 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States, all institutions 1,650,294 144,690 149,378 154,564 158,590 163,827 170,217 175,026 177,587 178,548 177,867
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates   620,934  58,087  59,435  60,474  61,035  62,630  63,474  64,630  64,286  63,957  62,926 
University of Florida 1 20,113 1,957 2,107 2,028 2,127 2,127 1,954 1,964 1,994 1,914 1,941
Nova Southeastern University 2 17,796 1,913 1,772 1,732 1,806 1,699 1,800 1,729 1,739 1,802 1,804
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3 17,017 1,667 1,563 1,594 1,618 1,692 1,680 1,826 1,794 1,761 1,822
Ohio State University, Main Campus 4 16,178 1,501 1,611 1,617 1,596 1,658 1,628 1,661 1,604 1,693 1,609
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 5 15,620 1,496 1,483 1,576 1,534 1,550 1,566 1,647 1,636 1,606 1,526
                         
University of Southern California 6 15,089 1,378 1,523 1,571 1,459 1,474 1,518 1,554 1,481 1,538 1,593
Harvard University 7 14,732 1,476 1,468 1,418 1,401 1,450 1,474 1,464 1,535 1,534 1,512
New York University 8 14,534 1,331 1,413 1,419 1,444 1,413 1,481 1,494 1,507 1,484 1,548
University of Wisconsin, Madison 9 14,445 1,425 1,407 1,430 1,355 1,417 1,514 1,440 1,497 1,502 1,458
University of Texas at Austin 10 13,733 1,358 1,439 1,379 1,382 1,309 1,372 1,351 1,378 1,379 1,386
                         
University of California, Los Angeles 11 13,646 1,307 1,361 1,382 1,358 1,330 1,326 1,393 1,432 1,384 1,373
Rutgers University, New Brunswick2 12 13,464 1,226 1,341 1,382 1,401 1,424 1,430 1,495 1,265 1,253 1,247
Columbia University in the City of New York 13 12,972 1,203 1,218 1,281 1,295 1,291 1,329 1,382 1,397 1,287 1,289
Texas A&M University, College Station3 14 12,764 1,094 1,079 1,107 1,206 1,256 1,324 1,344 1,443 1,488 1,423
University of Washington, Seattle Campus 15 12,527 1,130 1,125 1,176 1,224 1,251 1,273 1,329 1,328 1,395 1,296
                         
University of California, Berkeley 16 12,239 1,280 1,218 1,216 1,245 1,292 1,264 1,304 1,288 1,165 967
University of Pennsylvania 17 11,939 1,136 1,105 1,190 1,212 1,212 1,189 1,207 1,244 1,244 1,200
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 18 11,820 1,113 1,204 1,101 1,155 1,172 1,179 1,203 1,229 1,219 1,245
Temple University 19 11,717 1,194 1,220 1,169 1,144 1,246 1,154 1,191 1,146 1,115 1,138
Boston University 20 11,549 1,210 1,161 1,179 1,097 1,111 1,177 1,175 1,107 1,116 1,216
                         
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 21 10,974 1,018 1,067 1,081 1,066 1,106 1,210 1,159 1,118 1,134 1,015
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus 22 10,558 996 1,026 1,022 944 1,113 1,059 1,086 1,135 1,090 1,087
University of Tennessee, Knoxville4 23 10,433 895 912 994 1,024 1,002 1,110 1,104 1,054 1,141 1,197
George Washington University 24 10,171 949 956 1,011 1,005 974 1,050 1,071 1,091 959 1,105
Stanford University 25 9,931 969 944 920 978 1,053 1,019 1,052 1,003 961 1,032
                         
Michigan State University 26 9,856 855 770 876 921 951 962 993 1,172 1,204 1,152
University at Buffalo 27 9,596 970 938 964 919 948 913 992 957 1,028 967
Georgetown University 28 9,507 923 926 967 950 936 934 973 955 975 968
University of Iowa 29 9,496 926 926 937 920 949 948 1,045 1,000 943 902
University of Illinois at Chicago 30 9,361 862 873 851 965 914 912 974 969 990 1,051
                         
Northwestern University 31 9,289 878 876 872 891 927 898 1,009 986 983 969
University of California, Davis 32 9,266 876 900 894 891 927 1,002 1,009 901 978 888
Capella University 33 9,148 667 814 700 841 819 810 889 1,189 1,159 1,260
Purdue University, Main Campus 34 9,031 837 840 882 845 924 880 926 965 973 959
University of Georgia 35 8,941 858 832 897 854 889 903 901 948 892 967
                         
University of Virginia, Main Campus 36 8,897 852 925 907 861 933 904 908 919 891 797
Western Michigan University-Thomas M. Cooley Law School 37 8,820 756 845 981 955 1,039 1,080 1,143 871 688 462
Duke University 38 8,700 680 682 718 820 887 1,010 1,100 1,140 801 862
University of Arizona 39 8,473 814 778 824 824 813 850 854 870 939 907
University of Kansas 40 8,391 789 781 766 819 856 821 870 847 953 889
                         
University of Maryland, Baltimore 41 8,377 767 775 775 835 875 900 889 875 889 797
University of Miami 42 8,116 707 703 758 860 803 911 874 815 886 799
University of Houston 43 7,900 778 809 786 757 831 798 796 755 779 811
University of Kentucky 44 7,899 653 717 719 734 783 888 864 870 808 863
Wayne State University 45 7,759 688 758 772 717 856 807 777 807 810 767
                         
Cornell University5 46 7,720 752 752 785 779 782 775 771 781 765 778
Washington University in St. Louis 47 7,564 727 730 760 737 805 783 806 771 751 694
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 48 7,545 719 720 687 751 755 771 755 772 810 805
Florida State University 49 7,474 631 730 680 683 818 850 736 813 817 716
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus 50 7,310 664 643 703 718 736 755 800 761 775 755
                         
Indiana University, Bloomington 51 7,287 651 695 729 718 693 748 771 761 793 728
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences 52 7,226 644 694 730 815 810 755 732 671 674 701
Yale University 53 7,119 640 671 685 752 686 712 758 743 762 710
University of Connecticut 54 7,098 609 576 687 746 720 773 720 762 760 745
Arizona State University, Tempe 55 7,064 574 656 766 656 746 828 723 650 751 714
                         
University of South Carolina, Columbia 56 6,969 641 639 703 643 703 674 748 719 751 748
University of Utah 57 6,965 622 667 684 632 723 718 726 711 767 715
Case Western Reserve University 58 6,947 654 718 750 781 730 658 705 655 655 641
University of Chicago 59 6,939 653 704 682 682 711 715 710 711 679 692
Virginia Commonwealth University 60 6,923 548 649 622 687 730 748 758 749 714 718
†Not applicable.
1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2016.
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 classified as first-professional degrees prior to 2010-11. 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 2007 through Fall 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2018.)

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