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Table 324.90. | Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2007-08 through 2016-17 |
Institution | Rank order 1 | Total, 2007-08 to 2016-17 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States, all institutions | † | 1,687,035 | 149,190 | 154,564 | 158,590 | 163,827 | 170,217 | 175,026 | 177,587 | 178,548 | 178,134 | 181,352 |
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates | † | 627,873 | 58,861 | 59,999 | 60,701 | 62,479 | 63,449 | 64,763 | 64,687 | 64,368 | 63,794 | 64,772 |
University of Florida | 1 | 20,164 | 2,107 | 2,028 | 2,127 | 2,127 | 1,954 | 1,964 | 1,994 | 1,914 | 1,941 | 2,008 |
Nova Southeastern University | 2 | 17,857 | 1,772 | 1,732 | 1,806 | 1,699 | 1,800 | 1,729 | 1,739 | 1,802 | 1,804 | 1,974 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 3 | 17,036 | 1,563 | 1,594 | 1,618 | 1,692 | 1,680 | 1,826 | 1,794 | 1,761 | 1,822 | 1,686 |
Ohio State University, Main Campus | 4 | 16,278 | 1,611 | 1,617 | 1,596 | 1,658 | 1,628 | 1,661 | 1,604 | 1,693 | 1,609 | 1,601 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 5 | 15,639 | 1,483 | 1,576 | 1,534 | 1,550 | 1,566 | 1,647 | 1,636 | 1,606 | 1,526 | 1,515 |
University of Southern California | 6 | 15,514 | 1,523 | 1,571 | 1,459 | 1,474 | 1,518 | 1,554 | 1,481 | 1,538 | 1,593 | 1,803 |
Harvard University | 7 | 14,784 | 1,468 | 1,418 | 1,401 | 1,450 | 1,474 | 1,464 | 1,535 | 1,534 | 1,512 | 1,528 |
New York University | 8 | 14,699 | 1,413 | 1,419 | 1,444 | 1,413 | 1,481 | 1,494 | 1,507 | 1,484 | 1,548 | 1,496 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 9 | 14,452 | 1,407 | 1,430 | 1,355 | 1,417 | 1,514 | 1,440 | 1,497 | 1,502 | 1,458 | 1,432 |
University of California, Los Angeles | 10 | 13,757 | 1,361 | 1,382 | 1,358 | 1,330 | 1,326 | 1,393 | 1,432 | 1,384 | 1,373 | 1,418 |
University of Texas at Austin | 11 | 13,659 | 1,439 | 1,379 | 1,382 | 1,309 | 1,372 | 1,351 | 1,378 | 1,379 | 1,386 | 1,284 |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick2 | 12 | 13,560 | 1,341 | 1,382 | 1,401 | 1,424 | 1,430 | 1,495 | 1,265 | 1,253 | 1,247 | 1,322 |
Texas A&M University, College Station3 | 13 | 13,113 | 1,079 | 1,107 | 1,206 | 1,256 | 1,324 | 1,344 | 1,443 | 1,488 | 1,423 | 1,443 |
Columbia University in the City of New York | 14 | 13,100 | 1,218 | 1,281 | 1,295 | 1,291 | 1,329 | 1,382 | 1,397 | 1,287 | 1,289 | 1,331 |
University of Washington, Seattle Campus | 15 | 12,734 | 1,125 | 1,176 | 1,224 | 1,251 | 1,273 | 1,329 | 1,328 | 1,395 | 1,296 | 1,337 |
University of California, Berkeley | 16 | 12,385 | 1,218 | 1,216 | 1,245 | 1,292 | 1,264 | 1,304 | 1,288 | 1,165 | 1,211 | 1,182 |
University of Pennsylvania | 17 | 12,086 | 1,105 | 1,190 | 1,212 | 1,212 | 1,189 | 1,207 | 1,244 | 1,244 | 1,200 | 1,283 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 18 | 11,956 | 1,204 | 1,101 | 1,155 | 1,172 | 1,179 | 1,203 | 1,229 | 1,219 | 1,245 | 1,249 |
Temple University | 19 | 11,706 | 1,220 | 1,169 | 1,144 | 1,246 | 1,154 | 1,191 | 1,146 | 1,115 | 1,138 | 1,183 |
Boston University | 20 | 11,405 | 1,161 | 1,179 | 1,097 | 1,111 | 1,177 | 1,175 | 1,107 | 1,116 | 1,216 | 1,066 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 21 | 11,051 | 1,067 | 1,081 | 1,066 | 1,106 | 1,210 | 1,159 | 1,118 | 1,134 | 1,015 | 1,095 |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville4 | 22 | 10,688 | 912 | 994 | 1,024 | 1,002 | 1,110 | 1,104 | 1,054 | 1,141 | 1,197 | 1,150 |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus | 23 | 10,635 | 1,026 | 1,022 | 944 | 1,113 | 1,059 | 1,086 | 1,135 | 1,090 | 1,087 | 1,073 |
George Washington University | 24 | 10,387 | 956 | 1,011 | 1,005 | 974 | 1,050 | 1,071 | 1,091 | 959 | 1,105 | 1,165 |
Michigan State University | 25 | 10,186 | 770 | 876 | 921 | 951 | 962 | 993 | 1,172 | 1,204 | 1,152 | 1,185 |
Stanford University | 26 | 9,985 | 944 | 920 | 978 | 1,053 | 1,019 | 1,052 | 1,003 | 961 | 1,032 | 1,023 |
Capella University | 27 | 9,672 | 814 | 700 | 841 | 819 | 810 | 889 | 1,189 | 1,159 | 1,260 | 1,191 |
University at Buffalo | 28 | 9,572 | 938 | 964 | 919 | 948 | 913 | 992 | 957 | 1,028 | 967 | 946 |
Georgetown University | 29 | 9,567 | 926 | 967 | 950 | 936 | 934 | 973 | 955 | 975 | 968 | 983 |
University of Illinois at Chicago | 30 | 9,561 | 873 | 851 | 965 | 914 | 912 | 974 | 969 | 990 | 1,051 | 1,062 |
University of Iowa | 31 | 9,492 | 926 | 937 | 920 | 949 | 948 | 1,045 | 1,000 | 943 | 902 | 922 |
Northwestern University | 32 | 9,357 | 876 | 872 | 891 | 927 | 898 | 1,009 | 986 | 983 | 969 | 946 |
University of California, Davis | 33 | 9,309 | 900 | 894 | 891 | 927 | 1,002 | 1,009 | 901 | 978 | 888 | 919 |
Purdue University, Main Campus | 34 | 9,186 | 840 | 882 | 845 | 924 | 880 | 926 | 965 | 973 | 959 | 992 |
University of Georgia | 35 | 9,050 | 832 | 897 | 854 | 889 | 903 | 901 | 948 | 892 | 967 | 967 |
Duke University | 36 | 9,041 | 682 | 718 | 820 | 887 | 1,010 | 1,100 | 1,140 | 801 | 862 | 1,021 |
University of Virginia, Main Campus | 37 | 8,854 | 925 | 907 | 861 | 933 | 904 | 908 | 919 | 891 | 797 | 809 |
University of Arizona | 38 | 8,595 | 778 | 824 | 824 | 813 | 850 | 854 | 870 | 939 | 907 | 936 |
University of Kansas | 39 | 8,540 | 781 | 766 | 819 | 856 | 821 | 870 | 847 | 953 | 889 | 938 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore | 40 | 8,438 | 775 | 775 | 835 | 875 | 900 | 889 | 875 | 889 | 797 | 828 |
Western Michigan University-Thomas M. Cooley Law School | 41 | 8,416 | 845 | 981 | 955 | 1,039 | 1,080 | 1,143 | 871 | 688 | 462 | 352 |
University of Miami | 42 | 8,164 | 703 | 758 | 860 | 803 | 911 | 874 | 815 | 886 | 799 | 755 |
University of Kentucky | 43 | 8,138 | 717 | 719 | 734 | 783 | 888 | 864 | 870 | 808 | 863 | 892 |
University of Houston | 44 | 7,931 | 809 | 786 | 757 | 831 | 798 | 796 | 755 | 779 | 811 | 809 |
Wayne State University | 45 | 7,866 | 758 | 772 | 717 | 856 | 807 | 777 | 807 | 810 | 767 | 795 |
Cornell University5 | 46 | 7,772 | 752 | 785 | 779 | 782 | 775 | 771 | 781 | 765 | 778 | 804 |
Walden University | 47 | 7,707 | 219 | 344 | 503 | 619 | 682 | 805 | 1,038 | 964 | 1,233 | 1,300 |
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis | 48 | 7,652 | 720 | 687 | 751 | 755 | 771 | 755 | 772 | 810 | 805 | 826 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 49 | 7,628 | 730 | 760 | 737 | 805 | 783 | 806 | 771 | 751 | 694 | 791 |
Florida State University | 50 | 7,589 | 730 | 680 | 683 | 818 | 850 | 736 | 813 | 817 | 716 | 746 |
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus | 51 | 7,455 | 643 | 703 | 718 | 736 | 755 | 800 | 761 | 775 | 755 | 809 |
Indiana University, Bloomington | 52 | 7,348 | 695 | 729 | 718 | 693 | 748 | 771 | 761 | 793 | 728 | 712 |
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences | 53 | 7,345 | 694 | 730 | 815 | 810 | 755 | 732 | 671 | 674 | 701 | 763 |
University of Connecticut | 54 | 7,291 | 576 | 687 | 746 | 720 | 773 | 720 | 762 | 760 | 745 | 802 |
Yale University | 55 | 7,188 | 671 | 685 | 752 | 686 | 712 | 758 | 743 | 762 | 710 | 709 |
University of Utah | 56 | 7,133 | 667 | 684 | 632 | 723 | 718 | 726 | 711 | 767 | 715 | 790 |
Virginia Commonwealth University | 57 | 7,118 | 649 | 622 | 687 | 730 | 748 | 758 | 749 | 714 | 718 | 743 |
University of South Carolina, Columbia | 58 | 7,089 | 639 | 703 | 643 | 703 | 674 | 748 | 719 | 751 | 748 | 761 |
Arizona State University, Tempe | 59 | 6,998 | 656 | 766 | 656 | 746 | 828 | 723 | 650 | 751 | 714 | 508 |
University of Missouri, Columbia | 60 | 6,995 | 629 | 613 | 626 | 671 | 666 | 743 | 729 | 781 | 724 | 813 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2017. | ||||||||||||
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 2008 through Fall 2017, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2019.) |