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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
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.)

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