Table 324.90.

Doctor's degrees conferred by the 60 institutions conferring the most doctor's degrees, by rank order: 2008-09 through 2017-18

Institution	Rank order 1	Total, 2008-09 to 2017-18	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States, all institutions	†	1,721,924	154,564	158,590	163,827	170,217	175,026	177,587	178,548	178,134	181,357	184,074
Total, 60 institutions conferring most doctorates	†	634,572	59,732	60,529	62,328	63,253	64,760	64,826	64,434	63,971	65,197	65,542
University of Florida	1	20,040	2,028	2,127	2,127	1,954	1,964	1,994	1,914	1,941	2,008	1,983
Nova Southeastern University	2	17,962	1,732	1,806	1,699	1,800	1,729	1,739	1,802	1,804	1,974	1,877
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	3	17,139	1,594	1,618	1,692	1,680	1,826	1,794	1,761	1,822	1,686	1,666
Ohio State University, Main Campus	4	16,329	1,617	1,596	1,658	1,628	1,661	1,604	1,693	1,609	1,601	1,662
University of Southern California	5	15,823	1,571	1,459	1,474	1,518	1,554	1,481	1,538	1,593	1,803	1,832
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	6	15,712	1,576	1,534	1,550	1,566	1,647	1,636	1,606	1,526	1,515	1,556
Harvard University	7	14,865	1,418	1,401	1,450	1,474	1,464	1,535	1,534	1,512	1,528	1,549
New York University	8	14,735	1,419	1,444	1,413	1,481	1,494	1,507	1,484	1,548	1,496	1,449
University of Wisconsin, Madison	9	14,525	1,430	1,355	1,417	1,514	1,440	1,497	1,502	1,458	1,432	1,480
University of California, Los Angeles	10	13,717	1,382	1,358	1,330	1,326	1,393	1,432	1,384	1,373	1,418	1,321
Rutgers University, New Brunswick2	11	13,609	1,382	1,401	1,424	1,430	1,495	1,265	1,253	1,247	1,322	1,390
University of Texas at Austin	12	13,480	1,379	1,382	1,309	1,372	1,351	1,378	1,379	1,386	1,284	1,260
Texas A&M University, College Station3	13	13,460	1,107	1,206	1,256	1,324	1,344	1,443	1,488	1,423	1,443	1,426
Columbia University in the City of New York	14	13,339	1,281	1,295	1,291	1,329	1,382	1,397	1,287	1,289	1,331	1,457
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	15	12,980	1,176	1,224	1,251	1,273	1,329	1,328	1,395	1,296	1,337	1,371
University of California, Berkeley	16	12,409	1,216	1,245	1,292	1,264	1,304	1,288	1,165	1,211	1,182	1,242
University of Pennsylvania	17	12,204	1,190	1,212	1,212	1,189	1,207	1,244	1,244	1,200	1,283	1,223
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	18	11,960	1,101	1,155	1,172	1,179	1,203	1,229	1,219	1,245	1,249	1,208
Temple University	19	11,603	1,169	1,144	1,246	1,154	1,191	1,146	1,115	1,138	1,183	1,117
Boston University	20	11,344	1,179	1,097	1,111	1,177	1,175	1,107	1,116	1,216	1,066	1,100
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	21	11,076	1,081	1,066	1,106	1,210	1,159	1,118	1,134	1,015	1,095	1,092
University of Tennessee, Knoxville4	22	10,943	994	1,024	1,002	1,110	1,104	1,054	1,141	1,197	1,150	1,167
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	23	10,649	1,022	944	1,113	1,059	1,086	1,135	1,090	1,087	1,073	1,040
George Washington University	24	10,580	1,011	1,005	974	1,050	1,071	1,091	959	1,105	1,165	1,149
Michigan State University	25	10,552	876	921	951	962	993	1,172	1,204	1,152	1,185	1,136
Stanford University	26	10,042	920	978	1,053	1,019	1,052	1,003	961	1,032	1,023	1,001
University of Illinois at Chicago	27	9,763	851	965	914	912	974	969	990	1,051	1,062	1,075
University at Buffalo	28	9,737	964	919	948	913	992	957	1,028	967	946	1,103
Capella University	29	9,640	700	841	819	810	889	1,189	1,159	1,260	1,191	782
Georgetown University	30	9,601	967	950	936	934	973	955	975	968	983	960
University of Iowa	31	9,502	937	920	949	948	1,045	1,000	943	902	922	936
Northwestern University	32	9,452	872	891	927	898	1,009	986	983	969	946	971
University of California, Davis	33	9,397	894	891	927	1,002	1,009	901	978	888	919	988
Duke University	34	9,360	718	820	887	1,010	1,100	1,140	801	862	1,021	1,001
Purdue University, Main Campus	35	9,324	882	845	924	880	926	965	973	959	992	978
University of Georgia	36	9,202	897	854	889	903	901	948	892	967	967	984
Walden University	37	9,038	344	503	619	682	805	1,038	964	1,233	1,300	1,550
University of Arizona	38	8,781	824	824	813	850	854	870	939	907	936	964
University of Virginia, Main Campus	39	8,745	907	861	933	904	908	919	891	797	809	816
University of Kansas	40	8,721	766	819	856	821	870	847	953	889	938	962
University of Maryland, Baltimore	41	8,537	775	835	875	900	889	875	889	797	828	874
University of Miami	42	8,314	758	860	803	911	874	815	886	799	755	853
University of Kentucky	43	8,287	719	734	783	888	864	870	808	863	892	866
University of Houston	44	7,984	786	757	831	798	796	755	779	811	809	862
Western Michigan University-Thomas M. Cooley Law School	45	7,948	981	955	1,039	1,080	1,143	871	688	462	352	377
Wayne State University	46	7,934	772	717	856	807	777	807	810	767	795	826
Cornell University5	47	7,855	785	779	782	775	771	781	765	778	804	835
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis	48	7,760	687	751	755	771	755	772	810	805	826	828
Florida State University	49	7,613	680	683	818	850	736	813	817	716	746	754
Washington University in St. Louis	50	7,605	760	737	805	783	806	771	751	694	791	707
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	51	7,604	703	718	736	755	800	761	775	755	809	792
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences	52	7,460	730	815	810	755	732	671	674	701	763	809
University of Connecticut	53	7,415	687	746	720	773	720	762	760	745	802	700
Indiana University, Bloomington	54	7,368	729	718	693	748	771	761	793	728	712	715
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	55	7,314	499	484	595	632	720	789	817	891	933	954
Yale University	56	7,304	685	752	686	712	758	743	762	710	709	787
University of South Carolina, Columbia	57	7,300	703	643	703	674	748	719	751	748	761	850
Virginia Commonwealth University	58	7,239	622	687	730	748	758	749	714	718	743	770
University of Utah	59	7,222	684	632	723	718	726	711	767	715	790	756
University of Missouri, Columbia	60	7,169	613	626	671	666	743	729	781	724	813	803

†Not applicable.

1 Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2018.

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 2009 through Fall 2018, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2020.)