Table 4. Top 20 doctorate-granting institutions ranked by number of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2016
Rank |
Field and institution |
Doctorate recipients |
|
Life sciencesa |
12,568 |
|
From top 20 institutions |
3,510 |
1 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
246 |
2 |
U. Florida |
241 |
3 |
Johns Hopkins U. |
227 |
4 |
Harvard U. |
218 |
5 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
198 |
5 |
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
198 |
7 |
U. California, Davis |
194 |
8 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
192 |
9 |
Walden U. |
188 |
10 |
U. Washington, Seattle |
181 |
11 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
176 |
12 |
U. California, Los Angeles |
153 |
13 |
U. Georgia |
147 |
14 |
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh |
143 |
15 |
U. Pennsylvania |
141 |
16 |
U. California, Berkeley |
139 |
17 |
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center |
136 |
18 |
Purdue U., West Lafayette |
131 |
18 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
131 |
20 |
Duke U. |
130 |
|
Physical sciences and earth sciences |
6,252 |
|
From top 20 institutions |
1,908 |
1 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
131 |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
127 |
3 |
U. Texas, Austin |
114 |
4 |
U. California, Berkeley |
111 |
5 |
Stanford U. |
102 |
6 |
Harvard U. |
101 |
7 |
U. California, San Diego |
99 |
8 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
96 |
9 |
U. Washington, Seattle |
94 |
10 |
Purdue U., West Lafayette |
93 |
10 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
93 |
12 |
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center |
92 |
13 |
U. Florida |
91 |
14 |
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center |
89 |
15 |
Princeton U. |
84 |
16 |
U. Colorado Boulder |
81 |
17 |
U. Arizona |
80 |
18 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
79 |
19 |
U. Maryland, College Park |
77 |
20 |
California Institute of Technology |
74 |
|
Mathematics and computer sciences |
3,957 |
|
From top 21 institutions |
1,250 |
1 |
Carnegie Mellon U. |
81 |
2 |
North Carolina State U. |
77 |
3 |
Purdue U., West Lafayette |
69 |
3 |
U. California, Berkeley |
69 |
3 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
69 |
6 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
66 |
7 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
65 |
7 |
Stanford U. |
65 |
9 |
U. Maryland, College Park |
64 |
10 |
U. Texas, Austin |
61 |
11 |
U. California, Irvine |
59 |
12 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
57 |
13 |
U. California, Los Angeles |
54 |
14 |
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center |
53 |
15 |
Columbia U. in the City of New York |
50 |
15 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
50 |
17 |
Cornell U. |
49 |
17 |
SUNY, Stony Brook U. |
49 |
17 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
49 |
20 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
47 |
20 |
U. Washington, Seattle |
47 |
|
Psychology and social sciences |
9,078 |
|
From top 23 institutions |
2,602 |
1 |
Walden U. |
229 |
2 |
CUNY, Graduate Center |
152 |
3 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
141 |
4 |
U. California, Berkeley |
139 |
5 |
Harvard U. |
133 |
6 |
U. Texas, Austin |
131 |
7 |
U. California, Los Angeles |
127 |
8 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
115 |
9 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
114 |
10 |
George Mason U. |
108 |
11 |
New York U. |
103 |
12 |
Stanford U. |
102 |
13 |
Indiana U., Bloomington |
101 |
14 |
U. Maryland, College Park |
99 |
15 |
U. Chicago |
98 |
16 |
U. Florida |
96 |
17 |
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center |
95 |
18 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
93 |
19 |
U. California, San Diego |
90 |
20 |
Michigan State U. |
84 |
20 |
Northwestern U. |
84 |
20 |
U. Georgia |
84 |
20 |
U. Washington, Seattle |
84 |
|
Engineering |
9,469 |
|
From top 20 institutions |
3,655 |
1 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
324 |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
279 |
3 |
Purdue U., West Lafayette |
270 |
4 |
Stanford U. |
255 |
5 |
U. Texas, Austin |
227 |
6 |
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center |
203 |
7 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
201 |
8 |
U. California, Berkeley |
175 |
9 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. |
171 |
10 |
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center |
166 |
11 |
North Carolina State U. |
163 |
12 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
161 |
13 |
Carnegie Mellon U. |
142 |
14 |
U. Florida |
138 |
15 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
137 |
16 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
136 |
17 |
U. Maryland, College Park |
131 |
18 |
U. Southern California |
129 |
19 |
U. California, Los Angeles |
125 |
20 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
122 |
|
Education |
5,153 |
|
From top 22 institutions |
1,479 |
1 |
Columbia U., Teachers C. |
119 |
2 |
U. Georgia |
101 |
3 |
Walden U. |
95 |
4 |
Michigan State U. |
84 |
5 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
80 |
6 |
Texas Tech U. |
77 |
7 |
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center |
74 |
8 |
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center |
72 |
9 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
67 |
10 |
Auburn U., Auburn |
62 |
11 |
Florida State U. |
60 |
12 |
George Washington U. |
58 |
13 |
U. Florida |
57 |
14 |
U. South Florida, Tampa |
56 |
15 |
U. Arizona |
54 |
15 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
54 |
17 |
Temple U. |
53 |
18 |
U. Washington, Seattle |
52 |
19 |
Georgia State U. |
51 |
19 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
51 |
19 |
Purdue U., West Lafayette |
51 |
19 |
U. North Texas, Denton |
51 |
|
Humanities and arts |
5,484 |
|
From top 20 institutions |
1,823 |
1 |
New York U. |
140 |
2 |
CUNY, Graduate Center |
115 |
3 |
Columbia U. in the City of New York |
113 |
4 |
Harvard U. |
111 |
5 |
U. Texas, Austin |
110 |
6 |
U. Chicago |
108 |
6 |
Yale U. |
108 |
8 |
U. California, Berkeley |
102 |
9 |
U. California, Los Angeles |
97 |
10 |
Indiana U., Bloomington |
87 |
11 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
85 |
12 |
Princeton U. |
81 |
13 |
U. Wisconsin-Madison |
80 |
14 |
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
76 |
15 |
Arizona State U. |
75 |
15 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
75 |
17 |
U. Pennsylvania |
67 |
18 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
65 |
19 |
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh |
64 |
19 |
U. Virginia, Charlottesville |
64 |
|
Otherb |
2,943 |
|
From top 22 institutions |
904 |
1 |
Walden U. |
100 |
2 |
U. Texas, Austin |
67 |
3 |
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities |
62 |
4 |
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
45 |
5 |
Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center |
42 |
6 |
Texas Tech U. |
39 |
6 |
U. Missouri, Columbia |
39 |
8 |
U. Southern California |
38 |
9 |
Indiana U., Bloomington |
36 |
9 |
Ohio State U., Columbus |
36 |
9 |
Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center |
36 |
9 |
Purdue U., West Lafayette |
36 |
13 |
Regent U. |
35 |
13 |
U. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
35 |
15 |
U. California, Berkeley |
34 |
16 |
Arizona State U. |
32 |
16 |
Florida State U. |
32 |
16 |
Harvard U. |
32 |
16 |
Michigan State U. |
32 |
16 |
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater |
32 |
16 |
U. Florida |
32 |
16 |
U. Pennsylvania |
32 |