New Data, Rankings: Higher Ed: Top 20 Doctorate-Granting Institutions in U.S. (2015)

December 11, 2016 by Gary Price

The rankings are included in new set of data files, “Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2015” released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). A text report is scheduled to be released in 2017. All data files can be viewed online as well as downloaded.
Previous reports are also available.
Two of many tables from the new NSF data files are found below.

Table 3. Top 50 doctorate-granting institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2015

Rank	Institution	Doctorate recipients
1	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	852
2	U. Texas, Austin	841
3	U. Wisconsin-Madison	836
4	U. California, Berkeley	811
5	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	781
6	U. Florida	747
7	U. California, Los Angeles	744
8	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	732
9	Ohio State U., Columbus	726
10	Harvard U.	715
11	Purdue U., West Lafayette	714
12	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	711
13	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	694
14	Stanford U.	689
15	U. Washington, Seattle	666
16	U. Maryland, College Park	619
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	606
18	Michigan State U.	597
19	Walden U.	562
20	U. California, Davis	539
21	Georgia Institute of Technology	526
22	U. California, San Diego	501
23	Johns Hopkins U.	492
23	U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill	492
25	U. Arizona	485
26	Cornell U.	481
26	U. Pennsylvania	481
28	Columbia U. in the City of New York	475
29	North Carolina State U.	472
30	Arizona State U.	471
31	U. Southern California	452
31	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.	452
33	Indiana U., Bloomington	448
34	New York U.	430
35	Northwestern U.	425
36	U. Georgia	424
37	Yale U.	420
38	U. Colorado Boulder	418
39	U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh	417
40	CUNY, Graduate Center	408
41	Boston U.	399
42	U. Chicago	392
43	U. California, Irvine	390
44	Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick	389
45	Florida State U.	383
46	Princeton U.	373
47	U. Utah	372
48	Duke U.	366
49	U. Kansas	351
50	U. Virginia, Charlottesville	346

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2015.

Table 4. Top 20 doctorate-granting institutions ranked by number of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2015

Rank	Field and institution	Doctorate recipients
	Life sciences^a	12,520
	From top 20 institutions	3,610
1	Johns Hopkins U.	261
2	Harvard U.	255
3	U. Florida	246
4	U. Wisconsin-Madison	216
5	U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill	209
6	U. California, Davis	198
7	U. Washington, Seattle	196
8	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	190
9	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	183
10	Ohio State U., Columbus	173
11	U. California, Berkeley	167
12	U. Georgia	158
13	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	155
14	U. California, Los Angeles	151
15	Walden U.	146
16	U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh	145
17	Michigan State U.	143
18	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	141
19	U. Pennsylvania	140
20	U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston	137
	Physical sciences and earth sciences	5,924
	From top 20 institutions	1,805
1	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	116
2	U. Wisconsin-Madison	112
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	109
4	U. California, Berkeley	100
5	U. Texas, Austin	99
6	U. Colorado Boulder	95
7	U. Arizona	92
7	U. California, San Diego	92
9	Harvard U.	89
10	U. Maryland, College Park	87
11	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	86
12	Purdue U., West Lafayette	85
12	Stanford U.	85
14	U. Washington, Seattle	83
15	U. California, Los Angeles	82
15	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	82
17	U. California, Davis	81
18	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	79
19	Princeton U.	77
20	Ohio State U., Columbus	74
	Mathematics and computer sciences	3,825
	From top 20 institutions	1,199
1	Purdue U., West Lafayette	74
2	Carnegie Mellon U.	72
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	71
3	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	71
5	North Carolina State U.	70
5	U. California, Los Angeles	70
5	U. Washington, Seattle	70
8	U. Maryland, College Park	67
9	Georgia Institute of Technology	62
9	U. California, Berkeley	62
11	Ohio State U., Columbus	59
12	Stanford U.	54
13	U. Wisconsin-Madison	52
14	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	51
14	U. Texas, Austin	51
16	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	50
16	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	50
18	U. California, Irvine	49
19	SUNY, Stony Brook U.	48
20	Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick	46
	Psychology and social sciences	9,095
	From top 21 institutions	2,367
1	Walden U.	230
2	CUNY, Graduate Center	148
3	U. California, Los Angeles	131
4	U. Texas, Austin	129
5	Harvard U.	128
6	U. California, Berkeley	127
7	U. Maryland, College Park	124
8	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	123
9	Indiana U., Bloomington	101
9	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	101
9	U. Wisconsin-Madison	101
12	U. Florida	99
13	Ohio State U., Columbus	96
14	New York U.	94
14	U. California, San Diego	94
16	U. Chicago	92
17	Michigan State U.	91
18	Arizona State U.	90
18	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	90
20	U. Arizona	89
20	U. Kansas	89
	Engineering	9,897
	From top 20 institutions	3,837
1	Georgia Institute of Technology	353
2	Purdue U., West Lafayette	280
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	266
4	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	231
5	Stanford U.	229
6	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	228
7	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	219
8	U. Texas, Austin	212
9	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	203
10	U. California, Berkeley	180
11	U. Florida	176
12	North Carolina State U.	170
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.	168
14	U. Wisconsin-Madison	147
15	Ohio State U., Columbus	144
16	Carnegie Mellon U.	135
17	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	127
18	Northwestern U.	123
18	U. California, Los Angeles	123
18	U. Maryland, College Park	123
	Education	5,117
	From top 20 institutions	1,424
1	Columbia U., Teachers C.	136
2	U. Georgia	95
3	Walden U.	93
4	Michigan State U.	87
5	U. Texas, Austin	83
6	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	82
7	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	80
8	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	76
9	Ohio State U., Columbus	71
10	U. Wisconsin-Madison	67
11	Texas Tech U.	65
12	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	63
13	U. Nebraska-Lincoln	57
14	U. Maryland, College Park	54
14	U. South Carolina, Columbia	54
16	Indiana State U.	53
16	Indiana U., Bloomington	53
18	George Washington U.	52
18	U. Washington, Seattle	52
20	Old Dominion U.	51
	Humanities and arts	5,600
	From top 20 institutions	1,910
1	New York U.	120
1	U. California, Los Angeles	120
3	U. California, Berkeley	119
4	Harvard U.	116
5	Columbia U. in the City of New York	113
6	CUNY, Graduate Center	109
7	U. Chicago	107
8	U. Texas, Austin	103
9	Boston U.	100
10	U. Wisconsin-Madison	99
11	Indiana U., Bloomington	91
11	Yale U.	91
13	U. Virginia, Charlottesville	87
14	Florida State U.	85
15	Ohio State U., Columbus	81
16	Princeton U.	80
17	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	77
18	U. Pennsylvania	74
19	Stanford U.	70
20	Emory U.	68
	Other^b	3,028
	From top 20 institutions	888
1	Walden U.	84
2	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	57
3	U. Texas, Austin	54
4	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	52
5	U. Florida	46
6	U. Southern California	45
7	Northwestern U.	44
8	Regent U.	43
9	U. Missouri, Columbia	42
9	U. Wisconsin-Madison	42
11	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	41
12	Florida State U.	39
12	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	39
14	Indiana U., Bloomington	38
14	Texas Tech U.	38
14	U. Chicago	38
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	37
17	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	37
19	Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge	36
19	U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa	36

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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