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 sciencesa |
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 |
|
Otherb |
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 |