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Table 306.Doctor's degrees\1\ conferred by 60 large institutions of higher education: 1984-85 to 1994-95

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                                                     |        |  Total,  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                     Institution                     |  Rank  | 1985-86  | 1985-86| 1986-87| 1987-88| 1988-89| 1989-90| 1990-91| 1991-92|1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95
                                                     |order\2\|to 1994-95|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                          1                          |   2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
_____________________________________________________|________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
     United States, all institutions ................|     ---|  386,371 | 33,653 | 34,041 | 34,870 | 35,720 | 38,371 | 39,294 | 40,659 | 42,132 | 43,185 | 44,446
                                                     |________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
   Total, 60 large institutions .....................|     ---|  223,527 | 19,666 | 20,135 | 20,506 | 21,099 | 22,252 | 22,888 | 23,518 | 24,057 | 24,631 | 24,775
                                                     |________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
University of California, Berkeley ..................|      1 |    7,992 |    753 |    727 |    742 |    838 |    800 |    800 |    798 |    810 |    896 |    828
University of Wisconsin, Madison ....................|      2 |    6,946 |    606 |    667 |    684 |    667 |    717 |    708 |    680 |    676 |    783 |    758
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus ...............|      3 |    6,820 |    560 |    616 |    646 |    647 |    707 |    737 |    775 |    705 |    666 |    761
Columbia University in the City of New York .........|      4 |    6,531 |    610 |    593 |    567 |    615 |    723 |    802 |    630 |    687 |    644 |    660
University of Texas at Austin .......................|      5 |    6,483 |    545 |    612 |    588 |    583 |    647 |    710 |    671 |    686 |    714 |    727
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Ohio State University, Main Campus ..................|      6 |    6,245 |    512 |    570 |    542 |    608 |    604 |    644 |    671 |    685 |    710 |    699
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ...................|      7 |    6,215 |    598 |    589 |    564 |    527 |    583 |    661 |    676 |    654 |    649 |    714
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ................|      8 |    6,143 |    556 |    508 |    527 |    543 |    633 |    706 |    651 |    627 |    707 |    685
University of California, Los Angeles ...............|      9 |    5,517 |    433 |    448 |    508 |    459 |    558 |    558 |    613 |    657 |    620 |    663
Stanford University (Calif.) ........................|     10 |    5,495 |    530 |    562 |    560 |    540 |    532 |    487 |    569 |    581 |    560 |    574
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...............|     11 |    4,986 |    455 |    458 |    516 |    492 |    509 |    497 |    514 |    516 |    508 |    521
Harvard University (Mass.) ..........................|     12 |    4,957 |    452 |    434 |    465 |    461 |    505 |    505 |    501 |    540 |    538 |    556
Cornell University (N.Y.)\3\ ........................|     13 |    4,899 |    456 |    445 |    454 |    481 |    555 |    531 |    540 |    520 |    593 |    324
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ..........|     14 |    4,476 |    350 |    341 |    379 |    417 |    420 |    463 |    541 |    495 |    507 |    563
Texas A. & M. University ............................|     15 |    4,475 |    336 |    369 |    382 |    420 |    411 |    446 |    472 |    496 |    579 |    564
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University of Maryland, College Park Campus .........|     16 |    4,430 |    370 |    378 |    364 |    393 |    468 |    453 |    506 |    490 |    528 |    480
Purdue University, Main Campus (Ind.) ...............|     17 |    4,416 |    379 |    370 |    366 |    420 |    467 |    430 |    478 |    504 |    493 |    509
University of Pennsylvania ..........................|     18 |    4,348 |    341 |    307 |    319 |    414 |    462 |    495 |    477 |    506 |    488 |    539
Michigan State University ...........................|     19 |    4,317 |    438 |    464 |    427 |    434 |    432 |    397 |    476 |    401 |    429 |    419
University of Washington ............................|     20 |    4,216 |    345 |    411 |    392 |    403 |    457 |    459 |    396 |    416 |    455 |    482
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University of Southern California ...................|     21 |    4,012 |    363 |    354 |    354 |    429 |    429 |    359 |    355 |    415 |    415 |    539
New York University .................................|     22 |    3,929 |    377 |    392 |    421 |    376 |    392 |    392 |    404 |    404 |    391 |    380
University of Florida ...............................|     23 |    3,574 |    290 |    313 |    315 |    342 |    366 |    370 |    364 |    372 |    442 |    400
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus ...............|     24 |    3,556 |    390 |    394 |    390 |    367 |    337 |    344 |    343 |    333 |    334 |    324
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (N.J.) ............|     25 |    3,529 |    320 |    320 |    311 |    327 |    342 |    326 |    402 |    376 |    400 |    405
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Indiana University, Bloomington .....................|     26 |    3,499 |    353 |    374 |    319 |    313 |    321 |    342 |    398 |    348 |    348 |    383
Nova Southeastern University (Fla.) .................|     27 |    3,442 |    263 |    271 |    292 |    306 |    316 |    290 |    336 |    433 |    485 |    450
University of Arizona ...............................|     28 |    3,430 |    260 |    298 |    290 |    326 |    311 |    382 |    352 |    373 |    442 |    396
University of Massachusetts at Amherst ..............|     29 |    3,397 |    290 |    311 |    281 |    329 |    362 |    400 |    409 |    370 |    338 |    307
University of Chicago (Ill.) ........................|     30 |    3,357 |    329 |    319 |    318 |    310 |    335 |    317 |    322 |    346 |    395 |    366
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .........|     31 |    3,335 |    283 |    311 |    301 |    299 |    337 |    336 |    338 |    388 |    373 |    369
Northwestern University (Ill.) ......................|     32 |    3,331 |    312 |    319 |    313 |    358 |    327 |    308 |    351 |    363 |    305 |    375
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University .|     33 |    3,308 |    274 |    295 |    287 |    303 |    342 |    332 |    366 |    369 |    379 |    361
Yale University (Conn.) .............................|     34 |    3,257 |    259 |    305 |    290 |    317 |    312 |    344 |    347 |    369 |    348 |    366
University of Georgia ...............................|     35 |    3,219 |    309 |    275 |    316 |    340 |    313 |    332 |    331 |    352 |    309 |    342
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University of Iowa ..................................|     36 |    3,196 |    258 |    287 |    312 |    287 |    299 |    360 |    380 |    331 |    342 |    340
Iowa State University ...............................|     37 |    2,921 |    256 |    296 |    309 |    257 |    282 |    297 |    277 |    322 |    307 |    318
Boston University (Mass.) ...........................|     38 |    2,845 |    307 |    299 |    245 |    304 |    277 |    258 |    280 |    271 |    289 |    315
Temple University (Pa.) .............................|     39 |    2,795 |    277 |    290 |    277 |    285 |    249 |    251 |    282 |    282 |    287 |    315
State University of New York at Buffalo .............|     40 |    2,716 |    206 |    209 |    240 |    274 |    249 |    265 |    290 |    320 |    345 |    318
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University of California, Davis .....................|     41 |    2,702 |    245 |    228 |    238 |    221 |    258 |    258 |    284 |    306 |    323 |    341
City University of New York Graduate School and      |        |          |
  University Center .................................|     42 |    2,681 |    232 |    232 |    258 |    225 |    259 |    320 |    257 |    318 |    286 |    294
University of Virginia, Main Campus .................|     43 |    2,662 |    217 |    218 |    229 |    242 |    253 |    291 |    291 |    315 |    294 |    312
Johns Hopkins University (Md.) ......................|     44 |    2,602 |    220 |    213 |    267 |    229 |    240 |    285 |    297 |    318 |    262 |    271
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ..........|     45 |    2,598 |    219 |    200 |    239 |    224 |    294 |    256 |    279 |    283 |    300 |    304
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Florida State University ............................|     46 |    2,569 |    224 |    226 |    250 |    246 |    249 |    257 |    286 |    262 |    274 |    295
University of Colorado at Boulder ...................|     47 |    2,543 |    198 |    229 |    231 |    221 |    248 |    263 |    249 |    299 |    306 |    299
Princeton University (N.J.) .........................|     48 |    2,485 |    216 |    218 |    269 |    227 |    240 |    244 |    255 |    249 |    267 |    300
University of Tennessee, Knoxville ..................|     49 |    2,285 |    233 |    206 |    217 |    209 |    214 |    214 |    260 |    249 |    226 |    257
University of Missouri, Columbia ....................|     50 |    2,284 |    202 |    181 |    227 |    236 |    236 |    212 |    258 |    260 |    253 |    219
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University of South Carolina at Columbia ............|     51 |    2,208 |    168 |    169 |    191 |    169 |    215 |    248 |    242 |    281 |    288 |    237
Vanderbilt University (Tenn.) .......................|     52 |    2,185 |    259 |    252 |    196 |    218 |    229 |    222 |    220 |    215 |    193 |    181
University of Nebraska, Lincoln .....................|     53 |    2,181 |    201 |    203 |    233 |    236 |    217 |    202 |    212 |    221 |    227 |    229
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (Ohio) ........|     54 |    2,166 |    187 |    182 |    188 |    182 |    213 |    231 |    220 |    226 |    273 |    264
University of Kansas, Main Campus....................|     55 |    2,161 |    211 |    221 |    213 |    224 |    180 |    209 |    235 |    193 |    225 |    250
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State University of New York at Stony Brook .........|     56 |    2,151 |    144 |    156 |    196 |    190 |    200 |    248 |    225 |    283 |    268 |    241
University of California, San Diego .................|     57 |    2,137 |    163 |    163 |    186 |    189 |    185 |    185 |    227 |    280 |    285 |    274
Arizona State University, Main Campus ...............|     58 |    2,128 |    157 |    146 |    158 |    194 |    191 |    227 |    222 |    270 |    258 |    305
University of Connecticut ...........................|     59 |    2,123 |    174 |    193 |    180 |    198 |    217 |    228 |    206 |    216 |    246 |    265
University of Rochester (N.Y.) ......................|     60 |    2,121 |    195 |    198 |    167 |    208 |    226 |    194 |    231 |    224 |    236 |    242
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\1\Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees (e.g., M.D., D.D.S., and D.V.M.).

\2\Institutions are ranked by the total number of doctor's degrees conferred during the 10-year period ending June 30, 1995.

\3\Includes degrees conferred by the Endowed and Statutory Colleges.

---Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1997.)



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