Nine of the 10 universities that granted the most doctoral degrees in 2016 were public institutions. The only private institution in the top 10 was Stanford University. The most doctorates in a particular field were granted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, which awarded 324 research doctorates in engineering. The field in which the most doctorates were awarded was life sciences, followed by engineering and psychology.
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| 1. | U. of Texas at Austin | 849 |
| 2. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 823 |
| 3. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 819 |
| 4. | U. of California at Berkeley | 796 |
| 5. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 787 |
| 6. | Stanford U. | 763 |
| 7. | U. of Florida | 730 |
| 8. | Purdue U. at West Lafayette | 727 |
| 9. | Ohio State U. | 716 |
| 10. | U. of California at Los Angeles | 689 |
| 11. | Texas A&M U. at College Station and Health Science Center | 684 |
| 12. | Pennsylvania State U. at University Park and Hershey Medical Center | 680 |
| 13. | U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 678 |
| 14. | Harvard U. | 677 |
| 15. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 646 |
| 16. | Walden U. | 635 |
| 17. | U. of Washington | 615 |
| 18. | U. of Maryland at College Park | 546 |
| 19. | Georgia Institute of Technology | 531 |
| 20. | U. of California at San Diego | 521 |
| 21. | U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 510 |
| 22. | Michigan State U. | 503 |
| 23. | U. of California at Davis | 501 |
| 24. | Columbia U. | 500 |
| 25. | Cornell U. | 492 |
| 26. | U. of Southern California | 491 |
| 27. | New York U. | 483 |
| 28. | North Carolina State U. | 482 |
| 29. | Johns Hopkins U. | 476 |
| 30. | Virginia Tech | 472 |
| 31. | U. of Pennsylvania | 464 |
| 32. | U. of Georgia | 455 |
| 33. | Northwestern U. | 454 |
| 34. | U. of Pittsburgh main campus | 447 |
| 35. | U. of Arizona | 436 |
| 36. | City U. of New York Graduate Center | 431 |
| 37. | Rutgers U. at New Brunswick | 416 |
| 38. | Arizona State U. | 411 |
| 39. | Duke U. | 408 |
| 40. | Yale U. | 407 |
| 41. | Indiana U. at Bloomington | 405 |
| 42. | U. of Colorado at Boulder | 400 |
| 43. | U. of Chicago | 395 |
| 44. | U. of California at Irvine | 393 |
| 45. | Boston U. | 385 |
| 46. | Princeton U. | 373 |
| 47. | U. of Iowa | 369 |
| 48. | Florida State U. | 362 |
| 49. | U. at Buffalo | 335 |
| 49. | U. of Tennessee at Knoxville | 335 |
| | All 436 institutions | 54,904 |
Education
| 1. | Teachers College, Columbia U. | 119 |
| 2. | U. of Georgia | 101 |
| 3. | Walden U. | 95 |
| 4. | Michigan State U. | 84 |
| 5. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 80 |
| | All institutions | 5,153 |
Engineering
| 1. | Georgia Institute of Technology | 324 |
| 2. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 279 |
| 3. | Purdue U. at West Lafayette | 270 |
| 4. | Stanford U. | 255 |
| 5. | U. of Texas at Austin | 227 |
| | All institutions | 9,469 |
Humanities and arts
| 1. | New York U. | 140 |
| 2. | City U. of New York Graduate Center | 115 |
| 3. | Columbia U. | 113 |
| 4. | Harvard U. | 111 |
| 5. | U. of Texas at Austin | 110 |
| | All institutions | 5,484 |
Life sciences
| 1. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 246 |
| 2. | U. of Florida | 241 |
| 3. | Johns Hopkins U. | 227 |
| 4. | Harvard U. | 218 |
| 5. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 198 |
| 5. | U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 198 |
| | All institutions | 12,568 |
Mathematics and computer sciences
| 1. | Carnegie Mellon U. | 81 |
| 2. | North Carolina State U. | 77 |
| 3. | Purdue U. at West Lafayette | 69 |
| 3. | U. of California at Berkeley | 69 |
| 3. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 69 |
| | All institutions | 3,957 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences
| 1. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 131 |
| 2. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 127 |
| 3. | U. of Texas at Austin | 114 |
| 4. | U. of California at Berkeley | 111 |
| 5. | Stanford U. | 102 |
| | All institutions | 6,252 |
Psychology and social sciences
| 1. | Walden U. | 229 |
| 2. | City U. of New York Graduate Center | 152 |
| 3. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 141 |
| 4. | U. of California at Berkeley | 139 |
| 5. | Harvard U. | 133 |
| | All institutions | 9,078 |
Note: Data cover the academic year from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016. Of the 54,904 research doctorates awarded in the 2016 fiscal year, 98.1 percent were Ph.D.s, and 1.1 percent were Ed.D.s. Recipients of professional doctoral degrees like M.D., D.D.S., and J.D. were excluded. For rankings by field, the category “Other” was excluded. Tied institutions are listed alphabetically. More data can be found here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.
Source: “Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2017,” by National Science Foundation and five other federal agencies