Walden University was the only for-profit, online institution among the 10 universities that granted the most doctoral degrees in the 12-month period ending on June 30, 2018. The most doctorates in one field were granted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, which awarded 323 research doctorates in engineering. The next-highest number of doctorates in a particular field was awarded by Walden, in psychology and social sciences. The field in which the most doctorates were awarded was life sciences, followed by engineering, and then psychology and social sciences. The fields with the fewest doctorate recipients were mathematics and computer sciences, education, and humanities and arts.
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