Universities With the Most Doctorate Recipients in the Humanities and Arts, 2015

The top 50 institutions granted more than 60 percent of the 5,600 doctorates in the humanities and arts that were awarded during the 2014-15 academic year. The 10 institutions that produced the most doctorate recipients in letters were public institutions, and so were seven of the top 10 institutions producing doctorates in foreign languages and literature. In contrast, private universities predominated among the top 10 for granting doctorates in history.

All humanities and arts

Rank	Institution	Number of recipients
1.	New York U.	120
1.	U. of California at Los Angeles	120
3.	U. of California at Berkeley	119
4.	Harvard U.	116
5.	Columbia U.	113

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All humanities and arts

Rank	Institution	Number of recipients
1.	New York U.	120
1.	U. of California at Los Angeles	120
3.	U. of California at Berkeley	119
4.	Harvard U.	116
5.	Columbia U.	113
6.	City U. of New York Graduate Center	109
7.	U. of Chicago	107
8.	U. of Texas at Austin	103
9.	Boston U.	100
10.	U. Wisconsin at Madison	99
11.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	91
11.	Yale U.	91
13.	U. of Virginia at Charlottesville	87
14.	Florida State U.	85
15.	Ohio State U.	81
16.	Princeton U.	80
17.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	77
18.	U. of Pennsylvania	74
19.	Stanford U.	70
20.	Emory U.	68
21.	Arizona State U.	63
22.	U. of California at Santa Barbara	60
23.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	59
24.	U. of California at Riverside	58
25.	U. of Florida	56
25.	U. of Notre Dame	56
27.	Duke U.	55
28.	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	54
28.	U. of Southern California	54
30.	U. of California at Irvine	53
30.	U. of Kansas	53
32.	Brown U.	52
32.	U. of Arizona	52
32.	U. of Pittsburgh	52
35.	U. of Colorado at Boulder	51
35.	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	51
37.	U. of Washington	50
38.	U. at Buffalo	48
38.	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	48
38.	Vanderbilt U.	48
41.	Cornell U.	47
41.	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	47
43.	U. of California at Davis	46
44.	U. of Iowa	44
45.	Northwestern U.	40
45.	Purdue U. at West Lafayette	40
45.	Stony Brook U.	40
45.	Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	40
45.	Washington U. in St. Louis	40
50.	Catholic U. of America	39
50.	U. of Maryland at College Park	39
	Total at 237 institutions with recipients in category	5,600

Foreign languages and literature

Rank	Institution	Number of recipients
1.	U. of California at Berkeley	26
2.	Ohio State U.	24
3.	U. Wisconsin at Madison	23
4.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	21
4.	U. of Virginia at Charlottesville	21
6.	Columbia U.	19
6.	Harvard U.	19
6.	New York U.	19
9.	U. of Texas at Austin	18
10.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	16
	Total at 86 institutions with recipients in category	656

History

Rank	Institution	Number of recipients
1.	U. of Chicago	36
2.	U. of California at Berkeley	31
3.	Harvard U.	29
4.	U. of Pennsylvania	28
4.	Yale U.	28
6.	Columbia U.	26
6.	New York U.	26
6.	U. of California at Los Angeles	26
6.	U. of Texas at Austin	26
10.	U. Wisconsin at Madison	23
10.	Princeton U.	23
	Total at 163 institutions with recipients in category	1,145

Letters

Rank	Institution	Number of recipients
1.	City U. of New York Graduate Center	35
2.	Florida State U.	33
3.	U. Wisconsin at Madison	31
4.	Georgia State U.	29
5.	U. of Texas at Austin	28
6.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	27
6.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	27
8.	Indiana U. of Pennsylvania	26
9.	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	24
10.	U. of California at Berkeley	24
	Total at 162 institutions with recipients in category	1,590

Other humanities and arts

Rank	Institution	Number of recipients
1.	Boston U.	77
2.	New York U.	64
3.	U. of California at Los Angeles	58
4.	City U. of New York Graduate Center	50
5.	Harvard U.	47
6.	Columbia U.	45
6.	U. of Chicago	45
8.	Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	40
9.	Yale U.	39
10.	U. of California at Berkeley	38
	Total at 179 institutions with recipients in category	2,209

Note: The top-50 and top-10 lists are drawn from data that cover all individuals who received a research doctorate from an academic institution in the United States or Puerto Rico from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015. “Letters” refers to fields like classics, comparative literature, English literature, and linguistics. Tied institutions are listed alphabetically.

Source: Survey of Earned Doctorates by National Science Foundation and five other federal agencies