Table 4. Top 20 doctorate-granting institutions ranked by number of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2016

Rank	Field and institution	Doctorate recipients
	Life sciences^a	12,568
	From top 20 institutions	3,510
1	U. Wisconsin-Madison	246
2	U. Florida	241
3	Johns Hopkins U.	227
4	Harvard U.	218
5	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	198
5	U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill	198
7	U. California, Davis	194
8	Ohio State U., Columbus	192
9	Walden U.	188
10	U. Washington, Seattle	181
11	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	176
12	U. California, Los Angeles	153
13	U. Georgia	147
14	U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh	143
15	U. Pennsylvania	141
16	U. California, Berkeley	139
17	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	136
18	Purdue U., West Lafayette	131
18	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	131
20	Duke U.	130
	Physical sciences and earth sciences	6,252
	From top 20 institutions	1,908
1	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	131
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	127
3	U. Texas, Austin	114
4	U. California, Berkeley	111
5	Stanford U.	102
6	Harvard U.	101
7	U. California, San Diego	99
8	U. Wisconsin-Madison	96
9	U. Washington, Seattle	94
10	Purdue U., West Lafayette	93
10	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	93
12	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	92
13	U. Florida	91
14	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	89
15	Princeton U.	84
16	U. Colorado Boulder	81
17	U. Arizona	80
18	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	79
19	U. Maryland, College Park	77
20	California Institute of Technology	74
	Mathematics and computer sciences	3,957
	From top 21 institutions	1,250
1	Carnegie Mellon U.	81
2	North Carolina State U.	77
3	Purdue U., West Lafayette	69
3	U. California, Berkeley	69
3	U. Wisconsin-Madison	69
6	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	66
7	Georgia Institute of Technology	65
7	Stanford U.	65
9	U. Maryland, College Park	64
10	U. Texas, Austin	61
11	U. California, Irvine	59
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	57
13	U. California, Los Angeles	54
14	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	53
15	Columbia U. in the City of New York	50
15	Ohio State U., Columbus	50
17	Cornell U.	49
17	SUNY, Stony Brook U.	49
17	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	49
20	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	47
20	U. Washington, Seattle	47
	Psychology and social sciences	9,078
	From top 23 institutions	2,602
1	Walden U.	229
2	CUNY, Graduate Center	152
3	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	141
4	U. California, Berkeley	139
5	Harvard U.	133
6	U. Texas, Austin	131
7	U. California, Los Angeles	127
8	U. Wisconsin-Madison	115
9	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	114
10	George Mason U.	108
11	New York U.	103
12	Stanford U.	102
13	Indiana U., Bloomington	101
14	U. Maryland, College Park	99
15	U. Chicago	98
16	U. Florida	96
17	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	95
18	Ohio State U., Columbus	93
19	U. California, San Diego	90
20	Michigan State U.	84
20	Northwestern U.	84
20	U. Georgia	84
20	U. Washington, Seattle	84
	Engineering	9,469
	From top 20 institutions	3,655
1	Georgia Institute of Technology	324
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	279
3	Purdue U., West Lafayette	270
4	Stanford U.	255
5	U. Texas, Austin	227
6	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	203
7	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	201
8	U. California, Berkeley	175
9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.	171
10	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	166
11	North Carolina State U.	163
12	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	161
13	Carnegie Mellon U.	142
14	U. Florida	138
15	Ohio State U., Columbus	137
16	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	136
17	U. Maryland, College Park	131
18	U. Southern California	129
19	U. California, Los Angeles	125
20	U. Wisconsin-Madison	122
	Education	5,153
	From top 22 institutions	1,479
1	Columbia U., Teachers C.	119
2	U. Georgia	101
3	Walden U.	95
4	Michigan State U.	84
5	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	80
6	Texas Tech U.	77
7	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	74
8	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	72
9	U. Wisconsin-Madison	67
10	Auburn U., Auburn	62
11	Florida State U.	60
12	George Washington U.	58
13	U. Florida	57
14	U. South Florida, Tampa	56
15	U. Arizona	54
15	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	54
17	Temple U.	53
18	U. Washington, Seattle	52
19	Georgia State U.	51
19	Ohio State U., Columbus	51
19	Purdue U., West Lafayette	51
19	U. North Texas, Denton	51
	Humanities and arts	5,484
	From top 20 institutions	1,823
1	New York U.	140
2	CUNY, Graduate Center	115
3	Columbia U. in the City of New York	113
4	Harvard U.	111
5	U. Texas, Austin	110
6	U. Chicago	108
6	Yale U.	108
8	U. California, Berkeley	102
9	U. California, Los Angeles	97
10	Indiana U., Bloomington	87
11	Ohio State U., Columbus	85
12	Princeton U.	81
13	U. Wisconsin-Madison	80
14	U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill	76
15	Arizona State U.	75
15	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	75
17	U. Pennsylvania	67
18	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	65
19	U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh	64
19	U. Virginia, Charlottesville	64
	Other^b	2,943
	From top 22 institutions	904
1	Walden U.	100
2	U. Texas, Austin	67
3	U. Minnesota, Twin Cities	62
4	U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	45
5	Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center	42
6	Texas Tech U.	39
6	U. Missouri, Columbia	39
8	U. Southern California	38
9	Indiana U., Bloomington	36
9	Ohio State U., Columbus	36
9	Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center	36
9	Purdue U., West Lafayette	36
13	Regent U.	35
13	U. Michigan, Ann Arbor	35
15	U. California, Berkeley	34
16	Arizona State U.	32
16	Florida State U.	32
16	Harvard U.	32
16	Michigan State U.	32
16	Oklahoma State U., Stillwater	32
16	U. Florida	32
16	U. Pennsylvania	32