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Table 46. Institutions ranked by total number of postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2015

Rank Institution All postdoctoral appointees Science and engineering Health
Total Science Engineering
All institutions 63,861 45,295 37,639 7,656 18,566
1 Harvard U. 5,674 2,292 2,211 81 3,382
2 Stanford U. 2,264 1,361 1,010 351 903
3 Johns Hopkins U. 1,679 611 511 100 1,068
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,493 1,493 777 716 0
5 U. Michigan 1,300 881 651 230 419
6 U. California, San Diego 1,250 828 709 119 422
7 Columbia U. in the City of New York 1,249 704 610 94 545
8 U. Washington 1,205 724 583 141 481
9 U. Colorado 1,199 1,009 880 129 190
10 U. California, Berkeley 1,184 1,136 834 302 48
11 Yale U. 1,157 771 705 66 386
12 U. California, San Francisco 1,041 322 268 54 719
13 U. California, Los Angeles 1,016 755 636 119 261
14 U. Pennsylvania 901 594 490 104 307
15 Cornell U. 856 634 531 103 222
16 U. California, Davis 833 679 560 119 154
17 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 803 434 424 10 369
18 U. Wisconsin-Madison 765 558 462 96 207
19 U. Minnesota 755 585 449 136 170
20 Northwestern U. 746 566 426 140 180
21 New York U. 680 589 576 13 91
22 U. Florida 679 476 410 66 203
23 U. Pittsburgh 664 328 268 60 336
24 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 643 643 643 0 0
25 Emory U. 642 347 327 20 295
26 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 637 236 236 0 401
27 Vanderbilt U. 629 390 357 33 239
28 Ohio State U. 619 372 261 111 247
29 Texas A&M U. 615 549 477 72 66
29 Washington U., Saint Louis 615 330 288 42 285
31 U. Chicago 586 457 414 43 129
32 Duke U. 584 411 329 82 173
33 Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 576 177 159 18 399
34 Scripps Research Institute 573 529 529 0 44
35 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 562 339 339 0 223
36 California Institute of Technology 552 552 444 108 0
37 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 542 533 411 122 9
38 Baylor C. of Medicine 537 363 363 0 174
39 Princeton U. 526 526 410 116 0
40 North Carolina State U. 497 459 304 155 38
41 U. Maryland, College Park 496 483 398 85 13
42 U. Utah 487 346 318 28 141
43 U. Southern California 475 280 239 41 195
44 Michigan State U. 471 447 413 34 24
44 U. Arizona 471 413 336 77 58
46 Pennsylvania State U. 436 403 307 96 33
47 Boston U. 421 285 198 87 136
48 U. Virginia 420 232 205 27 188
49 Indiana U. 394 253 250 3 141
50 Purdue U. 391 349 233 116 42
51 U. Texas, Austin 370 346 198 148 24
52 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 362 333 299 34 29
53 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 348 274 274 0 74
54 U. Iowa 346 159 135 24 187
55 U. Maryland Baltimore 325 118 114 4 207
56 U. California, Santa Barbara 306 306 186 120 0
57 U. Cincinnati 303 76 58 18 227
58 Iowa State U. 299 274 217 57 25
59 U. California, Irvine 297 228 192 36 69
60 Oregon Health and Science U. 292 189 179 10 103
60 Rockefeller U. 292 292 292 0 0
62 Yeshiva U. 283 230 230 0 53
63 U. South Florida, Tampa 282 138 120 18 144
64 Case Western Reserve U. 271 197 170 27 74
65 U. Houston 264 242 179 63 22
66 Rice U. 263 263 180 83 0
66 SUNY, Stony Brook U. 263 229 212 17 34
68 U. Miami 258 180 179 1 78
69 Arizona State U. 257 252 205 47 5
69 Louisiana State U. 257 225 215 10 32
71 SUNY, U. Buffalo 256 187 170 17 69
72 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 254 183 166 17 71
73 Brown U. 252 248 203 45 4
73 U. Alabama, Birmingham 252 125 123 2 127
75 U. Georgia 250 208 204 4 42
76 U. Kansas 249 154 132 22 95
77 Georgia Institute of Technology 237 237 112 125 0
77 U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 237 2 2 0 235
79 U. Hawaii, Manoa 234 199 177 22 35
80 U. Rochester 233 175 160 15 58
81 Texas Tech U. 228 218 149 69 10
82 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 225 203 120 83 22
83 U. Kentucky 221 132 118 14 89
84 U. Oklahoma 216 164 131 33 52
85 U. Illinois, Chicago 214 121 106 15 93
86 U. Connecticut 213 149 129 20 64
87 Oregon State U. 212 174 148 26 38
88 U. Nebraska-Lincoln 205 198 166 32 7
89 Dartmouth C. 204 188 158 30 16
90 Florida State U. 202 202 176 26 0
91 Virginia Commonwealth U. 194 127 108 19 67
92 Carnegie Mellon U. 193 193 107 86 0
93 U. California, Riverside 190 190 168 22 0
94 Tufts U. 182 181 132 49 1
95 Medical U. South Carolina 178 93 92 1 85
96 Washington State U. 175 145 120 25 30
97 Temple U. 167 120 109 11 47
97 U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 167 73 73 0 94
99 U. Missouri, Columbia 165 151 133 18 14
100 Augusta U.a 159 109 109 0 50
101 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 157 157 157 0 0
102 Kansas State U. 146 130 126 4 16
102 Wayne State U. 146 94 78 16 52
104 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 144 141 104 37 3
105 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 143 143 143 0 0
106 U. Tennessee, Knoxville 136 136 86 50 0
107 Tulane U. 133 103 97 6 30
108 U. Delaware 132 129 76 53 3
109 U. South Carolina 129 108 66 42 21
110 U. California, Santa Cruz 125 125 120 5 0
111 U. New Mexico 124 96 73 23 28
111 U. Notre Dame 124 122 84 38 2
113 City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 119 119 119 0 0
114 Thomas Jefferson U. 117 73 73 0 44
115 Northeastern U. 114 95 64 31 19
116 George Washington U. 111 98 68 30 13
117 Georgetown U. 109 102 102 0 7
118 U. Nebraska, Medical Center 108 66 66 0 42
119 U. Louisville 107 27 27 0 80
120 U. Oregon 105 100 100 0 5
121 U. Tennessee, Health Science Center 103 49 49 0 54
122 U. Texas Medical Branch 102 72 72 0 30
123 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 99 99 83 16 0
124 Brandeis U. 95 95 95 0 0
125 Drexel U. 93 88 63 25 5
126 U. Mississippi 88 45 42 3 43
127 Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 87 72 54 18 15
127 Wake Forest U. 87 55 55 0 32
129 SUNY, U. Albany 86 58 58 0 28
129 U. Vermont 86 67 66 1 19
131 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 83 83 32 51 0
132 U. Texas, Dallas 80 79 44 35 1
133 U. Nevada, Reno 78 78 69 9 0
134 Clemson U. 77 77 34 43 0
135 Georgia State U. 76 69 69 0 7
136 Florida International U. 75 68 52 16 7
137 U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 69 69 55 14 0
138 U. Maryland, Baltimore County 67 67 63 4 0
139 Medical C. Wisconsin 66 23 23 0 43
140 Colorado School of Mines 65 65 23 42 0
141 Northern Illinois U. 64 61 42 19 3
142 U. Akron 60 60 32 28 0
142 U. Texas, Arlington 60 59 44 15 1
144 Saint Louis U. 59 41 39 2 18
145 U. Texas, El Paso 58 58 50 8 0
146 U. North Texas, Denton 56 56 42 14 0
147 North Dakota State U. 55 55 53 2 0
148 U. Wyoming 54 54 38 16 0
149 Oklahoma State U. 53 40 33 7 13
150 Syracuse U. 52 52 42 10 0
151 Mississippi State U. 51 34 22 12 17
151 Montana State U. 51 51 45 6 0
151 U. Central Florida 51 51 28 23 0
151 U. Idaho 51 51 46 5 0
151 West Virginia U. 51 49 39 10 2
156 Loma Linda U. 50 50 50 0 0
157 American Museum of Natural History 48 48 48 0 0
158 CUNY, City C. 47 47 31 16 0
159 U. New Hampshire 46 45 40 5 1
160 Loyola U., Chicago 45 32 32 0 13
161 George Mason U. 44 44 37 7 0
162 Boston C. 43 43 43 0 0
162 Kent State U. 43 43 43 0 0
164 New Jersey Institute of Technology 42 42 19 23 0
164 Utah State U. 42 42 29 13 0
166 U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa 41 41 37 4 0
167 Auburn U. 40 37 26 11 3
167 U. California, Merced 40 39 26 13 1
169 U. Texas, San Antonio 39 38 28 10 1
170 U. Alaska, Fairbanks 37 37 32 5 0
171 Albany Medical C. 36 36 36 0 0
171 U. Montana 36 36 36 0 0
173 Baylor U. 34 34 34 0 0
174 San Diego State U. 33 27 24 3 6
174 Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences 33 32 32 0 1
174 U. Nevada, Las Vegas 33 27 22 5 6
177 U. Rhode Island 32 25 23 2 7
178 Creighton U. 31 29 29 0 2
178 Illinois Institute of Technology 31 31 10 21 0
178 Old Dominion U. 31 29 13 16 2
178 U. Toledo 31 26 23 3 5
178 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 31 31 10 21 0
183 South Dakota State U. 30 27 26 1 3
183 SUNY, Binghamton U. 30 30 19 11 0
183 U. South Alabama 30 6 6 0 24
186 Missouri U. of Science and Technology 29 29 9 20 0
186 U. North Carolina, Charlotte 29 28 19 9 1
188 Brigham Young U. 28 28 25 3 0
188 East Carolina U. 28 23 23 0 5
188 Rush U. 28 28 27 1 0
191 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 27 27 27 0 0
191 U. Massachusetts, Lowell 27 23 11 12 4
191 U. North Carolina, Greensboro 27 25 25 0 2
194 Lehigh U. 26 26 9 17 0
194 Southern Methodist U. 26 26 23 3 0
194 U. North Texas, Health Science Center 26 26 26 0 0
197 C. of William and Mary 25 25 25 0 0
197 Northeastern Ohio Universities, C. of Medicine 25 20 20 0 5
197 Ohio U. 25 25 15 10 0
197 U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 25 25 21 4 0
197 Western U. of Health Sciences 25 4 4 0 21
202 Michigan Technological U. 24 24 16 8 0
202 New Mexico State U. 24 24 21 3 0
202 SUNY, Upstate Medical U. 24 14 14 0 10
202 U. North Dakota 24 24 23 1 0
206 Air Force Institute of Technology 23 23 2 21 0
206 Stevens Institute of Technology 23 23 7 16 0
206 U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 23 14 14 0 9
209 Howard U. 22 22 17 5 0
209 Naval Postgraduate School 22 22 14 8 0
209 U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 22 22 22 0 0
209 Van Andel Institute 22 22 22 0 0
213 Louisiana Tech U. 21 21 12 9 0
213 Northern Arizona U. 21 20 19 1 1
215 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 20 20 17 3 0
216 Florida A&M U. 19 2 2 0 17
217 Delaware State U. 18 18 18 0 0
217 Jackson State U. 18 18 18 0 0
217 Texas State U. 18 18 12 6 0
217 U. Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 18 12 12 0 6
221 Catholic U. of America 17 17 16 1 0
221 Clarkson U. 17 17 5 12 0
221 CUNY, Brooklyn C. 17 17 17 0 0
221 Marquette U. 17 13 10 3 4
225 Bowling Green State U. 16 16 16 0 0
225 New York Medical C. 16 16 16 0 0
225 SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry 16 16 14 2 0
228 Portland State U. 15 14 9 5 1
228 U. Maine 15 15 13 2 0
230 California State U., Los Angeles 14 14 13 1 0
230 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 14 14 14 0 0
230 Nova Southeastern U. 14 14 14 0 0
230 Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 14 14 14 0 0
230 U. Southern Mississippi 14 14 6 8 0
235 Florida Institute of Technology 13 13 13 0 0
235 Miami U. 13 13 13 0 0
235 U. Alabama, Huntsville 13 13 13 0 0
235 U. Memphis 13 13 11 2 0
239 Meharry Medical C. 12 12 12 0 0
239 Mercer U. 12 11 11 0 1
239 Morehouse School of Medicine 12 12 12 0 0
239 Morgan State U. 12 12 0 12 0
239 San Francisco State U. 12 12 12 0 0
239 Wesleyan U. 12 12 12 0 0
245 Eastern Virginia Medical School 11 11 11 0 0
245 Florida Atlantic U. 11 11 10 1 0
245 Oakland U. 11 11 11 0 0
245 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 11 11 2 9 0
245 U. Denver 11 11 7 4 0
245 U. Massachusetts, Boston 11 9 9 0 2
251 East Tennessee State U. 10 10 10 0 0
251 U. Missouri, Kansas City 10 3 3 0 7
253 Boise State U. 9 8 5 3 1
253 CUNY, Queens C. 9 9 9 0 0
253 Illinois State U. 9 9 9 0 0
253 Rochester Institute of Technology 9 9 8 1 0
253 SUNY, Downstate Medical Center 9 7 7 0 2
253 Texas A&M U.-Commerce 9 9 9 0 0
253 U. Dayton 9 9 9 0 0
253 U. South Dakota 9 9 9 0 0
253 U. Tulsa 9 9 2 7 0
253 Villanova U. 9 9 6 3 0
263 Central Michigan U. 8 8 8 0 0
263 Rowan U. 8 6 6 0 2
263 SUNY, C. of Optometry 8 8 8 0 0
263 U. Louisiana, Lafayette 8 8 8 0 0
263 U. Missouri, Saint Louis 8 8 8 0 0
263 Western Michigan U. 8 8 5 3 0
269 Chapman U. 7 2 2 0 5
269 CUNY, C. Staten Island 7 7 7 0 0
269 Duquesne U. 7 6 6 0 1
269 U. Alaska, Anchorage 7 6 6 0 1
269 U. San Diego 7 7 7 0 0
274 Fisk U. 6 6 6 0 0
274 Fordham U. 6 6 6 0 0
274 Midwestern U. 6 2 2 0 4
274 U. Nebraska, Omaha 6 2 2 0 4
274 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 6 6 6 0 0
279 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 5 0 0 0 5
279 Arkansas State U. 5 5 5 0 0
279 Clark Atlanta U. 5 5 5 0 0
279 Hampton U. 5 3 3 0 2
279 Idaho State U. 5 4 4 0 1
279 New School 5 5 5 0 0
279 Seton Hall U. 5 5 5 0 0
279 Texas Christian U. 5 5 5 0 0
279 Trinity C., Hartford 5 5 5 0 0
279 U. New Orleans 5 5 4 1 0
289 American U. 4 4 4 0 0
289 C. Charleston 4 4 4 0 0
289 Prairie View A&M U. 4 4 4 0 0
289 Smith C. 4 4 4 0 0
289 Trinity U. 4 4 4 0 0
289 Tuskegee U. 4 4 4 0 0
289 U. Arkansas, Little Rock 4 4 4 0 0
289 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 4 3 3 0 1
289 U. New England 4 1 1 0 3
298 Cleveland State U. 3 3 2 1 0
298 James Madison U. 3 3 3 0 0
298 Kennesaw State U.b 3 3 3 0 0
298 Marshall U. 3 3 3 0 0
298 Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences 3 3 3 0 0
298 St. John's U., Queens 3 3 3 0 0
298 U. Hawaii, Hilo 3 2 2 0 1
298 U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 3 3 2 1 0
306 A. T. Still U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Alabama A&M U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Clark U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Connecticut C. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Furman U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Hofstra U. 2 2 1 1 0
306 Indiana State U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Lamar U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Loyola Marymount U. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Mount Holyoke C. 2 2 2 0 0
306 Santa Clara U. 2 2 0 2 0
306 U. Guam 2 2 2 0 0
306 U. of the Virgin Islands 2 2 2 0 0
319 California State U., Long Beach 1 1 1 0 0
319 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1 1 1 0 0
319 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 1 0 0 0 1
319 CUNY, John Jay C. of Criminal Justice 1 1 1 0 0
319 Des Moines U., Osteopathic Medical Center 1 1 1 0 0
319 Keck Graduate Institute 1 1 1 0 0
319 Montana Tech of U. Montana 1 1 0 1 0
319 Murray State U. 1 1 1 0 0
319 New England C. of Optometry 1 1 1 0 0
319 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1 1 1 0 0
319 Oklahoma State U., Center for Health Sciences 1 1 1 0 0
319 Sam Houston State U. 1 1 1 0 0
319 Savannah State U. 1 1 1 0 0
319 Swarthmore C. 1 1 1 0 0
319 Texas Southern U. 1 1 1 0 0
319 Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago 1 1 1 0 0
319 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 1 1 1 0 0
319 U. Detroit Mercy 1 1 1 0 0
319 U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 1 1 1 0 0
319 U. North Carolina, Wilmington 1 1 1 0 0
319 U. of the Incarnate Word 1 1 1 0 0
319 U. San Francisco 1 1 1 0 0
319 Valparaiso U. 1 1 0 1 0
319 Vassar C. 1 1 1 0 0
319 Williams C. 1 1 1 0 0
319 Wright State U. 1 1 1 0 0
a In 2015, Georgia Regents University was renamed Augusta University.
b In 2015, Southern Polytechnic State University merged with Kennesaw State University.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2015.