Rank |
Institution |
2008 |
2009a |
2010a |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All institutions | 28,565,335.0 | 35,847,497.3 | 35,914,499.1 | 31,739,743.7 | 31,193,268.2 | 29,386,668.5 | 31,140,197.0 | 30,545,586.2 | 31,621,975.4 | |
| 1 | Johns Hopkins U. | 1,115,411.0 | 1,513,904.1 | 1,599,409.2 | 1,672,208.0 | 1,606,900.5 | 1,538,502.6 | 1,676,949.4 | 1,552,227.4 | 1,854,227.9 |
| 2 | U. Michigan | 587,193.0 | 771,468.6 | 744,373.9 | 694,653.7 | 674,228.1 | 609,859.1 | 913,037.8 | 646,672.7 | 667,704.0 |
| 3 | U. Washington | 615,965.0 | 746,866.4 | 792,826.3 | 694,703.6 | 718,605.0 | 662,920.7 | 717,737.5 | 659,586.5 | 641,706.5 |
| 4 | U. California, San Francisco | 524,066.0 | 551,947.9 | 573,860.6 | 560,303.4 | 571,435.5 | 573,638.4 | 582,895.2 | 571,143.5 | 603,242.2 |
| 5 | U. California, San Diego | 518,357.0 | 653,799.4 | 671,553.2 | 583,216.7 | 621,620.4 | 565,551.1 | 621,901.8 | 584,260.8 | 596,285.6 |
| 6 | U. Pennsylvania | 519,703.0 | 664,576.7 | 663,325.2 | 551,527.3 | 533,791.8 | 540,124.2 | 596,354.8 | 547,171.7 | 556,027.1 |
| 7 | Columbia U. in the City of New York | 438,888.0 | 561,545.3 | 552,513.7 | 490,265.4 | 510,402.7 | 477,051.2 | 489,856.9 | 515,509.1 | 554,714.3 |
| 8 | Stanford U. | 419,485.0 | 497,306.1 | 558,256.9 | 502,460.6 | 504,206.5 | 495,617.1 | 531,655.2 | 540,336.2 | 552,199.3 |
| 9 | U. Pittsburgh | 430,490.0 | 541,369.7 | 548,900.8 | 494,269.3 | 518,820.8 | 465,624.9 | 508,517.6 | 494,696.9 | 532,631.6 |
| 10 | U. California, Los Angeles | 513,695.0 | 613,082.9 | 616,781.4 | 521,260.1 | 502,660.4 | 481,160.9 | 523,217.5 | 510,425.8 | 517,168.8 |
| 11 | Duke U. | 430,935.0 | 539,979.8 | 534,953.3 | 457,108.7 | 493,369.8 | 454,284.4 | 475,962.4 | 463,109.2 | 508,315.4 |
| 12 | U. Colorado Boulder | 358,640.0 | 463,414.1 | 492,890.7 | 443,395.2 | 443,048.7 | 448,386.8 | 453,638.8 | 460,851.1 | 495,700.8 |
| 13 | U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 411,714.0 | 494,485.3 | 460,030.6 | 448,831.3 | 451,434.3 | 441,716.6 | 474,386.5 | 440,480.4 | 482,957.5 |
| 14 | Harvard U. | 438,380.0 | 565,838.3 | 585,849.3 | 502,148.4 | 512,624.9 | 458,699.7 | 499,288.5 | 463,309.9 | 474,655.0 |
| 15 | U. Wisconsin-Madison | 455,767.0 | 599,277.6 | 532,020.4 | 479,600.9 | 472,454.7 | 440,354.1 | 447,273.2 | 447,256.3 | 462,157.3 |
| 16 | Yale U. | 419,807.0 | 481,232.0 | 508,044.8 | 449,577.3 | 434,000.7 | 412,470.3 | 429,890.0 | 405,152.9 | 458,249.3 |
| 17 | Washington U., Saint Louis | 425,623.0 | 492,997.9 | 485,009.3 | 408,944.7 | 419,207.1 | 372,133.8 | 423,968.0 | 422,772.7 | 439,839.6 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt U. | 341,502.0 | 417,407.8 | 437,966.4 | 374,030.1 | 385,951.0 | 373,566.4 | 366,319.5 | 360,584.6 | 409,154.7 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State U. | 366,047.0 | 451,058.4 | 493,086.1 | 524,843.7 | 465,691.1 | 392,857.3 | 423,034.6 | 404,717.1 | 401,852.6 |
| 20 | Northwestern U., Evanston | 261,680.0 | 346,223.9 | 310,740.0 | 301,087.9 | 319,442.1 | 314,781.9 | 319,344.3 | 369,726.7 | 393,276.6 |
| 21 | U. Minnesota | 393,509.0 | 496,935.5 | 489,101.3 | 539,510.3 | 430,149.3 | 410,565.5 | 421,524.0 | 407,740.8 | 392,781.6 |
| 22 | Cornell U. | 373,858.0 | 492,720.8 | 404,678.8 | 387,144.6 | 374,924.2 | 368,553.3 | 376,005.9 | 340,856.4 | 361,374.3 |
| 23 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 405,802.0 | 439,379.6 | 387,675.0 | 336,355.1 | 375,057.1 | 339,998.9 | 369,286.8 | 374,061.9 | 360,239.6 |
| 24 | Emory U. | 277,246.0 | 323,720.8 | 328,619.4 | 324,740.0 | 318,548.6 | 305,765.4 | 305,186.8 | 336,166.6 | 335,413.1 |
| 25 | U. Southern California | 270,662.0 | 355,696.4 | 389,292.6 | 337,527.0 | 321,380.8 | 300,322.6 | 308,235.2 | 312,461.8 | 335,331.7 |
| 26 | U. California, Davis | 291,869.0 | 367,433.4 | 368,220.1 | 327,780.0 | 312,699.3 | 333,824.9 | 343,352.4 | 357,828.5 | 320,140.9 |
| 27 | Case Western Reserve U. | 279,388.0 | 307,091.0 | 303,553.8 | 287,025.2 | 288,001.3 | 287,673.8 | 275,323.1 | 285,692.3 | 310,794.2 |
| 28 | New York U. | 193,133.0 | 243,244.0 | 284,524.2 | 264,271.0 | 267,421.6 | 255,178.1 | 366,408.3 | 280,925.7 | 310,341.0 |
| 29 | Michigan State U. | 150,096.0 | 187,026.0 | 199,394.9 | 210,562.5 | 197,516.3 | 206,009.8 | 242,806.9 | 293,211.1 | 304,421.8 |
| 30 | U. Texas, Austin | 172,328.0 | 241,903.8 | 206,253.3 | 226,983.9 | 303,760.2 | 178,484.2 | 196,482.2 | 212,393.0 | 296,024.9 |
| 31 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | 195,887.0 | 246,205.8 | 235,514.2 | 193,220.9 | 196,922.5 | 213,885.6 | 249,337.8 | 271,946.0 | 291,535.1 |
| 32 | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | 47,898.0 | 120,389.1 | 245,216.6 | 92,624.7 | 150,249.7 | 187,721.3 | 215,535.0 | 267,457.1 | 290,663.9 |
| 33 | Ohio State U. | 262,411.0 | 307,603.1 | 358,494.7 | 260,310.9 | 261,547.6 | 249,216.4 | 263,815.8 | 260,539.7 | 282,424.9 |
| 34 | U. California, Berkeley | 266,642.0 | 317,505.6 | 332,527.2 | 296,407.4 | 292,144.9 | 283,842.5 | 298,960.7 | 319,861.4 | 278,495.8 |
| 35 | U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 247,188.0 | 308,576.4 | 354,860.1 | 351,180.9 | 361,820.7 | 284,676.7 | 305,112.1 | 249,908.6 | 274,972.9 |
| 36 | U. Alabama, Birmingham | 225,306.0 | 283,777.6 | 255,443.6 | 251,875.8 | 240,434.8 | 223,512.3 | 255,018.5 | 277,225.9 | 262,891.1 |
| 37 | Baylor C. of Medicine | 264,302.0 | 290,042.5 | 280,373.4 | 243,296.4 | 274,404.1 | 244,067.7 | 240,652.0 | 240,391.8 | 257,630.1 |
| 38 | U. Florida | 202,859.0 | 258,890.1 | 272,424.0 | 224,620.5 | 229,985.6 | 221,513.8 | 232,661.7 | 280,251.7 | 252,514.1 |
| 39 | Rutgers, State U. New Jersey | 277,227.0 | 345,807.8 | 344,812.3 | 315,401.2 | 276,610.8 | 230,737.7 | 256,794.7 | 227,950.4 | 248,527.9 |
| 40 | Scripps Research Institute | 212,416.0 | 258,200.1 | 264,550.2 | 237,256.5 | 244,149.9 | 231,333.0 | 222,694.1 | 192,185.3 | 241,352.6 |
| 41 | Boston U. | 238,130.0 | 286,345.5 | 239,739.4 | 237,166.9 | 227,469.2 | 203,567.5 | 217,317.9 | 203,154.2 | 237,666.7 |
| 42 | U. Maryland, College Park | 174,639.0 | 203,533.3 | 215,955.8 | 174,171.3 | 240,585.4 | 227,283.7 | 238,836.7 | 233,791.9 | 234,508.0 |
| 43 | U. Utah | 181,189.0 | 222,689.9 | 250,999.4 | 211,674.4 | 220,261.2 | 207,313.8 | 227,759.0 | 210,793.0 | 231,226.6 |
| 44 | U. Chicago | 291,585.0 | 340,171.5 | 281,205.5 | 262,268.2 | 251,813.7 | 213,015.2 | 231,188.8 | 240,870.3 | 225,095.6 |
| 45 | U. Arizona | 232,974.0 | 296,703.9 | 273,194.2 | 258,540.0 | 283,473.2 | 231,903.2 | 222,788.0 | 192,159.6 | 211,508.3 |
| 46 | Oregon Health and Science U. | 186,343.0 | 247,661.7 | 245,557.8 | 215,582.1 | 212,969.1 | 206,186.7 | 222,445.3 | 211,545.3 | 208,743.9 |
| 47 | U. Iowa | 225,288.0 | 238,935.9 | 237,020.8 | 218,252.8 | 216,977.8 | 190,436.3 | 193,638.3 | 182,929.1 | 190,739.8 |
| 48 | Texas A&M U., College Station | 143,415.0 | 185,826.7 | 190,615.1 | 140,823.9 | 155,335.0 | 122,957.8 | 122,110.8 | 179,784.9 | 186,538.5 |
| 49 | U. Virginia | 190,002.0 | 254,402.8 | 215,759.9 | 176,230.5 | 173,993.5 | 152,452.2 | 161,892.8 | 154,838.3 | 182,733.1 |
| 50 | U. Rochester | 260,685.0 | 317,282.9 | 313,691.7 | 261,863.9 | 262,852.5 | 237,345.7 | 244,676.7 | 245,504.1 | 181,166.7 |
| 51 | U. California, Irvine | 183,327.0 | 224,251.9 | 220,254.7 | 194,882.2 | 191,427.3 | 197,874.6 | 175,783.0 | 175,509.4 | 181,119.1 |
| 52 | Purdue U., West Lafayette | 162,535.0 | 227,969.0 | 263,215.1 | 191,480.1 | 176,625.7 | 166,956.2 | 176,769.7 | 185,316.2 | 176,446.0 |
| 53 | U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 170,058.0 | 201,663.3 | 216,964.4 | 185,991.7 | 178,825.5 | 151,363.0 | 165,761.3 | 155,823.6 | 173,406.3 |
| 54 | U. Maryland, Baltimore | 175,085.0 | 204,035.3 | 214,494.3 | 215,034.2 | 186,600.6 | 166,991.2 | 155,284.2 | 141,158.3 | 170,342.6 |
| 55 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 211,059.0 | 279,644.8 | 265,810.2 | 332,834.8 | 416,065.6 | 385,604.9 | 349,469.1 | 366,632.5 | 167,638.5 |
| 56 | U. Miami | 151,430.0 | 198,009.6 | 233,101.5 | 183,613.0 | 175,046.6 | 169,160.0 | 154,065.2 | 150,644.3 | 160,989.9 |
| 57 | California Institute of Technology | 187,618.0 | 237,463.8 | 236,169.7 | 206,825.1 | 196,965.6 | 186,915.1 | 198,113.5 | 157,037.6 | 160,359.1 |
| 58 | North Carolina State U. | 115,651.0 | 135,815.6 | 147,051.3 | 151,914.7 | 140,047.9 | 141,260.1 | 126,975.8 | 174,527.6 | 155,286.9 |
| 59 | U. Kentucky | 141,622.0 | 176,334.0 | 173,518.5 | 143,312.8 | 133,852.3 | 125,605.5 | 145,781.0 | 155,455.0 | 155,115.2 |
| 60 | U. Massachusetts, Medical School | 127,875.0 | 159,014.9 | 183,726.2 | 164,647.6 | 149,503.3 | 142,528.5 | 138,981.1 | 143,045.8 | 154,462.8 |
| 61 | Arizona State U. | 122,887.0 | 163,994.8 | 130,676.4 | 146,157.8 | 174,022.4 | 153,975.6 | 132,402.7 | 150,945.5 | 153,087.2 |
| 62 | Princeton U. | 131,198.0 | 167,236.3 | 152,541.8 | 137,760.8 | 148,789.7 | 136,881.1 | 153,236.9 | 143,334.4 | 151,793.4 |
| 63 | Albert Einstein C. of Medicine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 147,517.7 |
| 64 | U. Illinois, Chicago | 167,448.0 | 186,418.9 | 219,809.4 | 177,547.1 | 166,172.9 | 170,992.9 | 155,239.1 | 142,389.8 | 145,694.7 |
| 65 | Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis | 123,335.0 | 144,602.7 | 159,219.4 | 133,071.6 | 125,299.9 | 114,773.6 | 122,387.1 | 134,790.0 | 137,255.9 |
| 66 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. | 103,884.0 | 181,211.1 | 137,951.7 | 158,032.9 | 139,453.2 | 150,271.4 | 149,739.9 | 138,573.8 | 135,038.0 |
| 67 | Colorado State U., Fort Collins | 111,240.0 | 132,699.8 | 132,587.5 | 122,699.1 | 119,609.7 | 124,785.8 | 126,798.8 | 155,377.1 | 133,438.7 |
| 68 | U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | 155,309.0 | 196,137.6 | 201,134.7 | 159,906.7 | 162,742.9 | 132,734.1 | 125,060.4 | 125,314.9 | 129,867.7 |
| 69 | Carnegie Mellon U. | 104,934.0 | 126,427.7 | 139,640.5 | 137,923.0 | 133,587.2 | 151,524.5 | 136,718.6 | 123,837.7 | 125,624.9 |
| 70 | George Washington U. | 89,162.0 | 112,643.9 | 105,565.1 | 72,087.9 | 101,325.2 | 91,284.8 | 104,842.3 | 99,725.7 | 123,963.6 |
| 71 | Dartmouth C. | 102,587.0 | 132,983.7 | 133,737.8 | 104,974.5 | 98,830.8 | 106,692.9 | 114,760.3 | 113,477.0 | 122,397.9 |
| 72 | Wake Forest U. | 125,109.0 | 170,167.1 | 133,937.8 | 131,174.3 | 129,264.2 | 123,616.2 | 121,282.4 | 135,496.5 | 116,631.7 |
| 73 | Oregon State U. | 101,746.0 | 110,589.1 | 127,631.8 | 110,824.7 | 101,375.8 | 105,649.5 | 114,729.0 | 125,689.3 | 116,448.5 |
| 74 | U. Connecticut | 115,298.0 | 130,127.7 | 138,341.4 | 114,858.1 | 107,137.5 | 105,461.3 | 109,322.4 | 119,283.3 | 115,888.3 |
| 75 | Medical U. South Carolina | 100,576.0 | 132,850.5 | 122,755.2 | 107,800.0 | 97,827.3 | 92,103.9 | 97,049.1 | 100,536.5 | 115,126.5 |
| 76 | Brown U. | 99,734.0 | 128,524.8 | 122,823.8 | 106,759.6 | 101,850.4 | 98,647.9 | 103,138.4 | 102,840.3 | 113,555.9 |
| 77 | U. Georgia | 103,853.0 | 116,361.4 | 118,716.3 | 97,073.7 | 102,838.6 | 94,318.5 | 116,338.6 | 122,569.1 | 110,652.4 |
| 78 | Florida State U. | 89,165.0 | 117,014.4 | 143,509.8 | 88,208.0 | 92,333.6 | 95,804.8 | 93,110.1 | 86,941.7 | 109,393.2 |
| 79 | U. Kansas, Lawrence | 114,293.0 | 149,093.9 | 178,733.1 | 128,309.3 | 135,265.1 | 102,349.4 | 115,068.5 | 106,747.9 | 109,181.5 |
| 80 | U. New Mexico | 108,952.0 | 147,754.3 | 149,011.4 | 113,885.6 | 106,448.9 | 96,634.1 | 103,533.4 | 111,649.1 | 108,549.4 |
| 81 | Temple U. | 60,026.0 | 74,673.6 | 85,955.5 | 72,754.5 | 84,667.2 | 77,571.2 | 91,506.0 | 97,516.6 | 105,987.2 |
| 82 | SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook | 98,948.0 | 119,030.5 | 128,467.0 | 99,167.2 | 95,718.7 | 91,507.5 | 95,329.1 | 91,148.9 | 103,848.0 |
| 83 | U. Delaware | 89,738.0 | 116,584.5 | 104,778.2 | 112,591.8 | 78,326.1 | 80,445.0 | 91,990.8 | 76,032.8 | 102,968.1 |
| 84 | Iowa State U. | 103,360.0 | 115,964.8 | 123,817.3 | 129,289.2 | 97,290.3 | 100,576.9 | 107,295.9 | 114,258.3 | 102,780.7 |
| 85 | U. Hawaii, system office | 47,625.0 | 67,442.9 | 93,460.7 | 63,687.4 | 74,540.7 | 72,786.3 | 75,671.4 | 53,119.6 | 101,386.7 |
| 86 | Medical C. Wisconsin | 95,625.0 | 107,317.7 | 108,784.9 | 94,958.5 | 103,764.0 | 91,773.1 | 87,094.6 | 86,481.3 | 100,765.8 |
| 87 | U. California, Santa Barbara | 106,643.0 | 147,519.8 | 117,215.3 | 128,185.9 | 107,062.3 | 110,682.1 | 116,039.1 | 102,246.6 | 100,127.8 |
| 88 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 97,478.0 | 133,677.8 | 115,624.3 | 117,591.6 | 115,739.6 | 105,134.1 | 109,218.0 | 104,353.1 | 99,820.9 |
| 89 | Washington State U. | 68,192.0 | 96,125.9 | 82,322.7 | 95,457.7 | 80,746.1 | 75,720.8 | 84,986.6 | 98,631.5 | 98,895.5 |
| 90 | Tufts U. | 81,256.0 | 108,701.9 | 118,965.5 | 80,184.5 | 90,372.7 | 91,590.4 | 84,206.4 | 81,962.7 | 96,338.2 |
| 91 | Louisiana State U. | 117,552.0 | 143,433.9 | 137,688.0 | 132,204.4 | 131,837.0 | 116,420.0 | 96,439.2 | 93,999.0 | 96,066.6 |
| 92 | U. Cincinnati | 121,574.0 | 136,985.1 | 142,243.7 | 111,273.4 | 93,638.7 | 75,444.4 | 78,333.4 | 79,606.3 | 90,325.5 |
| 93 | U. Missouri, Columbia | 101,041.0 | 130,494.2 | 110,739.6 | 101,243.4 | 85,912.4 | 79,637.7 | 92,412.6 | 95,059.8 | 89,179.6 |
| 94 | U. South Florida, Tampa | 108,079.0 | 114,155.5 | 67,412.0 | 111,927.5 | 98,345.8 | 57,479.4 | 81,190.8 | 122,501.4 | 88,661.3 |
| 95 | U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston | 114,385.0 | 136,587.6 | 134,380.4 | 98,349.0 | 86,477.1 | 89,376.2 | 92,139.7 | 74,311.9 | 88,601.9 |
| 96 | Virginia Commonwealth U. | 92,965.0 | 119,225.3 | 107,965.4 | 99,564.1 | 99,146.2 | 96,944.0 | 114,061.1 | 101,540.3 | 88,246.9 |
| 97 | Georgetown U. | 95,230.0 | 93,844.0 | 124,359.6 | 95,203.2 | 98,022.3 | 84,017.2 | 70,280.6 | 72,498.1 | 88,018.5 |
| 98 | Indiana U., Bloomington | 68,536.0 | 99,112.0 | 98,990.9 | 81,688.3 | 75,082.7 | 68,164.0 | 83,810.4 | 84,252.3 | 87,513.4 |
| 99 | Wayne State U. | 85,834.0 | 106,294.1 | 90,353.8 | 104,587.8 | 89,654.9 | 61,546.2 | 72,429.0 | 78,388.0 | 84,596.0 |
| 100 | U. Texas Medical Branch | 118,637.0 | 123,111.8 | 105,654.1 | 86,618.0 | 95,354.5 | 86,088.3 | 81,410.9 | 82,935.3 | 80,416.0 |
| All other institutions | 6,168,016.0 | 8,012,686.9 | 7,881,027.7 | 6,384,520.0 | 5,899,077.4 | 5,722,355.1 | 5,949,531.8 | 5,905,654.4 | 5,851,292.6 |
