Rank |
Institution |
2008 |
2009a |
2010a |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All institutions | 25,592,253.0 | 32,057,689.3 | 30,970,889.4 | 28,183,962.7 | 27,679,739.2 | 26,137,798.6 | 27,633,909.2 | 27,088,822.1 | 28,506,600.6 | |
| 1 | Johns Hopkins U. | 1,034,233.0 | 1,411,770.4 | 1,515,848.0 | 1,374,916.0 | 1,359,091.4 | 1,266,769.9 | 1,402,094.6 | 1,340,729.6 | 1,805,420.1 |
| 2 | U. Michigan | 541,245.0 | 720,549.7 | 686,616.7 | 647,527.3 | 623,342.2 | 574,995.6 | 860,758.8 | 606,141.5 | 625,642.5 |
| 3 | U. Washington | 566,723.0 | 695,048.5 | 736,627.6 | 640,134.3 | 666,065.9 | 605,210.5 | 658,813.5 | 611,946.1 | 590,186.2 |
| 4 | U. California, San Diego | 475,353.0 | 579,969.3 | 613,191.1 | 546,832.6 | 584,593.6 | 510,907.1 | 580,763.1 | 536,625.6 | 554,478.3 |
| 5 | U. California, San Francisco | 498,035.0 | 527,864.0 | 531,278.2 | 525,793.2 | 546,048.0 | 524,061.1 | 546,277.7 | 528,493.6 | 547,196.6 |
| 6 | Columbia U. in the City of New York | 405,359.0 | 524,240.1 | 497,581.6 | 464,101.5 | 478,986.4 | 454,301.1 | 465,499.8 | 476,125.7 | 522,580.5 |
| 7 | Stanford U. | 396,619.0 | 467,088.3 | 516,796.3 | 471,489.3 | 475,348.3 | 461,139.2 | 478,346.0 | 504,036.1 | 513,877.0 |
| 8 | U. Pennsylvania | 486,396.0 | 630,260.7 | 609,005.2 | 515,717.9 | 497,030.1 | 498,295.4 | 542,396.5 | 494,607.4 | 512,081.9 |
| 9 | U. Pittsburgh | 409,649.0 | 518,812.0 | 497,059.6 | 459,692.4 | 475,736.2 | 425,886.6 | 470,596.9 | 450,010.9 | 493,567.9 |
| 10 | U. California, Los Angeles | 490,105.0 | 576,215.4 | 548,805.4 | 493,091.7 | 474,971.9 | 452,505.3 | 487,210.4 | 481,831.8 | 490,824.4 |
| 11 | Duke U. | 412,821.0 | 512,764.0 | 496,842.4 | 436,753.1 | 431,687.6 | 424,451.6 | 440,787.0 | 428,529.6 | 467,847.7 |
| 12 | U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 385,666.0 | 470,222.2 | 429,711.8 | 421,737.5 | 425,506.5 | 419,478.5 | 450,660.5 | 416,768.2 | 452,365.6 |
| 13 | Harvard U. | 411,261.0 | 535,711.0 | 548,712.5 | 475,246.2 | 480,833.5 | 425,667.7 | 460,629.5 | 425,493.1 | 448,051.5 |
| 14 | U. Colorado Boulder | 318,393.0 | 397,555.6 | 427,045.4 | 389,196.4 | 394,013.9 | 389,982.4 | 385,624.7 | 416,666.8 | 438,548.2 |
| 15 | Yale U. | 393,404.0 | 458,076.9 | 470,464.5 | 424,182.2 | 409,639.7 | 383,426.9 | 398,769.8 | 370,816.1 | 425,575.6 |
| 16 | U. Wisconsin-Madison | 392,522.0 | 535,471.0 | 461,859.9 | 418,226.8 | 417,160.8 | 386,174.5 | 397,471.4 | 386,612.7 | 411,832.9 |
| 17 | Washington U., Saint Louis | 403,579.0 | 467,857.9 | 445,546.0 | 382,249.8 | 393,729.2 | 348,060.8 | 394,310.2 | 391,623.6 | 408,896.5 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt U. | 319,632.0 | 389,591.6 | 399,067.9 | 352,638.8 | 359,283.9 | 347,493.1 | 336,787.0 | 329,324.4 | 379,808.6 |
| 19 | Northwestern U., Evanston | 241,099.0 | 330,512.2 | 281,996.5 | 285,903.7 | 302,712.2 | 296,763.6 | 296,873.3 | 337,040.6 | 367,407.5 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State U. | 312,403.0 | 406,480.2 | 413,094.0 | 473,445.8 | 411,896.5 | 349,950.7 | 384,725.5 | 362,916.7 | 362,034.0 |
| 21 | U. Minnesota | 351,678.0 | 458,694.6 | 420,316.2 | 489,889.5 | 388,864.0 | 373,370.8 | 378,920.8 | 359,460.9 | 349,514.4 |
| 22 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 386,668.0 | 415,896.1 | 340,188.3 | 317,966.3 | 358,084.9 | 309,965.2 | 333,968.4 | 350,511.1 | 340,593.3 |
| 23 | U. Southern California | 260,367.0 | 344,951.7 | 378,861.5 | 308,884.8 | 306,840.1 | 276,893.2 | 285,562.6 | 289,173.2 | 325,150.4 |
| 24 | Emory U. | 266,179.0 | 310,368.4 | 303,111.3 | 312,104.2 | 303,255.5 | 289,807.3 | 293,671.6 | 324,214.1 | 320,630.9 |
| 25 | Cornell U. | 338,574.0 | 445,600.2 | 359,847.9 | 325,756.1 | 332,492.2 | 321,805.8 | 329,575.8 | 296,350.7 | 303,588.6 |
| 26 | Case Western Reserve U. | 268,026.0 | 294,838.0 | 287,014.2 | 276,627.4 | 272,422.8 | 276,652.5 | 257,772.2 | 273,298.6 | 290,269.7 |
| 27 | U. Texas, Austin | 160,328.0 | 223,321.7 | 192,868.1 | 190,250.6 | 234,211.8 | 165,124.2 | 186,308.9 | 203,401.8 | 279,004.6 |
| 28 | U. California, Davis | 257,971.0 | 326,588.6 | 313,177.7 | 284,314.3 | 282,135.6 | 294,866.0 | 307,832.5 | 315,417.6 | 278,725.5 |
| 29 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | 188,105.0 | 235,361.5 | 216,467.9 | 182,633.3 | 187,399.1 | 207,051.3 | 239,509.9 | 262,364.6 | 277,187.3 |
| 30 | New York U. | 184,106.0 | 230,065.2 | 257,096.5 | 236,098.3 | 252,038.4 | 240,460.3 | 287,716.8 | 263,765.6 | 272,971.2 |
| 31 | U. California, Berkeley | 245,986.0 | 282,101.4 | 306,017.8 | 273,542.4 | 274,769.7 | 260,807.4 | 279,116.6 | 294,999.3 | 261,096.7 |
| 32 | U. Alabama, Birmingham | 211,925.0 | 265,284.8 | 235,981.1 | 238,121.3 | 228,808.2 | 208,928.4 | 238,847.1 | 254,213.1 | 247,440.3 |
| 33 | Ohio State U. | 230,638.0 | 279,503.8 | 313,574.5 | 231,474.1 | 232,397.5 | 223,378.4 | 229,590.2 | 232,525.2 | 246,197.5 |
| 34 | U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 211,985.0 | 212,488.1 | 230,269.8 | 326,454.8 | 210,483.0 | 241,817.5 | 280,101.3 | 216,463.4 | 242,707.0 |
| 35 | Scripps Research Institute | 208,495.0 | 253,757.7 | 258,987.1 | 233,404.1 | 244,149.9 | 227,586.2 | 220,461.8 | 190,378.2 | 238,647.9 |
| 36 | Baylor C. of Medicine | 246,293.0 | 277,624.8 | 251,277.0 | 226,431.5 | 257,567.1 | 215,354.1 | 226,548.0 | 227,525.5 | 234,125.9 |
| 37 | Rutgers, State U. New Jersey | 246,520.0 | 316,966.1 | 292,095.2 | 279,797.7 | 249,228.9 | 212,247.1 | 236,767.4 | 201,748.7 | 231,292.5 |
| 38 | U. Florida | 180,128.0 | 233,070.6 | 228,189.4 | 188,534.5 | 201,759.1 | 199,019.0 | 203,232.9 | 238,975.7 | 227,681.3 |
| 39 | Boston U. | 227,266.0 | 269,091.5 | 226,029.3 | 227,341.6 | 216,258.4 | 191,489.3 | 205,211.7 | 188,238.4 | 223,232.8 |
| 40 | U. Utah | 170,582.0 | 214,485.8 | 230,179.7 | 200,067.4 | 206,309.6 | 195,127.7 | 214,776.6 | 201,418.0 | 210,756.4 |
| 41 | U. Maryland, College Park | 156,064.0 | 184,328.6 | 179,887.2 | 156,861.5 | 221,386.9 | 202,657.3 | 215,837.9 | 206,310.8 | 210,115.2 |
| 42 | U. Chicago | 274,756.0 | 323,754.7 | 252,754.0 | 239,681.6 | 232,254.1 | 198,845.5 | 212,001.1 | 224,187.8 | 209,138.8 |
| 43 | Oregon Health and Science U. | 176,730.0 | 234,114.7 | 225,263.5 | 202,914.5 | 195,498.7 | 196,011.0 | 212,631.9 | 198,946.8 | 187,199.1 |
| 44 | U. Arizona | 217,002.0 | 270,250.2 | 230,577.8 | 238,860.5 | 265,080.8 | 215,562.9 | 206,746.4 | 168,890.3 | 185,962.2 |
| 45 | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | 47,898.0 | 109,940.0 | 78,895.6 | 87,544.4 | 140,249.7 | 162,645.0 | 151,155.0 | 162,697.1 | 177,343.9 |
| 46 | Michigan State U. | 127,940.0 | 160,399.8 | 164,337.7 | 184,286.6 | 178,396.7 | 185,583.9 | 159,251.9 | 167,846.3 | 171,263.1 |
| 47 | U. Virginia | 174,679.0 | 236,710.7 | 196,634.4 | 161,253.0 | 159,469.5 | 142,958.4 | 144,618.3 | 137,231.0 | 170,946.7 |
| 48 | U. Iowa | 209,434.0 | 223,304.2 | 216,018.6 | 202,518.9 | 202,656.7 | 178,859.6 | 178,885.3 | 166,584.8 | 169,765.3 |
| 49 | U. Rochester | 248,850.0 | 303,690.3 | 293,785.8 | 249,920.7 | 251,590.4 | 226,575.1 | 234,385.7 | 232,202.4 | 168,544.6 |
| 50 | U. California, Irvine | 174,431.0 | 210,727.9 | 197,447.3 | 183,344.6 | 180,145.5 | 184,933.4 | 164,159.1 | 157,691.2 | 167,845.9 |
| 51 | U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 162,625.0 | 193,360.1 | 187,874.2 | 172,699.2 | 167,380.8 | 144,602.0 | 154,829.9 | 144,228.2 | 161,792.7 |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 176,859.0 | 253,124.7 | 234,879.2 | 240,793.1 | 248,670.7 | 292,358.9 | 249,047.5 | 295,180.1 | 156,853.8 |
| 53 | California Institute of Technology | 145,966.0 | 179,052.8 | 178,660.4 | 178,301.0 | 172,405.6 | 167,030.1 | 149,454.4 | 151,454.2 | 154,528.6 |
| 54 | Purdue U., West Lafayette | 137,497.0 | 200,013.0 | 198,204.1 | 161,577.6 | 152,287.0 | 143,878.1 | 149,657.6 | 156,707.3 | 153,568.1 |
| 55 | Texas A&M U., College Station | 107,959.0 | 140,560.3 | 144,294.3 | 99,947.3 | 122,620.2 | 96,285.2 | 91,827.2 | 147,382.6 | 152,758.2 |
| 56 | U. Maryland, Baltimore | 167,255.0 | 198,117.6 | 182,480.8 | 204,133.7 | 179,658.0 | 160,902.6 | 150,793.2 | 136,640.1 | 152,021.2 |
| 57 | U. Massachusetts, Medical School | 124,277.0 | 155,931.8 | 173,125.0 | 160,673.2 | 145,670.4 | 139,010.6 | 132,231.6 | 126,477.3 | 149,018.4 |
| 58 | U. Miami | 140,461.0 | 174,234.7 | 208,165.1 | 174,480.8 | 161,717.0 | 158,251.7 | 146,254.5 | 138,620.1 | 146,418.9 |
| 59 | Princeton U. | 123,139.0 | 156,423.2 | 142,607.1 | 130,310.4 | 142,303.3 | 123,187.3 | 147,487.0 | 134,494.9 | 144,144.8 |
| 60 | Albert Einstein C. of Medicine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 142,468.8 |
| 61 | U. Illinois, Chicago | 155,800.0 | 175,037.6 | 186,921.1 | 160,431.7 | 153,413.0 | 158,227.7 | 143,747.8 | 128,419.1 | 133,213.6 |
| 62 | Arizona State U. | 106,268.0 | 150,743.7 | 119,895.2 | 133,617.4 | 162,980.7 | 143,199.5 | 116,150.8 | 141,301.9 | 131,292.0 |
| 63 | U. Kentucky | 117,959.0 | 155,535.6 | 131,876.2 | 122,978.8 | 116,272.0 | 110,221.4 | 129,596.3 | 136,971.2 | 129,102.7 |
| 64 | Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis | 115,885.0 | 140,735.3 | 153,074.5 | 122,284.2 | 114,861.8 | 104,465.0 | 114,945.2 | 116,409.6 | 127,033.2 |
| 65 | George Washington U. | 85,674.0 | 108,242.7 | 87,709.6 | 69,697.4 | 97,782.7 | 88,054.1 | 92,523.9 | 96,242.9 | 119,907.0 |
| 66 | U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | 151,824.0 | 185,222.6 | 197,772.3 | 154,100.6 | 151,889.9 | 128,550.2 | 120,543.8 | 116,087.2 | 119,082.5 |
| 67 | North Carolina State U. | 88,140.0 | 105,630.1 | 113,786.0 | 111,820.6 | 109,172.3 | 102,750.2 | 98,098.0 | 133,486.8 | 117,179.5 |
| 68 | Dartmouth C. | 97,316.0 | 125,121.6 | 116,691.2 | 98,036.8 | 94,755.8 | 101,874.6 | 110,153.7 | 105,581.0 | 116,331.2 |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. | 87,547.0 | 157,409.6 | 115,789.0 | 133,404.0 | 117,769.9 | 130,793.0 | 129,821.5 | 114,065.7 | 111,790.7 |
| 70 | Wake Forest U. | 112,516.0 | 162,186.3 | 128,067.4 | 123,891.7 | 121,725.4 | 119,365.0 | 117,560.2 | 131,048.1 | 111,755.3 |
| 71 | Carnegie Mellon U. | 98,292.0 | 118,848.4 | 132,144.7 | 124,641.4 | 110,733.1 | 136,323.3 | 121,272.6 | 104,276.9 | 110,746.2 |
| 72 | Colorado State U., Fort Collins | 94,659.0 | 112,765.6 | 108,700.9 | 104,657.3 | 100,518.4 | 107,107.1 | 92,593.2 | 104,085.1 | 109,491.2 |
| 73 | Brown U. | 90,641.0 | 118,297.4 | 111,234.2 | 100,395.1 | 95,063.6 | 89,596.7 | 96,239.1 | 97,075.7 | 108,874.4 |
| 74 | U. Connecticut | 105,404.0 | 120,165.4 | 117,226.9 | 105,945.6 | 98,796.7 | 97,523.2 | 98,455.4 | 105,372.0 | 106,800.0 |
| 75 | Medical U. South Carolina | 94,796.0 | 126,785.9 | 106,385.5 | 100,326.0 | 90,065.3 | 79,207.0 | 89,527.4 | 93,330.2 | 106,359.6 |
| 76 | U. Kansas, Lawrence | 106,754.0 | 139,025.2 | 144,854.6 | 121,081.1 | 122,938.7 | 95,766.7 | 109,631.5 | 103,996.1 | 103,891.9 |
| 77 | U. New Mexico | 95,604.0 | 140,660.1 | 123,041.5 | 104,026.7 | 97,480.1 | 91,114.1 | 92,757.0 | 104,369.1 | 99,833.6 |
| 78 | Temple U. | 56,573.0 | 67,089.2 | 66,983.6 | 68,239.8 | 79,057.7 | 73,593.6 | 87,319.1 | 87,197.6 | 99,396.3 |
| 79 | Oregon State U. | 86,132.0 | 97,227.8 | 108,977.7 | 96,243.8 | 89,672.6 | 84,637.6 | 93,346.4 | 99,216.2 | 96,667.1 |
| 80 | U. Delaware | 76,534.0 | 109,680.8 | 83,054.9 | 85,709.8 | 69,539.7 | 72,714.1 | 84,461.6 | 68,499.8 | 95,578.5 |
| 81 | U. California, Santa Barbara | 101,953.0 | 143,966.3 | 109,577.6 | 123,461.1 | 101,474.6 | 98,186.1 | 105,826.7 | 96,636.6 | 95,388.1 |
| 82 | SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook | 91,272.0 | 109,351.1 | 103,577.9 | 91,489.8 | 88,972.4 | 85,834.1 | 90,955.5 | 83,413.2 | 93,112.3 |
| 83 | U. Hawaii, system office | 47,554.0 | 67,282.6 | 92,906.3 | 63,289.1 | 74,234.7 | 71,496.6 | 74,264.9 | 52,683.3 | 92,955.0 |
| 84 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 71,949.0 | 102,181.4 | 101,691.0 | 107,762.3 | 105,363.8 | 97,837.1 | 100,943.7 | 97,728.0 | 92,257.5 |
| 85 | Florida State U. | 83,321.0 | 112,648.7 | 133,580.6 | 85,316.5 | 87,942.4 | 84,914.6 | 87,277.8 | 82,063.6 | 90,910.6 |
| 86 | U. Georgia | 85,248.0 | 97,950.0 | 98,198.4 | 77,803.6 | 84,589.7 | 76,150.5 | 99,290.4 | 100,833.0 | 90,218.3 |
| 87 | Medical C. Wisconsin | 93,921.0 | 104,921.1 | 105,207.3 | 92,550.8 | 100,725.7 | 89,429.0 | 84,807.2 | 82,187.9 | 89,838.7 |
| 88 | Tufts U. | 75,607.0 | 104,137.0 | 95,970.8 | 75,202.1 | 84,193.1 | 82,621.8 | 75,551.4 | 75,574.2 | 86,563.7 |
| 89 | Georgetown U. | 90,614.0 | 90,060.9 | 109,263.6 | 91,183.9 | 95,710.9 | 78,672.5 | 67,995.3 | 67,806.6 | 84,970.2 |
| 90 | U. South Florida, Tampa | 103,133.0 | 110,883.3 | 60,588.9 | 105,048.0 | 91,416.5 | 52,963.1 | 76,247.7 | 117,543.0 | 84,517.2 |
| 91 | U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston | 100,537.0 | 125,690.2 | 131,890.4 | 93,329.4 | 82,598.0 | 84,446.3 | 85,232.8 | 72,509.6 | 84,281.3 |
| 92 | Louisiana State U. | 103,298.0 | 121,818.4 | 116,971.0 | 106,957.8 | 118,592.0 | 91,008.9 | 81,059.9 | 76,768.3 | 81,725.8 |
| 93 | Washington State U. | 53,936.0 | 74,125.1 | 63,708.6 | 75,927.1 | 68,380.9 | 61,786.5 | 72,055.6 | 75,350.5 | 80,342.7 |
| 94 | Virginia Commonwealth U. | 85,561.0 | 100,685.9 | 100,189.1 | 90,393.7 | 87,036.6 | 87,438.3 | 99,487.5 | 96,742.9 | 80,255.2 |
| 95 | Indiana U., Bloomington | 62,442.0 | 88,170.4 | 78,374.0 | 71,366.3 | 70,060.9 | 62,025.4 | 78,529.9 | 70,030.6 | 77,262.6 |
| 96 | Iowa State U. | 84,408.0 | 92,955.2 | 91,767.0 | 102,854.3 | 75,997.0 | 77,472.4 | 77,124.8 | 81,878.5 | 77,180.7 |
| 97 | U. Texas Medical Branch | 112,377.0 | 119,748.0 | 102,646.2 | 84,870.6 | 90,967.6 | 81,975.9 | 78,975.2 | 75,193.8 | 76,734.6 |
| 98 | U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 47,577.0 | 59,781.7 | 59,598.2 | 50,407.7 | 43,794.0 | 37,983.4 | 29,291.6 | 25,672.3 | 75,210.2 |
| 99 | Northeastern U. | 37,258.0 | 47,743.6 | 54,963.4 | 59,549.6 | 50,175.8 | 49,207.0 | 53,055.8 | 65,237.9 | 74,545.7 |
| 100 | Wayne State U. | 84,396.0 | 102,354.2 | 86,911.6 | 101,372.7 | 80,727.9 | 59,069.1 | 67,196.4 | 72,119.2 | 74,534.3 |
| All other institutions | 5,121,434.0 | 6,510,662.0 | 6,164,527.2 | 5,213,623.2 | 4,835,700.0 | 4,714,783.7 | 4,983,850.3 | 4,999,259.8 | 5,018,733.3 |
