Institution |
Rank |
2010a |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All institutions | - | 35,942,326.4 | 31,759,863.9 | 31,216,406.9 | 29,406,889.3 | 31,157,370.6 | 30,561,218.1 | 31,647,429.8 | 32,439,650.5 | 35,301,384.6 |
| Johns Hopkins U. | 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 | 1,708,000.4 | 1,821,980.8 |
| U. Michigan | 2 | 744,373.9 | 694,653.7 | 674,228.1 | 609,859.1 | 913,037.8 | 646,672.7 | 668,204.0 | 700,049.6 | 755,352.3 |
| U. Washington | 3 | 792,826.3 | 694,703.6 | 718,605.0 | 662,920.7 | 717,737.5 | 659,586.5 | 641,790.5 | 667,400.0 | 754,867.2 |
| U. California, San Diego | 4 | 671,553.2 | 583,216.7 | 621,620.4 | 565,551.1 | 621,901.8 | 584,260.8 | 596,285.6 | 639,089.1 | 683,945.5 |
| U. California, San Francisco | 5 | 573,860.6 | 560,303.4 | 571,435.5 | 573,638.4 | 582,895.2 | 571,143.5 | 603,242.2 | 628,270.1 | 671,791.5 |
| Columbia U. in the City of New York | 6 | 552,513.7 | 490,265.4 | 510,402.7 | 477,051.2 | 489,856.9 | 515,509.1 | 554,714.3 | 574,306.1 | 646,839.5 |
| Stanford U. | 7 | 558,256.9 | 502,460.6 | 504,206.5 | 495,617.1 | 531,655.2 | 540,336.2 | 552,199.3 | 581,147.8 | 620,967.9 |
| U. Pittsburgh | 8 | 548,900.8 | 494,269.3 | 518,820.8 | 465,624.9 | 508,517.6 | 494,696.9 | 532,631.6 | 544,465.5 | 600,144.4 |
| U. Pennsylvania | 9 | 663,325.2 | 551,527.3 | 533,791.8 | 540,124.2 | 596,354.8 | 547,171.7 | 556,027.1 | 552,306.4 | 584,497.8 |
| Duke U. | 10 | 534,953.3 | 457,108.7 | 493,369.8 | 454,284.4 | 475,962.4 | 463,109.2 | 508,315.4 | 523,037.3 | 578,216.7 |
| U. Colorado Boulder | 11 | 492,890.7 | 443,395.2 | 443,048.7 | 448,386.8 | 453,638.8 | 460,851.1 | 495,971.9 | 481,184.0 | 563,571.9 |
| U. California, Los Angeles | 12 | 616,781.4 | 521,260.1 | 502,660.4 | 481,160.9 | 523,217.5 | 510,425.8 | 517,168.8 | 522,728.9 | 544,388.7 |
| Washington U., Saint Louis | 13 | 485,009.3 | 408,944.7 | 419,207.1 | 372,133.8 | 423,968.0 | 422,772.7 | 439,839.6 | 476,402.6 | 523,135.9 |
| U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 14 | 460,030.6 | 448,831.3 | 451,434.3 | 441,716.6 | 474,386.5 | 440,480.4 | 482,957.5 | 460,651.9 | 517,178.4 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 15 | 265,810.2 | 332,834.8 | 416,065.6 | 385,604.9 | 349,469.1 | 366,632.5 | 167,638.5 | 473,320.3 | 501,113.4 |
| Harvard U. | 16 | 585,849.3 | 502,148.4 | 512,624.9 | 458,699.7 | 499,288.5 | 463,309.9 | 474,655.0 | 490,074.7 | 500,413.9 |
| Yale U. | 17 | 508,044.8 | 449,577.3 | 434,000.7 | 412,470.3 | 429,890.0 | 405,152.9 | 458,249.3 | 460,096.6 | 497,757.1 |
| Pennsylvania State U. | 18 | 493,086.1 | 524,843.7 | 465,691.1 | 392,857.3 | 423,034.6 | 404,717.1 | 401,873.6 | 450,199.9 | 485,377.6 |
| U. Wisconsin-Madison | 19 | 532,020.4 | 479,600.9 | 472,454.7 | 440,354.1 | 447,273.2 | 447,256.3 | 462,157.3 | 485,332.5 | 481,775.8 |
| Northwestern U., Evanston | 20 | 310,740.0 | 301,087.9 | 319,442.1 | 314,781.9 | 319,344.3 | 369,726.7 | 393,276.6 | 395,551.2 | 454,904.9 |
| Vanderbilt U. | 21 | 437,966.4 | 374,030.1 | 385,951.0 | 373,566.4 | 366,319.5 | 360,584.6 | 409,154.7 | 395,482.9 | 449,784.8 |
| U. Southern California | 22 | 389,292.6 | 337,527.0 | 321,380.8 | 300,322.6 | 308,235.2 | 312,461.8 | 335,331.7 | 422,562.1 | 432,805.6 |
| U. Minnesota | 23 | 489,101.3 | 539,510.3 | 430,149.3 | 410,565.5 | 421,524.0 | 407,740.8 | 393,056.1 | 384,797.0 | 431,132.6 |
| Cornell U., Ithaca | 24 | 404,678.8 | 387,144.6 | 374,924.2 | 368,553.3 | 376,005.9 | 340,856.4 | 361,374.3 | 409,276.6 | 419,788.2 |
| Emory U. | 25 | 328,619.4 | 324,740.0 | 318,548.6 | 305,765.4 | 305,186.8 | 336,166.6 | 335,413.1 | 358,649.1 | 386,029.0 |
| New York U. | 26 | 284,524.2 | 264,271.0 | 267,421.6 | 255,178.1 | 366,408.3 | 280,925.7 | 310,341.0 | 350,008.4 | 377,550.8 |
| U. Texas, Austin | 27 | 206,253.3 | 226,983.9 | 303,760.2 | 178,484.2 | 196,482.2 | 212,393.0 | 296,024.9 | 312,149.6 | 360,614.5 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 28 | 387,675.0 | 336,355.1 | 375,057.1 | 339,998.9 | 369,286.8 | 374,061.9 | 360,239.6 | 338,579.4 | 354,218.4 |
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | 29 | 245,216.6 | 92,624.7 | 150,249.7 | 187,721.3 | 215,535.0 | 267,457.1 | 290,663.9 | 279,176.7 | 353,554.8 |
| U. California, Davis | 30 | 368,220.1 | 327,780.0 | 312,699.3 | 333,824.9 | 343,352.4 | 357,828.5 | 320,140.9 | 334,889.2 | 353,263.2 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | 31 | 235,514.2 | 193,220.9 | 196,922.5 | 213,885.6 | 249,337.8 | 271,946.0 | 291,535.1 | 317,034.9 | 345,548.1 |
| U. Alabama, Birmingham | 32 | 255,443.6 | 251,875.8 | 240,434.8 | 223,512.3 | 255,018.5 | 277,225.9 | 262,891.1 | 262,602.9 | 331,895.2 |
| Case Western Reserve U. | 33 | 303,553.8 | 287,025.2 | 288,001.3 | 287,673.8 | 275,323.1 | 285,692.3 | 310,794.2 | 300,568.4 | 318,699.2 |
| Michigan State U. | 34 | 199,394.9 | 210,562.5 | 197,516.3 | 206,009.8 | 242,806.9 | 293,211.1 | 304,421.8 | 300,736.8 | 311,742.8 |
| Baylor C. of Medicine | 35 | 280,373.4 | 243,296.4 | 274,404.1 | 244,067.7 | 240,652.0 | 240,391.8 | 257,630.1 | 281,481.0 | 297,378.8 |
| U. Florida | 36 | 272,424.0 | 224,620.5 | 229,985.6 | 221,513.8 | 232,661.7 | 280,251.7 | 252,660.6 | 293,028.9 | 295,828.8 |
| Ohio State U. | 37 | 358,494.7 | 260,310.9 | 261,547.6 | 249,216.4 | 263,815.8 | 260,539.7 | 282,424.9 | 275,897.3 | 292,323.0 |
| U. Rochester | 38 | 313,691.7 | 261,863.9 | 262,852.5 | 237,345.7 | 244,676.7 | 245,504.1 | 181,166.7 | 257,113.7 | 287,017.8 |
| U. Utah | 39 | 250,999.4 | 211,674.4 | 220,261.2 | 207,313.8 | 227,759.0 | 210,793.0 | 231,589.4 | 231,648.4 | 284,963.4 |
| Carnegie Mellon U. | 40 | 139,640.5 | 137,923.0 | 133,587.2 | 151,524.5 | 136,718.6 | 123,837.7 | 125,624.9 | 272,671.8 | 267,402.9 |
| Oregon Health and Science U. | 41 | 245,557.8 | 215,582.1 | 212,969.1 | 206,186.7 | 222,445.3 | 211,545.3 | 208,743.9 | 235,075.0 | 256,299.4 |
| U. Chicago | 42 | 281,205.5 | 262,268.2 | 251,813.7 | 213,015.2 | 231,188.8 | 240,870.3 | 225,095.6 | 232,987.5 | 253,086.1 |
| Rutgers, State U. New Jersey | 43 | 344,812.3 | 315,401.2 | 276,610.8 | 230,737.7 | 256,794.7 | 227,950.4 | 248,527.9 | 218,340.1 | 250,431.2 |
| U. California, Berkeley | 44 | 332,527.2 | 296,407.4 | 292,144.9 | 283,842.5 | 298,960.7 | 319,861.4 | 278,540.4 | 267,032.3 | 249,564.8 |
| U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 45 | 354,860.1 | 351,180.9 | 361,820.7 | 284,676.7 | 305,112.1 | 249,908.6 | 274,972.9 | 271,021.8 | 246,392.5 |
| Boston U. | 46 | 239,739.4 | 237,166.9 | 227,469.2 | 203,567.5 | 217,317.9 | 203,154.2 | 237,666.7 | 222,750.5 | 245,677.3 |
| U. Maryland, College Park | 47 | 215,955.8 | 174,171.3 | 240,585.4 | 227,283.7 | 238,836.7 | 233,791.9 | 235,036.7 | 220,808.6 | 245,149.9 |
| U. Arizona | 48 | 273,194.2 | 258,540.0 | 283,473.2 | 231,903.2 | 222,788.0 | 192,159.6 | 211,508.3 | 224,132.1 | 238,551.3 |
| Scripps Research Institute | 49 | 264,550.2 | 237,256.5 | 244,149.9 | 231,333.0 | 222,694.1 | 192,185.3 | 242,154.3 | 187,730.7 | 234,875.0 |
| Texas A&M U., College Station | 50 | 214,233.8 | 161,711.0 | 175,604.0 | 142,578.1 | 143,241.4 | 201,273.6 | 206,574.4 | 201,713.9 | 234,029.7 |
| U. California, Irvine | 51 | 220,254.7 | 194,882.2 | 191,427.3 | 197,874.6 | 175,783.0 | 175,509.4 | 181,119.1 | 181,488.1 | 228,917.8 |
| U. Iowa | 52 | 237,020.8 | 218,252.8 | 216,977.8 | 190,436.3 | 193,638.3 | 182,929.1 | 190,739.8 | 182,110.8 | 210,694.3 |
| California Institute of Technology | 53 | 236,169.7 | 206,825.1 | 196,965.6 | 186,915.1 | 198,113.5 | 157,037.6 | 160,359.1 | 162,495.0 | 197,325.6 |
| Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis | 54 | 159,219.4 | 133,071.6 | 125,299.9 | 114,773.6 | 122,387.1 | 134,790.0 | 137,062.8 | 169,458.3 | 196,721.8 |
| U. Virginia | 55 | 215,759.9 | 176,230.5 | 173,993.5 | 152,452.2 | 161,892.8 | 154,838.3 | 182,733.1 | 184,426.3 | 192,289.5 |
| U. Maryland, Baltimore | 56 | 214,494.3 | 215,034.2 | 186,600.6 | 166,991.2 | 155,284.2 | 141,158.3 | 170,342.6 | 191,433.0 | 187,363.0 |
| Oregon State U. | 57 | 127,631.8 | 110,824.7 | 101,375.8 | 105,649.5 | 114,729.0 | 125,689.3 | 116,502.3 | 228,641.1 | 183,785.3 |
| U. Kentucky | 58 | 173,518.5 | 143,312.8 | 133,852.3 | 125,605.5 | 145,781.0 | 155,455.0 | 155,115.2 | 146,076.5 | 180,726.0 |
| U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 59 | 216,964.4 | 185,991.7 | 178,825.5 | 151,363.0 | 165,761.3 | 155,823.6 | 173,406.3 | 172,640.6 | 177,896.9 |
| U. Miami | 60 | 233,101.5 | 183,613.0 | 175,046.6 | 169,160.0 | 154,065.2 | 150,644.3 | 161,132.9 | 154,296.3 | 177,273.4 |
| Purdue U., West Lafayette | 61 | 263,215.1 | 191,480.1 | 176,625.7 | 166,956.2 | 176,769.7 | 185,316.2 | 176,639.1 | 162,947.0 | 171,410.6 |
| North Carolina State U. | 62 | 147,051.3 | 151,914.7 | 140,047.9 | 141,260.1 | 126,975.8 | 174,527.6 | 155,559.9 | 121,848.9 | 166,120.1 |
| Albert Einstein C. of Medicine | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 147,517.7 | 174,137.7 | 165,322.8 |
| Princeton U. | 64 | 152,541.8 | 137,760.8 | 148,789.7 | 136,881.1 | 153,236.9 | 143,334.4 | 151,793.4 | 138,432.4 | 163,582.1 |
| Arizona State U. | 65 | 130,676.4 | 146,157.8 | 174,022.4 | 153,975.6 | 132,402.7 | 150,945.5 | 153,087.2 | 149,717.5 | 162,075.0 |
| U. Illinois, Chicago | 66 | 219,809.4 | 177,547.1 | 166,172.9 | 170,992.9 | 155,239.1 | 142,389.8 | 145,694.7 | 146,914.4 | 161,943.3 |
| U. Massachusetts, Medical School | 67 | 183,726.2 | 164,647.6 | 149,503.3 | 142,528.5 | 138,981.1 | 143,045.8 | 154,462.8 | 151,732.3 | 161,127.6 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 68 | 115,624.3 | 117,591.6 | 115,739.6 | 105,134.1 | 109,218.0 | 104,353.1 | 99,820.9 | 132,089.6 | 158,092.9 |
| U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | 69 | 201,134.7 | 159,906.7 | 162,742.9 | 132,734.1 | 125,060.4 | 125,314.9 | 129,867.7 | 155,319.0 | 151,197.9 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. | 70 | 137,951.7 | 158,032.9 | 139,453.2 | 150,271.4 | 149,739.9 | 138,573.8 | 135,038.0 | 138,891.8 | 140,457.1 |
| Brown U. | 71 | 122,823.8 | 106,759.6 | 101,850.4 | 98,647.9 | 103,138.4 | 102,840.3 | 113,555.9 | 131,608.6 | 139,029.0 |
| Medical U. South Carolina | 72 | 122,755.2 | 107,800.0 | 97,827.3 | 92,103.9 | 97,049.1 | 100,536.5 | 115,126.5 | 126,494.4 | 137,868.5 |
| Florida State U. | 73 | 143,509.8 | 88,208.0 | 92,333.6 | 95,804.8 | 93,110.1 | 86,941.7 | 109,393.2 | 97,913.2 | 136,486.4 |
| U. Georgia | 74 | 118,716.3 | 97,073.7 | 102,838.6 | 94,318.5 | 116,338.6 | 122,569.1 | 110,717.5 | 105,326.0 | 135,476.9 |
| George Washington U. | 75 | 105,565.1 | 72,087.9 | 101,325.2 | 91,284.8 | 104,842.3 | 99,725.7 | 123,963.6 | 125,263.5 | 134,722.2 |
| Wake Forest U. | 76 | 133,937.8 | 131,174.3 | 129,264.2 | 123,616.2 | 121,282.4 | 135,496.5 | 116,631.7 | 128,017.3 | 134,651.7 |
| U. Kansas, Lawrence | 77 | 178,733.1 | 128,309.3 | 135,265.1 | 102,349.4 | 115,068.5 | 106,747.9 | 109,181.5 | 105,827.9 | 134,628.5 |
| Colorado State U., Fort Collins | 78 | 132,587.5 | 122,699.1 | 119,609.7 | 124,785.8 | 126,798.8 | 155,377.1 | 135,929.7 | 112,934.3 | 134,501.3 |
| U. Oklahoma | 79 | 89,914.2 | 80,060.6 | 75,789.3 | 76,328.8 | 75,846.3 | 85,208.6 | 74,149.2 | 95,059.9 | 132,712.7 |
| U. Connecticut | 80 | 138,341.4 | 114,858.1 | 107,137.5 | 105,461.3 | 109,322.4 | 119,283.3 | 115,888.3 | 118,048.1 | 128,945.5 |
| U. New Mexico | 81 | 149,011.4 | 113,885.6 | 106,448.9 | 96,634.1 | 103,533.4 | 111,649.1 | 108,797.7 | 122,852.7 | 114,558.8 |
| Dartmouth C. | 82 | 133,737.8 | 104,974.5 | 98,830.8 | 106,692.9 | 114,760.3 | 113,477.0 | 122,397.9 | 115,475.5 | 112,818.3 |
| U. Delaware | 83 | 104,778.2 | 112,591.8 | 78,326.1 | 80,445.0 | 91,990.8 | 76,032.8 | 102,968.1 | 119,726.4 | 112,109.5 |
| U. California, Santa Barbara | 84 | 117,215.3 | 128,185.9 | 107,062.3 | 110,682.1 | 116,039.1 | 102,246.6 | 100,306.3 | 103,094.9 | 108,407.3 |
| Washington State U. | 85 | 82,322.7 | 95,457.7 | 80,746.1 | 75,720.8 | 84,986.6 | 98,631.5 | 99,111.7 | 84,128.7 | 108,057.4 |
| SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook | 86 | 128,467.0 | 99,167.2 | 95,718.7 | 91,507.5 | 95,329.1 | 91,148.9 | 103,848.0 | 104,369.4 | 105,651.2 |
| Medical C. Wisconsin | 87 | 108,784.9 | 94,958.5 | 103,764.0 | 91,773.1 | 87,094.6 | 86,481.3 | 100,765.8 | 78,681.4 | 104,596.8 |
| Temple U. | 88 | 85,955.5 | 72,754.5 | 84,667.2 | 77,571.2 | 91,506.0 | 97,516.6 | 105,987.2 | 101,897.5 | 104,496.5 |
| Northeastern U. | 89 | 67,227.1 | 62,295.0 | 52,760.2 | 51,968.1 | 54,705.8 | 66,963.9 | 76,701.7 | 84,005.5 | 101,255.3 |
| Virginia Commonwealth U. | 90 | 107,965.4 | 99,564.1 | 99,146.2 | 96,944.0 | 114,061.1 | 101,540.3 | 88,246.9 | 92,154.9 | 100,045.0 |
| Tufts U. | 91 | 118,965.5 | 80,184.5 | 90,372.7 | 91,590.4 | 84,206.4 | 81,962.7 | 96,338.2 | 101,602.4 | 97,995.6 |
| Louisiana State U. | 92 | 137,688.0 | 132,204.4 | 131,837.0 | 116,420.0 | 96,439.2 | 93,999.0 | 96,066.6 | 100,766.1 | 97,611.2 |
| Iowa State U. | 93 | 123,817.3 | 129,289.2 | 97,290.3 | 100,576.9 | 107,295.9 | 114,258.3 | 102,780.7 | 94,651.5 | 96,549.8 |
| U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston | 94 | 134,380.4 | 98,349.0 | 86,477.1 | 89,376.2 | 92,139.7 | 74,311.9 | 88,601.9 | 93,734.3 | 95,874.1 |
| U. Missouri, Columbia | 95 | 110,739.6 | 101,243.4 | 85,912.4 | 79,637.7 | 92,412.6 | 95,059.8 | 89,179.6 | 89,889.9 | 94,497.9 |
| Utah State U. | 96 | 97,509.1 | 91,469.7 | 81,722.1 | 81,125.9 | 86,870.5 | 62,750.3 | 68,167.4 | 82,259.8 | 93,659.1 |
| U. Texas Medical Branch | 97 | 105,654.1 | 86,618.0 | 95,354.5 | 86,088.3 | 81,410.9 | 82,935.3 | 80,416.0 | 85,410.0 | 93,497.0 |
| U. Cincinnati | 98 | 142,243.7 | 111,273.4 | 93,638.7 | 75,444.4 | 78,333.4 | 79,606.3 | 90,325.5 | 78,155.9 | 92,274.8 |
| U. Massachusetts, Amherst | 99 | 93,420.0 | 86,344.2 | 85,256.0 | 80,945.7 | 83,742.5 | 91,837.2 | 79,903.5 | 84,860.5 | 89,762.2 |
| U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio | 100 | 103,233.8 | 86,698.4 | 79,650.7 | 78,126.7 | 75,247.8 | 67,574.7 | 61,935.7 | 68,985.9 | 87,620.7 |
| All other institutions | - | 7,908,509.2 | 6,433,979.4 | 5,962,415.2 | 5,698,453.5 | 5,952,543.9 | 5,936,222.4 | 5,939,325.9 | 5,687,795.0 | 6,212,880.0 |
