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Table 55. Institutions ranked by total number of doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2016

Rank Institution All science, engineering, and health Science and engineering Health
Total Science Engineering
All institutionsa 25,747 19,095 15,940 3,155 6,652
1 Stanford U. 1,099 792 691 101 307
2 Harvard U. 1,089 734 679 55 355
3 U. California, Los Angeles 933 641 611 30 292
4 Cornell U. 656 542 466 76 114
5 U. Wisconsin-Madison 622 376 322 54 246
6 U. Michigan 605 381 311 70 224
7 U. Pennsylvania 602 301 288 13 301
8 U. Washington 572 386 358 28 186
9 U. Minnesota 563 395 343 52 168
10 Columbia U. in the City of New York 544 427 339 88 117
11 Duke U. 540 313 259 54 227
12 U. California, Berkeley 517 455 357 98 62
13 U. Chicago 418 243 240 3 175
14 Ohio State U. 383 217 125 92 166
15 U. California, Davis 350 269 241 28 81
16 U. Arizona 340 320 244 76 20
17 U. Kentucky 332 228 203 25 104
18 Washington U., Saint Louis 319 155 144 11 164
19 California Institute of Technology 318 318 259 59 0
20 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 315 176 173 3 139
21 Case Western Reserve U. 314 200 129 71 114
22 New York U. 307 260 243 17 47
23 Northwestern U. 293 210 174 36 83
24 U. Miami 276 152 151 1 124
25 U. Pittsburgh 269 128 128 0 141
26 U. Alabama, Birmingham 268 122 114 8 146
27 Indiana U. 264 142 141 1 122
28 Texas A&M U. 257 228 174 54 29
29 U. Oregon 255 218 198 20 37
30 U. California, Santa Barbara 253 253 215 38 0
31 Princeton U. 252 252 210 42 0
32 U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 251 130 130 0 121
33 North Carolina State U. 247 234 162 72 13
34 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 240 230 193 37 10
35 Arizona State U. 239 229 182 47 10
36 U. Southern California 221 152 148 4 69
37 City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 216 216 216 0 0
38 Pennsylvania State U. 215 214 132 82 1
39 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 210 210 103 107 0
40 Rockefeller U. 209 209 209 0 0
41 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 203 193 155 38 10
42 U. Cincinnati 202 21 21 0 181
43 Oregon Health and Science U. 201 136 121 15 65
44 U. Kansas 199 122 105 17 77
45 Johns Hopkins U. 193 138 120 18 55
46 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 189 179 126 53 10
47 U. California, Irvine 186 117 94 23 69
48 U. Texas, Austin 178 170 109 61 8
49 U. California, Riverside 174 174 169 5 0
50 U. Oklahoma 166 165 136 29 1
51 U. Virginia 164 129 97 32 35
52 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 162 154 133 21 8
52 U. Colorado 162 33 30 3 129
54 Georgetown U. 156 118 118 0 38
55 U. Illinois, Chicago 155 50 43 7 105
56 U. California, San Francisco 150 43 41 2 107
57 Montana State U. 148 148 120 28 0
58 Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 144 53 52 1 91
59 Iowa State U. 135 127 113 14 8
60 Medical C. Wisconsin 130 43 43 0 87
61 U. Missouri, Columbia 128 113 97 16 15
62 U. Iowa 126 68 55 13 58
63 Oregon State U. 124 112 100 12 12
64 U. Houston 120 109 88 21 11
65 Wayne State U. 110 53 48 5 57
66 Colorado School of Mines 108 108 36 72 0
67 U. Utah 105 65 49 16 40
68 U. California, Santa Cruz 99 99 94 5 0
68 U. Nevada, Reno 99 80 70 10 19
70 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 97 97 97 0 0
70 Scripps Research Institute 97 85 85 0 12
70 U. Dayton 97 97 86 11 0
73 Emory U. 95 23 23 0 72
74 Carnegie Mellon U. 94 94 55 39 0
74 SUNY, Stony Brook U. 94 65 50 15 29
74 U. New Hampshire 94 94 92 2 0
77 Vanderbilt U. 92 58 55 3 34
78 Baylor C. of Medicine 90 66 66 0 24
79 U. Alabama, Huntsville 88 88 62 26 0
79 U. Rochester 88 63 58 5 25
79 Utah State U. 88 77 33 44 11
82 Purdue U. 86 72 46 26 14
83 U. Texas Medical Branch 84 60 60 0 24
84 SUNY, U. Buffalo 80 36 35 1 44
84 U. California, San Diego 80 80 44 36 0
84 West Virginia U. 80 70 49 21 10
87 Temple U. 79 43 43 0 36
88 U. Hawaii, Manoa 78 66 65 1 12
89 U. Tennessee, Knoxville 73 73 44 29 0
90 Rice U. 71 70 46 24 1
90 U. Connecticut 71 62 52 10 9
92 Florida State U. 67 67 59 8 0
92 U. Maryland, Baltimore County 67 59 37 22 8
94 Wake Forest U. 66 25 25 0 41
95 Brandeis U. 65 65 65 0 0
95 U. Louisville 65 17 13 4 48
97 North Dakota State U. 59 53 50 3 6
97 U. Texas, Dallas 59 55 30 25 4
99 U. Nebraska-Lincoln 55 52 41 11 3
100 Louisiana State U. 54 44 36 8 10
100 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 54 54 17 37 0
102 Oklahoma State U. 53 34 34 0 19
103 New Jersey Institute of Technology 51 51 27 24 0
104 U. Mississippi 49 18 7 11 31
105 U. South Florida, Tampa 48 36 22 14 12
105 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 48 48 36 12 0
105 Wright State U. 48 46 26 20 2
108 Thomas Jefferson U. 46 17 17 0 29
108 U. Georgia 46 41 40 1 5
108 U. Nebraska, Medical Center 46 32 32 0 14
111 Stevens Institute of Technology 45 45 15 30 0
111 Tufts U. 45 45 37 8 0
113 Boston U. 44 36 29 7 8
113 Lehigh U. 44 44 11 33 0
113 U. Tennessee, Health Science Center 44 18 18 0 26
116 Dartmouth C. 43 40 40 0 3
116 Kansas State U. 43 43 38 5 0
116 U. Nevada, Las Vegas 43 35 31 4 8
119 Medical U. South Carolina 42 22 22 0 20
120 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 41 41 41 0 0
120 U. Delaware 41 31 23 8 10
120 U. Maryland Baltimore 41 28 28 0 13
123 U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 40 24 24 0 16
123 Van Andel Institute 40 40 40 0 0
125 Brown U. 39 39 39 0 0
126 Northeastern U. 38 30 19 11 8
127 Boston C. 37 37 37 0 0
127 Morgan State U. 37 36 36 0 1
129 U. Idaho 35 35 33 2 0
130 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 34 34 21 13 0
131 SUNY, Polytechnic Institute 33 33 33 0 0
132 Ohio U. 31 31 18 13 0
132 San Diego State U. 31 18 18 0 13
134 Northern Arizona U. 30 29 24 5 1
135 Michigan State U. 29 26 24 2 3
135 Missouri U. of Science and Technology 29 29 9 20 0
135 SUNY, Downstate Medical Center 29 17 17 0 12
135 U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa 29 29 13 16 0
139 Southern Methodist U. 27 27 23 4 0
139 U. Texas, El Paso 27 27 16 11 0
141 Boise State U. 26 25 14 11 1
141 George Washington U. 26 20 9 11 6
141 Portland State U. 26 25 14 11 1
141 U. South Carolina 26 12 11 1 14
141 U. Texas, Arlington 26 26 3 23 0
146 Clemson U. 25 25 10 15 0
146 U. Central Florida 25 25 12 13 0
148 U. North Texas, Denton 24 24 22 2 0
149 Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences 23 21 21 0 2
149 U. Massachusetts, Amherst 23 23 14 9 0
149 U. Wyoming 23 23 23 0 0
152 Texas Tech U. 22 13 9 4 9
152 U. North Dakota 22 21 19 2 1
152 U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 22 21 21 0 1
155 Auburn U. 21 18 12 6 3
155 Mississippi State U. 21 18 12 6 3
157 U. Louisiana, Lafayette 20 15 14 1 5
157 U. Massachusetts, Lowell 20 17 15 2 3
159 SUNY, Upstate Medical U. 19 14 14 0 5
160 Marquette U. 18 17 6 11 1
160 Michigan Technological U. 18 18 7 11 0
160 Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 18 18 18 0 0
163 C. of William and Mary 17 17 17 0 0
163 U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 17 17 14 3 0
165 CUNY, City C. 15 15 10 5 0
165 New Mexico State U. 15 15 15 0 0
165 U. Rhode Island 15 15 15 0 0
168 San Francisco State U. 14 14 14 0 0
168 South Dakota State U. 14 11 10 1 3
168 U. Akron 14 14 13 1 0
168 U. California, Merced 14 14 9 5 0
168 U. Memphis 14 11 9 2 3
173 Air Force Institute of Technology 13 13 0 13 0
173 Georgia State U. 13 13 13 0 0
173 Mercer U. 13 11 2 9 2
173 Northern Illinois U. 13 13 10 3 0
173 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 13 13 2 11 0
173 SUNY, Binghamton U. 13 13 8 5 0
173 U. Missouri, Kansas City 13 6 3 3 7
180 Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 11 11 11 0 0
180 Wichita State U. 11 11 5 6 0
182 Georgia Institute of Technology 10 10 3 7 0
182 U. Montana 10 10 10 0 0
182 Western U. of Health Sciences 10 0 0 0 10
185 Baylor U. 9 9 9 0 0
185 Florida International U. 9 9 3 6 0
185 Miami U. 9 9 9 0 0
185 U. Denver 9 9 5 4 0
185 U. Massachusetts, Boston 9 9 9 0 0
185 U. Vermont 9 5 5 0 4
191 Morehouse School of Medicine 8 8 8 0 0
191 Texas Christian U. 8 8 8 0 0
191 U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 8 8 3 5 0
191 U. South Alabama 8 8 8 0 0
191 U. Southern Mississippi 8 8 5 3 0
191 U. Tulsa 8 8 0 8 0
197 Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 7 1 1 0 6
197 Albany Medical C. 7 7 7 0 0
197 East Carolina U. 7 7 7 0 0
197 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 7 7 7 0 0
201 Eastern Virginia Medical School 6 1 1 0 5
201 Illinois Institute of Technology 6 6 6 0 0
201 Louisiana Tech U. 6 6 2 4 0
201 Northeastern Ohio Universities, C. of Medicine 6 5 5 0 1
201 Pittsburg State U. 6 6 0 6 0
201 U. Baltimore 6 6 6 0 0
207 California State U., Fullerton 5 3 3 0 2
207 Clarkson U.b 5 5 0 5 0
207 Kent State U. 5 5 5 0 0
207 Midwestern U. 5 3 3 0 2
207 Smith C. 5 5 5 0 0
207 Syracuse U. 5 5 1 4 0
207 Tulane U. 5 5 4 1 0
207 U. North Carolina, Charlotte 5 5 4 1 0
207 Villanova U. 5 5 1 4 0
216 Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 4 0 0 0 4
216 CUNY, Queens C. 4 4 4 0 0
216 Jackson State U. 4 4 1 3 0
216 Loma Linda U. 4 4 4 0 0
216 Texas A&M U.-Kingsville 4 4 4 0 0
216 U. Texas, San Antonio 4 4 4 0 0
222 C. Charleston 3 3 3 0 0
222 Creighton U. 3 1 1 0 2
222 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 3 3 0 3 0
222 Florida Polytechnic U. 3 3 0 3 0
222 Hampton U. 3 1 1 0 2
222 Howard U. 3 3 2 1 0
222 Texas State U. 3 3 3 0 0
222 U. Missouri, Saint Louis 3 3 3 0 0
222 U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 3 3 3 0 0
222 U. South Dakota 3 3 3 0 0
232 Brigham Young U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Bryant U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Fordham U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Grand Valley State U. 2 2 1 1 0
232 Idaho State U. 2 2 1 1 0
232 John Carroll U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Kennesaw State U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Marshall U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Oakland U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Rowan U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Santa Clara U. 2 2 2 0 0
232 Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 2 2 2 0 0
232 Tennessee Technological U. 2 2 0 2 0
232 Trinity C., Hartford 2 2 2 0 0
232 U. North Carolina, Wilmington 2 2 2 0 0
232 U. Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 2 2 2 0 0
232 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 2 2 2 0 0
232 Yeshiva U. 2 1 1 0 1
250 Chapman U. 1 1 1 0 0
250 CUNY, Baruch C. 1 1 1 0 0
250 CUNY, Brooklyn C. 1 1 1 0 0
250 CUNY, C. Staten Island 1 1 1 0 0
250 Duquesne U. 1 1 1 0 0
250 Florida A&M U. 1 0 0 0 1
250 Furman U. 1 1 1 0 0
250 Lamar U. 1 1 0 1 0
250 Nova Southeastern U. 1 1 1 0 0
250 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1 1 0 0
250 Salus U. 1 1 1 0 0
250 U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1 1 1 0 0
250 Western Michigan U. 1 1 0 1 0
250 Williams C. 1 1 1 0 0
a Totals for "all institutions" include data imputed for nonresponding institutions; data imputed for nonresponding institutions are not shown separately.
b In 2016, Union College, Schenectady merged with Clarkson University.
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2016.