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Table 5-6. Institutional rankings for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers: 2017

Institution Rank Total Science Engineering Health
All institutions - 28,180 17,268 3,274 7,638
Stanford U. 1 1,156 671 113 372
Harvard U. 2 1,150 588 73 489
U. California, Los Angeles 3 896 569 54 273
U. Washington 4 726 484 37 205
U. Wisconsin-Madison 5 694 371 60 263
U. California, San Diego 6 686 453 72 161
U. Illinois, Chicago 7 685 202 32 451
U. California, Irvine 8 668 362 71 235
Cornell U. 9 667 446 95 126
U. Minnesota 10 619 337 90 192
U. Michigan 11 597 274 42 281
Columbia U. in the City of New York 12 576 307 98 171
Duke U. 13 560 332 59 169
U. Pennsylvania 14 555 229 11 315
U. California, Berkeley 15 539 404 83 52
U. Maryland, College Park 16 500 403 81 16
U. California, Santa Cruz 17 465 438 27 0
Oregon Health and Science U. 18 446 234 21 191
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 19 424 190 0 234
U. Arizona 20 384 283 73 28
Ohio State U. 21 359 105 95 159
New York U. 22 344 164 13 167
Washington U., Saint Louis 23 338 157 12 169
Case Western Reserve U. 24 330 137 86 107
California Institute of Technology 25 309 276 33 0
City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 26 292 292 0 0
U. California, Davis 27 284 200 20 64
Indiana U. 28 274 156 0 118
U. Alabama, Birmingham 29 261 106 6 149
U. Miami 29 261 153 2 106
U. Chicago 31 252 246 3 3
U. Texas, Austin 32 235 125 86 24
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 33 232 189 34 9
U. Cincinnati 34 228 21 2 205
Arizona State U. 35 225 176 43 6
Texas A&M U. 36 223 157 48 18
Princeton U. 37 222 182 40 0
U. Pittsburgh 38 221 79 10 132
U. Kansas 39 217 124 21 72
U. Oregon 40 215 178 0 37
U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 41 207 91 3 113
Rockefeller U. 42 205 205 0 0
U. Southern California 43 199 125 5 69
Brown U. 44 198 169 21 8
U. California, Riverside 44 198 160 38 0
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 46 197 143 36 18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 47 192 124 60 8
Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 48 188 79 6 103
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 49 186 165 13 8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 50 180 72 108 0
Northwestern U. 51 176 82 28 66
U. Colorado 51 176 40 2 134
U. California, Santa Barbara 53 169 152 17 0
Johns Hopkins U. 54 166 47 13 106
U. Oklahoma 55 164 138 25 1
U. Virginia 56 157 91 27 39
Georgetown U. 57 156 120 0 36
U. California, San Francisco 58 155 32 2 121
Montana State U. 59 145 124 21 0
U. Iowa 59 145 53 6 86
Medical C. Wisconsin 61 139 87 0 52
U. Missouri, Columbia 62 133 109 11 13
Iowa State U. 63 127 109 14 4
Oregon State U. 64 122 97 18 7
U. New Hampshire 65 116 113 3 0
U. Texas Medical Branch 65 116 82 3 31
Tufts U. 67 113 101 12 0
Utah State U. 68 112 57 39 16
U. Rochester 69 110 67 5 38
U. Utah 70 105 49 16 40
U. Dayton 71 103 101 2 0
Purdue U. 72 102 53 35 14
Emory U. 73 99 35 0 64
U. Houston 74 98 73 18 7
Vanderbilt U. 75 97 47 13 37
SUNY, Stony Brook U. 76 95 52 13 30
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 77 91 91 0 0
Wayne State U. 78 82 42 9 31
Brandeis U. 79 79 79 0 0
Clemson U. 79 79 62 14 3
George Mason U. 79 79 71 8 0
Temple U. 79 79 43 0 36
West Virginia U. 83 78 43 24 11
North Carolina State U. 84 77 50 20 7
Colorado School of Mines 85 73 13 60 0
U. Maryland, Baltimore County 85 73 65 8 0
U. Alabama, Huntsville 87 72 55 17 0
U. Louisville 87 72 19 5 48
U. Nevada, Reno 89 71 56 9 6
Oklahoma State U. 90 70 37 15 18
SUNY, U. Buffalo 90 70 33 0 37
Medical U. South Carolina 92 69 31 0 38
Old Dominion U. 93 68 35 30 3
Louisiana State U. 94 63 41 11 11
U. Texas, Dallas 94 63 38 19 6
U. Tennessee, Knoxville 96 62 39 23 0
Rice U. 97 60 33 26 1
U. Hawaii, Manoa 97 60 59 1 0
Carnegie Mellon U. 99 57 33 24 0
SUNY, U. Albany 100 56 56 0 0
U. Denver 100 56 44 12 0
Northeastern U. 102 54 29 12 13
U. Nebraska-Lincoln 103 53 44 7 2
Florida State U. 104 52 48 3 1
U. Mississippi 104 52 7 10 35
North Dakota State U. 106 51 42 2 7
Florida International U. 107 50 29 16 5
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 107 50 37 13 0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 109 49 17 32 0
SUNY, Polytechnic Institute 110 44 0 44 0
U. Rhode Island 110 44 44 0 0
U. South Florida, Tampa 110 44 25 13 6
Morgan State U. 113 43 34 1 8
Loma Linda U. 114 42 42 0 0
Boston C. 115 41 37 3 1
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 115 41 41 0 0
U. Maryland Baltimore 115 41 28 0 13
U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 118 40 25 0 15
Wake Forest U. 118 40 3 25 12
Kansas State U. 120 38 38 0 0
Thomas Jefferson U. 121 36 18 0 18
Wright State U. 121 36 24 12 0
Michigan State U. 123 35 31 1 3
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 123 35 28 7 0
U. South Carolina 123 35 17 1 17
U. North Dakota 126 33 26 1 6
Air Force Institute of Technology 127 32 16 16 0
U. Tennessee, Health Science Center 127 32 15 0 17
Dartmouth C. 129 31 31 0 0
Van Andel Institute 129 31 31 0 0
U. Texas, Arlington 131 30 9 21 0
Auburn U. 132 29 18 7 4
Northern Arizona U. 132 29 26 3 0
Boise State U. 134 28 15 13 0
U. Idaho 134 28 26 2 0
U. Texas, El Paso 134 28 16 10 2
CUNY, City C. 137 27 14 13 0
U. Akron 137 27 14 13 0
U. Georgia 137 27 26 0 1
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 137 27 24 0 3
U. Delaware 141 26 13 5 8
Lehigh U. 142 25 13 12 0
Portland State U. 142 25 15 7 3
Southern Methodist U. 142 25 19 6 0
SUNY, Downstate Medical Center 142 25 4 0 21
U. Central Florida 142 25 14 11 0
U. Louisiana, Lafayette 142 25 22 3 0
U. Nebraska, Medical Center 142 25 11 0 14
U. Wyoming 142 25 25 0 0
Texas Tech U. 150 23 13 1 9
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences 150 23 22 0 1
Michigan Technological U. 152 22 7 15 0
U. Nevada, Las Vegas 152 22 15 3 4
Ohio U. 154 21 12 9 0
U. Missouri, Kansas City 154 21 12 3 6
Marquette U. 156 20 6 12 2
Missouri U. of Science and Technology 156 20 9 11 0
U. California, Merced 156 20 12 8 0
U. North Texas, Denton 156 20 17 3 0
U. Texas Health Science Center, Tyler 156 20 20 0 0
SUNY, Upstate Medical U. 161 19 14 0 5
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 161 19 15 4 0
U. Southern Mississippi 161 19 13 5 1
C. of William and Mary 164 18 18 0 0
George Washington U. 164 18 7 11 0
New Mexico State U. 164 18 17 1 0
Baylor U. 167 17 17 0 0
Syracuse U. 167 17 7 10 0
Morehouse School of Medicine 169 16 16 0 0
New Jersey Institute of Technology 169 16 9 7 0
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 169 16 9 7 0
Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 169 16 16 0 0
South Dakota State U. 169 16 9 3 4
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 169 16 8 8 0
Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 175 15 0 0 15
Mississippi State U. 175 15 7 5 3
San Francisco State U. 175 15 15 0 0
SUNY, Binghamton U. 175 15 12 3 0
U. Massachusetts, Lowell 175 15 11 3 1
U. Toledo 175 15 7 4 4
Mercer U. 181 13 2 10 1
Northeastern Ohio Universities, C. of Medicine 181 13 7 0 6
U. Memphis 181 13 9 2 2
Wichita State U. 181 13 5 8 0
Eastern Virginia Medical School 185 12 2 0 10
U. New Mexico 185 12 11 1 0
Hampton U. 187 11 10 0 1
Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 187 11 10 1 0
U. South Dakota 187 11 3 8 0
Western U. of Health Sciences 187 11 0 0 11
Miami U. 191 10 10 0 0
U. North Carolina, Greensboro 191 10 9 1 0
Stevens Institute of Technology 193 9 1 8 0
U. Michigan, Flint 193 9 4 1 4
U. Tulsa 193 9 2 7 0
Texas Christian U. 196 8 8 0 0
U. Connecticut 196 8 6 1 1
U. Montana 196 8 8 0 0
California State U., Fullerton 199 7 6 1 0
U. Texas, San Antonio 199 7 7 0 0
U. Vermont 199 7 3 0 4
Clarkson U. 202 6 0 6 0
East Carolina U. 202 6 4 0 2
Florida Atlantic U. 202 6 6 0 0
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 202 6 4 2 0
California State U., Long Beach 206 5 5 0 0
Creighton U. 206 5 4 0 1
Idaho State U. 206 5 3 2 0
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 206 5 5 0 0
U. South Alabama 206 5 5 0 0
Clark U. 211 4 4 0 0
Howard U. 211 4 3 1 0
Kent State U. 211 4 4 0 0
Louisiana Tech U. 211 4 2 2 0
Pennsylvania State U. 211 4 1 0 3
Tulane U. 211 4 4 0 0
U. Baltimore 211 4 4 0 0
U. Missouri, Saint Louis 211 4 4 0 0
Bard C. 219 3 3 0 0
Boston U. 219 3 0 0 3
Brigham Young U. 219 3 3 0 0
Florida A&M U. 219 3 0 0 3
Kentucky State U. 219 3 3 0 0
Lamar U. 219 3 0 3 0
Marshall U. 219 3 3 0 0
Midwestern U. 219 3 3 0 0
Montana Tech of U. Montana 219 3 3 0 0
Nova Southeastern U. 219 3 3 0 0
Smith C. 219 3 3 0 0
Texas A&M U.-Commerce 219 3 3 0 0
Texas A&M U.-Kingsville 219 3 3 0 0
Trinity C., Hartford 219 3 3 0 0
U. Nebraska, Omaha 219 3 3 0 0
U. North Carolina, Charlotte 219 3 2 1 0
Bryant U. 235 2 2 0 0
Grand Valley State U. 235 2 1 1 0
Kennesaw State U. 235 2 2 0 0
Rochester Institute of Technology 235 2 2 0 0
Rowan U. 235 2 2 0 0
Texas State U. 235 2 2 0 0
U. North Carolina, Wilmington 235 2 2 0 0
U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 235 2 2 0 0
Western Michigan U. 235 2 1 1 0
Clark Atlanta U. 244 1 1 0 0
CUNY, Brooklyn C. 244 1 1 0 0
CUNY, C. Staten Island 244 1 1 0 0
Duquesne U. 244 1 0 0 1
Florida Polytechnic U. 244 1 1 0 0
Fordham U. 244 1 1 0 0
Indiana State U. 244 1 1 0 0
Lincoln U., Jefferson City 244 1 1 0 0
Norfolk State U. 244 1 1 0 0
Oakland U. 244 1 1 0 0
Salus U. 244 1 1 0 0
SUNY, C. of Optometry 244 1 1 0 0
Texas Southern U. 244 1 1 0 0
U. Florida 244 1 0 0 1
U. Guam 244 1 1 0 0
U. Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 244 1 1 0 0
Vassar C. 244 1 1 0 0
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2017.