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Table 5-5. Institutional rankings for postdoctoral appointees: 2018

Institution Rank Total Science Engineering Health
All institutionsa - 64,783 37,564 7,914 19,305
Harvard U. 1 6,024 2,360 230 3,434
Stanford U. 2 2,304 1,104 303 897
Johns Hopkins U. 3 1,786 592 134 1,060
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 1,413 770 643 0
U. Michigan 5 1,351 678 215 458
Columbia U. in the City of New York 6 1,294 521 143 630
U. California, San Diego 7 1,267 552 164 551
U. California, Berkeley 8 1,208 892 283 33
Yale U. 9 1,186 629 85 472
U. Minnesota 10 1,151 628 152 371
U. Pennsylvania 11 1,141 622 109 410
U. California, San Francisco 12 1,111 277 53 781
U. Washington 13 1,034 533 118 383
Cornell U. 14 999 549 115 335
U. California, Los Angeles 15 932 577 134 221
Northwestern U. 16 920 462 171 287
U. California, Davis 17 885 592 102 191
New York U. 18 753 553 23 177
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 19 743 398 11 334
U. Wisconsin-Madison 20 740 435 98 207
U. Pittsburgh 21 718 269 61 388
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 22 676 676 0 0
Duke U. 23 671 406 109 156
Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 24 669 115 32 522
Ohio State U. 25 665 295 97 273
Washington U., Saint Louis 25 665 310 35 320
U. Florida 27 664 330 52 282
Princeton U. 28 621 500 121 0
California Institute of Technology 29 617 491 126 0
U. Colorado 30 615 339 57 219
U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 31 611 31 0 580
U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 32 585 309 0 276
Scripps Research Institute 33 565 565 0 0
Michigan State U. 34 559 502 40 17
Emory U. 35 540 238 14 288
Texas A&M U. 36 508 350 106 52
Baylor C. of Medicine 37 506 500 0 6
North Carolina State U. 38 499 312 171 16
U. Arizona 39 497 412 53 32
Vanderbilt U. 40 492 296 35 161
U. Maryland, College Park 41 474 378 81 15
U. Southern California 42 459 238 49 172
U. Texas, Austin 43 452 294 138 20
Indiana U. 44 432 265 10 157
U. Chicago 45 431 336 64 31
Purdue U. 46 425 234 133 58
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 47 423 315 98 10
U. Virginia 48 402 216 50 136
Pennsylvania State U. 49 401 291 83 27
Georgia Institute of Technology 50 373 173 200 0
Boston U. 51 367 194 71 102
U. Iowa 52 362 135 9 218
U. Utah 52 362 187 16 159
U. California, Irvine 54 341 221 35 85
U. Maryland Baltimore 55 332 102 6 224
Arizona State U. 56 331 251 73 7
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 57 330 284 18 28
Iowa State U. 58 323 186 54 83
U. California, Santa Barbara 59 315 243 72 0
U. South Florida, Tampa 60 307 251 19 37
U. Cincinnati 61 288 63 11 214
U. Massachusetts, Medical School 62 287 287 0 0
Oregon Health and Science U. 63 286 146 13 127
SUNY, U. Buffalo 64 277 220 25 32
SUNY, Stony Brook U. 65 274 205 18 51
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 66 269 171 25 73
Rockefeller U. 67 261 261 0 0
U. Kentucky 67 261 211 17 33
U. Miami 69 259 122 9 128
Tufts U. 70 258 177 69 12
Florida International U. 71 242 185 36 21
Florida State U. 71 242 216 25 1
Yeshiva U. 73 241 241 0 0
U. Georgia 74 236 186 15 35
U. Alabama, Birmingham 75 234 109 7 118
Brown U. 76 228 188 38 2
U. Connecticut 77 227 151 25 51
U. Oklahoma 78 226 140 34 52
Carnegie Mellon U. 79 224 137 87 0
Oregon State U. 80 222 161 24 37
U. Houston 81 220 132 67 21
U. Rochester 82 218 107 11 100
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 82 218 126 81 11
City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 84 217 217 0 0
Louisiana State U. 84 217 186 15 16
U. California, Riverside 86 216 192 24 0
U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 86 216 0 0 216
Rice U. 88 207 142 64 1
Virginia Commonwealth U. 89 204 97 38 69
U. Hawaii, Manoa 90 199 166 19 14
U. Missouri, Columbia 90 199 160 13 26
U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 92 190 126 0 64
Case Western Reserve U. 93 189 111 26 52
Washington State U. 94 181 118 25 38
U. Kansas 95 174 85 14 75
Temple U. 96 170 132 13 25
U. Nebraska-Lincoln 96 170 132 34 4
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 98 168 168 0 0
U. Delaware 99 160 93 61 6
Northeastern U. 100 154 91 41 22
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 101 153 109 41 3
Medical U. South Carolina 102 152 72 0 80
Dartmouth C. 103 151 131 16 4
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 104 148 148 0 0
Texas Tech U. 105 147 103 31 13
U. Central Florida 106 146 93 52 1
Wayne State U. 107 137 78 13 46
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 108 136 136 0 0
Thomas Jefferson U. 108 136 68 0 68
U. Nebraska, Medical Center 108 136 57 0 79
U. California, Santa Cruz 111 135 126 9 0
Kansas State U. 112 133 117 1 15
Medical C. Wisconsin 113 132 40 20 72
U. Tennessee, Knoxville 114 129 88 41 0
Wake Forest U. 114 129 78 11 40
U. Texas Medical Branch 116 122 67 2 53
U. Illinois, Chicago 117 117 61 7 49
Tulane U. 118 115 62 9 44
U. South Carolina 119 114 49 41 24
Georgetown U. 120 112 104 0 8
U. Tennessee, Health Science Center 121 108 29 0 79
U. New Mexico 122 103 57 29 17
U. Texas, San Antonio 122 103 81 19 3
Rush U. 124 97 97 0 0
George Washington U. 125 95 61 23 11
Brandeis U. 126 94 94 0 0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 126 94 41 53 0
Georgia State U. 128 93 89 0 4
Clemson U. 129 91 57 34 0
U. Texas, Dallas 129 91 48 38 5
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 131 90 77 13 0
Drexel U. 132 88 55 23 10
SUNY, U. Albany 132 88 41 1 46
U. Nevada, Reno 134 87 82 5 0
Jackson State U. 135 84 36 15 33
West Virginia U. 136 79 62 13 4
Augusta U. 137 77 49 0 28
U. Mississippi 137 77 47 3 27
U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 139 74 58 0 16
U. Vermont 140 73 54 5 14
U. Louisville 141 70 30 0 40
U. Oregon 142 69 67 0 2
Auburn U. 143 67 39 19 9
Northern Illinois U. 144 66 42 19 5
U. Texas, Arlington 145 65 47 16 2
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 146 63 46 17 0
U. New Hampshire 147 62 52 10 0
U. California, Merced 148 61 40 18 3
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 148 61 36 24 1
Albany Medical C. 150 53 53 0 0
CUNY, City C. 150 53 35 18 0
Lehigh U. 150 53 18 35 0
Oklahoma State U. 153 52 41 7 4
U. Idaho 154 50 45 4 1
U. Wyoming 154 50 27 23 0
Colorado School of Mines 156 49 5 44 0
Montana State U. 157 48 42 6 0
Syracuse U. 158 47 40 7 0
Van Andel Institute 158 47 47 0 0
Mississippi State U. 160 46 26 12 8
U. Nevada, Las Vegas 161 45 32 7 6
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences 162 44 42 0 2
Utah State U. 162 44 35 9 0
North Dakota State U. 164 43 37 1 5
Boston C. 165 42 41 1 0
U. North Texas, Denton 165 42 28 14 0
Loyola U., Chicago 167 41 21 0 20
U. Rhode Island 167 41 31 3 7
South Dakota State U. 169 40 32 2 6
Stevens Institute of Technology 170 39 17 22 0
U. Massachusetts, Lowell 170 39 20 16 3
U. Texas, El Paso 170 39 31 7 1
Northern Arizona U. 173 38 33 2 3
U. Maryland, Baltimore County 173 38 33 5 0
George Mason U. 175 36 26 10 0
U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa 175 36 24 12 0
U. Toledo 175 36 28 2 6
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 178 35 21 14 0
Baylor U. 179 34 32 2 0
Old Dominion U. 179 34 29 2 3
U. Louisiana, Lafayette 179 34 32 0 2
U. Montana 179 34 28 0 6
U. Notre Dame 179 34 21 13 0
American Museum of Natural History 184 33 33 0 0
New Jersey Institute of Technology 184 33 17 16 0
U. North Dakota 184 33 26 3 4
SUNY, Binghamton U. 187 32 25 7 0
Florida Atlantic U. 188 31 27 4 0
Missouri U. of Science and Technology 188 31 14 17 0
Saint Louis U. 190 30 30 0 0
U. Alaska, Fairbanks 190 30 26 4 0
U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 192 28 28 0 0
Chapman U. 193 27 20 0 7
U. North Texas, Health Science Center 193 27 27 0 0
East Carolina U. 195 26 21 1 4
New Mexico State U. 195 26 21 5 0
U. of the Pacific 195 26 8 1 17
Rochester Institute of Technology 198 25 19 6 0
Southern Methodist U. 198 25 21 4 0
U. Southern Mississippi 200 24 17 7 0
C. of William and Mary 201 23 23 0 0
Loma Linda U. 201 23 23 0 0
Marquette U. 201 23 14 7 2
U. North Carolina, Charlotte 201 23 20 3 0
U. Akron 205 22 10 12 0
U. Denver 206 21 18 3 0
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 207 20 13 7 0
San Diego State U. 207 20 15 5 0
Texas State U. 207 20 19 1 0
U. South Alabama 207 20 19 1 0
Wesleyan U. 207 20 20 0 0
Kent State U. 212 19 19 0 0
Northeastern Ohio Universities, C. of Medicine 212 19 16 0 3
SUNY, Upstate Medical U. 212 19 15 0 4
Western U. of Health Sciences 212 19 1 0 18
U. Maine 216 18 11 7 0
U. Massachusetts, Boston 217 17 17 0 0
U. North Carolina, Greensboro 217 17 17 0 0
Meharry Medical C. 219 16 16 0 0
Boise State U. 220 15 12 3 0
Catholic U. of America 220 15 14 1 0
U. Alabama, Huntsville 220 15 14 1 0
U. South Dakota 220 15 15 0 0
Florida A&M U. 224 14 4 0 10
New York Medical C. 224 14 14 0 0
Ohio U. 224 14 12 2 0
Creighton U. 227 13 11 0 2
Naval Postgraduate School 227 13 6 7 0
U. Missouri, Kansas City 227 13 4 1 8
Clarkson U. 230 12 3 9 0
Eastern Virginia Medical School 230 12 2 0 10
Howard U. 230 12 7 3 2
Louisiana Tech U. 230 12 5 7 0
Morehouse School of Medicine 230 12 12 0 0
Portland State U. 230 12 9 3 0
SUNY, Downstate Medical Center 230 12 3 0 9
U. of the Sciences Philadelphia 230 12 12 0 0
Bowling Green State U. 238 11 11 0 0
Brigham Young U. 238 11 8 3 0
Central Michigan U. 238 11 7 0 4
U. Arkansas, Little Rock 238 11 4 7 0
U. Dayton 238 11 9 2 0
U. Memphis 238 11 9 2 0
U. Tulsa 238 11 4 7 0
Delaware State U. 245 10 10 0 0
Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 245 10 8 2 0
U. Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 245 10 6 0 4
Michigan Technological U. 248 9 5 4 0
Oakland U. 248 9 7 0 2
Rowan U. 248 9 9 0 0
U. San Diego 248 9 8 1 0
San Francisco State U. 252 8 8 0 0
Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 252 8 8 0 0
SUNY, Polytechnic Institute 252 8 0 8 0
Air Force Institute of Technology 255 7 3 4 0
Alfred U. 255 7 0 7 0
Florida Institute of Technology 255 7 6 1 0
Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 255 7 7 0 0
Trinity C., Hartford 255 7 7 0 0
U. Missouri, Saint Louis 255 7 7 0 0
U. New England 255 7 5 0 2
Villanova U. 255 7 7 0 0
Wright State U. 255 7 7 0 0
Marshall U. 264 6 6 0 0
Nova Southeastern U. 264 6 6 0 0
Smith C. 264 6 5 1 0
SUNY, C. of Environmental Science and Forestry 264 6 5 1 0
U. Alaska, Anchorage 264 6 5 0 1
American U. 269 5 5 0 0
Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 269 5 5 0 0
Clark U. 269 5 5 0 0
East Tennessee State U. 269 5 3 0 2
Hampton U. 269 5 5 0 0
Miami U. 269 5 5 0 0
Midwestern U. 269 5 2 0 3
Montana Tech of U. Montana 269 5 5 0 0
New School 269 5 5 0 0
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 269 5 1 4 0
U. Nebraska, Omaha 269 5 5 0 0
U. West Florida 269 5 5 0 0
A. T. Still U. 281 4 4 0 0
Cleveland State U. 281 4 4 0 0
CUNY, Brooklyn C. 281 4 4 0 0
Morgan State U. 281 4 2 0 2
Texas Christian U. 281 4 4 0 0
U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez 281 4 1 3 0
Albany C. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 287 3 0 0 3
California State U., Long Beach 287 3 2 1 0
Colorado State U., Pueblo 287 3 3 0 0
Idaho State U. 287 3 1 0 2
John Carroll U. 287 3 3 0 0
Kennesaw State U. 287 3 3 0 0
Mercer U. 287 3 3 0 0
Murray State U. 287 3 3 0 0
SUNY, C. of Optometry 287 3 3 0 0
Trinity U. 287 3 2 1 0
U. Bridgeport 287 3 0 3 0
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 287 3 3 0 0
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 287 3 3 0 0
Western Michigan U. 287 3 1 2 0
Wichita State U. 287 3 3 0 0
CUNY, C. Staten Island 302 2 2 0 0
Duquesne U. 302 2 1 0 1
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. 302 2 0 2 0
Fordham U. 302 2 2 0 0
Furman U. 302 2 2 0 0
Loyola Marymount U. 302 2 2 0 0
Mount Holyoke C. 302 2 2 0 0
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 302 2 2 0 0
Northern Michigan U. 302 2 2 0 0
Texas A&M U.-Commerce 302 2 2 0 0
U. Alaska, Southeast 302 2 2 0 0
U. North Carolina, Wilmington 302 2 2 0 0
Vassar C. 302 2 2 0 0
Western Michigan U., Homer Stryker School of Medicine 302 2 2 0 0
Arkansas State U. 316 1 1 0 0
California State U., Monterey Bay 316 1 1 0 0
Florida Polytechnic U. 316 1 1 0 0
Hofstra U. 316 1 0 1 0
Illinois State U. 316 1 1 0 0
James Madison U. 316 1 1 0 0
Lincoln U., Jefferson City 316 1 1 0 0
New England C. of Optometry 316 1 1 0 0
Norfolk State U. 316 1 1 0 0
Oklahoma State U., Center for Health Sciences 316 1 1 0 0
St. John's U., Queens 316 1 1 0 0
Tennessee Technological U. 316 1 1 0 0
Texas Southern U. 316 1 1 0 0
Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago 316 1 1 0 0
Tuskegee U. 316 1 0 0 1
U. Central del Caribe 316 1 1 0 0
U. Hawaii, Hilo 316 1 0 0 1
U. of the Virgin Islands 316 1 1 0 0
Williams C. 316 1 1 0 0
a Totals for "all institutions" include data imputed for nonresponding institutions; data imputed for nonresponding institutions are not shown separately.
NOTES: Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.