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Table 5-6. Institutional rankings for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers: 2018

Institution Rank Total Science Engineering Health
All institutions - 29,284 18,278 3,570 7,436
Stanford U. 1 1,167 677 120 370
Harvard U. 2 1,116 574 90 452
U. Colorado 3 949 749 63 137
Cornell U. 4 727 486 113 128
U. California, San Diego 5 698 467 73 158
U. Wisconsin-Madison 6 692 348 65 279
U. California, Los Angeles 7 683 459 67 157
U. California, Irvine 8 651 318 79 254
U. Michigan 9 639 274 103 262
U. Minnesota 10 624 349 88 187
U. California, Berkeley 11 547 428 73 46
U. California, Davis 12 536 349 45 142
U. Pennsylvania 13 531 210 8 313
Columbia U. in the City of New York 14 529 280 94 155
Duke U. 15 522 306 74 142
U. Illinois, Chicago 16 519 152 21 346
U. Washington 17 495 391 43 61
U. Maryland, College Park 18 481 392 73 16
Ohio State U. 19 422 139 101 182
U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 20 420 181 2 237
U. Texas, Austin 21 399 271 113 15
Washington U., Saint Louis 22 386 173 15 198
U. California, Riverside 23 385 355 30 0
U. Arizona 24 364 328 30 6
Oregon Health and Science U. 25 336 152 21 163
California Institute of Technology 26 321 293 28 0
New York U. 27 314 171 9 134
Indiana U. 28 304 175 11 118
Case Western Reserve U. 29 303 115 73 115
City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 30 300 300 0 0
U. Alabama, Birmingham 31 287 107 5 175
U. Miami 32 277 146 3 128
Northwestern U. 33 250 94 24 132
U. Chicago 33 250 241 4 5
Colorado State U., Fort Collins 35 233 194 29 10
U. Pittsburgh 36 232 74 10 148
U. Cincinnati 37 231 24 2 205
U. California, Santa Barbara 38 228 205 23 0
U. Oregon 39 227 200 0 27
Arizona State U. 40 225 175 37 13
North Carolina State U. 41 222 163 49 10
Brown U. 42 209 167 31 11
Princeton U. 43 206 176 30 0
Texas A&M U. 44 203 140 52 11
Rockefeller U. 45 199 199 0 0
U. California, Santa Cruz 46 198 195 3 0
U. Southern California 46 198 125 9 64
U. Kansas 48 197 105 20 72
Georgia Institute of Technology 49 193 55 138 0
U. Oklahoma 50 190 164 14 12
U. Iowa 51 189 85 7 97
U. Virginia 52 184 102 42 40
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 53 181 103 78 0
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 53 181 163 15 3
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 55 180 134 31 15
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 56 175 110 59 6
Mayo Clinic, Mayo Graduate School 57 172 42 9 121
U. Utah 58 168 35 0 133
U. California, San Francisco 59 150 29 5 116
Georgetown U. 60 149 116 0 33
U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 61 148 95 0 53
U. Rochester 62 140 77 4 59
U. Montana 63 135 128 0 7
U. Missouri, Columbia 64 134 111 11 12
Utah State U. 65 124 70 47 7
Oregon State U. 66 123 96 18 9
U. South Florida, Tampa 66 123 90 18 15
SUNY, Stony Brook U. 68 120 83 12 25
Scripps Research Institute 69 116 116 0 0
Texas Tech U. 69 116 72 19 25
U. Texas Medical Branch 71 114 81 3 30
Iowa State U. 72 113 96 12 5
U. New Hampshire 72 113 109 3 1
U. Dayton 74 111 103 8 0
Tufts U. 75 110 81 21 8
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 76 108 108 0 0
Emory U. 77 107 29 0 78
Montana State U. 77 107 87 20 0
U. Nevada, Reno 79 103 70 13 20
Purdue U. 80 96 51 30 15
Medical C. Wisconsin 81 91 26 8 57
Johns Hopkins U. 82 85 17 0 68
Oklahoma State U. 83 84 46 17 21
West Virginia U. 84 81 45 22 14
George Mason U. 85 80 68 12 0
U. Hawaii, Manoa 86 78 76 2 0
U. Louisville 86 78 22 8 48
U. Houston 88 77 51 22 4
Wayne State U. 89 76 39 5 32
Medical U. South Carolina 90 75 37 0 38
Rice U. 90 75 49 25 1
U. Maryland, Baltimore County 90 75 69 6 0
Vanderbilt U. 90 75 34 0 41
Brandeis U. 94 74 74 0 0
Clemson U. 95 71 53 17 1
Colorado School of Mines 95 71 5 66 0
Florida State U. 97 70 66 3 1
U. Alabama, Huntsville 98 68 49 19 0
U. Tennessee, Knoxville 99 66 40 25 1
Thomas Jefferson U. 100 64 38 0 26
U. Texas, Dallas 101 62 36 23 3
Carnegie Mellon U. 102 60 36 24 0
Louisiana State U. 103 57 38 11 8
SUNY, U. Albany 104 56 53 1 2
North Dakota State U. 105 54 42 4 8
U. Louisiana, Lafayette 105 54 15 27 12
Temple U. 107 53 34 0 19
U. Wyoming 107 53 43 6 4
Northeastern U. 109 52 25 14 13
Old Dominion U. 109 52 30 22 0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 109 52 17 35 0
U. Denver 109 52 41 11 0
U. Nebraska-Lincoln 109 52 43 8 1
U. Mississippi 114 50 6 11 33
Florida International U. 115 48 26 17 5
Morgan State U. 115 48 39 1 8
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 115 48 34 14 0
U. Nevada, Las Vegas 118 47 32 6 9
Loma Linda U. 119 45 45 0 0
U. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 120 44 23 0 21
George Washington U. 121 42 26 11 5
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 122 41 41 0 0
SUNY, U. Buffalo 122 41 27 2 12
Kansas State U. 124 40 40 0 0
SUNY, Polytechnic Institute 125 38 0 38 0
U. Massachusetts, Amherst 126 37 31 5 1
U. Texas, Arlington 127 36 10 26 0
Dartmouth C. 128 35 35 0 0
U. South Carolina 129 34 18 1 15
Michigan State U. 130 33 29 2 2
U. Idaho 130 33 30 3 0
U. Tennessee, Health Science Center 130 33 15 0 18
Boston C. 133 32 29 2 1
Wright State U. 134 31 16 15 0
New Mexico State U. 135 30 27 2 1
U. Rhode Island 135 30 28 0 2
Van Andel Institute 135 30 30 0 0
U. North Dakota 138 29 23 2 4
U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 138 29 25 1 3
Wake Forest U. 138 29 11 11 7
Boise State U. 141 27 15 11 1
Lehigh U. 141 27 10 17 0
Portland State U. 141 27 20 6 1
Southern Methodist U. 141 27 20 7 0
U. Connecticut 141 27 18 7 2
U. Delaware 141 27 22 3 2
Air Force Institute of Technology 147 25 10 15 0
Mississippi State U. 147 25 11 11 3
U. Central Florida 147 25 16 9 0
U. Georgia 147 25 22 0 3
U. California, Merced 151 24 16 8 0
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences 151 24 23 0 1
Auburn U. 153 23 14 5 4
SUNY, Downstate Medical Center 153 23 4 0 19
Michigan Technological U. 155 21 5 16 0
U. Texas, El Paso 155 21 10 10 1
U. North Texas, Denton 157 20 18 2 0
Baylor U. 158 19 19 0 0
Marquette U. 158 19 6 11 2
SUNY, Upstate Medical U. 158 19 15 0 4
Ohio U. 161 18 10 8 0
Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science 161 18 18 0 0
U. Nebraska, Medical Center 161 18 11 0 7
U. Southern Mississippi 164 17 12 4 1
Drexel U. 165 16 5 5 6
U. Missouri, Kansas City 165 16 6 2 8
C. of William and Mary 167 15 15 0 0
U. Akron 167 15 12 3 0
U. New Mexico 167 15 14 1 0
U. Texas Health Science Center, Tyler 167 15 15 0 0
San Francisco State U. 171 14 14 0 0
U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth 171 14 13 1 0
U. Memphis 171 14 11 1 2
Florida A&M U. 174 13 3 0 10
Mercer U. 174 13 2 10 1
Missouri U. of Science and Technology 174 13 6 7 0
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 174 13 3 10 0
Syracuse U. 174 13 7 6 0
Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi 174 13 11 2 0
U. New England 174 13 10 0 3
U. South Dakota 174 13 9 4 0
U. Toledo 174 13 8 2 3
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 174 13 8 5 0
Eastern Virginia Medical School 184 12 2 0 10
Wichita State U. 184 12 5 7 0
South Dakota State U. 186 11 6 2 3
U. Tulsa 186 11 1 10 0
Western U. of Health Sciences 186 11 0 0 11
CUNY, City C. 189 10 0 10 0
Northeastern Ohio Universities, C. of Medicine 189 10 5 0 5
U. North Carolina, Greensboro 189 10 7 3 0
Miami U. 192 9 9 0 0
U. Michigan, Flint 192 9 4 1 4
U. Texas, San Antonio 192 9 9 0 0
California State U., Fullerton 195 8 6 0 2
Northern Arizona U. 195 8 7 1 0
SUNY, Binghamton U. 195 8 6 2 0
Texas Christian U. 195 8 8 0 0
U. Massachusetts, Lowell 195 8 5 0 3
Chapman U. 200 7 5 0 2
Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine and Science 200 7 6 0 1
Nova Southeastern U. 200 7 7 0 0
Texas A&M U.-Kingsville 200 7 7 0 0
California State U., Los Angeles 204 6 6 0 0
Clarkson U. 204 6 0 6 0
Florida Atlantic U. 204 6 6 0 0
Hampton U. 204 6 6 0 0
Louisiana Tech U. 204 6 3 3 0
U. Nebraska, Omaha 204 6 6 0 0
U. North Carolina, Charlotte 204 6 5 1 0
Idaho State U. 211 5 1 4 0
Midwestern U. 211 5 3 0 2
Montana Tech of U. Montana 211 5 5 0 0
Southern Illinois U., Carbondale 211 5 4 1 0
Kentucky State U. 215 4 4 0 0
Pittsburg State U. 215 4 4 0 0
U. Baltimore 215 4 4 0 0
U. Missouri, Saint Louis 215 4 4 0 0
U. Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 215 4 4 0 0
U. South Alabama 215 4 4 0 0
U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 215 4 2 0 2
Boston U. 222 3 0 0 3
East Carolina U. 222 3 1 0 2
Howard U. 222 3 3 0 0
Murray State U. 222 3 3 0 0
Pennsylvania State U. 222 3 3 0 0
Rochester Institute of Technology 222 3 3 0 0
SUNY, C. of Optometry 222 3 3 0 0
Fordham U. 229 2 2 0 0
Grand Valley State U. 229 2 1 1 0
Marshall U. 229 2 2 0 0
Smith C. 229 2 2 0 0
Texas State U. 229 2 2 0 0
Trinity C., Hartford 229 2 2 0 0
U. North Carolina, Wilmington 229 2 2 0 0
U. of the Virgin Islands 229 2 2 0 0
Western Michigan U. 229 2 1 1 0
American U. 238 1 1 0 0
Arkansas State U. 238 1 1 0 0
Brigham Young U. 238 1 1 0 0
Bryant U. 238 1 1 0 0
California State U., Monterey Bay 238 1 1 0 0
Cleveland State U. 238 1 0 1 0
Colorado State U., Pueblo 238 1 1 0 0
Creighton U. 238 1 1 0 0
Duquesne U. 238 1 0 0 1
Florida Polytechnic U. 238 1 1 0 0
Kennesaw State U. 238 1 1 0 0
Lincoln U., Jefferson City 238 1 1 0 0
Meharry Medical C. 238 1 1 0 0
Norfolk State U. 238 1 1 0 0
Oakland U. 238 1 0 0 1
Salus U. 238 1 1 0 0
Texas A&M U.-Central Texas 238 1 1 0 0
Texas Southern U. 238 1 1 0 0
Tuskegee U. 238 1 1 0 0
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville 238 1 0 1 0
U. Florida 238 1 0 0 1
U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 238 1 1 0 0
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.