Institution rankings (most recent year)

Academic institution rankings are based on the most recent data for the following four variables:
  • Number of earned doctorates
  • Number of full-time graduate students
  • Total federal obligations for science and engineering
  • Total R&D expenditures

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Data sources

Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
A. T. Still University     475  68.7      466  52.1 
Abilene Christian University     462  66.9  928  93.6  749  83.2 
Adams State College         767  77.5     
Adelphi University 305  71  264  38.6  774  78.2  811  90 
Agnes Scott College         765  77.3  818  90.8 
Air Force Institute of Technology 227  53  228  33.4      232  26.4 
Alabama A&M University 353  82  311  45.3  234  24.3  231  26.3 
Alabama State University 283  65.9  650  93.7  435  44.4  489  54.6 
Alamo Colleges         459  46.8     
Alaska Pacific University     618  89.1  976  98.4  584  65.1 
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences     655  94.4      535  59.7 
Albany Medical College 366  85  545  78.7  239  24.8  270  30.6 
Albany State University         584  59.2  569  63.4 
Albert Einstein C. of Medicine         63  7.2     
Albert Einstein College of Medicine             78  9.5 
Albion College         870  87.8  633  70.4 
Alcorn State University     496  71.7  285  29.4  346  38.9 
Alderson-Broaddus College             893  99 
Alfred University 378  87.8  610  88  487  49.6  420  47 
Allan Hancock College         822  83     
Allegheny College         640  64.8  641  71.3 
Alliant International University 227  53             
Alma College         863  87.1     
Alvernia University         629  63.7     
Alverno College             781  86.7 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium         347  35.6     
American International College     433  62.7         
American Museum of Natural History     631  91         
American Samoa Community College         353  36.2  671  74.6 
American University 210  49.1  125  18.7  304  31.3  188  21.6 
Amherst College         457  46.6  409  45.8 
Ana G. Mendez University System         302  31.1     
Andrews University 269  62.7  554  80  706  71.4  650  72.3 
Angelo State University     433  62.7      630  70.1 
Antioch University 341  79.3  214  31.4         
Appalachian State University     278  40.6  403  41.2  456  51 
Arcadia University     265  38.7      685  76.2 
Arizona Board of Regents         906  91.4     
Arizona State University 38  9.5  18  3.4  61  7  44  5.7 
Arkansas State University 353  82  324  47.1  420  42.9  347  39 
Arkansas Tech University     530  76.6      751  83.4 
Armstrong Atlantic State University     563  81.3  447  45.6     
Asbury Theological Seminary 353  82             
Ashland University         727  73.5     
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy         32  4.1     
Assumption College         800  80.8     
Auburn University     108  16.3         
Auburn University, Auburn 73  17.6      150  15.9  126  14.7 
Auburn University, Montgomery             807  89.6 
Augsburg College         609  61.7  612  68.1 
Augusta Technical C.         818  82.6     
Augustana College, Rock Island             742  82.4 
Augustana College, Sioux Falls         936  94.4  618  68.8 
Aurora University     631  91         
Austin College             828  91.9 
Austin Community College District, Northridge Campus         725  73.3     
Austin Peay State University     576  83.1  760  76.8  529  59 
Avila University     410  59.4  823  83.1     
Azusa Pacific University 328  76.3  378  54.9  800  80.8  338  38 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Babson College             509  56.8 
Baldwin-Wallace College         852  86     
Ball State University 271  63.2  229  33.6  570  57.8  315  35.5 
Bard College     578  83.4      872  96.7 
Bard College at Simon's Rock         834  84.2     
Barnard College         376  38.5  431  48.2 
Barry University 274  63.8  314  45.7  519  52.8  704  78.2 
Bastyr University     675  97.3      664  73.8 
Bates College         440  44.9  537  59.9 
Bay Mills Community College         523  53.2     
Bayamon Central University         711  71.9     
Baylor College of Medicine 170  39.9  211  31  37  4.6  39  5.2 
Baylor University 169  39.7  225  33  294  30.3  241  27.4 
Beloit College             867  96.2 
Bemidji State University         375  38.4     
Benedict College         661  66.9  548  61.1 
Benedictine University 293  68.2  402  58.3         
Bennington College         894  90.2     
Bentley University 371  86.2      748  75.6  900  99.8 
Berea College         915  92.3     
Berry College             820  91 
Bethel University         641  64.9     
Bethune-Cookman University     552  79.7  569  57.7     
Biola University 260  60.6  551  79.6      642  71.4 
Birmingham Southern College         932  94     
Black Hills State University     675  97.3  858  86.6  468  52.3 
Blackfeet Community College         439  44.8     
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania     498  72      694  77.2 
Bluefield State College         672  68  836  92.8 
Boise State University 405  94  294  42.9  213  22.2  226  25.7 
Boston College 127  30  189  27.9  177  18.6  193  22.1 
Boston University 45  11.1  33  5.6  41  5  57  7.2 
Bowdoin College         527  53.6  452  50.6 
Bowie State University 405  94  433  62.7  492  50  519  57.9 
Bowling Green State University 185  43.4  199  29.3  329  33.8  302  34.1 
Bradley University     345  50.1  531  54  508  56.7 
Brandeis University 166  39  132  19.7  173  18.2  162  18.7 
Brevard Community College         681  68.9     
Bridgewater State College     527  76.1  554  56.2  786  87.2 
Brigham Young University     183  27      206  23.5 
Brigham Young University, Provo 144  33.9      192  20.1     
Bristol Community College         613  62.1     
Brite Divinity School 421  97.7             
Brookdale Community College         533  54.2     
Brown University 84  20.1  92  14  76  8.5  65  8 
Bryant University     667  96.1      885  98.1 
Bryn Athyn College             878  97.4 
Bryn Mawr College 323  75.1  613  88.4  621  62.9  321  36.2 
Bucknell University     613  88.4  579  58.7  406  45.5 
Buena Vista University         930  93.8     
Bunker Hill Community College         730  73.8     
Burlington County College         564  57.2     
Butler University     690  99.4  576  58.4  791  87.8 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Caldwell College     616  88.9         
California Institute of Integral Studies 216  50.5  419  60.7         
California Institute of Technology 99  23.6  123  18.4  57  6.6  60  7.5 
California Lutheran University     414  60      818  90.8 
California Maritime Academy, The         514  52.2  500  55.8 
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo     311  45.3  274  28.3  280  31.7 
California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley-Alameda 258  60.2             
California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno 283  65.9             
California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles 289  67.3             
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona     370  53.7  340  34.9  393  44.1 
California State University unallocated         779  78.7     
California State University, Bakersfield     497  71.9  314  32.3  455  50.9 
California State University, Channel Islands         857  86.5  581  64.7 
California State University, Chico     354  51.4  460  46.8  492  55 
California State University, Dominguez Hills     458  66.3  529  53.8  470  52.5 
California State University, East Bay     188  27.7  615  62.3  662  73.6 
California State University, Fresno     260  38  321  33  340  38.2 
California State University, Fullerton     154  22.9  289  29.8  384  43.1 
California State University, Long Beach     144  21.4  246  25.5  289  32.6 
California State University, Los Angeles     201  29.6  268  27.7  390  43.7 
California State University, Monterey Bay     598  86.3  524  53.2  387  43.4 
California State University, Northridge     181  26.7  229  23.8  290  32.8 
California State University, Sacramento     298  43.4  253  26.2  267  30.2 
California State University, San Bernardino     267  39  284  29.3  322  36.3 
California State University, San Marcos     500  72.3  264  27.3  371  41.6 
California State University, Stanislaus     583  84.1  975  98.3  602  67 
California University of Pennsylvania             900  99.8 
Calvin College     583  84.1  881  88.9  532  59.4 
Calvin Theological Seminary 386  89.6             
Cameron University     523  75.6         
Campbell University     415  60.1         
Canisius College     578  83.4  954  96.2  606  67.5 
Cankdeska Cikana Community College         428  43.7     
Cape Fear Community College         685  69.3     
Capitol College         988  99.6     
Cardinal Stritch University 245  57.2             
Carleton College         499  50.8  375  42.1 
Carlos Albizu University, San Juan 236  55.1  348  50.6  633  64.1  883  97.9 
Carnegie Mellon University 56  13.7  20  3.7  69  7.8  74  9 
Carroll University         769  77.7     
Carthage College         547  55.5     
Case Western Reserve University 91  21.7  79  12.1  27  3.6  55  6.9 
Castleton State College             824  91.4 
Catholic University of America, The 157  36.9  387  56.1  248  25.7  248  28.1 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine     568  82         
Central Community College         537  54.6     
Central Connecticut State University     460  66.6  780  78.8  590  65.7 
Central Lakes College, Brainerd         973  98.1     
Central Michigan University 262  61.1  213  31.3  320  32.9  304  34.3 
Central New Mexico Community College         794  80.2     
Central Piedmont Community College         581  58.9     
Central State University         318  32.7  550  61.3 
Central Washington University     320  46.6  390  39.9  472  52.8 
Centre College             739  82.1 
Chaminade University of Honolulu         590  59.8     
Chapman University 274  63.8  366  53.1  387  39.6  373  41.9 
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science     560  80.9  231  24  307  34.6 
Chatham University, Pittsburgh     487  70.4         
Chestnut Hill College         778  78.6     
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania             746  82.9 
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The         659  66.7     
Chicago State University     362  52.6  467  47.6  652  72.5 
Chicago Theological Seminary 386  89.6             
Chief Dull Knife College         528  53.6     
Christian Brothers University         755  76.3     
Christopher Newport University     643  92.7  628  63.6  614  68.4 
Citadel Military College of South Carolina     667  96.1  744  75.2  740  82.2 
Citrus C.         682  69     
City Colleges of Chicago         741  74.9     
City University of New York unallocated         298  30.7     
City University of New York, Advanced Science Research Center             513  57.3 
City University of New York, Baruch College     289  42.1  632  64  463  51.8 
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College         498  50.6     
City University of New York, Bronx Community College         530  53.8     
City University of New York, Brooklyn College     385  55.9  317  32.6  332  37.4 
City University of New York, College of Staten Island     655  94.4  357  36.6  432  48.4 
City University of New York, Graduate Center 36  9.1  103  15.6  371  38  329  37 
City University of New York, Hunter College     530  76.6  208  21.7  218  24.8 
City University of New York, John Jay College Criminal Justice     439  63.6  477  48.6  331  37.3 
City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College         729  73.7     
City University of New York, Lehman College     679  97.9  397  40.6  392  44 
City University of New York, Medgar Evers College         601  60.9  559  62.3 
City University of New York, New York City College of Technology         354  36.3  683  75.9 
City University of New York, Queens College     335  48.7  292  30.1  275  31.1 
City University of New York, Queensborough Community College         571  57.9     
City University of New York, System Office             547  61 
City University of New York, The City College 236  55.1  236  34.6  189  19.8  179  20.6 
City University of New York, York College         627  63.5  687  76.4 
City of Hope 333  77.4  481  69.6         
Claflin University     672  96.9  666  67.4  540  60.2 
Claremont Graduate University 116  27.5  203  29.9  364  37.3  324  36.5 
Claremont McKenna College         589  59.7  380  42.6 
Claremont School of Theology 353  82             
Clarion University of Pennsylvania     477  69      852  94.5 
Clark Atlanta University 311  72.4  371  53.9  265  27.4  341  38.4 
Clark College         815  82.3     
Clark State Community College         684  69.2     
Clark University 236  55.1  254  37.1  443  45.2  365  41 
Clarkson University 289  67.3  305  44.4  276  28.5  309  34.8 
Clemson University 84  20.1  84  12.9  107  11.6  109  12.9 
Cleveland State University 206  48.2  176  26  421  43  161  18.6 
Coastal Carolina University     595  85.9      538  60 
Coe College         900  90.8  763  84.7 
Colby College         688  69.6  522  58.2 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 353  82  563  81.3  135  14.4  155  17.9 
Colgate University         797  80.5  447  50 
College of Charleston     428  62  465  47.4  328  36.9 
College of Lake County         539  54.8     
College of Menominee Nation         384  39.3     
College of Micronesia-FSM         352  36.1     
College of Mount Saint Vincent         799  80.7     
College of New Jersey, The         404  41.3  591  65.8 
College of New Rochelle, The         599  60.7     
College of Saint Benedict             592  65.9 
College of Saint Rose, The     351  51         
College of St. Scholastica, The, Duluth     626  90.3  482  49     
College of William and Mary 206  48.2  259  37.9  216  22.5  176  20.2 
College of Wooster, The         508  51.6  615  68.5 
College of the Holy Cross             713  79.2 
Colorado College         747  75.5  539  60.1 
Colorado Mesa University             776  86.2 
Colorado School of Mines 135  31.8  136  20.3  180  18.9  180  20.7 
Colorado State University, Fort Collins 79  19  98  14.9  67  7.6  71  8.7 
Colorado State University, Pueblo     646  93.1      847  94 
Colorado State University, system office         549  55.7     
Columbia Gorge Community C.         808  81.6     
Columbia University in the City of New York 24  6.3  17  3.3  7  1.6  20  3.1 
Columbia University, Teachers College 103  24.5  170  25.1  337  34.6  251  28.5 
Columbus State Community College         595  60.3     
Columbus State University     478  69.1  990  99.8     
Commonwealth Medical College, The     481  69.6  728  73.6  499  55.7 
Concordia College, Moorhead             880  97.6 
Concordia Seminary 371  86.2             
Concordia University Chicago         882  89     
Concordia University Wisconsin             724  80.4 
Connecticut College         921  92.9  517  57.7 
Connecticut State University         923  93.1     
Consortium for Ocean Leadership         130  13.9     
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc.         389  39.8     
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area         418  42.7     
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The     576  83.1  885  89.3  789  87.6 
Coppin State University     598  86.3  978  98.6  898  99.6 
Cornell College         888  89.6  731  81.2 
Cornell University 25  6.5  13  2.7  22  3.1  13  2.3 
Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences 197  46.1             
Creighton University 353  82  449  65  278  28.7  254  28.8 
Cuyahoga Community College         796  80.4     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Dakota State University 371  86.2  511  73.9  746  75.4  502  56 
Dakota Wesleyan University             897  99.4 
Dallas Theological Seminary 353  82             
Dartmouth College 160  37.6  159  23.6  71  8  95  11.3 
Davidson College         441  45  566  63.1 
DePaul University 262  61.1  140  20.9  288  29.7  334  37.6 
DePauw University         745  75.3  838  93 
DeSales University     637  91.9         
Del Mar College         558  56.6     
Delaware County Community C.         565  57.3     
Delaware State University 333  77.4  500  72.3  260  26.9  262  29.7 
Delaware Valley College         984  99.2     
Delgado Community College         831  83.9     
Delta State University     554  80      842  93.4 
Denison University         876  88.4  645  71.8 
Des Moines University     568  82  475  48.4  580  64.6 
Desert Research Institute         343  35.2  234  26.6 
Dickinson College         669  67.7  588  65.5 
Dillard University         379  38.8  333  37.5 
Dine College         361  37     
Dixie State College of Utah         942  95     
Doane College         730  73.8  677  75.3 
Dominican University         790  79.8     
Dominican University of California     523  75.6  683  69.1  692  76.9 
Dordt College         505  51.4     
Drake University     655  94.4  686  69.4  564  62.9 
Drew University 311  72.4  628  90.6         
Drexel University 109  25.9  86  13.1  133  14.2  135  15.7 
Drury University     593  85.6         
Duke University 39  9.8  53  8.4  11  2  10  2 
Duquesne University 179  42  341  49.6  356  36.5  285  32.2 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Earlham College         911  91.9  733  81.4 
East Carolina University 231  54  195  28.7  243  25.2  247  28 
East Central University         766  77.4  770  85.5 
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania     375  54.4      766  85.1 
East Tennessee State University 274  63.8  250  36.6  332  34.1  350  39.4 
Eastern Connecticut State University             607  67.6 
Eastern Illinois University     302  44  625  63.3  631  70.2 
Eastern Iowa Community College District         500  50.8     
Eastern Kentucky University     377  54.7  658  66.6  572  63.7 
Eastern Mennonite University         737  74.5     
Eastern Michigan University 221  51.6  368  53.4  650  65.8  424  47.5 
Eastern New Mexico University     527  76.1      756  84 
Eastern Oregon University             793  88 
Eastern University     442  64         
Eastern Virginia Medical School     363  52.7  293  30.2  225  25.6 
Eastern Washington University     357  51.9  752  76  439  49.1 
Eckerd College         795  80.3  680  75.6 
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania     491  71         
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine             386  43.3 
El Paso Community College         619  62.7     
Elizabeth City State University     661  95.3  788  79.6  524  58.5 
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, The     655  94.4         
Elmhurst College         905  91.3     
Elon University         712  72  475  53.1 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 397  92.2  303  44.1  312  32.1  286  32.3 
Emerson College         696  70.4  620  69 
Emory University 87  20.8  115  17.3  24  3.3  35  4.7 
Emporia State University     423  61.3  825  83.3  771  85.6 
Endicott College     618  89.1         
Erikson Institute             457  51.1 
Evergreen State College, The     418  60.6  865  87.3  783  86.9 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Fairfield University     469  67.9  668  67.6  378  42.4 
Fairleigh Dickinson University 328  76.3  161  23.9      753  83.6 
Fairmont State University         974  98.2     
Fayetteville State University     613  88.4  451  46  296  33.4 
Ferris State University         827  83.5  721  80.1 
Ferrum College             870  96.5 
Fielding Graduate U.         620  62.8     
Fielding Graduate University 155  36.5  196  28.9         
Finger Lakes Community College         705  71.3     
Fisk University     588  84.9  338  34.7  325  36.6 
Fitchburg State University     557  80.4         
Flathead Valley Community College         670  67.8     
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 323  75.1  282  41.1  211  22  203  23.2 
Florida Atlantic University 148  34.8  191  28.1  222  23.1  242  27.5 
Florida Gulf Coast University     545  78.7  585  59.3  360  40.4 
Florida Institute of Technology 214  50  149  22.1  272  28.1  277  31.3 
Florida International University 121  28.6  81  12.4  143  15.2  119  14 
Florida Keys Community College         522  53     
Florida Polytechnic University     640  92.3      881  97.7 
Florida State College at Jacksonville         600  60.8     
Florida State University 48  11.8  56  8.9  78  8.7  82  9.9 
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College         496  50.4     
Fordham University 145  34.2  257  37.6  362  37.1  246  27.9 
Fort Belknap College         449  45.8     
Fort Berthold Community College         385  39.4     
Fort Hays State University     437  63.3  501  51  706  78.5 
Fort Lewis College         764  77.2  706  78.5 
Fort Peck Community College         436  44.5     
Fort Valley State University     446  64.6  273  28.2  398  44.6 
Framingham State College     542  78.3         
Francis Marion University         631  63.9  861  95.5 
Franklin & Marshall College         434  44.3  425  47.6 
Franklin University     523  75.6         
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering         856  86.4  542  60.4 
Front Range Community C.         680  68.8     
Frostburg State University     449  65         
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena 252  58.8          552  61.5 
Furman University     665  95.9  623  63.1  525  58.6 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
GEM National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering         939  94.7     
Gadsden State Community College         583  59.1     
Gallaudet University 341  79.3  439  63.6  612  62  366  41.1 
Galveston C.         816  82.4     
Gannon University 405  94  308  44.9      863  95.7 
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 353  82             
George Mason University 65  15.7  78  12  124  13.3  145  16.8 
George Washington University, The 78  18.7  43  7  70  7.9  96  11.4 
Georgetown University 139  32.8  60  9.4  97  10.6  111  13.1 
Georgia College and State University     519  75  692  70  773  85.8 
Georgia Gwinnett College             856  95 
Georgia Health Sciences University         139  14.8     
Georgia Institute of Technology 19  5.1  12  2.6  55  6.4  25  3.6 
Georgia Regents University 293  68.2  373  54.1      166  19.1 
Georgia Southern University 405  94  296  43.1  394  40.3  282  31.9 
Georgia Southwestern State University     672  96.9         
Georgia State University 96  22.9  68  10.6  140  14.9  123  14.4 
Gettysburg College         716  72.4  625  69.6 
Golden Gate University     540  78         
Gonzaga University 344  80  679  97.9      648  72.1 
Goucher College     686  98.9  637  64.5  867  96.2 
Governors State University     281  41  479  48.8     
Graduate School USA         644  65.2     
Graduate Theological Union 271  63.2             
Grambling State University 397  92.2  412  59.7  655  66.3  561  62.5 
Grand Valley State University     258  37.7  495  50.4  370  41.5 
Grays Harbor C.         602  61     
Grinnell College         830  83.8  411  46 
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District         535  54.4     
Gustavus Adolphus College         800  80.8  726  80.7 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Hamilton College         977  98.5  474  53 
Hampden-Sydney College         945  95.3     
Hampshire College         562  57  786  87.2 
Hampton University 311  72.4  412  59.7  215  22.4  303  34.2 
Harding University             884  98 
Harris-Stowe State University         350  35.9     
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology     95  14.4         
Hartnell College         568  57.6     
Harvard University 14  4  21  3.9  14  2.3  8  1.8 
Harvey Mudd College         455  46.4  407  45.6 
Haskell Indian Nations University         414  42.3     
Haverford College         464  47.2  501  55.9 
Hawaii Pacific University     494  71.4  466  47.4  490  54.7 
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 405  94             
Heidelberg University             596  66.4 
Hendrix College         639  64.7  719  79.9 
Heritage University         740  74.8     
High Point University         761  76.9     
Highline Community College         719  72.7     
Hillsborough Community College         700  70.8     
Hinds Community College         481  49     
Hiram College         877  88.5     
Hobart and William Smith Colleges         784  79.2  642  71.4 
Hofstra University 271  63.2  287  41.9  369  37.8  485  54.2 
Hollins University         896  90.4     
Hood College     456  66  907  91.5     
Hope College         574  58.2  469  52.4 
Howard Community College         980  98.8     
Howard University 155  36.5  230  33.7  207  21.6  209  23.8 
Hult International Business School             642  71.4 
Humboldt State University     374  54.3  424  43.3  291  32.9 
Huston-Tillotson University         611  61.9     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Idaho State University 236  55.1  286  41.7  323  33.2  268  30.3 
Ilisagvik College         472  48     
Illinois College of Optometry             833  92.4 
Illinois Institute of Technology 161  37.8  57  9  183  19.2  233  26.5 
Illinois State University 224  52.3  219  32.1  333  34.2  269  30.4 
Illinois Wesleyan University         948  95.6     
Indian River State College         351  36     
Indiana State University 175  41.1  336  48.9  787  79.5  541  60.3 
Indiana University     24  4.3         
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 185  43.4  331  48.1  483  49.2  603  67.2 
Indiana University, Bloomington 41  10.2      98  10.7  45  5.8 
Indiana University, Gary             882  97.8 
Indiana University, Kokomo             778  86.4 
Indiana University, New Albany             690  76.7 
Indiana University, Richmond             890  98.7 
Indiana University, South Bend             573  63.8 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne             368  41.3 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 172  40.4      65  7.4  187  21.4 
Indiana Wesleyan University     405  58.7      869  96.4 
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago 323  75.1             
Institute of American Indian Arts         452  46     
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 344  80  610  88         
Inter American University of Puerto Rico 262  61.1  243  35.6  525  53.4     
International Technological University     254  37.1      698  77.6 
Iona College     462  66.9  678  68.6  844  93.6 
Iowa State University 55  13.4  64  10  84  9.3  73  8.9 
Irvine Valley College         924  93.2     
Itasca Community College         960  96.8     
Ithaca College     606  87.4  648  65.6  691  76.8 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
J.F. Drake State Technical College         750  75.8     
Jackson State University 192  45  383  55.6  181  19  253  28.7 
Jacksonville State University     530  76.6      446  49.9 
Jacksonville University     466  67.4  964  97.2     
James Madison University 344  80  304  44.3  412  42.1  442  49.5 
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 405  94             
John Brown University             875  97 
John Carroll University     682  98.3  968  97.6  816  90.6 
Johns Hopkins University 29  7.4  31  5.3  1  1  1  1 
Johnson C. Smith University         953  96.1  510  56.9 
Johnson State College             801  88.9 
Juniata College         429  43.8  809  89.8 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Kalamazoo College         941  94.9  718  79.8 
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences     426  61.7  653  66.1  768  85.3 
Kansas State University 105  24.9  118  17.7  119  12.8  107  12.6 
Kean University     399  57.9      653  72.6 
Keck Graduate Institute 421  97.7  395  57.3  587  59.5  531  59.2 
Keene State College             610  67.9 
Kennesaw State University 386  89.6  316  46  510  51.8  344  38.7 
Kent State University 112  26.6  130  19.4  266  27.5  221  25.2 
Kentucky Community and Technical College System         772  78     
Kentucky State University     509  73.6  256  26.5  362  40.7 
Kenyon College         471  48  672  74.7 
Kettering University     541  78.1  654  66.2  436  48.8 
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College         509  51.8     
Klamath Community C.         806  81.4     
Knowledge Systems Institute     344  50         
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania     626  90.3  864  87.2  805  89.3 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
La Salle University     442  64  908  91.6  617  68.7 
La Sierra University         955  96.3  600  66.8 
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College         513  52.2     
Lafayette College         534  54.2  565  63 
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine     679  97.9      863  95.7 
Lake Forest College         730  73.8  760  84.4 
Lake Superior State University         651  65.9  634  70.6 
Lake-Sumter State C.         806  81.4     
Lakeshore Technical College         984  99.2     
Lamar University 333  77.4  171  25.3  458  46.6  471  52.6 
Lane College         687  69.5     
Lane Community College         607  61.5     
Langston University         277  28.6  320  36 
Lawrence Technological University     637  91.9      521  58.1 
Lawrence University             751  83.4 
Lawson State Community College         800  80.8     
Le Moyne College         690  69.8  900  99.8 
LeTourneau University             651  72.4 
Lee U.         850  85.8     
Leech Lake Tribal College         511  52     
Lehigh University 130  30.7  150  22.3  212  22.1  224  25.5 
Lewis & Clark College         415  42.4  443  49.6 
Lewis and Clark Community College         949  95.7     
Lewis-Clark State College             824  91.4 
Liberty University         970  97.8  832  92.3 
Life University             899  99.7 
Lincoln Memorial University     542  78.3         
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         437  44.6     
Lincoln University, Jefferson City     643  92.7  261  27  382  42.9 
Lindenwood University     383  55.6         
Linfield College         874  88.2  817  90.7 
Linn Benton Community College         759  76.7     
Lipscomb University         869  87.7     
Little Big Horn College         516  52.4     
Little Priest Tribal College         588  59.6     
Livingstone College         717  72.5     
Logan University             874  96.9 
Loma Linda University 194  45.4  272  39.7  238  24.7  258  29.2 
Long Island University     160  23.7  396  40.5  578  64.4 
Long Island University, Brooklyn 305  71             
Long Island University, Brookville 397  92.2             
Longwood University     560  80.9  902  91     
Lorain County Community College         689  69.7     
Loras College     643  92.7         
Los Angeles Community C. District, Pierce C.         812  82     
Louisiana College         959  96.7     
Louisiana State University 331  77  74  11.4  91  10     
Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport             256  29 
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 54  13.2          81  9.8 
Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans 274  63.8          204  23.3 
Louisiana State University, Shreveport             649  72.2 
Louisiana Tech University 236  55.1  336  48.9  259  26.8  257  29.1 
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium         521  53     
Loyola Marymount University     408  59.1  550  55.8  358  40.2 
Loyola University Chicago 172  40.4  226  33.1  197  20.6  205  23.4 
Loyola University Maryland 378  87.8  333  48.4  646  65.4  796  88.4 
Loyola University New Orleans             693  77 
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College         809  81.7     
Luther College         934  94.2  682  75.8 
Luther Seminary 353  82             
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 405  94             
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, The 421  97.7             
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
MGH Institute of Health Professions     429  62.1  610  61.8  477  53.3 
Macalester College         698  70.6  562  62.6 
Madison Area Technical College         393  40.2     
Maharishi University of Management 397  92.2  133  19.9      894  99.1 
Maine Maritime Academy         546  55.4  523  58.4 
Manhattan College     493  71.3  919  92.7  656  73 
Maricopa Community College         444  45.3     
Marietta College     682  98.3         
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium         557  56.5     
Marist College     610  88  691  69.9  761  84.5 
Marquette University 171  40.1  232  34  252  26.1  236  26.8 
Marshall B. Ketchum University     682  98.3  833  84.1  571  63.6 
Marshall University 300  69.8  241  35.3  282  29.1  266  30.1 
Maryland Institute College of Art             777  86.3 
Marymount University     376  54.6  606  61.4     
Marywood University 328  76.3  402  58.3         
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 378  87.8  538  77.7      626  69.7 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15  4.2  22  4  23  3.2  14  2.4 
Massachusetts Maritime Academy         502  51     
Mayo Graduate School 248  57.9  368  53.4         
Mayville State University             851  94.4 
McDaniel College     675  97.3         
McLennan Community College         986  99.4     
McNeese State University     473  68.4      598  66.6 
Medical College of Wisconsin 274  63.8  387  56.1  86  9.5  105  12.4 
Medical University of South Carolina 231  54  321  46.7  75  8.4  84  10.1 
Meharry Medical College 386  89.6  415  60.1  204  21.3  301  34 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center     515  74.4      454  50.8 
Mercer University 397  92.2  333  48.4  319  32.8  229  26 
Mercy College         413  42.2     
Mercyhurst College     578  83.4  912  92  549  61.2 
Merrimack College         832  84     
Messiah College         987  99.5  700  77.8 
Methodist University         854  86.2     
Metropolitan State University     672  96.9         
Miami Dade College         543  55.2     
Miami University 222  51.9  212  31.1  290  29.9  292  33 
Michigan State University 22  5.8  48  7.7  29  3.8  36  4.8 
Michigan Technological University 161  37.8  141  21  186  19.5  164  18.9 
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary 397  92.2             
Middle Tennessee State University 241  56.3  267  39  468  47.6  379  42.5 
Middlebury College 353  82      433  44.2  530  59.1 
Midwestern State University     484  70      666  74.1 
Midwestern University     306  44.6  491  50  354  39.8 
Millersville University of Pennsylvania     527  76.1  512  52  702  78 
Mills College     563  81.3  560  56.8  430  48.1 
Millsaps College             665  74 
Milwaukee School of Engineering     667  96.1  673  68.1  422  47.3 
Minnesota State University, Mankato     338  49.1  286  29.5  416  46.6 
Minnesota State University, Moorhead     519  75  855  86.3  774  85.9 
Minot State University             783  86.9 
Mississippi College     289  42.1         
Mississippi State University 114  27  129  19.3  114  12.3  93  11.1 
Mississippi University for Women     595  85.9         
Mississippi Valley State University     604  87.1  762  77  714  79.3 
Missouri State University     311  45.3  392  40.1  458  51.2 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 145  34.2  152  22.6  227  23.6  220  25.1 
Missouri Western State University     533  77  645  65.3  856  95 
Molloy College         879  88.7     
Monmouth University     449  65      654  72.8 
Monroe Community College         892  90     
Montana State University 209  48.9             
Montana State University, Billings     618  89.1      764  84.8 
Montana State University, Bozeman     341  49.6  128  13.7  143  16.6 
Montana State University, Havre             737  81.9 
Montana Tech of University of Montana     471  68.1  309  31.8  313  35.3 
Montclair State University 318  74  218  32  378  38.7  376  42.2 
Monterey Peninsula College         889  89.7     
Montgomery College         476  48.4     
Montgomery Community College         883  89.1     
Moraine Valley Community College         642  65     
Moravian College             842  93.4 
Morehead State University     566  81.7  430  43.9  487  54.4 
Morehouse College         507  51.6  294  33.2 
Morehouse School of Medicine 366  85  469  67.9  175  18.4  215  24.5 
Morgan State University 262  61.1  278  40.6  241  25  295  33.3 
Mount Aloysius College     686  98.9  659  66.7     
Mount Holyoke College         442  45.1  419  46.9 
Mount Mary C.         596  60.4     
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 274  63.8  355  51.6  31  4  40  5.3 
Mount St. Mary's College         453  46.2     
Mount St. Mary's University         972  98     
Muhlenberg College         844  85.2  741  82.3 
Murray State University     317  46.1  316  32.5  507  56.6 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Nassau Community College         861  86.9     
National College of Natural Medicine         868  87.6  632  70.3 
National Defense University         947  95.5  374  42 
National Physical Science Consortium         657  66.5     
National University     175  25.9      486  54.3 
National University of Health Sciences             895  99.2 
National-Louis University 386  89.6  439  63.6  862  87     
Navajo Technical College         334  34.3     
Naval Postgraduate School     135  20.1  848  85.6  174  20 
Naval War College             451  50.4 
Nazareth College         918  92.6     
Nebraska Indian Community College         559  56.7     
Nevada System of Higher Education         214  22.3     
New College of Florida             623  69.3 
New England College of Optometry, The         548  55.6  646  71.9 
New England Conservatory 366  85             
New Jersey City University         408  41.7  766  85.1 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 202  47.3  82  12.6  163  17.2  133  15.5 
New Mexico Highlands University     568  82  448  45.6  621  69.1 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 311  72.4  324  47.1  269  27.8  272  30.8 
New Mexico State University 153  36  167  24.7  137  14.6  142  16.5 
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 318  74             
New School, The 195  45.7  173  25.6  368  37.7  281  31.8 
New York Chiropractic College             800  88.8 
New York Institute of Technology     166  24.6      414  46.4 
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury         438  44.7     
New York Law School             769  85.4 
New York Medical College 371  86.2  366  53.1  254  26.3  284  32.1 
New York Structural Biology Center         360  36.9     
New York University 27  7  25  4.4  28  3.7  23  3.4 
Niagara University     500  72.3      568  63.3 
Nicholls State University     646  93.1      703  78.1 
Norfolk State University 405  94  494  71.4  249  25.8  356  40 
North American University             850  94.3 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 216  50.5  276  40.3  172  18.1  222  25.3 
North Carolina Central University     288  42  245  25.4  311  35.1 
North Carolina State University 28  7.2  15  3  58  6.7  47  6 
North Central College     690  99.4      833  92.4 
North Dakota State University 138  32.5  186  27.4  152  16.1  124  14.5 
North Florida Community College         829  83.7     
North Georgia College & State University         922  93     
Northeast Iowa Community College         604  61.2     
Northeast Ohio Medical University 421  97.7  622  89.7  240  24.9  278  31.4 
Northeast State Community C.         826  83.4     
Northeastern Illinois University     429  62.1  365  37.4  605  67.4 
Northeastern State University     393  57  931  93.9  727  80.8 
Northeastern University 101  24  37  6.1  103  11.2  134  15.6 
Northern Arizona University 234  54.6  207  30.4  179  18.8  213  24.3 
Northern Illinois University 172  40.4  163  24.1  374  38.3  264  29.9 
Northern Kentucky University     519  75  503  51.2  527  58.8 
Northern Marianas College         377  38.6     
Northern Michigan University     449  65  710  71.8  619  68.9 
Northern New Mexico College         614  62.2     
Northland College         776  78.4     
Northwest Indian College         382  39.1  709  78.8 
Northwest Missouri State University     289  42.1  667  67.5  861  95.5 
Northwest Nazarene University             658  73.2 
Northwestern Michigan College         580  58.8     
Northwestern Polytechnic University     63  9.9         
Northwestern State University of Louisiana     640  92.3      553  61.6 
Northwestern University 33  8.4  46  7.4  20  2.9  29  4.1 
Norwich University         871  87.9  601  66.9 
Notre Dame de Namur University     661  95.3         
Notre Dame of Maryland University 344  80             
Nova Southeastern University 150  35.3  318  46.3  297  30.6  273  30.9 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Oak Ridge Associated Universities         159  16.8     
Oakland Community C.         722  73     
Oakland University 199  46.6  226  33.1  291  30  293  33.1 
Oakwood University         724  73.2  647  72 
Oberlin College         540  54.8  592  65.9 
Occidental College         630  63.8  515  57.5 
Oglala Lakota College         345  35.4  705  78.4 
Ohio State University, The 9  2.8  19  3.6  33  4.2  22  3.3 
Ohio University 133  31.4  147  21.9  242  25.1  185  21.2 
Ohio Wesleyan University         754  76.2  858  95.2 
Oklahoma Christian University     417  60.4         
Oklahoma City Community College         992  100     
Oklahoma City University 344  80  462  66.9         
Oklahoma State University 77  18.5  90  13.7  167  17.6  110  13 
Old Dominion University 117  27.7  197  29  205  21.4  170  19.6 
Oregon Health & Science University 223  52.1  322  46.9  46  5.5  72  8.8 
Oregon Institute of Technology     622  89.7      418  46.8 
Oregon State University 94  22.4  51  8.1  73  8.2  87  10.4 
Otterbein University         742  75     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Pace University 421  97.7  205  30.1  469  47.8  391  43.8 
Pacific Lutheran University             792  87.9 
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences             758  84.2 
Pacific States University     568  82         
Pacific University     391  56.7  617  62.5  479  53.5 
Paine College             772  85.7 
Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport         781  78.9  567  63.2 
Palo Alto University 202  47.3  252  36.9  296  30.5  661  73.5 
Parkland College         777