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) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 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  655  65.5  749  83.2 
Adams State College         641  64.1     
Adelphi University 305  71  264  38.6      811  90 
Agnes Scott College             818  90.8 
Aiken Technical College         785  78.3     
Air Force Institute of Technology 227  53  228  33.4      232  26.4 
Alabama A&M University 353  82  311  45.3  215  22.1  231  26.3 
Alabama State University 283  65.9  650  93.7  389  39.3  489  54.6 
Alamo Colleges         642  64.2     
Alaska Pacific University     618  89.1      584  65.1 
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences     655  94.4      535  59.7 
Albany Medical College 366  85  545  78.7  250  25.6  270  30.6 
Albany State University         526  52.8  569  63.4 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine             78  9.5 
Albion College         703  70.2  633  70.4 
Alcorn State University     496  71.7  289  29.4  346  38.9 
Alderson-Broaddus College             893  99 
Alfred University 378  87.8  610  88  633  63.3  420  47 
Allan Hancock College         832  82.9     
Allegheny College         759  75.7  641  71.3 
Alliant International University 227  53             
Alma College         750  74.9     
Alverno College         955  95.1  781  86.7 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium         494  49.6     
American International College     433  62.7  610  61     
American Museum of Natural History     631  91         
American Samoa Community College         359  36.3  671  74.6 
American University 210  49.1  125  18.7  300  30.5  188  21.6 
Amherst College         422  42.5  409  45.8 
Ana G. Mendez University System         453  45.6     
Andrews University 269  62.7  554  80      650  72.3 
Angelo State University     433  62.7      630  70.1 
Anoka-Ramsey Community College         975  97     
Antioch University 341  79.3  214  31.4         
Appalachian State University     278  40.6  357  36.1  456  51 
Arcadia University     265  38.7      685  76.2 
Arizona State University 38  9.5  18  3.4  58  6.6  44  5.7 
Arizona Western College         775  77.3     
Arkansas State University 353  82  324  47.1  376  38  347  39 
Arkansas Tech University     530  76.6      751  83.4 
Armstrong Atlantic State University     563  81.3  784  78.2     
Asbury Theological Seminary 353  82             
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College         521  52.3     
Assumption College         814  81.2     
Athens Technical College         861  85.8     
Atlantic Cape Community College         972  96.8     
Auburn University     108  16.3         
Auburn University, Auburn 73  17.6      156  16.3  126  14.7 
Auburn University, Montgomery             807  89.6 
Augsburg College         652  65.2  612  68.1 
Augustana College, Rock Island             742  82.4 
Augustana College, Sioux Falls         925  92.1  618  68.8 
Aurora University     631  91         
Austin College             828  91.9 
Austin Community College District, Northridge Campus         438  44.1     
Austin Peay State University     576  83.1  989  98.4  529  59 
Avila University     410  59.4  923  91.9     
Azusa Pacific University 328  76.3  378  54.9  846  84.3  338  38 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Babson College             509  56.8 
Baker College, Flint         1,005  100     
Baker University         757  75.6     
Baldwin-Wallace College         850  84.7     
Ball State University 271  63.2  229  33.6  401  40.4  315  35.5 
Bard College     578  83.4      872  96.7 
Barnard College         386  39  431  48.2 
Barry University 274  63.8  314  45.7  744  74.3  704  78.2 
Bastyr University     675  97.3      664  73.8 
Bates College         516  51.8  537  59.9 
Bay Mills Community College         507  50.9     
Bay Path College         851  84.8     
Bayamon Central University         726  72.5     
Baylor College of Medicine 170  39.9  211  31  39  4.8  39  5.2 
Baylor University 169  39.7  225  33  335  33.9  241  27.4 
Beloit College             867  96.2 
Benedict College         715  71.4  548  61.1 
Benedictine University 293  68.2  402  58.3         
Bennett College for Women         720  71.9     
Bentley University 371  86.2      942  93.8  900  99.8 
Berry College             820  91 
Bethel University         979  97.4     
Bethune-Cookman University     552  79.7  651  65.1     
Biola University 260  60.6  551  79.6      642  71.4 
Birmingham Southern College         916  91.2     
Black Hills State University     675  97.3  632  63.2  468  52.3 
Blackfeet Community College         423  42.6     
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania     498  72      694  77.2 
Bluefield State College             836  92.8 
Boise State University 405  94  294  42.9  233  23.9  226  25.7 
Boston College 127  30  189  27.9  175  18.2  193  22.1 
Boston University 45  11.1  33  5.6  45  5.3  57  7.2 
Bowdoin College         412  41.5  452  50.6 
Bowie State University 405  94  433  62.7  503  50.5  519  57.9 
Bowling Green State University 185  43.4  199  29.3  274  27.9  302  34.1 
Bradley University     345  50.1  539  54  508  56.7 
Brandeis University 166  39  132  19.7  161  16.8  162  18.7 
Brevard Community College         666  66.6     
Bridgewater State College     527  76.1      786  87.2 
Brigham Young University     183  27      206  23.5 
Brigham Young University, Provo 144  33.9      202  20.8     
Brite Divinity School 421  97.7             
Broward College         687  68.6     
Brown University 84  20.1  92  14  79  8.7  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  465  46.8  321  36.2 
Bucknell University     613  88.4  532  53.4  406  45.5 
Bucks County Community College         721  72     
Bunker Hill Community College         745  74.4     
Butler University     690  99.4  543  54.4  791  87.8 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Caldwell College     616  88.9         
Calhoun Community College         874  87.1     
California Baptist University         804  80.2     
California Institute of Integral Studies 216  50.5  419  60.7         
California Institute of Technology 99  23.6  123  18.4  53  6.1  60  7.5 
California Lutheran University     414  60      818  90.8 
California Maritime Academy, The         531  53.3  500  55.8 
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo     311  45.3  358  36.2  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  246  25.2  393  44.1 
California State University unallocated         309  31.4     
California State University, Bakersfield     497  71.9  336  34  455  50.9 
California State University, Channel Islands             581  64.7 
California State University, Chico     354  51.4  528  53  492  55 
California State University, Dominguez Hills     458  66.3  486  48.8  470  52.5 
California State University, East Bay     188  27.7  527  52.9  662  73.6 
California State University, Fresno     260  38  348  35.2  340  38.2 
California State University, Fullerton     154  22.9  395  39.8  384  43.1 
California State University, Long Beach     144  21.4  240  24.6  289  32.6 
California State University, Los Angeles     201  29.6  396  40  390  43.7 
California State University, Monterey Bay     598  86.3  825  82.2  387  43.4 
California State University, Northridge     181  26.7  231  23.7  290  32.8 
California State University, Sacramento     298  43.4  332  33.6  267  30.2 
California State University, San Bernardino     267  39  323  32.8  322  36.3 
California State University, San Marcos     500  72.3  424  42.7  371  41.6 
California State University, Stanislaus     583  84.1  809  80.7  602  67 
California University of Pennsylvania             900  99.8 
Calvin College     583  84.1  608  60.8  532  59.4 
Calvin Theological Seminary 386  89.6             
Cameron University     523  75.6         
Campbell University     415  60.1         
Canisius College     578  83.4  451  45.4  606  67.5 
Cankdeska Cikana Community College         466  46.8     
Cape Cod Community College         482  48.4     
Cardinal Stritch University 245  57.2             
Carleton College         540  54.2  375  42.1 
Carlos Albizu University, San Juan 236  55.1  348  50.6  628  62.8  883  97.9 
Carnegie Mellon University 56  13.7  20  3.7  70  7.8  74  9 
Carroll University         938  93.4     
Carthage College         968  96.4     
Case Western Reserve University 91  21.7  79  12.1  30  3.9  55  6.9 
Castleton State College             824  91.4 
Catawba College         576  57.7     
Catholic University of America, The 157  36.9  387  56.1  242  24.8  248  28.1 
Cedar Valley College         816  81.4     
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine     568  82         
Central Arizona College         766  76.4     
Central Carolina Community College         245  25.1     
Central Connecticut State University     460  66.6  797  79.5  590  65.7 
Central Lakes College, Brainerd         984  97.9     
Central Maine Community College         745  74.4     
Central Michigan University 262  61.1  213  31.3  340  34.4  304  34.3 
Central Oregon Community College         819  81.7     
Central Piedmont Community College         647  64.7     
Central State University         506  50.8  550  61.3 
Central Washington University     320  46.6  414  41.7  472  52.8 
Centre College         973  96.8  739  82.1 
Chaminade University of Honolulu         517  51.9     
Chapman University 274  63.8  366  53.1  369  37.3  373  41.9 
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science     560  80.9  216  22.2  307  34.6 
Chatham University, Pittsburgh     487  70.4         
Chattanooga State Community College         994  98.9     
Chemeketa Community College         829  82.6     
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania             746  82.9 
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The         951  94.7     
Chicago State University     362  52.6  326  33  652  72.5 
Chicago Theological Seminary 386  89.6             
Chief Dull Knife College         460  46.3     
Chippewa Valley Technical College         749  74.8     
Christian Brothers University         837  83.4     
Christopher Newport University     643  92.7  673  67.3  614  68.4 
Citadel Military College of South Carolina     667  96.1      740  82.2 
City College of San Francisco         463  46.6     
City Colleges of Chicago         605  60.6     
City University of New York unallocated         272  27.7     
City University of New York, Advanced Science Research Center             513  57.3 
City University of New York, Baruch College     289  42.1  624  62.4  463  51.8 
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College         509  51.1     
City University of New York, Bronx Community College         944  94     
City University of New York, Brooklyn College     385  55.9  271  27.6  332  37.4 
City University of New York, College of Staten Island     655  94.4  344  34.8  432  48.4 
City University of New York, Graduate Center 36  9.1  103  15.6  416  41.9  329  37 
City University of New York, Hunter College     530  76.6  193  19.9  218  24.8 
City University of New York, John Jay College Criminal Justice     439  63.6  523  52.5  331  37.3 
City University of New York, Kingsborough Community College         852  84.9     
City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College         742  74.1     
City University of New York, Lehman College     679  97.9  318  32.3  392  44 
City University of New York, Medgar Evers College         525  52.7  559  62.3 
City University of New York, New York City College of Technology         440  44.3  683  75.9 
City University of New York, Queens College     335  48.7  292  29.7  275  31.1 
City University of New York, Queensborough Community College         572  57.3     
City University of New York, System Office             547  61 
City University of New York, The City College 236  55.1  236  34.6  181  18.8  179  20.6 
City University of New York, York College         502  50.4  687  76.4 
City of Hope 333  77.4  481  69.6         
Claflin University     672  96.9  500  50.2  540  60.2 
Claremont Graduate University 116  27.5  203  29.9  330  33.4  324  36.5 
Claremont McKenna College         592  59.3  380  42.6 
Claremont School of Theology 353  82             
Clarion University of Pennsylvania     477  69  869  86.6  852  94.5 
Clark Atlanta University 311  72.4  371  53.9  284  28.9  341  38.4 
Clark University 236  55.1  254  37.1  411  41.4  365  41 
Clarkson University 289  67.3  305  44.4  313  31.8  309  34.8 
Clemson University 84  20.1  84  12.9  127  13.4  109  12.9 
Cleveland State University 206  48.2  176  26  352  35.6  161  18.6 
Coastal Carolina University     595  85.9      538  60 
Cochise College         845  84.2     
Coe College         895  89.2  763  84.7 
Colby College         739  73.8  522  58.2 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 353  82  563  81.3  137  14.4  155  17.9 
Colgate University         452  45.5  447  50 
College of Charleston     428  62  448  45.1  328  36.9 
College of Lake County         910  90.6     
College of Menominee Nation         402  40.5     
College of Micronesia-FSM         362  36.6     
College of New Jersey, The         419  42.2  591  65.8 
College of Saint Benedict         982  97.7  592  65.9 
College of Saint Rose, The     351  51         
College of St. Scholastica, The, Duluth     626  90.3         
College of William and Mary 206  48.2  259  37.9  199  20.5  176  20.2 
College of Wooster, The         828  82.6  615  68.5 
College of the Canyons         768  76.6     
College of the Holy Cross         510  51.2  713  79.2 
College of the Sequoias         779  77.7     
Colorado College         434  43.7  539  60.1 
Colorado Mesa University             776  86.2 
Colorado School of Mines 135  31.8  136  20.3  171  17.8  180  20.7 
Colorado State University, Fort Collins 79  19  98  14.9  56  6.4  71  8.7 
Colorado State University, Pueblo     646  93.1  640  64  847  94 
Columbia University in the City of New York 24  6.3  17  3.3  8  1.7  20  3.1 
Columbia University, Teachers College 103  24.5  170  25.1  351  35.5  251  28.5 
Columbus State Community College         225  23.1     
Columbus State University     478  69.1  949  94.5     
Commonwealth Medical College, The     481  69.6  741  74  499  55.7 
Community College of Philadelphia         796  79.4     
Concord University         838  83.5     
Concordia College, Moorhead             880  97.6 
Concordia Seminary 371  86.2             
Concordia University Wisconsin         727  72.6  724  80.4 
Connecticut College         618  61.8  517  57.7 
Connecticut State University         985  98     
Consortium for Ocean Leadership         123  13     
Contra Costa Community College District         948  94.4     
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The     576  83.1  928  92.4  789  87.6 
Coppin State University     598  86.3      898  99.6 
Cornell College         478  48  731  81.2 
Cornell University 25  6.5  13  2.7  25  3.4  13  2.3 
Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences 197  46.1             
Creighton University 353  82  449  65  260  26.5  254  28.8 
Cuyahoga Community College         803  80.1     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Dakota County Technical College         429  43.2     
Dakota State University 371  86.2  511  73.9  762  76  502  56 
Dakota Wesleyan University             897  99.4 
Dallas Theological Seminary 353  82             
Dartmouth College 160  37.6  159  23.6  75  8.3  95  11.3 
Davidson College         649  64.9  566  63.1 
Daytona State College         694  69.3     
DePaul University 262  61.1  140  20.9  314  31.9  334  37.6 
DePauw University         736  73.5  838  93 
DeSales University     637  91.9         
Delaware State University 333  77.4  500  72.3  251  25.6  262  29.7 
Delaware Technical Community College         642  64.2     
Delta State University     554  80      842  93.4 
Denison University         808  80.6  645  71.8 
Des Moines University     568  82  545  54.6  580  64.6 
Desert Research Institute         375  37.9  234  26.6 
Dickinson College         876  87.3  588  65.5 
Dillard University         259  26.4  333  37.5 
Dine College         304  30.9     
Dixie State College of Utah         840  83.7     
Doane College         782  78  677  75.3 
Dominican University         683  68.2     
Dominican University of California     523  75.6      692  76.9 
Dowling College         990  98.5     
Drake University     655  94.4  677  67.7  564  62.9 
Drew University 311  72.4  628  90.6  801  79.9     
Drexel University 109  25.9  86  13.1  124  13.1  135  15.7 
Drury University     593  85.6         
Duke University 39  9.8  53  8.4  12  2.1  10  2 
Duquesne University 179  42  341  49.6  361  36.5  285  32.2 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Earlham College             733  81.4 
East Carolina University 231  54  195  28.7  257  26.2  247  28 
East Central University         793  79.1  770  85.5 
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania     375  54.4      766  85.1 
East Tennessee State University 274  63.8  250  36.6  302  30.7  350  39.4 
Eastern Connecticut State University             607  67.6 
Eastern Illinois University     302  44  654  65.4  631  70.2 
Eastern Iowa Community College District         620  62     
Eastern Kentucky University     377  54.7  962  95.8  572  63.7 
Eastern Michigan University 221  51.6  368  53.4  636  63.6  424  47.5 
Eastern New Mexico University     527  76.1  778  77.6  756  84 
Eastern Oregon University             793  88 
Eastern University     442  64         
Eastern Virginia Medical School     363  52.7  298  30.3  225  25.6 
Eastern Washington University     357  51.9  862  85.9  439  49.1 
Eckerd College         799  79.7  680  75.6 
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania     491  71         
Edmonds Community College         696  69.5     
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine             386  43.3 
El Paso Community College         614  61.4     
Elizabeth City State University     661  95.3  556  55.7  524  58.5 
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, The     655  94.4         
Elms College         960  95.6     
Elon University             475  53.1 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 397  92.2  303  44.1  428  43.1  286  32.3 
Emerson College         706  70.5  620  69 
Emmanuel College         770  76.8     
Emory University 87  20.8  115  17.3  26  3.5  35  4.7 
Emporia State University     423  61.3  836  83.3  771  85.6 
Endicott College     618  89.1         
Erikson Institute         437  44  457  51.1 
Everett Community College         760  75.8     
Evergreen State College, The     418  60.6  551  55.2  783  86.9 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Fairfield University     469  67.9  795  79.3  378  42.4 
Fairleigh Dickinson University 328  76.3  161  23.9  943  93.9  753  83.6 
Fairmont State University         1,002  99.7     
Fayetteville State University     613  88.4  420  42.3  296  33.4 
Felician College         789  78.7     
Ferris State University             721  80.1 
Ferrum College             870  96.5 
Fielding Graduate University 155  36.5  196  28.9         
Finger Lakes Community College         693  69.2     
Fisk University     588  84.9  338  34.2  325  36.6 
Fitchburg State University     557  80.4         
Florence-Darlington Technical College         464  46.6     
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 323  75.1  282  41.1  191  19.7  203  23.2 
Florida Atlantic University 148  34.8  191  28.1  223  22.9  242  27.5 
Florida Gulf Coast University     545  78.7  378  38.2  360  40.4 
Florida Institute of Technology 214  50  149  22.1  311  31.6  277  31.3 
Florida International University 121  28.6  81  12.4  135  14.2  119  14 
Florida Polytechnic University     640  92.3      881  97.7 
Florida State College at Jacksonville         609  61     
Florida State University 48  11.8  56  8.9  89  9.7  82  9.9 
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College         498  50     
Foothill-De Anza Community College District         906  90.2     
Fordham University 145  34.2  257  37.6  349  35.3  246  27.9 
Fort Belknap College         462  46.5     
Fort Berthold Community College         441  44.4     
Fort Hays State University     437  63.3  567  56.8  706  78.5 
Fort Lewis College         564  56.5  706  78.5 
Fort Peck Community College         391  39.5     
Fort Valley State University     446  64.6  276  28.1  398  44.6 
Framingham State College     542  78.3  917  91.3     
Francis Marion University         873  87  861  95.5 
Franklin & Marshall College         573  57.4  425  47.6 
Franklin University     523  75.6         
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering         919  91.5  542  60.4 
Fresno City College         875  87.2     
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing         672  67.2     
Frostburg State University     449  65         
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena 252  58.8          552  61.5 
Furman University     665  95.9  704  70.3  525  58.6 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Gallaudet University 341  79.3  439  63.6  468  47  366  41.1 
Gannon University 405  94  308  44.9      863  95.7 
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 353  82             
Gaston College         888  88.5     
George Mason University 65  15.7  78  12  132  13.9  145  16.8 
George Washington University, The 78  18.7  43  7  83  9.1  96  11.4 
Georgetown University 139  32.8  60  9.4  103  11.1  111  13.1 
Georgia College and State University     519  75  734  73.3  773  85.8 
Georgia Gwinnett College             856  95 
Georgia Health Sciences University         136  14.3     
Georgia Institute of Technology 19  5.1  12  2.6  24  3.3  25  3.6 
Georgia Perimeter College         932  92.8     
Georgia Regents University 293  68.2  373  54.1      166  19.1 
Georgia Southern University 405  94  296  43.1  456  45.9  282  31.9 
Georgia Southwestern State University     672  96.9         
Georgia State University 96  22.9  68  10.6  133  14  123  14.4 
Gettysburg College         774  77.2  625  69.6 
Glendale Community College, Glendale         903  89.9     
Golden Gate University     540  78         
Gonzaga University 344  80  679  97.9  879  87.6  648  72.1 
Goucher College     686  98.9      867  96.2 
Governors State University     281  41  841  83.8     
Graduate School USA         670  67     
Graduate Theological Union 271  63.2             
Grambling State University 397  92.2  412  59.7  575  57.6  561  62.5 
Grand Valley State University     258  37.7  483  48.5  370  41.5 
Green River Community College         676  67.6     
Grinnell College         691  69  411  46 
Gustavus Adolphus College         802  80  726  80.7 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Hagerstown Community College         603  60.4     
Hamilton College         969  96.4  474  53 
Hampden-Sydney College         929  92.5     
Hampshire College             786  87.2 
Hampton University 311  72.4  412  59.7  211  21.7  303  34.2 
Harding University             884  98 
Harris-Stowe State University         512  51.4     
Harrisburg Area Community College         806  80.4     
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology     95  14.4  939  93.5     
Harvard University 14  4  21  3.9  11  2  8  1.8 
Harvey Mudd College         394  39.8  407  45.6 
Haskell Indian Nations University         379  38.3     
Haverford College         743  74.2  501  55.9 
Hawaii Pacific University     494  71.4  459  46.2  490  54.7 
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 405  94             
Heidelberg University             596  66.4 
Hendrix College         811  80.9  719  79.9 
Heritage University         630  63     
Highline Community College         602  60.3     
Hillsborough Community College         941  93.7     
Hinds Community College         716  71.5     
Hobart and William Smith Colleges         626  62.6  642  71.4 
Hofstra University 271  63.2  287  41.9  481  48.3  485  54.2 
Hood College     456  66  892  88.9     
Hope College         686  68.5  469  52.4 
Houston Community College         490  49.2     
Howard University 155  36.5  230  33.7  189  19.5  209  23.8 
Hult International Business School             642  71.4 
Humboldt State University     374  54.3  449  45.2  291  32.9 
Huston-Tillotson University         697  69.6     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 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  287  29.2  268  30.3 
Ilisagvik College         554  55.5     
Illinois College of Optometry             833  92.4 
Illinois Institute of Technology 161  37.8  57  9  196  20.2  233  26.5 
Illinois State University 224  52.3  219  32.1  367  37.1  269  30.4 
Illinois Wesleyan University         918  91.4     
Indian Hills Community College         579  58     
Indian River State College         435  43.8     
Indiana State University 175  41.1  336  48.9  524  52.6  541  60.3 
Indiana University     24  4.3         
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 185  43.4  331  48.1  511  51.3  603  67.2 
Indiana University, Bloomington 41  10.2      92  10  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         786  78.4  368  41.3 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 172  40.4      67  7.5  187  21.4 
Indiana Wesleyan University     405  58.7  999  99.4  869  96.4 
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago 323  75.1             
Institute of American Indian Arts         427  43     
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 344  80  610  88         
Inter American University of Puerto Rico 262  61.1  243  35.6  472  47.4     
International Technological University     254  37.1      698  77.6 
Iona College     462  66.9  758  75.6  844  93.6 
Iowa State University 55  13.4  64  10  74  8.2  73  8.9 
Itasca Community College         912  90.8     
Ithaca College     606  87.4  656  65.6  691  76.8 
Ivy Tech Community College         855  85.2     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Jackson State University 192  45  383  55.6  224  23  253  28.7 
Jacksonville State University     530  76.6  219  22.5  446  49.9 
Jacksonville University     466  67.4  907  90.3     
James Madison University 344  80  304  44.3  350  35.4  442  49.5 
Jefferson State Community College         823  82     
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 405  94             
John Brown University             875  97 
John Carroll University     682  98.3      816  90.6 
Johns Hopkins University 29  7.4  31  5.3  1  1  1  1 
Johnson C. Smith University         826  82.4  510  56.9 
Johnson State College             801  88.9 
Juniata College             809  89.8 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Kalamazoo College         671  67.1  718  79.8 
Kansas City Kansas Community College         737  73.6     
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences     426  61.7  668  66.8  768  85.3 
Kansas State University 105  24.9  118  17.7  113  12  107  12.6 
Kean University     399  57.9  890  88.7  653  72.6 
Keck Graduate Institute 421  97.7  395  57.3  518  52  531  59.2 
Keene State College             610  67.9 
Kennesaw State University 386  89.6  316  46  835  83.2  344  38.7 
Kent State University 112  26.6  130  19.4  265  27  221  25.2 
Kentucky Community and Technical College System         388  39.2     
Kentucky State University     509  73.6  253  25.8  362  40.7 
Kenyon College         913  90.9  672  74.7 
Kettering University     541  78.1  491  49.3  436  48.8 
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College         678  67.8     
Knowledge Systems Institute     344  50         
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania     626  90.3  952  94.8  805  89.3 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
La Salle University     442  64  613  61.4  617  68.7 
La Sierra University         954  95  600  66.8 
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College         470  47.2     
Lafayette College         582  58.3  565  63 
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine     679  97.9      863  95.7 
Lake Forest College         986  98.1  760  84.4 
Lake Superior State University             634  70.6 
Lake Washington Institute of Technology         822  82     
Lamar University 333  77.4  171  25.3  723  72.2  471  52.6 
Landmark College         998  99.3     
Lane Community College         780  77.8     
Langston University         306  31.1  320  36 
Lawrence Technological University     637  91.9  878  87.5  521  58.1 
Lawrence University             751  83.4 
Le Moyne College         827  82.4  900  99.8 
LeMoyne-Owen College         724  72.3     
LeTourneau University         591  59.2  651  72.4 
Leech Lake Tribal College         408  41.1     
Lehigh Carbon Community College         767  76.5     
Lehigh University 130  30.7  150  22.3  173  18  224  25.5 
Lewis & Clark College         708  70.7  443  49.6 
Lewis University         432  43.5     
Lewis and Clark Community College         872  86.9     
Lewis-Clark State College             824  91.4 
Liberty University             832  92.3 
Life University             899  99.7 
Lincoln Memorial University     542  78.3         
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         622  62.2     
Lincoln University, Jefferson City     643  92.7  255  26  382  42.9 
Lindenwood University     383  55.6         
Linfield College         868  86.5  817  90.7 
Lipscomb University         870  86.7     
Little Big Horn College         501  50.3     
Little Priest Tribal College         574  57.5     
Livingstone College         699  69.8     
Logan University             874  96.9 
Loma Linda University 194  45.4  272  39.7  226  23.2  258  29.2 
Long Island University     160  23.7  615  61.5  578  64.4 
Long Island University, Brooklyn 305  71             
Long Island University, Brookville 397  92.2             
Longwood University     560  80.9         
Lorain County Community College         701  70     
Loras College     643  92.7         
Los Angeles City College         660  66     
Los Angeles Community College District         559  56     
Louisiana College         976  97.1     
Louisiana State University 331  77  74  11.4  95  10.3     
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  400  40.3  257  29.1 
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium         710  70.9     
Lourdes College         639  63.9     
Loyola Marymount University     408  59.1  544  54.5  358  40.2 
Loyola University Chicago 172  40.4  226  33.1  178  18.4  205  23.4 
Loyola University Maryland 378  87.8  333  48.4      796  88.4 
Loyola University New Orleans             693  77 
Luther College         947  94.3  682  75.8 
Luther Seminary 353  82             
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 405  94             
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, The 421  97.7             
Lyndon State College         915  91.1     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
MGH Institute of Health Professions     429  62.1  476  47.8  477  53.3 
Macalester College         473  47.5  562  62.6 
Macomb Community College         577  57.8     
Madison Area Technical College         583  58.4     
Maharishi University of Management 397  92.2  133  19.9      894  99.1 
Maine Maritime Academy         382  38.6  523  58.4 
Malone University         735  73.4     
Manhattan College     493  71.3  884  88.1  656  73 
Maricopa Community College         393  39.6     
Marietta College     682  98.3         
Marion Military Institute         997  99.2     
Marist College     610  88  967  96.2  761  84.5 
Marquette University 171  40.1  232  34  252  25.8  236  26.8 
Marshall B. Ketchum University     682  98.3  794  79.2  571  63.6 
Marshall University 300  69.8  241  35.3  301  30.6  266  30.1 
Maryland Institute College of Art             777  86.3 
Marymount University     376  54.6  552  55.3     
Marywood University 328  76.3  402  58.3         
Massachusetts Bay Community College         675  67.5     
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  20  2.9  14  2.4 
Massachusetts Maritime Academy         519  52.1     
Mayo Graduate School 248  57.9  368  53.4         
Mayville State University             851  94.4 
McDaniel College     675  97.3  1,000  99.5     
McHenry County College         820  81.8     
McLennan Community College         991  98.6     
McNeese State University     473  68.4      598  66.6 
Medical College of Wisconsin 274  63.8  387  56.1  90  9.8  105  12.4 
Medical University of South Carolina 231  54  321  46.7  82  9  84  10.1 
Meharry Medical College 386  89.6  415  60.1  209  21.5  301  34 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center     515  74.4      454  50.8 
Mendocino College         970  96.6     
Mercer University 397  92.2  333  48.4  372  37.6  229  26 
Mercy College         650  65     
Mercyhurst College     578  83.4  901  89.8  549  61.2 
Messiah College             700  77.8 
Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City         589  59     
Metropolitan State College of Denver         909  90.5     
Metropolitan State University     672  96.9  722  72.1     
Miami Dade College         469  47.2     
Miami University 222  51.9  212  31.1  275  28  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  194  20  164  18.9 
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary 397  92.2             
Middle Tennessee State University 241  56.3  267  39  406  40.9  379  42.5 
Middlebury College 353  82      404  40.7  530  59.1 
Midwestern State University     484  70      666  74.1 
Midwestern University     306  44.6  689  68.8  354  39.8 
Miles College         711  71     
Millersville University of Pennsylvania     527  76.1  728  72.7  702  78 
Mills College     563  81.3  619  61.9  430  48.1 
Millsaps College             665  74 
Milwaukee School of Engineering     667  96.1  537  53.8  422  47.3 
Minnesota State University, Mankato     338  49.1  658  65.8  416  46.6 
Minnesota State University, Moorhead     519  75  475  47.7  774  85.9 
Minot State University             783  86.9 
Mississippi College     289  42.1         
Mississippi State University 114  27  129  19.3  119  12.6  93  11.1 
Mississippi University for Women     595  85.9         
Mississippi Valley State University     604  87.1  492  49.4  714  79.3 
Missouri State University     311  45.3  282  28.7  458  51.2 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 145  34.2  152  22.6  232  23.8  220  25.1 
Missouri Western State University     533  77  858  85.5  856  95 
Monmouth College         920  91.6     
Monmouth University     449  65      654  72.8 
Monroe Community College         732  73.1     
Montana State University 209  48.9             
Montana State University, Billings     618  89.1  729  72.8  764  84.8 
Montana State University, Bozeman     341  49.6  107  11.4  143  16.6 
Montana State University, Havre             737  81.9 
Montana Tech of University of Montana     471  68.1  324  32.8  313  35.3 
Montclair State University 318  74  218  32  484  48.6  376  42.2 
Monterey Peninsula College         409  41.2     
Montgomery College         707  70.6     
Montgomery Community College         849  84.6     
Montgomery County Community College         364  36.8     
Moraine Valley Community College         433  43.6     
Moravian College         981  97.6  842  93.4 
Morehead State University     566  81.7      487  54.4 
Morehouse College         398  40.2  294  33.2 
Morehouse School of Medicine 366  85  469  67.9  162  16.9  215  24.5 
Morgan State University 262  61.1  278  40.6  239  24.5  295  33.3 
Mount Aloysius College     686  98.9         
Mount Holyoke College         380  38.4  419  46.9 
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 274  63.8  355  51.6  34  4.2  40  5.3 
Mount St. Mary's University         992  98.7     
Mt. San Antonio College         859  85.6     
Mt. Wachusett Community College         788  78.6     
Muhlenberg College         930  92.6  741  82.3 
Murray State University     317  46.1  810  80.8  507  56.6 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Nassau Community College         898  89.4     
National College of Natural Medicine         867  86.4  632  70.3 
National Defense University             374  42 
National Physical Science Consortium         679  67.8     
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  926  92.2     
Navajo Technical College         273  27.8     
Naval Postgraduate School     135  20.1  987  98.2  174  20 
Naval War College             451  50.4 
Nazareth College         889  88.6     
Nebraska Indian Community College         550  55.1     
Nevada System of Higher Education         248  25.4     
New College of Florida             623  69.3 
New England College of Optometry, The         705  70.4  646  71.9 
New England Conservatory 366  85             
New England School of Acupuncture         756  75.4     
New Jersey City University             766  85.1 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 202  47.3  82  12.6  207  21.3  133  15.5 
New Mexico Highlands University     568  82  555  55.6  621  69.1 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 311  72.4  324  47.1  197  20.3  272  30.8 
New Mexico Military Institute         946  94.2     
New Mexico State University 153  36  167  24.7  130  13.7  142  16.5 
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 318  74             
New School, The 195  45.7  173  25.6  480  48.2  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         407  41     
New York Law School             769  85.4 
New York Medical College 371  86.2  366  53.1  254  26  284  32.1 
New York University 27  7  25  4.4  31  4  23  3.4 
Newberry College         548  54.9     
Niagara University     500  72.3      568  63.3 
Nicholls State University     646  93.1  792  79  703  78.1 
Norfolk State University 405  94  494  71.4  234  24  356  40 
North American University             850  94.3 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 216  50.5  276  40.3  166  17.3  222  25.3 
North Carolina Central University     288  42  279  28.4  311  35.1 
North Carolina State University 28  7.2  15  3  52  6  47  6 
North Central College     690  99.4      833  92.4 
North Dakota State University 138  32.5  186  27.4  163  17  124  14.5 
North Georgia College & State University         934  93     
Northeast Ohio Medical University 421  97.7  622  89.7  264  26.9  278  31.4 
Northeastern Illinois University     429  62.1  360  36.4  605  67.4 
Northeastern State University     393  57  924  92  727  80.8 
Northeastern University 101  24  37  6.1  108  11.6  134  15.6 
Northern Arizona University 234  54.6  207  30.4  192  19.8  213  24.3 
Northern Illinois University 172  40.4  163  24.1  341  34.5  264  29.9 
Northern Kentucky University     519  75  471  47.3  527  58.8 
Northern Marianas College         366  37     
Northern Michigan University     449  65  905  90.1  619  68.9 
Northern New Mexico College         716  71.5     
Northland Community and Technical College         817  81.5     
Northwest Indian College         307  31.2  709  78.8 
Northwest Missouri State University     289  42.1  930  92.6  861  95.5 
Northwest Nazarene University             658  73.2 
Northwest State Community College         815  81.3     
Northwestern Michigan College         563  56.4     
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  21  3  29  4.1 
Norwich University         665  66.5  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  236  24.2  273  30.9 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Oakland University 199  46.6  226  33.1  316  32.1  293  33.1 
Oakton Community College         798  79.6     
Oakwood University         740  73.9  647  72 
Oberlin College         495  49.7  592  65.9 
Occidental College         585  58.6  515  57.5 
Oglala Lakota College         312  31.7  705  78.4 
Ohio Northern University         685  68.4     
Ohio State University, The 9  2.8  19  3.6  35  4.4  22  3.3 
Ohio University 133  31.4  147  21.9  243  24.9  185  21.2 
Ohio Wesleyan University         848  84.5  858  95.2 
Oklahoma Christian University     417  60.4         
Oklahoma City University 344  80  462  66.9         
Oklahoma State University 77  18.5  90  13.7  145  15.2  110  13 
Old Dominion University 117  27.7  197  29  213  21.9  170  19.6 
Onondaga Community College         994  98.9     
Oral Roberts University         477  47.9     
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College         595  59.6     
Oregon Health & Science University 223  52.1  322  46.9  43  5.1  72  8.8 
Oregon Institute of Technology     622  89.7      418  46.8 
Oregon State University 94  22.4  51  8.1  68  7.6  87  10.4 
Otterbein University         957  95.3     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2016
Total R&D expenditures

(901 ranked)
Rank Percentile