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 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
A. T. Still University     472  68.7      402  44.9 
Abilene Christian University     468  68.1  655  65.5  691  76.6 
Adams State College         641  64.1     
Adelphi University 270  63.4  265  38.9      888  98.1 
Agnes Scott College             784  86.7 
Aiken Technical College         785  78.3     
Air Force Institute of Technology 227  53.4  229  33.8      235  26.6 
Alabama A&M University 392  91.7  299  43.8  215  22.1  230  26.1 
Alabama State University 331  77.5  597  86.6  389  39.3  497  55.3 
Alamo Colleges         642  64.2     
Alaska Pacific University     634  92      596  66.2 
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences     655  95      482  53.7 
Albany Medical College 331  77.5  537  78  250  25.6  271  30.6 
Albany State University         526  52.8  579  64.3 
Albion College         703  70.2  674  74.7 
Alcorn State University     483  70.3  289  29.4  330  37 
Alfred University 414  96.8  497  72.3  633  63.3  387  43.3 
Allan Hancock College         832  82.9     
Allegheny College         759  75.7  610  67.7 
Alliant International University 232  54.6             
Alma College         750  74.9     
Alverno College         955  95.1  759  84 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium         494  49.6     
American International College     445  64.8  610  61.1     
American Museum of Natural History     634  92         
American Samoa Community College         359  36.3  584  64.8 
American University 201  47.4  127  19.1  300  30.5  180  20.6 
Amherst College         422  42.5  408  45.6 
Ana G. Mendez University System         453  45.6     
Andrews University 240  56.4  553  80.3      653  72.4 
Angelo State University     488  71      643  71.3 
Anoka-Ramsey Community College         975  97     
Antioch University 372  87  222  32.8         
Appalachian State University     277  40.7  357  36.1  422  47.1 
Arcadia University     263  38.6      703  77.9 
Arizona State University 30  7.7  18  3.4  58  6.6  48  6.1 
Arizona Western College         775  77.3     
Arkansas State University 372  87  337  49.3  376  38  340  38.1 
Arkansas Tech University     532  77.3      734  81.3 
Armstrong Atlantic State University     545  79.2  784  78.2     
Asbury Theological Seminary 323  75.7             
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College         521  52.3     
Assumption College         814  81.2     
Athens Technical College         861  85.8     
Atlantic Cape Community College         972  96.7     
Auburn University     111  16.8         
Auburn University, Auburn 72  17.5      156  16.3  130  15.1 
Auburn University, Montgomery             763  84.4 
Augsburg College         652  65.2  603  66.9 
Augustana College, Rock Island             744  82.4 
Augustana College, Sioux Falls         925  92.1  670  74.3 
Austin College             801  88.6 
Austin Community College District, Northridge Campus         438  44.1     
Austin Peay State University     576  83.6  989  98.4  509  56.6 
Avila University     408  59.5  923  91.9     
Azusa Pacific University 344  80.5  309  45.3  846  84.3  352  39.4 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Babson College             455  50.7 
Baker College, Flint         1,005  100     
Baker University         757  75.5     
Baldwin-Wallace College         850  84.7     
Ball State University 236  55.5  221  32.6  401  40.4  315  35.4 
Bard College     569  82.6      852  94.2 
Barnard College         386  39  460  51.3 
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing             838  92.7 
Barry University 323  75.7  311  45.5  744  74.3  672  74.5 
Bastyr University     406  59.2      574  63.8 
Bates College         516  51.8  465  51.8 
Bay Mills Community College         507  50.9     
Bay Path College         851  84.8     
Bayamon Central University         726  72.5     
Baylor College of Medicine 162  38.3  210  31  39  4.7  39  5.2 
Baylor University 185  43.7  227  33.5  335  33.9  247  27.9 
Beloit College             815  90.1 
Bemidji State University     649  94.1         
Benedict College         715  71.4  576  64 
Benedictine University 344  80.5  431  62.8         
Bennett College for Women         720  71.9     
Bentley University 362  84.7      942  93.8     
Berry College             804  88.9 
Bethel University         979  97.4     
Bethune-Cookman University     532  77.3  651  65.1     
Biola University 251  59  553  80.3         
Birmingham Southern College         916  91.2     
Black Hills State University     673  97.6  632  63.2  488  54.3 
Blackfeet Community College         423  42.6     
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania     488  71      664  73.6 
Bluefield State College             891  98.5 
Boise State University 414  96.8  303  44.4  233  23.9  226  25.6 
Boston College 122  29.1  184  27.3  175  18.2  195  22.2 
Boston University 41  10.3  33  5.6  45  5.3  57  7.1 
Bowdoin College         412  41.5  453  50.5 
Bowie State University 404  94.4  401  58.5  503  50.5  566  62.9 
Bowling Green State University 174  41.1  195  28.9  274  27.9  345  38.7 
Bradley University     305  44.7  539  54  565  62.8 
Brandeis University 148  35.1  139  20.8  161  16.8  161  18.5 
Brevard Community College         666  66.6     
Bridgewater State College     526  76.4      704  78 
Brigham Young University     149  22.3      212  24.1 
Brigham Young University, Laie             895  98.9 
Brigham Young University, Provo 154  36.5      202  20.8     
Brite Divinity School 404  94.4             
Broward College         687  68.6     
Brown University 88  21.2  96  14.7  79  8.7  67  8.2 
Bryant University     660  95.7      809  89.5 
Bryn Athyn College             828  91.6 
Bryn Mawr College 315  73.8  578  83.9  465  46.8  309  34.7 
Bucknell University     601  87.2  532  53.4  415  46.3 
Bucks County Community College         721  72     
Bunker Hill Community College         745  74.4     
Butler University     686  99.4  543  54.4  803  88.8 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Caldwell College     597  86.6         
Calhoun Community College         874  87.1     
California Baptist University         804  80.2     
California Institute of Integral Studies 231  54.3  455  66.2         
California Institute of Technology 103  24.6  125  18.8  53  6.1  60  7.5 
California Lutheran University     458  66.7      857  94.7 
California Maritime Academy, The         531  53.3  557  61.9 
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo     276  40.5  358  36.2  281  31.7 
California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley-Alameda 249  58.5             
California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno 290  68             
California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles 245  57.6             
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona     369  53.9  246  25.2  400  44.7 
California State University unallocated         309  31.4     
California State University, Bakersfield     395  57.6  336  34  442  49.3 
California State University, Channel Islands             520  57.8 
California State University, Chico     329  48.1  528  53  528  58.7 
California State University, Dominguez Hills     482  70.1  486  48.8  480  53.5 
California State University, East Bay     200  29.6  527  52.9     
California State University, Fresno     264  38.8  348  35.2  338  37.9 
California State University, Fullerton     136  20.4  395  39.9  379  42.4 
California State University, Long Beach     153  22.8  240  24.6  335  37.6 
California State University, Los Angeles     193  28.6  396  39.9  392  43.8 
California State University, Monterey Bay     591  85.8  825  82.3  382  42.7 
California State University, Northridge     147  22  231  23.7  300  33.7 
California State University, Sacramento     273  40.1  332  33.6  272  30.7 
California State University, San Bernardino     274  40.2  323  32.8  287  32.3 
California State University, San Marcos     503  73.1  424  42.7  368  41.2 
California State University, Stanislaus     605  87.8  809  80.7  628  69.7 
Calvin College     582  84.5  608  60.9  455  50.7 
Calvin Theological Seminary 362  84.7             
Cameron University     484  70.4         
Campbell University     419  61.1         
Canisius College     561  81.5  451  45.4  639  70.9 
Cankdeska Cikana Community College         466  46.9     
Cape Cod Community College         482  48.4     
Cardinal Stritch University 264  62             
Carleton College         540  54.1  367  41.1 
Carlos Albizu University, San Juan 260  61  325  47.6  628  62.8  881  97.4 
Carnegie Mellon University 62  15.1  24  4.3  70  7.8  89  10.6 
Carroll University         938  93.4     
Carthage College         968  96.4     
Case Western Reserve University 101  24.2  78  12.1  30  3.9  55  6.9 
Castleton State College             848  93.8 
Catawba College         576  57.7     
Catholic University of America, The 162  38.3  385  56.2  242  24.8  250  28.3 
Cedar Valley College         816  81.4     
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine     562  81.6         
Central Arizona College         766  76.4     
Central Carolina Community College         245  25.1     
Central Connecticut State University     443  64.5  797  79.5  593  65.8 
Central Lakes College, Brainerd         984  97.9     
Central Maine Community College         745  74.4     
Central Michigan University 274  64.3  183  27.2  340  34.4  302  34 
Central Oregon Community College         819  81.7     
Central Piedmont Community College         647  64.7     
Central State University         506  50.8  563  62.5 
Central Washington University     332  48.6  414  41.7  477  53.1 
Centre College         973  96.8  705  78.1 
Chaminade University of Honolulu         517  51.9     
Chapman University 323  75.7  397  57.9  369  37.3  384  42.9 
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science     605  87.8  216  22.2  295  33.2 
Chatham University, Pittsburgh     465  67.7         
Chattanooga State Community College         994  98.9     
Chemeketa Community College         829  82.6     
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania             836  92.4 
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The         951  94.7     
Chicago State University     380  55.5  326  33  589  65.4 
Chicago Theological Seminary 382  89.3             
Chief Dull Knife College         460  46.3     
Chippewa Valley Technical College         749  74.8     
Christian Brothers University         837  83.4     
Christopher Newport University     634  92  673  67.3  602  66.8 
Citadel Military College of South Carolina     660  95.7      787  87.1 
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             723  80.1 
City University of New York, Baruch College     292  42.8  624  62.4  487  54.2 
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     377  55  271  27.6  332  37.2 
City University of New York, College of Staten Island     617  89.5  344  34.8  450  50.2 
City University of New York, Graduate Center 40  10  95  14.5  416  41.9  373  41.7 
City University of New York, Hunter College     479  69.7  193  19.9  216  24.5 
City University of New York, John Jay College Criminal Justice     328  48  523  52.5  337  37.8 
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     476  69.3  318  32.3  445  49.6 
City University of New York, Medgar Evers College         525  52.7  641  71.1 
City University of New York, New York City College of Technology         440  44.3  686  76 
City University of New York, Queens College     376  54.9  292  29.7  266  30 
City University of New York, Queensborough Community College         572  57.3     
City University of New York, System Office             532  59.2 
City University of New York, The City College 240  56.4  227  33.5  181  18.7  189  21.6 
City University of New York, York College         502  50.4  679  75.2 
City of Hope 323  75.7  498  72.4         
Claflin University     525  76.3  500  50.2  595  66.1 
Claremont Graduate University 134  31.8  199  29.4  330  33.4  317  35.6 
Claremont McKenna College         592  59.3  381  42.6 
Claremont School of Theology 304  71.3             
Clarion University of Pennsylvania     452  65.8  869  86.6  866  95.7 
Clark Atlanta University 304  71.3  366  53.4  284  28.9  319  35.8 
Clark University 278  65.2  235  34.6  411  41.4  361  40.4 
Clarkson University 255  59.9  336  49.1  313  31.8  299  33.6 
Clemson University 80  19.3  77  11.9  127  13.4  114  13.4 
Cleveland State University 200  47.1  173  25.7  352  35.6  182  20.8 
Coastal Carolina University     614  89.1      526  58.5 
Cochise College         845  84.2     
Coe College         895  89.2  771  85.3 
Coker College             892  98.6 
Colby College         739  73.8  535  59.5 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 331  77.5  562  81.6  137  14.4  154  17.8 
Colgate University         452  45.5  467  52 
College of Charleston     458  66.7  448  45.1  314  35.3 
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  659  73.1 
College of New Rochelle, The     597  86.6         
College of Saint Benedict         982  97.7  606  67.3 
College of Saint Rose, The     333  48.7         
College of St. Scholastica, The, Duluth     612  88.8         
College of William and Mary 199  46.9  256  37.6  199  20.5  173  19.8 
College of Wooster, The         828  82.5  592  65.7 
College of the Canyons         768  76.6     
College of the Holy Cross         510  51.2  740  81.9 
College of the Sequoias         779  77.7     
Colorado College         434  43.7  501  55.8 
Colorado Mesa University             831  91.9 
Colorado School of Mines 130  30.9  140  21  171  17.8  179  20.5 
Colorado State University, Fort Collins 74  17.9  100  15.2  56  6.4  73  8.9 
Colorado State University, Pueblo     649  94.1  640  64  862  95.3 
Columbia University in the City of New York 28  7.3  19  3.6  8  1.7  15  2.5 
Columbia University, Teachers College 94  22.6  178  26.4  351  35.5  255  28.8 
Columbus State Community College         225  23.1     
Columbus State University     491  71.4  949  94.5     
Commonwealth Medical College, The     520  75.6  741  74  507  56.4 
Community College of Philadelphia         796  79.4     
Concord University         838  83.5  767  84.9 
Concordia College, Moorhead             861  95.2 
Concordia Seminary 362  84.7             
Concordia University Wisconsin         727  72.6  736  81.5 
Connecticut College     686  99.4  618  61.8  523  58.2 
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     586  85.1  928  92.4  763  84.4 
Coppin State University     609  88.4      880  97.3 
Cornell College         478  48  858  94.9 
Cornell University 26  6.8  14  2.9  25  3.4  12  2.2 
Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences 189  44.6             
Creighton University 372  87  445  64.8  260  26.5  254  28.7 
Cuyahoga Community College         803  80.1     
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Daemen College             790  87.4 
Dakota County Technical College         429  43.2     
Dakota State University 382  89.3  493  71.7  762  76  614  68.1 
Dallas Theological Seminary 372  87             
Dartmouth College 165  39  166  24.7  75  8.3  102  12.1 
Davidson College         649  64.9  491  54.7 
Daytona State College         694  69.3     
DePaul University 283  66.4  143  21.4  314  31.9  328  36.8 
DePauw University         736  73.5  822  90.9 
DeSales University     643  93.2         
Delaware State University 356  83.3  474  69  251  25.7  285  32.1 
Delaware Technical Community College         642  64.2     
Delta State University     569  82.6         
Denison University         808  80.6  650  72.1 
Des Moines University     582  84.5  545  54.6  637  70.7 
Desert Research Institute         375  37.9  257  29 
Dickinson College         876  87.3  568  63.1 
Dillard University         259  26.4  331  37.1 
Dine College         304  30.9  895  98.9 
Dixie State College of Utah         840  83.7     
Doane College         782  78  754  83.5 
Dominican University         683  68.2     
Dominican University of California     521  75.7      700  77.5 
Dowling College         990  98.5     
Drake University     655  95  677  67.7  624  69.2 
Drew University 290  68  621  90.1  801  79.9     
Drexel University 105  25.1  86  13.2  124  13.1  135  15.7 
Drury University     643  93.2         
Duke University 48  11.9  48  7.8  12  2.1  7  1.7 
Duquesne University 184  43.4  341  49.9  361  36.5  282  31.8 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Earlham College             580  64.4 
East Carolina University 203  47.8  177  26.3  257  26.2  238  27 
East Central University         793  79.1  696  77.1 
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania     360  52.6      802  88.7 
East Tennessee State University 270  63.4  250  36.8  302  30.7  365  40.9 
Eastern Connecticut State University             615  68.2 
Eastern Illinois University     317  46.4  654  65.4  647  71.7 
Eastern Iowa Community College District         620  62     
Eastern Kentucky University     286  42  962  95.8  544  60.5 
Eastern Michigan University 315  73.8  281  41.2  636  63.6  534  59.4 
Eastern New Mexico University     557  80.9  778  77.6  619  68.7 
Eastern Oregon University             797  88.2 
Eastern University     424  61.8         
Eastern Virginia Medical School     383  55.9  298  30.3  207  23.6 
Eastern Washington University     401  58.5  862  85.9  454  50.6 
Eckerd College         799  79.7  774  85.7 
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania     474  69         
Edmonds Community College         696  69.5     
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine             502  55.9 
El Paso Community College         614  61.4     
Elizabeth City State University     686  99.4  556  55.7  500  55.6 
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, The     664  96.3         
Elmhurst College             882  97.5 
Elms College         960  95.6     
Elon University             474  52.8 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 382  89.3  312  45.7  428  43.1  307  34.5 
Emerson College         706  70.5  590  65.5 
Emmanuel College         770  76.8     
Emory University 75  18.2  114  17.2  26  3.5  36  4.8 
Emporia State University     456  66.4  836  83.3  847  93.6 
Endicott College     655  95         
Erikson Institute         437  44  489  54.4 
Everett Community College         760  75.8     
Evergreen State College, The     408  59.5  551  55.2  769  85.1 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Fairfield University     407  59.3  795  79.3  377  42.2 
Fairleigh Dickinson University 331  77.5  137  20.5  943  93.9  819  90.6 
Fairmont State University         1,002  99.7     
Fayetteville State University     617  89.5  420  42.3  297  33.4 
Felician College         789  78.7     
Ferris State University             758  83.9 
Ferrum College             882  97.5 
Fielding Graduate University 142  33.7  188  27.9         
Finger Lakes Community College         693  69.2     
Fisk University     569  82.6  338  34.2  336  37.7 
Fitchburg State University     539  78.3         
Florence-Darlington Technical College         464  46.7     
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 323  75.7  307  45  191  19.7  200  22.8 
Florida Atlantic University 148  35.1  194  28.7  223  22.9  259  29.3 
Florida Gulf Coast University     574  83.3  378  38.2  333  37.4 
Florida Institute of Technology 230  54.1  133  20  311  31.6  294  33.1 
Florida International University 106  25.3  92  14.1  135  14.2  119  13.9 
Florida Polytechnic University     624  90.5      868  95.9 
Florida State College at Jacksonville         609  61     
Florida State University 45  11.2  57  9  89  9.7  83  10 
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College         498  50     
Foothill-De Anza Community College District         906  90.2     
Fordham University 142  33.7  298  43.7  349  35.3  260  29.4 
Fort Belknap College         462  46.5     
Fort Berthold Community College         441  44.4     
Fort Hays State University     436  63.5  567  56.8  689  76.3 
Fort Lewis College         564  56.5  748  82.8 
Fort Peck Community College         391  39.5     
Fort Valley State University     465  67.7  276  28.1  410  45.8 
Framingham State College     553  80.3  917  91.3     
Francis Marion University         873  87  828  91.6 
Franklin & Marshall College         573  57.4  421  47 
Franklin University     503  73.1         
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering         919  91.5  508  56.5 
Fresno City College         875  87.2     
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing         672  67.2     
Frostburg State University     468  68.1         
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena 210  49.5          452  50.4 
Furman University     684  99.1  704  70.3  522  58.1 
Future Generations Graduate School             895  98.9 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Gallaudet University 339  79.4  436  63.5  468  47  406  45.4 
Gannon University 392  91.7  302  44.2      854  94.4 
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 315  73.8             
Gaston College         888  88.5     
George Mason University 82  19.8  73  11.3  132  13.9  142  16.4 
George Washington University, The 89  21.4  51  8.2  83  9.1  90  10.7 
Georgetown University 138  32.8  56  8.9  103  11.1  108  12.7 
Georgia College and State University     549  79.7  734  73.3  660  73.2 
Georgia Gwinnett College             812  89.8 
Georgia Health Sciences University         136  14.3     
Georgia Institute of Technology 21  5.6  17  3.3  24  3.3  24  3.5 
Georgia Perimeter College         932  92.8     
Georgia Regents University 255  59.9  384  56      166  19.1 
Georgia Southern University 372  87  297  43.5  456  45.9  277  31.2 
Georgia Southwestern State University     655  95         
Georgia State University 87  20.9  74  11.5  133  14  129  15 
Gettysburg College         774  77.2  658  73 
Glendale Community College, Glendale         903  89.9     
Golden Gate University     529  76.9         
Gonzaga University 304  71.3  660  95.7  879  87.6  617  68.5 
Goucher College             870  96.2 
Governors State University     271  39.8  841  83.8     
Graduate School USA         670  67     
Graduate Theological Union 296  69.4             
Grambling State University 382  89.3  388  56.6  575  57.6  525  58.4 
Grand Valley State University     280  41.1  483  48.5  355  39.8 
Green Mountain College             895  98.9 
Green River Community College         676  67.6     
Grinnell College         691  69  427  47.7 
Gustavus Adolphus College         802  80  713  79 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Hagerstown Community College         603  60.4     
Hamilton College         969  96.5  499  55.5 
Hamline University             882  97.5 
Hampden-Sydney College         929  92.5     
Hampshire College             732  81.1 
Hampton University 280  65.7  424  61.8  211  21.7  290  32.6 
Harding University             852  94.2 
Harris-Stowe State University         512  51.4     
Harrisburg Area Community College         806  80.4     
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology         939  93.5     
Hartwick College             895  98.9 
Harvard University 10  3.1  21  3.9  11  2  10  2 
Harvey Mudd College         394  39.8  440  49.1 
Haskell Indian Nations University         379  38.3     
Haverford College         743  74.2  472  52.6 
Hawaii Pacific University     450  65.5  459  46.2  598  66.4 
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 392  91.7             
Heidelberg University             623  69.1 
Hendrix College         811  80.9  671  74.4 
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  647  71.7 
Hofstra University 304  71.3  296  43.4  481  48.3  476  53 
Hood College     460  67  892  88.9     
Hope College         686  68.5  458  51 
Houston Community College         490  49.2     
Howard University 148  35.1  212  31.3  189  19.5  197  22.5 
Humboldt State University     392  57.2  449  45.2  312  35.1 
Huston-Tillotson University         697  69.6     
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Idaho State University 240  56.4  300  44  287  29.2  273  30.8 
Ilisagvik College         554  55.5     
Illinois College of Optometry             736  81.5 
Illinois Institute of Technology 165  39  58  9.2  196  20.2  221  25.1 
Illinois State University 212  49.9  220  32.5  367  37.1  270  30.5 
Illinois Wesleyan University         918  91.4  805  89 
Indian Hills Community College         579  58     
Indian River State College         435  43.8     
Indiana State University 179  42.3  412  60.1  524  52.6  558  62 
Indiana University     23  4.2         
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 198  46.7  339  49.6  511  51.3  597  66.3 
Indiana University, Bloomington 33  8.4      92  10  46  5.9 
Indiana University, Gary             878  97 
Indiana University, Kokomo             747  82.7 
Indiana University, New Albany             710  78.6 
Indiana University, Richmond             850  94 
Indiana University, South Bend             550  61.1 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne         786  78.4  360  40.3 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 188  44.4      67  7.5  185  21.2 
Indiana Wesleyan University         999  99.4  833  92.1 
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago 362  84.7             
Institute of American Indian Arts         427  43     
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 296  69.4             
Inter American University of Puerto Rico 251  59  269  39.5  472  47.4     
International Technological University     267  39.2      717  79.4 
Iona College     588  85.3  758  75.6  799  88.4 
Iowa State University 58  14.2  49  7.9  74  8.2  77  9.3 
Itasca Community College         912  90.8     
Ithaca College     624  90.5  656  65.6  639  70.9 
Ivy Tech Community College         855  85.2     
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Jackson State University 201  47.4  372  54.3  224  23  252  28.5 
Jacksonville State University     566  82.2  219  22.5  441  49.2 
Jacksonville University     507  73.7  907  90.3     
James Madison University 304  71.3  303  44.4  350  35.4  428  47.8 
Jefferson State Community College         823  82.1     
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 392  91.7             
John Brown University             887  98 
John Carroll University     675  97.8      875  96.7 
Johns Hopkins University 23  6.1  31  5.3  1  1  1  1 
Johnson C. Smith University         826  82.3  636  70.5 
Johnson State College             719  79.6 
Juniata College             748  82.8 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Kalamazoo College         671  67.1  714  79.1 
Kansas City Kansas Community College         737  73.6     
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences     433  63.1  668  66.8  564  62.7 
Kansas State University 102  24.4  121  18.2  113  12  106  12.5 
Kean University     405  59  890  88.7  633  70.2 
Keck Graduate Institute     403  58.8  518  52  538  59.8 
Keene State College             645  71.5 
Kennesaw State University 362  84.7  269  39.5  835  83.2  397  44.4 
Kent State University 110  26.3  120  18.1  265  27  214  24.3 
Kentucky Community and Technical College System         388  39.2     
Kentucky State University     513  74.6  253  25.8  375  42 
Kenyon College         913  90.9  666  73.8 
Kettering University     669  97  491  49.3  430  48 
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College         678  67.8     
Knowledge Systems Institute     348  50.9         
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania     632  91.7  952  94.8     
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
La Salle University     429  62.5  613  61.3  629  69.8 
La Sierra University         954  95  611  67.8 
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College         470  47.2     
Lafayette College         582  58.3  543  60.4 
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine     675  97.8      841  93 
Lake Forest College         986  98.1  761  84.2 
Lake Superior State University             609  67.6 
Lake Washington Institute of Technology         822  82     
Lamar University 296  69.4  161  24  723  72.2  463  51.6 
Landmark College         998  99.3     
Lane Community College         780  77.8     
Langston University         306  31.1  342  38.3 
Lawrence Technological University     557  80.9  878  87.5  484  53.9 
Lawrence University             781  86.4 
Le Moyne College         827  82.4     
LeMoyne-Owen College         724  72.3     
LeTourneau University         591  59.2  654  72.5 
Leech Lake Tribal College         408  41.1     
Lehigh Carbon Community College         767  76.5     
Lehigh University 145  34.4  165  24.6  173  18  215  24.4 
Lewis & Clark College         708  70.7  423  47.2 
Lewis University         432  43.5     
Lewis and Clark Community College         872  86.9     
Lewis-Clark State College             826  91.3 
Lincoln Memorial University     532  77.3         
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         622  62.2     
Lincoln University, Jefferson City     627  90.9  255  26  371  41.5 
Lindenwood University     356  52         
Linfield College         868  86.5  810  89.6 
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             781  86.4 
Loma Linda University 208  49  277  40.7  226  23.2  243  27.5 
Long Island University     162  24.1  615  61.5  604  67 
Long Island University, Brooklyn 315  73.8             
Long Island University, Brookville 392  91.7             
Longwood University     549  79.7         
Lorain County Community College         701  70     
Loras College     639  92.7         
Los Angeles City College         660  66     
Los Angeles Community College District         559  56     
Louisiana College         976  97.1     
Louisiana State University 356  83.3  69  10.8  95  10.3     
Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport             251  28.4 
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 61  14.9          80  9.7 
Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans 260  61          198  22.6 
Louisiana State University, Shreveport             685  75.9 
Louisiana Tech University 232  54.6  320  46.8  400  40.3  253  28.6 
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium         710  70.9     
Lourdes College         639  63.9     
Loyola Marymount University     416  60.6  544  54.5  369  41.3 
Loyola University Chicago 152  36  211  31.2  178  18.5  193  22 
Loyola University Maryland 382  89.3  350  51.1      765  84.7 
Loyola University New Orleans             667  73.9 
Luther College         947  94.3  720  79.7 
Luther Seminary 356  83.3             
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 392  91.7             
Lyndon State College         915  91.1     
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
MGH Institute of Health Professions     434  63.2  476  47.8  419  46.8 
Macalester College         473  47.5  591  65.6 
Macomb Community College         577  57.8     
Madison Area Technical College         583  58.4     
Maharishi University of Management 404  94.4  157  23.4         
Maine Maritime Academy         382  38.6  569  63.2 
Malone University         735  73.4     
Manhattan College     507  73.7  884  88.1  675  74.8 
Maricopa Community College         393  39.7     
Marietta College     652  94.5         
Marion Military Institute         997  99.2     
Marist College     614  89.1  967  96.3  766  84.8 
Marquette University 194  45.7  226  33.3  252  25.8  246  27.8 
Marshall B. Ketchum University     669  97  794  79.2  570  63.3 
Marshall University 296  69.4  247  36.3  301  30.6  264  29.8 
Maryland Institute College of Art             715  79.2 
Marymount University     377  55  552  55.3     
Marywood University 344  80.5  428  62.4         
Massachusetts Bay Community College         675  67.5     
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 404  94.4  516  75      726  80.4 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 17  4.7  20  3.7  20  2.9  13  2.3 
Massachusetts Maritime Academy         519  52.1     
Mayo Graduate School 264  62  385  56.2         
Mayville State University             872  96.4 
McDaniel College     680  98.6  1,000  99.5     
McHenry County College         820  81.8     
McLennan Community College         991  98.6     
McNeese State University     457  66.5      546  60.7 
Medical College of Wisconsin 264  62  400  58.3  90  9.8  104  12.3 
Medical University of South Carolina 236  55.5  333  48.7  82  9  87  10.4 
Meharry Medical College 404  94.4  415  60.5  209  21.5  296  33.3 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center     513  74.6      447  49.8 
Mendocino College         970  96.5     
Mercer University 382  89.3  360  52.6  372  37.6  224  25.4 
Mercy College         650  65     
Mercyhurst College     578  83.9  901  89.7  518  57.6 
Messiah College             695  77 
Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City         589  59     
Metropolitan State College of Denver         909  90.5     
Metropolitan State University     646  93.7  722  72.1  848  93.8 
Miami Dade College         469  47.1     
Miami University 185  43.7  206  30.5  275  28  284  32 
Michigan State University 18  4.9  45  7.3  29  3.8  38  5.1 
Michigan Technological University 177  41.8  141  21.1  194  20  164  18.9 
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary 331  77.5             
Middle Tennessee State University 251  59  242  35.6  406  40.9  409  45.7 
Middlebury College 362  84.7      404  40.7  551  61.2 
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 392  91.7             
Midwestern State University     478  69.5      723  80.1 
Midwestern University     329  48.1  689  68.8  339  38 
Miles College         711  71     
Millersville University of Pennsylvania     518  75.3  728  72.7  683  75.7 
Mills College     539  78.3  619  61.9  443  49.4 
Millsaps College             696  77.1 
Milwaukee School of Engineering     639  92.7  537  53.9  404  45.1 
Minnesota State University, Mankato     322  47.1  658  65.8  498  55.4 
Minnesota State University, Moorhead     503  73.1  475  47.7  750  83 
Minot State University             792  87.6 
Mississippi College     290  42.5         
Mississippi State University 120  28.6  142  21.3  119  12.6  94  11.2 
Mississippi University for Women     621  90.1         
Mississippi Valley State University     624  90.5  492  49.4  732  81.1 
Missouri State University     301  44.1  282  28.7  434  48.4 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 158  37.4  155  23.1  232  23.8  218  24.8 
Missouri Western State University     617  89.5  858  85.5  871  96.3 
Monmouth College         920  91.6     
Monmouth University     429  62.5      600  66.6 
Monroe Community College         732  73.1     
Montana State University 173  40.9             
Montana State University, Billings     605  87.8  729  72.8  722  80 
Montana State University, Bozeman     208  30.7  107  11.5  141  16.3 
Montana State University, Havre             729  80.7 
Montana Tech of University of Montana     491  71.4  324  32.8  310  34.8 
Montclair State University 372  87  231  34  484  48.6  411  45.9 
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  865  95.6 
Morehead State University     569  82.6      527  58.6 
Morehouse College         398  40.1  372  41.6 
Morehouse School of Medicine 382  89.3  436  63.5  162  16.9  223  25.3 
Morgan State University 220  51.8  323  47.3  239  24.5  298  33.5 
Mount Aloysius College     681  98.7         
Mount Holyoke College     686  99.4  380  38.4  424  47.3 
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 264  62  373  54.5  34  4.3  42  5.5 
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  746  82.6 
Murray State University     307  45  810  80.8  492  54.8 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Nassau Community College         898  89.4     
National College of Natural Medicine         867  86.4  681  75.5 
National Defense University             380  42.5 
National Physical Science Consortium         679  67.9     
National University     123  18.5      496  55.2 
National University of Health Sciences             845  93.4 
National-Louis University 382  89.3  448  65.2  926  92.2     
Navajo Technical College         273  27.8     
Naval Postgraduate School     98  14.9  987  98.2  152  17.5 
Naval War College             471  52.5 
Nazareth College         889  88.6     
Nebraska Indian Community College         550  55.1     
Nevada System of Higher Education         248  25.4     
New College of Florida             651  72.2 
New England College of Optometry, The         705  70.4  630  69.9 
New England Conservatory 372  87             
New England School of Acupuncture         756  75.4     
New Jersey City University             768  85 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 194  45.7  80  12.4  207  21.3  140  16.2 
New Mexico Highlands University     549  79.7  555  55.6  634  70.3 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 339  79.4  340  49.7  197  20.3  240  27.2 
New Mexico Military Institute         946  94.2     
New Mexico State University 135  32.1  169  25.1  130  13.7  133  15.5 
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 356  83.3             
New School, The 182  43  174  25.9  480  48.2  334  37.5 
New York Chiropractic College             735  81.4 
New York Institute of Technology     146  21.8      414  46.2 
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury         407  41     
New York Law School             755  83.6 
New York Medical College 352  82.4  360  52.6  254  25.9  275  31 
New York University 34  8.7  26  4.6  31  4  35  4.7 
Newberry College         548  54.9     
Niagara University     516  75      530  58.9 
Nicholls State University     643  93.2  792  79  553  61.5 
Norfolk State University 344  80.5  498  72.4  234  24  385  43.1 
North American University             808  89.4 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 220  51.8  283  41.5  166  17.3  220  25 
North Carolina Central University     306  44.8  279  28.4  304  34.2 
North Carolina State University 29  7.5  13  2.7  52  6  47  6 
North Central College             860  95.1 
North Dakota State University 145  34.4  182  27  163  17  120  14 
North Georgia College & State University         934  93     
Northeast Ohio Medical University     605  87.8  264  26.9  279  31.4 
Northeastern Illinois University     393  57.3  360  36.4  725  80.3 
Northeastern State University     381  55.6  924  92  743  82.3 
Northeastern University 115  27.4  44  7.2  108  11.6  136  15.8 
Northern Arizona University 290  68  204  30.2  192  19.8  219  24.9 
Northern Illinois University 197  46.4  159  23.7  341  34.5  274  30.9 
Northern Kentucky University     562  81.6  471  47.3  515  57.3 
Northern Marianas College         366  37     
Northern Michigan University     443  64.5  905  90.1  607  67.4 
Northern New Mexico College         716  71.5     
Northland Community and Technical College         817  81.5     
Northwest Indian College         307  31.2  483  53.8 
Northwest Missouri State University     287  42.1  930  92.6  895  98.9 
Northwest Nazarene University             656  72.7 
Northwest State Community College         815  81.3     
Northwestern Michigan College         563  56.4     
Northwestern Polytechnic University     63  9.9         
Northwestern State University of Louisiana     660  95.7      573  63.6 
Northwestern University 35  8.9  46  7.5  21  3  29  4.1 
Norwich University         665  66.5  519  57.7 
Notre Dame de Namur University     539  78.3         
Notre Dame of Maryland University 372  87             
Nova Southeastern University 124  29.5  353  51.6  236  24.2  291  32.8 
Institution 2015
Earned doctorates

(428 ranked) 		2015
Full-time graduate students

(690 ranked) 		2015
Total federal obligations

(1005 ranked) 		2015
Total R&D expenditures

(905 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Oakland University 214  50.4  230  33.9  316  32.1  278  31.3 
Oakton Community College         798  79.6     
Oakwood University         740  73.9  632  70.1 
Oberlin College         495  49.7  521  57.9 
Occidental College         585  58.6  556  61.8 
Oglala Lakota College         312  31.7  701  77.7 
Ohio Northern University         685  68.4     
Ohio State University, The 9  2.9  16  3.2  35  4.4  20  3.1 
Ohio University 127  30.2  154  23  243  24.9  174  19.9 
Ohio Wesleyan University         848  84.5  815  90.1 
Oklahoma Christian University     436  63.5         
Oklahoma City University 404  94.4  432  62.9         
Oklahoma State University 76  18.4  85  13.1  145  15.2  134  15.6 
Old Dominion University 109  26  191  28.3  213  21.9  169  19.4 
Onondaga Community College         994  98.9     
Oral Roberts University         477  47.9     
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College         595  59.6     
Oregon Health & Science University 220  51.8  335  49  43  5.1  71  8.7 
Oregon Institute of Technology             512  57 
Oregon State University 91  21.9  53  8.5  68  7.6