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) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Johns Hopkins University 29  7.4  31  5.3  1  1  1  1 
University of Michigan     1  1  2  1.1     
University of Washington 17  4.7  7  1.9  3  1.2     
University of California, San Francisco 128  30.2  148  22  4  1.3  3  1.2 
University of California, San Diego 20  5.4  26  4.6  5  1.4  7  1.7 
University of Pennsylvania 31  7.9  49  7.9  6  1.5  4  1.3 
Columbia University in the City of New York 23  6.1  17  3.3  7  1.6  20  3.1 
Stanford University 6  2.2  6  1.7  8  1.7  10  2 
University of Pittsburgh 34  8.6  39  6.4  9  1.8     
University of California, Los Angeles 10  3.1  16  3.2  10  1.9  12  2.2 
Duke University 39  9.8  53  8.4  11  2  8  1.8 
University of Colorado Boulder 42  10.4      12  2.1  48  6.2 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The 21  5.6  37  6.2  13  2.2  11  2.1 
Harvard University 14  4  21  3.9  14  2.3  9  1.9 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 2  1.2  11  2.4  15  2.4  6  1.6 
Yale University 40  10  70  10.9  16  2.5  15  2.5 
Washington University in St. Louis 76  18.3  73  11.3  17  2.6  28  4 
Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center 61  14.8  89  13.6  18  2.7  31  4.3 
Pennsylvania State University, The     27  4.7  19  2.8     
Northwestern University 33  8.4  46  7.4  20  2.9  29  4.1 
University of Minnesota     10  2.3  21  3     
Cornell University 25  6.5  13  2.7  22  3.1  13  2.3 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15  4.2  22  4  23  3.2  14  2.4 
Emory University 87  20.8  115  17.3  24  3.3  34  4.6 
University of Southern California 26  6.8  2  1.1  25  3.4  27  3.9 
University of California, Davis 22  5.8  30  5.2  26  3.5  30  4.2 
Case Western Reserve University 91  21.7  79  12.2  27  3.6  58  7.3 
New York University 27  7  25  4.4  28  3.7  18  2.9 
Michigan State University 24  6.3  48  7.7  29  3.8  32  4.4 
University of Texas at Austin, The 1  1  32  5.4  30  3.9  35  4.7 
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 274  63.8  355  51.6  31  4  40  5.3 
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy         32  4.1     
Ohio State University, The 9  2.8  19  3.6  33  4.2  22  3.3 
University of California, Berkeley 4  1.7  9  2.1  34  4.3  26  3.8 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 13  3.8  4  1.4  35  4.4  36  4.8 
University of Alabama at Birmingham, The 111  26.3  128  19.2  36  4.5  41  5.4 
Baylor College of Medicine 170  39.9  211  31  37  4.6  39  5.2 
University of Florida 7  2.4  5  1.6  38  4.7  25  3.6 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey     27  4.7  39  4.8     
Scripps Research Institute, The 248  57.9  331  48.2  40  4.9  67  8.2 
Boston University 45  11.1  33  5.6  41  5  57  7.2 
University of Maryland, College Park 18  4.9  23  4.2  42  5.1  43  5.6 
University of Utah, The 56  13.7  55  8.7  43  5.2  61  7.6 
University of Chicago, The 43  10.7  45  7.3  44  5.3  55  6.9 
University of Arizona, The 35  8.8  41  6.7  45  5.4  38  5.1 
Oregon Health & Science University 223  52.1  322  46.9  46  5.5  69  8.5 
University of Iowa 47  11.6  91  13.9  47  5.6  49  6.3 
Texas A&M University, College Station 11  3.3  3  1.3  48  5.7  19  3 
University of Virginia 64  15.5  80  12.3  49  5.8  51  6.5 
University of Rochester 81  19.4  111  16.7  50  5.9  68  8.4 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
University of California, Irvine 44  10.9  44  7.2  51  6  65  8 
Purdue University, West Lafayette 8  2.6      52  6.1  37  5 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The 161  37.8  262  38.3  53  6.2  52  6.6 
University of Maryland Baltimore 183  42.9  265  38.8  54  6.3  56  7 
Georgia Institute of Technology 19  5.1  12  2.6  55  6.4  24  3.5 
University of Miami 89  21.3  87  13.3  56  6.5  64  7.9 
California Institute of Technology 99  23.6  123  18.4  57  6.6  60  7.5 
North Carolina State University 28  7.2  15  3  58  6.7  47  6 
University of Kentucky 62  15  66  10.3  59  6.8  62  7.7 
University of Massachusetts Medical School 201  47  275  40.2  60  6.9  83  10 
Arizona State University 38  9.5  18  3.4  61  7  44  5.7 
Princeton University 46  11.4  71  11  62  7.1  72  8.8 
Albert Einstein C. of Medicine         63  7.2     
University of Illinois at Chicago 53  13  42  6.9  64  7.3  63  7.8 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 172  40.4      65  7.4  188  21.6 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 30  7.7  34  5.7  66  7.5  46  5.9 
Colorado State University, Fort Collins 79  19  98  14.9  67  7.6  70  8.6 
University of Texas M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, The         68  7.7  21  3.2 
Carnegie Mellon University 56  13.7  20  3.7  69  7.8  71  8.7 
George Washington University, The 78  18.7  43  7  70  7.9  93  11.1 
Dartmouth College 160  37.6  159  23.6  71  8  76  9.2 
Wake Forest University 199  46.6  240  35.2  72  8.1  120  14.1 
Oregon State University 94  22.4  51  8.2  73  8.2  87  10.4 
University of Connecticut 51  12.5  47  7.6  74  8.3  86  10.3 
Medical University of South Carolina 230  53.7  321  46.8  75  8.4  89  10.7 
Brown University 84  20.1  92  14  76  8.5  103  12.2 
University of Georgia 32  8.1  50  8  77  8.6  53  6.7 
Florida State University 48  11.8  56  8.9  78  8.7  82  9.9 
University of Kansas 60  14.6  76  11.7  79  8.8  78  9.5 
University of New Mexico, The 98  23.3  99  15  80  8.9  91  10.9 
Temple University 71  17.1  100  15.2  81  9  85  10.2 
State University of New York, Stony Brook University 72  17.4  52  8.3  82  9.1  95  11.3 
University of Delaware 74  17.8  75  11.6  83  9.2  119  14 
Iowa State University 55  13.4  64  10  84  9.3  73  8.9 
University of Hawaii unallocated         85  9.4     
Medical College of Wisconsin 274  63.8  387  56.2  86  9.5  105  12.4 
University of California, Santa Barbara 52  12.7  72  11.2  87  9.6  96  11.4 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution         88  9.7  110  13 
Washington State University 68  16.4  83  12.7  89  9.8  66  8.1 
Tufts University 125  29.6  85  13  90  9.9  100  11.9 
Louisiana State University 331  77  74  11.4  91  10     
University of Cincinnati 67  16.2  54  8.6  92  10.1  54  6.8 
University of Missouri, Columbia 59  14.4  93  14.2  93  10.2  90  10.8 
University of South Florida, Tampa 66  16  36  6  94  10.3  42  5.5 
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The 137  32.3  156  23.2  95  10.4  92  11 
Virginia Commonwealth University 106  25.2  137  20.5  96  10.5  97  11.6 
Georgetown University 139  32.8  60  9.4  97  10.6  102  12.1 
Indiana University, Bloomington 41  10.2      98  10.7  45  5.8 
Wayne State University 93  22.2  58  9.2  99  10.8  99  11.8 
University of Texas Medical Branch, The 214  50  355  51.6  100  10.9  118  13.9 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
University of Massachusetts Amherst 63  15.3  69  10.7  101  11  104  12.3 
Tulane University 134  31.6  117  17.6  102  11.1  121  14.2 
Northeastern University 101  24  37  6.2  103  11.2  135  15.7 
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 234  54.6  357  51.9  104  11.3  141  16.4 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 69  16.7  88  13.4  105  11.4  77  9.4 
University of Oklahoma, The 86  20.6  114  17.2  106  11.5  84  10.1 
Clemson University 84  20.1  84  12.9  107  11.6  111  13.1 
University of Nebraska Medical Center 161  37.8  283  41.3  108  11.7  124  14.5 
University of California, Santa Cruz 106  25.2  112  16.9  109  11.8  143  16.6 
University of Alaska Fairbanks 216  50.5  263  38.5  110  11.9  131  15.3 
Utah State University 139  32.8  202  29.8  111  12  116  13.6 
University of South Carolina     96  14.6  112  12.1     
University of Central Florida 80  19.2  59  9.3  113  12.2  98  11.7 
Mississippi State University 114  27  129  19.3  114  12.3  94  11.2 
University of California, Riverside 82  19.6  77  11.9  115  12.4  127  14.8 
Rockefeller University, The 256  59.7  352  51.2  116  12.5  74  9 
University of Vermont 183  42.9  252  36.9  117  12.6  144  16.7 
Rice University 92  22  102  15.4  118  12.7  126  14.7 
Kansas State University 105  24.9  118  17.7  119  12.8  109  12.9 
University of Notre Dame 90  21.5  112  16.9  120  12.9  101  12 
Rush University 310  72.1  460  66.7  121  13  166  19.1 
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The 216  50.5  326  47.5  122  13.1  112  13.2 
University of Louisville 122  28.9  134  20  123  13.2  122  14.3 
George Mason University 65  15.7  78  12  124  13.3  146  16.9 
University of Tennessee, The, Knoxville 49  12  109  16.4  125  13.4  107  12.6 
State University of New York at Buffalo 49  12  35  5.9  126  13.5  59  7.4 
University of Dayton 227  53  172  25.5  127  13.6  138  16 
Montana State University, Bozeman     341  49.6  128  13.7  140  16.3 
University of Mississippi, The, University 157  36.9      129  13.8     
Consortium for Ocean Leadership         130  13.9     
University of Hawaii at Manoa 95  22.6  103  15.6  131  14  80  9.7 
Thomas Jefferson University 289  67.3  345  50.2  132  14.1  134  15.6 
Drexel University 109  25.9  86  13.2  133  14.2  137  15.9 
University of Oregon 118  27.9  126  18.9  134  14.3  159  18.4 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 352  81.8  562  81.3  135  14.4  157  18.1 
University of California Office of the President         136  14.5  200  22.9 
New Mexico State University 153  36  167  24.8  137  14.6  148  17.2 
West Virginia University 88  21  107  16.2  138  14.7  117  13.8 
Georgia Health Sciences University         139  14.8     
Georgia State University 96  22.9  68  10.6  140  14.9  108  12.8 
State University of New York, system office         141  15  851  94.4 
University of Houston, system administration         142  15.1  622  69.2 
Florida International University 121  28.6  81  12.4  143  15.2  123  14.4 
University of New Hampshire 185  43.4  179  26.5  144  15.3  133  15.5 
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research         145  15.4     
State University of New York University at Albany 102  24.2  127  19  146  15.5  129  15.1 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 118  27.9  151  22.5  147  15.6  150  17.4 
San Diego State University 322  74.9  120  18  148  15.7  162  18.7 
University of Rhode Island 165  38.8  206  30.3  149  15.8  152  17.6 
Auburn University, Auburn 73  17.6      150  15.9  115  13.5 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 166  39  155  23  151  16  169  19.5 
North Dakota State University 138  32.5  186  27.5  152  16.1  130  15.2 
University of Alabama in Huntsville, The 252  58.8  238  34.9  153  16.2  161  18.6 
University of Texas at El Paso, The 191  44.7  215  31.6  154  16.3  160  18.5 
University of Montana,The, Missoula 185  43.4  247  36.2  155  16.4  163  18.8 
University of Tennessee, The         156  16.5     
University of Tennessee, The, Health Science Center 257  59.9  340  49.5  157  16.6  167  19.2 
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 110  26.1  143  21.3  158  16.7  128  15 
Oak Ridge Associated Universities         159  16.8     
University of Nevada, Reno 132  31.2  165  24.5  160  16.9  149  17.3 
University of North Dakota 177  41.5  232  34  161  17  151  17.5 
University of Idaho 181  42.4  222  32.6  162  17.1  147  17 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 201  47  82  12.6  163  17.2  136  15.8 
University of Wyoming 168  39.4  169  25  164  17.3  142  16.5 
University of Maine 196  45.9  192  28.3  165  17.4  155  17.9 
University of Texas at Arlington, The 100  23.8  40  6.6  166  17.5  158  18.2 
Oklahoma State University 77  18.5  90  13.7  167  17.6  114  13.4 
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis 139  32.8      168  17.7     
University of North Texas, Denton 83  19.9  116  17.4  169  17.8  205  23.4 
Wright State University 212  49.6  109  16.4  170  17.9  185  21.2 
University of Texas at Dallas, The 106  25.2  29  5  171  18  145  16.8 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 216  50.5  276  40.3  172  18.1  217  24.7 
Brandeis University 166  39  132  19.7  173  18.2  174  20 
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 292  68  221  32.5  174  18.3  207  23.6 
Morehouse School of Medicine 366  85  469  68  175  18.4  219  25 
Syracuse University 124  29.3  62  9.7  176  18.5  132  15.4 
Boston College 127  30  189  27.9  177  18.6  187  21.4 
Texas Tech University 58  14.1  67  10.4  178  18.7  113  13.3 
Northern Arizona University 234  54.6  207  30.5  179  18.8  201  23 
Colorado School of Mines 135  31.8  136  20.3  180  18.9  184  21.1 
Jackson State University 192  45  383  55.6  181  19  253  28.7 
Stevens Institute of Technology 209  48.9  97  14.7  182  19.1  222  25.3 
Illinois Institute of Technology 161  37.8  57  9  183  19.2  227  25.8 
South Dakota State University 209  48.9  184  27.2  184  19.3  178  20.4 
Texas A&M University unallocated         185  19.4     
Michigan Technological University 161  37.8  141  21  186  19.5  168  19.4 
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 282  65.7  174  25.8  187  19.6  242  27.5 
State University of New York, Binghamton U. 125  29.6  94  14.3  188  19.7  156  18 
City University of New York, The City College 236  55.1  236  34.6  189  19.8  191  21.9 
Texas A&M Health Science Center         190  19.9     
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 333  77.4  515  74.5  191  20  228  25.9 
Brigham Young University, Provo 144  33.9      192  20.1     
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The 147  34.6  100  15.2  193  20.2  245  27.8 
University of Southern Mississippi, The 142  33.5  200  29.5  194  20.3  180  20.7 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 115  27.2  124  18.6  195  20.4  192  22 
Portland State University 185  43.4  139  20.7  196  20.5  196  22.4 
Loyola University Chicago 172  40.4  226  33.2  197  20.6  213  24.3 
San Jose State University     61  9.6  198  20.7  214  24.4 
University of Texas at San Antonio, The 150  35.3  153  22.8  199  20.8  171  19.7 
University of Wisconsin unallocated         200  20.9     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
University of Massachusetts Lowell 154  36.2  164  24.3  201  21  173  19.9 
University of Illinois unallocated         202  21.1     
Rochester Institute of Technology 248  57.9  105  15.9  203  21.2  193  22.1 
Meharry Medical College 386  89.6  415  60.2  204  21.3  284  32.1 
Old Dominion University 117  27.7  197  29  205  21.4  175  20.1 
University of California, Merced 241  56.3  239  35  206  21.5  223  25.4 
Howard University 155  36.5  230  33.8  207  21.6  203  23.2 
City University of New York, Hunter College     530  76.7  208  21.7  230  26.2 
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 305  71  419  60.8  209  21.8  221  25.2 
University of Memphis, The 113  26.8  204  30  210  21.9  195  22.3 
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 322  74.9  282  41.2  211  22  216  24.6 
Lehigh University 130  30.7  150  22.3  212  22.1  218  24.8 
Boise State University 405  94  294  42.9  213  22.2  225  25.6 
Nevada System of Higher Education         214  22.3     
Hampton University 310  72.1  412  59.8  215  22.4  286  32.3 
College of William and Mary 205  48  259  37.9  216  22.5  177  20.3 
University of Toledo, The 123  29.1  190  28  217  22.6  194  22.2 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 142  33.5  177  26.2  218  22.7  176  20.2 
San Francisco State University     210  30.9  219  22.8  232  26.4 
Tuskegee University 366  85  475  68.8  220  22.9  285  32.2 
University of South Alabama 262  61.1  248  36.3  221  23  209  23.8 
Florida Atlantic University 148  34.8  191  28.2  222  23.1  202  23.1 
University of Alabama, The, Tuscaloosa 97  23.1  142  21.2  223  23.2  179  20.6 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 248  57.9  178  26.3  224  23.3  226  25.7 
Tennessee State University 292  68  347  50.5  225  23.4  277  31.3 
Prairie View A&M University 386  89.6  326  47.5  226  23.5  305  34.4 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 145  34.2  152  22.6  227  23.6  215  24.5 
Yeshiva University 157  36.9  301  43.9  228  23.7  452  50.6 
California State University, Northridge     181  26.8  229  23.8  278  31.4 
Southern Methodist University 182  42.7  193  28.5  230  23.9  233  26.5 
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science     559  80.8  231  24  295  33.3 
University of South Dakota, The 230  53.7  394  57.2  232  24.1  240  27.3 
University of Texas-Pan American, The 343  79.7      233  24.2  234  26.6 
Alabama A&M University 352  81.8  311  45.4  234  24.3  229  26 
University of the Virgin Islands     553  80  235  24.4  315  35.5 
University of Missouri, Kansas City 192  45  146  21.7  236  24.5  247  28 
University of Puerto Rico         237  24.6     
Loma Linda University 194  45.4  272  39.8  238  24.7  260  29.5 
Albany Medical College 366  85  545  78.8  239  24.8  268  30.3 
Northeast Ohio Medical University 421  97.7  621  89.7  240  24.9  270  30.6 
Morgan State University 262  61.1  278  40.6  241  25  299  33.7 
Ohio University 133  31.4  147  21.9  242  25.1  181  20.8 
East Carolina University 230  53.7  195  28.8  243  25.2  243  27.6 
University of Akron, The 129  30.5  122  18.3  244  25.3  210  24 
North Carolina Central University     288  42.1  245  25.4  304  34.3 
California State University, Long Beach     144  21.5  246  25.5  273  30.9 
University of Massachusetts Boston 212  49.6  215  31.6  247  25.6  172  19.8 
Catholic University of America, The 157  36.9  387  56.2  248  25.7  250  28.4 
Norfolk State University 405  94  494  71.5  249  25.8  360  40.4 
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 299  69.6  437  63.4  250  25.9  283  32 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Virginia State University     466  67.5  251  26  325  36.6 
Marquette University 171  40.1  232  34  252  26.1  231  26.3 
California State University, Sacramento     298  43.5  253  26.2  262  29.7 
New York Medical College 371  86.2  366  53.2  254  26.3  296  33.4 
University of Nebraska unallocated         255  26.4     
Kentucky State University     509  73.7  256  26.5  357  40.1 
Xavier University of Louisiana         257  26.6  314  35.4 
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras 179  42  180  26.6  258  26.7  261  29.6 
Louisiana Tech University 236  55.1  336  48.9  259  26.8  254  28.8 
Delaware State University 333  77.4  500  72.4  260  26.9  266  30.1 
Lincoln University, Jefferson City     642  92.7  261  27  395  44.3 
Texas State University 207  48.4  168  24.9  262  27.1  182  20.9 
University of Guam     511  74  263  27.2  337  37.9 
California State University, San Marcos     500  72.4  264  27.3  373  41.9 
Clark Atlanta University 310  72.1  371  53.9  265  27.4  352  39.6 
Kent State University 112  26.6  130  19.5  266  27.5  208  23.7 
Ponce School of Medicine 371  86.2  615  88.8  267  27.6  340  38.2 
California State University, Los Angeles     201  29.6  268  27.7  346  38.9 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 310  72.1  324  47.2  269  27.8  267  30.2 
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 310  72.1  597  86.3  270  27.9  358  40.2 
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff     582  84.1  271  28  347  39 
Florida Institute of Technology 214  50  149  22.2  272  28.1  276  31.2 
Fort Valley State University     446  64.7  273  28.2  392  44 
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo     311  45.4  274  28.3  278  31.4 
University of Houston 69  16.7  65  10.2  275  28.4  125  14.6 
Clarkson University 299  69.6  305  44.5  276  28.5  298  33.6 
Langston University         277  28.6  320  36 
Creighton University 352  81.8  449  65.1  278  28.7  249  28.2 
University of Missouri         279  28.8     
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The 120  28.4  223  32.8  280  28.9  252  28.6 
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science         281  29  186  21.3 
Marshall University 299  69.6  241  35.3  282  29.1  275  31.1 
Rowan University 396  91.9  449  65.1  283  29.2  312  35.2 
California State University, San Bernardino     267  39  284  29.3  311  35.1 
Alcorn State University     496  71.8  285  29.4  289  32.6 
Minnesota State University, Mankato     338  49.2  286  29.5  485  54.2 
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge     293  42.8  287  29.6  423  47.4 
DePaul University 265  61.8  140  20.9  288  29.7  342  38.5 
California State University, Fullerton     154  22.9  289  29.8  389  43.6 
Miami University 221  51.6  212  31.2  290  29.9  281  31.8 
Oakland University 199  46.6  226  33.2  291  30  301  34 
City University of New York, Queens College     335  48.8  292  30.1  294  33.2 
Eastern Virginia Medical School     363  52.8  293  30.2  239  27.2 
Baylor University 169  39.7  225  33  294  30.3  237  26.9 
Tennessee Technological University 331  77  436  63.2  295  30.4  316  35.6 
Palo Alto University 201  47  252  36.9  296  30.5  579  64.5 
Nova Southeastern University 150  35.3  318  46.4  297  30.6  257  29.1 
City University of New York unallocated         298  30.7     
Prince George's Community College         299  30.8     
University of the District of Columbia     429  62.2  300  30.9  431  48.2 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
South Carolina State University     526  76.1  301  31  303  34.2 
Ana G. Mendez University System         302  31.1     
Southern Illinois University unallocated         303  31.2     
American University 209  48.9  125  18.7  304  31.3  190  21.8 
University of Denver 135  31.8  131  19.6  305  31.4  259  29.4 
Wesleyan University 317  73.8  444  64.4  306  31.5  334  37.6 
University of Alaska Southeast     664  95.8  307  31.6  559  62.3 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 252  58.8  309  45.1  308  31.7  244  27.7 
Montana Tech of University of Montana     471  68.2  309  31.8  309  34.8 
University of New England     235  34.5  310  31.9  350  39.4 
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 104  24.7  157  23.3  311  32  198  22.6 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 396  91.9  303  44.2  312  32.1  308  34.7 
University of Nebraska at Omaha 305  71  250  36.6  313  32.2  317  35.7 
California State University, Bakersfield     497  72  314  32.3  408  45.7 
University of Detroit Mercy 343  79.7  357  51.9  315  32.4  478  53.4 
Murray State University     317  46.2  316  32.5  486  54.3 
City University of New York, Brooklyn College     385  55.9  317  32.6  359  40.3 
Central State University         318  32.7  516  57.6 
Mercer University 396  91.9  333  48.5  319  32.8  235  26.7 
Central Michigan University 265  61.8  213  31.3  320  32.9  300  33.8 
California State University, Fresno     260  38  321  33  349  39.2 
Riverside Community C. District         322  33.1     
Idaho State University 236  55.1  286  41.8  323  33.2  274  31 
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 333  77.4  381  55.4  324  33.3  297  33.5 
Western Michigan University 131  30.9  121  18.2  325  33.4  258  29.2 
University of Maryland unallocated         326  33.5     
Salish Kootenai College         327  33.6  575  64.1 
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 292  68  326  47.5  328  33.7  241  27.4 
Bowling Green State University 185  43.4  199  29.3  329  33.8  302  34.1 
University of Alaska Anchorage 421  97.7  474  68.7  330  33.9  264  29.9 
Western Washington University     349  50.8  331  34  310  35 
East Tennessee State University 274  63.8  250  36.6  332  34.1  331  37.3 
Illinois State University 224  52.3  219  32.2  333  34.2  269  30.4 
Navajo Technical College         334  34.3     
Winston-Salem State University     674  97.3  335  34.4  564  62.9 
West Virginia State University     585  84.6  336  34.5  376  42.2 
Columbia University, Teachers College 103  24.5  170  25.2  337  34.6  251  28.5 
Fisk University     587  84.8  338  34.7  399  44.7 
State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute     404  58.6  339  34.8  75  9.1 
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona     370  53.8  340  34.9  383  43 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 224  52.3  220  32.3  341  35  153  17.7 
University of Texas at Tyler, The     318  46.4  342  35.1  536  59.8 
Desert Research Institute         343  35.2  236  26.8 
Towson University 317  73.8  280  40.9  344  35.3  477  53.3 
Oglala Lakota College         345  35.4  715  79.4 
Texas Southern University 265  61.8  270  39.5  346  35.5  406  45.5 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium         347  35.6     
Wichita State University 241  56.3  198  29.2  348  35.7  165  19 
Western Kentucky University     273  39.9  349  35.8  324  36.5 
Harris-Stowe State University         350  35.9     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Indian River State College         351  36     
College of Micronesia-FSM         352  36.1     
American Samoa Community College         353  36.2  647  72 
City University of New York, New York City College of Technology         354  36.3  640  71.2 
Spelman College         355  36.4  510  56.9 
Duquesne University 178  41.8  341  49.6  356  36.5  282  31.9 
City University of New York, College of Staten Island     654  94.4  357  36.6  416  46.6 
Virginia Community College         358  36.7     
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, The 405  94  267  39  359  36.8  291  32.9 
New York Structural Biology Center         360  36.9     
Dine College         361  37     
Fordham University 145  34.2  257  37.6  362  37.1  265  30 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville     285  41.6  363  37.2  280  31.7 
Claremont Graduate University 116  27.5  203  29.9  364  37.3  322  36.3 
Northeastern Illinois University     429  62.2  365  37.4  588  65.5 
University of New Orleans 224  52.3  315  45.9  366  37.5  293  33.1 
Sitting Bull College     681  98.3  367  37.6     
New School, The 195  45.7  173  25.6  368  37.7  313  35.3 
Hofstra University 270  62.9  287  41.9  369  37.8  549  61.2 
Universidad del Turabo     323  47.1  370  37.9  544  60.7 
City University of New York, Graduate Center 36  9.1  103  15.6  371  38  351  39.5 
Texas A&M University-Kingsville 378  87.8  118  17.7  372  38.1  255  28.9 
University of Tulsa 245  57.2  246  36  373  38.2  263  29.8 
Northern Illinois University 179  42  163  24.2  374  38.3  271  30.7 
Bemidji State University         375  38.4     
Barnard College         376  38.5  432  48.4 
Northern Marianas College         377  38.6     
Montclair State University 317  73.8  218  32  378  38.7  386  43.3 
Dillard University         379  38.8  365  41 
Universidad Central del Caribe 352  81.8  590  85.3  380  38.9  387  43.4 
Turtle Mountain Community College         381  39     
Northwest Indian College         382  39.1  561  62.5 
University of Massachusetts unallocated         383  39.2  414  46.4 
College of Menominee Nation         384  39.3     
Fort Berthold Community College         385  39.4     
Touro College     329  47.9  386  39.5  709  78.8 
Chapman University 274  63.8  366  53.2  387  39.6  326  36.7 
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 230  53.7  274  40.1  388  39.7  371  41.6 
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc.         389  39.8     
Central Washington University     320  46.6  390  39.9  429  48 
University of the Incarnate Word 333  77.4  449  65.1  391  40  522  58.2 
Missouri State University     311  45.4  392  40.1  459  51.3 
Madison Area Technical College         393  40.2     
Georgia Southern University 405  94  296  43.2  394  40.3  290  32.8 
Western University of Health Sciences     605  87.4  395  40.4  379  42.5 
Long Island University     160  23.8  396  40.5  495  55.3 
City University of New York, Lehman College     678  97.8  397  40.6  401  45 
State University of New York College of Optometry 405  94  649  93.7  398  40.7  448  50.1 
Pepperdine University     209  30.8  399  40.8  491  54.8 
University of Missouri, Saint Louis 198  46.4  361  52.5  400  40.9  318  35.8 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Westminster College, Salt Lake City         401  41     
University of Hawaii at Hilo     571  82.6  402  41.1  367  41.2 
Appalachian State University     278  40.6  403  41.2  411  46 
College of New Jersey, The         404  41.3  626  69.7 
University of Tennessee, The, Chattanooga 378  87.8  424  61.5  405  41.4  375  42.1 
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 292  68  296  43.2  406  41.5  238  27 
United Tribes Technical College         407  41.6     
New Jersey City University         408  41.7  390  43.7 
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler     630  91  409  41.8  288  32.5 
Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education         410  41.9     
Samuel Merritt University, Oakland         411  42     
James Madison University 343  79.7  304  44.4  412  42.1  453  50.7 
Mercy College         413  42.2     
Haskell Indian Nations University         414  42.3     
Lewis & Clark College         415  42.4  442  49.5 
Villanova University 282  65.7  182  26.9  416  42.5  272  30.8 
Texas Woman's University 152  35.8  242  35.5  417  42.6  421  47.2 
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area         418  42.7     
University of Northern Colorado 185  43.4  245  35.9  419  42.8  409  45.8 
Arkansas State University 352  81.8  324  47.2  420  42.9  353  39.7 
Cleveland State University 205  48  176  26  421  43  164  18.9 
Santa Clara University     186  27.5  422  43.1  507  56.6 
Wellesley College         423  43.2  327  36.8 
Humboldt State University     374  54.4  424  43.3  292  33 
Stephen F. Austin State University 405  94  401  58.2  425  43.4  434  48.6 
Sinte Gleska University         426  43.5     
Trinity College, Hartford     649  93.7  427  43.6  476  53.2 
Cankdeska Cikana Community College         428  43.7     
Juniata College         429  43.8  792  87.9 
Morehead State University     565  81.7  430  43.9  475  53.1 
Stone Child College         431  44     
University of Richmond         432  44.1  465  52 
Middlebury College 352  81.8      433  44.2  515  57.5 
Franklin & Marshall College         434  44.3  415  46.5 
Alabama State University 282  65.7  649  93.7  435  44.4  500  55.8 
Fort Peck Community College         436  44.5     
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         437  44.6     
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury         438  44.7     
Blackfeet Community College         439  44.8     
Bates College         440  44.9  533  59.5 
Davidson College         441  45  548  61.1 
Mount Holyoke College         442  45.1  437  48.9 
Clark University 236  55.1  254  37.2  443  45.2  343  38.6 
Maricopa Community College         444  45.3     
Texas Christian University 281  65.5  357  51.9  445  45.4  363  40.8 
Salus University     517  74.8  446  45.5  565  63 
Armstrong Atlantic State University     562  81.3  447  45.6     
New Mexico Highlands University     567  82  448  45.6  636  70.8 
Fort Belknap College         449  45.8     
Rider University         450  45.8  566  63.1 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Fayetteville State University     612  88.4  451  46  396  44.4 
Institute of American Indian Arts         452  46     
Mount St. Mary's College         453  46.2     
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium         454  46.2     
Harvey Mudd College         455  46.4  430  48.1 
Sonoma State University     478  69.2  456  46.4  692  76.9 
Amherst College         457  46.6  422  47.3 
Lamar University 333  77.4  171  25.3  458  46.6  426  47.7 
Alamo Colleges         459  46.8     
California State University, Chico     354  51.5  460  46.8  562  62.6 
Susquehanna University         461  47  649  72.2 
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute         462  47     
Utah Valley University         463  47.2  825  91.5 
Haverford College         464  47.2  487  54.4 
College of Charleston     428  62.1  465  47.4  335  37.7 
Hawaii Pacific University     494  71.5  466  47.4  505  56.4 
Chicago State University     362  52.6  467  47.6  530  59.1 
Middle Tennessee State University 241  56.3  267  39  468  47.6  407  45.6 
Pace University 421  97.7  205  30.2  469  47.8  398  44.6 
Sinclair Community College         470  47.8     
Kenyon College         471  48  631  70.2 
Ilisagvik College         472  48     
State University of New York College at Old Westbury         473  48.2  685  76.2 
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia 343  79.7  462  67  474  48.2  424  47.5 
Des Moines University     567  82  475  48.4  583  65 
Montgomery College         476  48.4     
City University of New York, John Jay College Criminal Justice     439  63.7  477  48.6  319  35.9 
University of San Diego 241  56.3  533  77.1  478  48.6  427  47.8 
Governors State University     281  41.1  479  48.8  717  79.7 
University of Alabama, The, unallocated         480  48.8     
Hinds Community College         481  49     
College of St. Scholastica, The, Duluth     625  90.3  482  49     
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 185  43.4  331  48.2  483  49.2  600  66.8 
Sisseton Wahpeton College         484  49.2     
Sacred Heart University     270  39.5  485  49.4     
Savannah State University     572  82.7  486  49.4  586  65.3 
Alfred University 378  87.8  609  88  487  49.6  456  51 
Seattle University     409  59.4  488  49.6  558  62.2 
St. John's University, New York City 201  47  237  34.8  489  49.8  482  53.8 
University of West Alabama, The     666  96.1  490  49.8  739  82.1 
Midwestern University     306  44.6  491  50  332  37.4 
Bowie State University 405  94  433  62.8  492  50  541  60.3 
Tougaloo College         493  50.2  467  52.2 
Valencia Community College         494  50.2     
Grand Valley State University     258  37.8  495  50.4  368  41.3 
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College         496  50.4     
Seattle Pacific University 274  63.8  533  77.1  497  50.6  643  71.5 
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College         498  50.6     
Carleton College         499  50.8  369  41.4 
Eastern Iowa Community College District         500  50.8     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Fort Hays State University     437  63.4  501  51  656  73 
Massachusetts Maritime Academy         502  51     
Northern Kentucky University     519  75.1  503  51.2  555  61.9 
Vermont Technical College         504  51.2     
Dordt College         505  51.4  723  80.3 
Southeastern U., Lakeland         506  51.4     
Morehouse College         507  51.6  435  48.7 
College of Wooster, The         508  51.6  556  62 
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College         509  51.8     
Kennesaw State University 386  89.6  316  46.1  510  51.8  330  37.2 
Leech Lake Tribal College         511  52     
Millersville University of Pennsylvania     527  76.2  512  52  710  78.9 
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College         513  52.2     
California Maritime Academy, The         514  52.2  520  58 
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire     542  78.4  515  52.4  557  62.1 
Little Big Horn College         516  52.4     
Reed College         517  52.6  584  65.1 
University of Wisconsin-Stout     511  74  518  52.6  679  75.5 
Barry University 282  65.7  314  45.8  519  52.8  784  87 
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao         520  52.8  590  65.7 
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium         521  53     
Florida Keys Community College         522  53     
Bay Mills Community College         523  53.2     
California State University, Monterey Bay     597  86.3  524  53.2  391  43.8 
Inter American University of Puerto Rico 262  61.1  243  35.6  525  53.4     
State University of New York Maritime College         526  53.4     
Bowdoin College         527  53.6  493  55.1 
Chief Dull Knife College         528  53.6     
California State University, Dominguez Hills     458  66.4  529  53.8  532  59.4 
City University of New York, Bronx Community College         530  53.8     
Bradley University     345  50.2  531  54  535  59.7 
University of Southern Maine 310  72.1  649  93.7  532  54  364  40.9 
Brookdale Community College         533  54.2     
Lafayette College         534  54.2  538  60 
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District         535  54.4     
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce         536  54.4  694  77.2 
Central Community College         537  54.6     
Spalding University         538  54.6     
College of Lake County         539  54.8     
Oberlin College         540  54.8  525  58.6 
Trinity University         541  55  451  50.4 
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey         542  55  621  69.1 
Miami Dade College         543  55.2     
Yavapai College         544  55.2     
Pasadena City College         545  55.4     
Maine Maritime Academy         546  55.4  546  60.9 
Carthage College         547  55.5     
New England College of Optometry, The         548  55.6  624  69.4 
Colorado State University, system office         549  55.7     
Loyola Marymount University     408  59.2  550  55.8  366  41.1 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico     341  49.6  551  55.9  731  81.2 
Salt Lake Community College         552  56     
Pomona College         553  56.1  460  51.4 
Bridgewater State College     527  76.2  554  56.2  803  89.1 
San Mateo County Community College District         555  56.3     
Wichita Area Technical C.         556  56.4     
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium         557  56.5     
Del Mar College         558  56.6     
Nebraska Indian Community College         559  56.7     
Mills College     562  81.3  560  56.8  446  49.9 
Smith College 333  77.4      561  56.9  380  42.6 
Hampshire College         562  57  741  82.3 
University of North Florida     378  54.9  563  57.1  374  42 
Burlington County College         564  57.2     
Delaware County Community C.         565  57.3     
White Earth Tribal & Community College         566  57.4     
Raritan Valley Community College         567  57.5     
Hartnell College         568  57.6     
Bethune-Cookman University     552  79.8  569  57.7  901  99.9 
Ball State University 270  62.9  229  33.6  570  57.8  338  38 
City University of New York, Queensborough Community College         571  57.9     
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology     597  86.3  572  58  671  74.6 
Vermont Law School         573  58.1     
Hope College         574  58.2  457  51.1 
State University of New York Cobleskill         575  58.3     
Butler University     689  99.4  576  58.4  758  84.2 
University of Houston-Downtown         577  58.5  490  54.7 
Skidmore College         578  58.6  531  59.2 
Bucknell University     612  88.4  579  58.7  413  46.3 
Northwestern Michigan College         580  58.8     
Central Piedmont Community College         581  58.9     
University of Central Oklahoma     330  48.1  582  59  384  43.1 
Gadsden State Community College         583  59.1     
Albany State University         584  59.2  589  65.6 
Florida Gulf Coast University     545  78.8  585  59.3  381  42.8 
University of Wisconsin-River Falls         586  59.4  628  69.9 
Keck Graduate Institute 421  97.7  395  57.4  587  59.5  528  58.9 
Little Priest Tribal College         588  59.6     
Claremont McKenna College         589  59.7  385  43.2 
Chaminade University of Honolulu         590  59.8     
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College         591  59.9     
Youngstown State University 421  97.7  378  54.9  592  60  412  46.2 
Universidad del Este         593  60.1  594  66.2 
Siena College         594  60.2  581  64.7 
Columbus State Community College         595  60.3     
Mount Mary C.         596  60.4     
U. Pikeville         596  60.4     
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine         596  60.4  816  90.6 
College of New Rochelle, The         599  60.7     
Florida State College at Jacksonville         600  60.8     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
City University of New York, Medgar Evers College         601  60.9  514  57.4 
Grays Harbor C.         602  61     
St. Cloud State University     349  50.8  603  61.1  438  49 
Northeast Iowa Community College         604  61.2     
Whatcom Community College         605  61.3     
Marymount University     376  54.6  606  61.4     
Lane Community College         607  61.5     
University of Arkansas unallocated         608  61.6     
Augsburg College         609  61.7  617  68.7 
MGH Institute of Health Professions     429  62.2  610  61.8  497  55.5 
Huston-Tillotson University         611  61.9     
Gallaudet University 340  79  439  63.7  612  62  356  40 
Bristol Community College         613  62.1     
Northern New Mexico College         614  62.2     
California State University, East Bay     188  27.8  615  62.3  779  86.5 
University of the Pacific 371  86.2  449  65.1  616  62.4  506  56.5 
Pacific University     391  56.8  617  62.5  354  39.8 
University of Northern Iowa 322  74.9  363  52.8  618  62.6  449  50.2 
El Paso Community College         619  62.7     
Fielding Graduate U.         620  62.8     
Bryn Mawr College 322  74.9  612  88.4  621  62.9  321  36.2 
University of North Alabama     630  91  622  63     
Furman University     664  95.8  623  63.1  513  57.3 
Williams College     592  85.6  624  63.2  394  44.2 
Eastern Illinois University     302  44.1  625  63.3  660  73.4 
Union College, Schenectady         626  63.4  614  68.4 
City University of New York, York College         627  63.5  672  74.7 
Christopher Newport University     642  92.7  628  63.6  605  67.4 
Alvernia University         629  63.7     
Occidental College         630  63.8  545  60.8 
Francis Marion University         631  63.9  885  98.1 
City University of New York, Baruch College     289  42.2  632  64  481  53.7 
Carlos Albizu University, San Juan 236  55.1  348  50.6  633  64.1  883  97.9 
University of Alaska System of Higher Education         634  64.2     
University of Louisiana at Monroe 299  69.6  396  57.5  635  64.3  494  55.2 
University of California Hastings College of Law         636  64.4     
Goucher College     685  98.9  637  64.5  832  92.3 
University of West Florida 322  74.9  397  57.6  638  64.6  224  25.5 
Hendrix College         639  64.7  776  86.2 
Allegheny College         640  64.8  608  67.7 
Bethel University         641  64.9     
Moraine Valley Community College         642  65     
Passaic County Community College         643  65.1     
Graduate School USA         644  65.2     
Missouri Western State University     533  77.1  645  65.3  846  93.8 
Loyola University Maryland 378  87.8  333  48.5  646  65.4  688  76.5 
Rhodes College         647  65.5     
Ithaca College     605  87.4  648  65.6  665  74 
Western Carolina University     399  57.9  649  65.7  576  64.2 
Eastern Michigan University 221  51.6  368  53.5  650  65.8  378  42.4 
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Lake Superior State University         651  65.9  630  70.1 
Pitzer College         652  66  678  75.4 
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences     426  61.8  653  66.1  664  73.8 
Kettering University     541  78.2  654  66.2  417  46.7 
Grambling State University 396  91.9  412  59.8  655  66.3  382  42.9 
Valparaiso University     392  56.9  656  66.4  466  52.1 
National Physical Science Consortium         657  66.5     
Eastern Kentucky University     377  54.8  658  66.6  606  67.5 
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The         659  66.7     
Mount Aloysius College     685  98.9  659  66.7     
Benedict College         661  66.9  552  61.5 
Pennsylvania College of Technology         662  67     
Swarthmore College         663  67.1  439  49.1 
Radford University     407  59.1  664  67.2  718  79.8 
Trident Technical College         665  67.3     
Claflin University     671  96.8  666  67.4  593  66 
Northwest Missouri State University     289  42.2  667  67.5  740  82.2 
Fairfield University     469  68  668  67.6  339  38.1 
Dickinson College         669  67.7  669  74.4 
Flathead Valley Community College         670  67.8     
University of Hawaii at West Oahu         671  67.9     
Bluefield State College         672  68  783  86.9 
Milwaukee School of Engineering     666  96.1  673  68.1  445  49.8 
Texas A&M University-Commerce 299  69.6  256  37.5  674  68.2  418  46.8 
St. Lawrence University         675  68.3  725  80.6 
Willamette University         676  68.4  462  51.6 
Troy University     283  41.3  677  68.5  854  94.7 
Iona College     462  67  678  68.6  897  99.4 
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh     590  85.3  679  68.7  570  63.5 
Front Range Community C.         680  68.8     
Brevard Community College         681  68.9     
Citrus C.         682  69     
Dominican University of California     523  75.7  683  69.1  655  72.9 
Clark State Community College         684  69.2     
Cape Fear Community College         685  69.3     
Drake University     654  94.4  686  69.4  612  68.1 
Lane College         687  69.5     
Colby College         688  69.6  511  57 
Lorain County Community College         689  69.7     
Le Moyne College         690  69.8     
Marist College     609  88  691  69.9  707  78.6 
Georgia College and State University     519  75.1  692  70  851  94.4 
Stockton University     471  68.2  693  70.1  610  67.9 
U. Puerto Rico, Utuado         694  70.2     
State University of New York Purchase College         695  70.3  847  94 
Emerson College         696  70.4  574  64 
Virginia Union University         697  70.5     
Macalester College         698  70.6  521  58.1 
University of Wisconsin-Platteville     660  95.3  699  70.7  629  70 
Hillsborough Community College         700  70.8     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Portland Community College         701  70.9     
Sam Houston State University 292  68  307  44.8  702  71  436  48.8 
Suffolk University 340  79  446  64.7  703  71.1  582  64.8 
Western New Mexico University         704  71.2  792  87.9 
Finger Lakes Community College         705  71.3     
Andrews University 268  62.5  554  80.1  706  71.4  650  72.3 
Wheeling Jesuit University         707  71.5  800  88.8 
Philander Smith College         708  71.6  809  89.8 
Western Oregon University         708  71.6  780  86.6 
Northern Michigan University     449  65.1  710  71.8  597  66.5 
Bayamon Central University         711  71.9     
Elon University         712  72  489  54.6 
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point     489  70.8  713  72.1  464  51.9 
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago 421  97.7  597  86.3  714  72.2  473  52.9 
Texas A&M International University     549  79.4  715  72.3  405  45.4 
Gettysburg College         716  72.4  598  66.6 
Livingstone College         717  72.5     
Saint Joseph's University     489  70.8  718  72.6  488  54.5 
Highline Community College         719  72.7     
St. Mary's College of Maryland         720  72.8  713  79.2 
St. Mary's University, San Antonio 378  87.8  448  65  721  72.9  707  78.6 
Oakland Community C.         722  73     
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse     426  61.8  723  73.1  461  51.5 
Oakwood University         724  73.2  646  71.9 
Austin Community College District, Northridge Campus         725  73.3     
University of Central Arkansas     389  56.5  726  73.4  447  50 
Ashland University         727  73.5     
Commonwealth Medical College, The     481  69.7  728  73.6  501  55.9 
City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College         729  73.7     
Bunker Hill Community College         730  73.8     
Doane College         730  73.8  616  68.6 
Lake Forest College         730  73.8  773  85.8 
Santa Rosa Junior College         730  73.8     
Western Connecticut State University         734  74.2  796  88.4 
University of Tennessee, The, Martin     660  95.3  735  74.3  827  91.8 
Saddleback College         736  74.4     
Eastern Mennonite University         737  74.5  864  95.8 
Randolph-Macon College         738  74.6     
Suffolk County Community College Ammerman Campus         739  74.7     
Heritage University         740  74.8     
City Colleges of Chicago         741  74.9     
Otterbein University         742  75     
Texas Lutheran University         743  75.1  863  95.7 
Citadel Military College of South Carolina     666  96.1  744  75.2  674  75 
DePauw University         745  75.3  837  92.9 
Dakota State University 371  86.2  511  74  746  75.4  496  55.4 
Colorado College         747  75.5  502  56 
Bentley University 371  86.2      748  75.6  748  83.1 
Tohono O'Odham Community College         749  75.7     
J.F. Drake State Technical College         750  75.8     
Institution 2016
Earned doctorates

(431 ranked) 		2016
Full-time graduate students

(693 ranked) 		2016
Total federal obligations

(992 ranked) 		2017
Total R&D expenditures

(902 ranked)
Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile Rank Percentile
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame         751  75.9     
Eastern Washington University     357  51.9  752  76  518  57.8 
Southern Connecticut State University     294  42.9  753  76.1  484  54.1 
Ohio Wesleyan University         754  76.2  799  88.7 
Christian Brothers University         755  76.3     
State University of New York College at Brockport     458  66.4  756  76.4  601  66.9 
Riverside Community College District, Riverside         757  76.5     
University of California, Cooperative Extension         758  76.6  637  70.9 
Linn Benton Community College         759  76.7     
Austin Peay State University     575  83.1  760  76.8  508  56.7 
High Point University         761  76.9     
Mississippi Valley State University     603  87.1  762  77  683  75.9 
Western New England College     565  81.7  763  77.1  733  81.4 
Fort Lewis College         764  77.2  654  72.8 
Agnes Scott College         765  77.3  841  93.3 
East Central University         766  77.4  767  85.2 
Adams State College         767  77.5     
University of Puget Sound         768  77.6  659  73.3 
Carroll University         769  77.7     
Southwest Texas Junior College         769  77.7     
St. Edward's University         769  77.7  329  37 
Kentucky Community and Technical College System         772  78     
Rust College         773  78.1     
Adelphi University 305  71  264  38.6