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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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To view historical rankings for a specific variable, click on the variable name in the column heading.

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Total federal obligations


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Total R&D expenditures


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A. T. Still University     475  68.8      689  76.6 
Abilene Christian University     462  67  928  93.6  727  80.8 
Adams State College         767  77.5     
Adelphi University 305  71  264  38.6  774  78.2  827  91.8 
Agnes Scott College         765  77.3  841  93.3 
Air Force Institute of Technology 227  53  228  33.5      220  25.1 
Alabama A&M University 352  81.8  311  45.4  234  24.3  229  26 
Alabama State University 282  65.7  649  93.7  435  44.4  500  55.8 
Alamo Colleges         459  46.8     
Alaska Pacific University     617  89.1  976  98.4  606  67.5 
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences     654  94.4      480  53.6 
Albany Medical College 366  85  545  78.8  239  24.8  268  30.3 
Albany State University         584  59.2  589  65.6 
Albert Einstein C. of Medicine         63  7.2     
Albert Einstein College of Medicine             81  9.8 
Albion College         870  87.8  627  69.8 
Alcorn State University     496  71.8  285  29.4  289  32.6 
Alderson-Broaddus College             891  98.8 
Alfred University 378  87.8  609  88  487  49.6  456  51 
Allan Hancock College         822  83     
Allegheny College         640  64.8  608  67.7 
Alliant International University 227  53             
Alma College         863  87.1     
Alvernia University         629  63.7     
Alverno College             878  97.4 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium         347  35.6     
American International College     433  62.8         
American Museum of Natural History     630  91         
American Samoa Community College         353  36.2  647  72 
American University 209  48.9  125  18.7  304  31.3  190  21.8 
Amherst College         457  46.6  422  47.3 
Ana G. Mendez University System         302  31.1     
Andrews University 268  62.5  554  80.1  706  71.4  650  72.3 
Angelo State University     433  62.8      682  75.8 
Antioch University 340  79  214  31.5         
Appalachian State University     278  40.6  403  41.2  411  46 
Arcadia University     265  38.8      746  82.9 
Arizona Board of Regents         906  91.4     
Arizona State University 38  9.5  18  3.4  61  7  44  5.7 
Arkansas State University 352  81.8  324  47.2  420  42.9  353  39.7 
Arkansas Tech University     530  76.7      764  84.8 
Armstrong Atlantic State University     562  81.3  447  45.6     
Asbury Theological Seminary 352  81.8             
Ashland University         727  73.5     
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy         32  4.1     
Assumption College         800  80.8     
Auburn University     108  16.3         
Auburn University, Auburn 73  17.6      150  15.9  115  13.5 
Auburn University, Montgomery             788  87.5 
Augsburg College         609  61.7  617  68.7 
Augusta Technical C.         818  82.6     
Augustana College, Rock Island             865  95.9 
Augustana College, Sioux Falls         936  94.4  613  68.2 
Aurora University     630  91         
Austin College             819  90.9 
Austin Community College District, Northridge Campus         725  73.3     
Austin Peay State University     575  83.1  760  76.8  508  56.7 
Avila University     410  59.5  823  83.1     
Azusa Pacific University 328  76.3  378  54.9  800  80.8  344  38.7 
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Babson College             534  59.6 
Baldwin-Wallace College         852  86     
Ball State University 270  62.9  229  33.6  570  57.8  338  38 
Bard College     577  83.4      875  97 
Bard College at Simon's Rock         834  84.2     
Barnard College         376  38.5  432  48.4 
Barry University 282  65.7  314  45.8  519  52.8  784  87 
Bastyr University     674  97.3      780  86.6 
Bates College         440  44.9  533  59.5 
Bay Mills Community College         523  53.2     
Bayamon Central University         711  71.9     
Baylor College of Medicine 170  39.9  211  31  37  4.6  39  5.2 
Baylor University 169  39.7  225  33  294  30.3  237  26.9 
Beloit College             844  93.6 
Bemidji State University         375  38.4     
Benedict College         661  66.9  552  61.5 
Benedictine University 292  68  402  58.4         
Bennington College         894  90.2     
Bentley University 371  86.2      748  75.6  748  83.1 
Berea College         915  92.3     
Berry College             797  88.5 
Bethel University         641  64.9     
Bethune-Cookman University     552  79.8  569  57.7  901  99.9 
Biola University 260  60.6  551  79.7      635  70.7 
Birmingham Southern College         932  94     
Black Hills State University     674  97.3  858  86.6  509  56.8 
Blackfeet Community College         439  44.8     
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania     498  72.1      686  76.3 
Bluefield State College         672  68  783  86.9 
Boise State University 405  94  294  42.9  213  22.2  225  25.6 
Boston College 127  30  189  27.9  177  18.6  187  21.4 
Boston University 45  11.1  33  5.6  41  5  57  7.2 
Bowdoin College         527  53.6  493  55.1 
Bowie State University 405  94  433  62.8  492  50  541  60.3 
Bowling Green State University 185  43.4  199  29.3  329  33.8  302  34.1 
Bradley University     345  50.2  531  54  535  59.7 
Brandeis University 166  39  132  19.7  173  18.2  174  20 
Brevard Community College         681  68.9     
Bridgewater State College     527  76.2  554  56.2  803  89.1 
Brigham Young University     183  27      206  23.5 
Brigham Young University, Provo 144  33.9      192  20.1     
Bristol Community College         613  62.1     
Brite Divinity School 421  97.7             
Brookdale Community College         533  54.2     
Brown University 84  20.1  92  14  76  8.5  103  12.2 
Bryant University     666  96.1      839  93.1 
Bryn Athyn College             865  95.9 
Bryn Mawr College 322  74.9  612  88.4  621  62.9  321  36.2 
Bucknell University     612  88.4  579  58.7  413  46.3 
Buena Vista University         930  93.8     
Bunker Hill Community College         730  73.8     
Burlington County College         564  57.2     
Butler University     689  99.4  576  58.4  758  84.2 
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Caldwell College     615  88.8         
California Institute of Integral Studies 216  50.5  419  60.8         
California Institute of Technology 99  23.6  123  18.4  57  6.6  60  7.5 
California Lutheran University     414  60.1      675  75.1 
California Maritime Academy, The         514  52.2  520  58 
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo     311  45.4  274  28.3  278  31.4 
California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley-Alameda 257  59.9             
California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno 282  65.7             
California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles 289  67.3             
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona     370  53.8  340  34.9  383  43 
California State University unallocated         779  78.7     
California State University, Bakersfield     497  72  314  32.3  408  45.7 
California State University, Channel Islands         857  86.5  623  69.3 
California State University, Chico     354  51.5  460  46.8  562  62.6 
California State University, Dominguez Hills     458  66.4  529  53.8  532  59.4 
California State University, East Bay     188  27.8  615  62.3  779  86.5 
California State University, Fresno     260  38  321  33  349  39.2 
California State University, Fullerton     154  22.9  289  29.8  389  43.6 
California State University, Long Beach     144  21.5  246  25.5  273  30.9 
California State University, Los Angeles     201  29.6  268  27.7  346  38.9 
California State University, Monterey Bay     597  86.3  524  53.2  391  43.8 
California State University, Northridge     181  26.8  229  23.8  278  31.4 
California State University, Sacramento     298  43.5  253  26.2  262  29.7 
California State University, San Bernardino     267  39  284  29.3  311  35.1 
California State University, San Marcos     500  72.4  264  27.3  373  41.9 
California State University, Stanislaus     582  84.1  975  98.3  592  65.9 
Calvin College     582  84.1  881  88.9  580  64.6 
Calvin Theological Seminary 386  89.6             
Cameron University     523  75.7         
Campbell University     415  60.2         
Canisius College     577  83.4  954  96.2  568  63.3 
Cankdeska Cikana Community College         428  43.7     
Cape Fear Community College         685  69.3     
Capitol College         988  99.6     
Cardinal Stritch University 245  57.2             
Carleton College         499  50.8  369  41.4 
Carlos Albizu University, San Juan 236  55.1  348  50.6  633  64.1  883  97.9 
Carnegie Mellon University 56  13.7  20  3.7  69  7.8  71  8.7 
Carroll University         769  77.7     
Carthage College         547  55.5     
Case Western Reserve University 91  21.7  79  12.2  27  3.6  58  7.3 
Castleton State College             865  95.9 
Catholic University of America, The 157  36.9  387  56.2  248  25.7  250  28.4 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine     567  82         
Central Community College         537  54.6     
Central Connecticut State University     460  66.7  780  78.8  644  71.6 
Central Lakes College, Brainerd         973  98.1     
Central Michigan University 265  61.8  213  31.3  320  32.9  300  33.8 
Central New Mexico Community College         794  80.2     
Central Piedmont Community College         581  58.9     
Central State University         318  32.7  516  57.6 
Central Washington University     320  46.6  390  39.9  429  48 
Centre College             766  85.1 
Chaminade University of Honolulu         590  59.8     
Chapman University 274  63.8  366  53.2  387  39.6  326  36.7 
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science     559  80.8  231  24  295  33.3 
Chatham University, Pittsburgh     487  70.5         
Chestnut Hill College         778  78.6     
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania             813  90.2 
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The         659  66.7     
Chicago State University     362  52.6  467  47.6  530  59.1 
Chicago Theological Seminary 386  89.6             
Chief Dull Knife College         528  53.6     
Christian Brothers University         755  76.3     
Christopher Newport University     642  92.7  628  63.6  605  67.4 
Citadel Military College of South Carolina     666  96.1  744  75.2  674  75 
Citrus C.         682  69     
City Colleges of Chicago         741  74.9     
City University of New York unallocated         298  30.7     
City University of New York, Advanced Science Research Center             440  49.2 
City University of New York, Baruch College     289  42.2  632  64  481  53.7 
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College         498  50.6     
City University of New York, Bronx Community College         530  53.8     
City University of New York, Brooklyn College     385  55.9  317  32.6  359  40.3 
City University of New York, College of Staten Island     654  94.4  357  36.6  416  46.6 
City University of New York, Graduate Center 36  9.1  103  15.6  371  38  351  39.5 
City University of New York, Hunter College     530  76.7  208  21.7  230  26.2 
City University of New York, John Jay College Criminal Justice     439  63.7  477  48.6  319  35.9 
City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College         729  73.7     
City University of New York, Lehman College     678  97.8  397  40.6  401  45 
City University of New York, Medgar Evers College         601  60.9  514  57.4 
City University of New York, New York City College of Technology         354  36.3  640  71.2 
City University of New York, Queens College     335  48.8  292  30.1  294  33.2 
City University of New York, Queensborough Community College         571  57.9     
City University of New York, System Office             620  69 
City University of New York, The City College 236  55.1  236  34.6  189  19.8  191  21.9 
City University of New York, York College         627  63.5  672  74.7 
City of Hope 352  81.8  481  69.7         
Claflin University     671  96.8  666  67.4  593  66 
Claremont Graduate University 116  27.5  203  29.9  364  37.3  322  36.3 
Claremont McKenna College         589  59.7  385  43.2 
Claremont School of Theology 352  81.8          869  96.4 
Clarion University of Pennsylvania     477  69.1         
Clark Atlanta University 310  72.1  371  53.9  265  27.4  352  39.6 
Clark College         815  82.3     
Clark State Community College         684  69.2     
Clark University 236  55.1  254  37.2  443  45.2  343  38.6 
Clarkson University 299  69.6  305  44.5  276  28.5  298  33.6 
Clemson University 84  20.1  84  12.9  107  11.6  111  13.1 
Cleveland State University 205  48  176  26  421  43  164  18.9 
Coastal Carolina University     594  85.8      524  58.5 
Coe College         900  90.8  752  83.5 
Colby College         688  69.6  511  57 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 352  81.8  562  81.3  135  14.4  157  18.1 
Colgate University         797  80.5  443  49.6 
College of Charleston     428  62.1  465  47.4  335  37.7 
College of Lake County         539  54.8     
College of Menominee Nation         384  39.3     
College of Micronesia-FSM         352  36.1     
College of Mount Saint Vincent         799  80.7     
College of New Jersey, The         404  41.3  626  69.7 
College of New Rochelle, The         599  60.7     
College of Saint Benedict             619  68.9 
College of Saint Rose, The     351  51.1         
College of St. Scholastica, The, Duluth     625  90.3  482  49     
College of William and Mary 205  48  259  37.9  216  22.5  177  20.3 
College of Wooster, The         508  51.6  556  62 
College of the Holy Cross             710  78.9 
Colorado College         747  75.5  502  56 
Colorado Mesa University             823  91.3 
Colorado School of Mines 135  31.8  136  20.3  180  18.9  184  21.1 
Colorado State University, Fort Collins 79  19  98  14.9  67  7.6  70  8.6 
Colorado State University, Pueblo     645  93.1      843  93.5 
Colorado State University, system office         549  55.7     
Columbia Gorge Community C.         808  81.6     
Columbia University in the City of New York 23  6.1  17  3.3  7  1.6  20  3.1 
Columbia University, Teachers College 103  24.5  170  25.2  337  34.6  251  28.5 
Columbus State Community College         595  60.3     
Columbus State University     478  69.2  990  99.8     
Commonwealth Medical College, The     481  69.7  728  73.6  501  55.9 
Concordia Seminary 371  86.2             
Concordia University Chicago         882  89     
Concordia University Wisconsin             767  85.2 
Connecticut College         921  92.9  528  58.9 
Connecticut State University         923  93.1     
Consortium for Ocean Leadership         130  13.9     
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc.         389  39.8     
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area         418  42.7     
Converse College             894  99.1 
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The     575  83.1  885  89.3  830  92.1 
Coppin State University     597  86.3  978  98.6  874  96.9 
Cornell College         888  89.6  760  84.4 
Cornell University 25  6.5  13  2.7  22  3.1  13  2.3 
Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences 197  46.1             
Creighton University 352  81.8  449  65.1  278  28.7  249  28.2 
Cuyahoga Community College         796  80.4     
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Dakota State University 371  86.2  511  74  746  75.4  496  55.4 
Dakota Wesleyan University             870  96.5 
Dallas Theological Seminary 352  81.8             
Dartmouth College 160  37.6  159  23.6  71  8  76  9.2 
Davidson College         441  45  548  61.1 
DePaul University 265  61.8  140  20.9  288  29.7  342  38.5 
DePauw University         745  75.3  837  92.9 
DeSales University     636  91.8         
Del Mar College         558  56.6     
Delaware County Community C.         565  57.3     
Delaware State University 333  77.4  500  72.4  260  26.9  266  30.1 
Delaware Valley College         984  99.2     
Delgado Community College         831  83.9     
Delta State University     554  80.1      774  85.9 
Denison University         876  88.4     
Des Moines University     567  82  475  48.4  583  65 
Desert Research Institute         343  35.2  236  26.8 
Dickinson College         669  67.7  669  74.4 
Dillard University         379  38.8  365  41 
Dine College         361  37     
Dixie State College of Utah         942  95     
Doane College         730  73.8  616  68.6 
Dominican University         790  79.8  887  98.4 
Dominican University of California     523  75.7  683  69.1  655  72.9 
Dordt College         505  51.4  723  80.3 
Drake University     654  94.4  686  69.4  612  68.1 
Drew University 310  72.1  627  90.6         
Drexel University 109  25.9  86  13.2  133  14.2  137  15.9 
Drury University     592  85.6         
Duke University 39  9.8  53  8.4  11  2  8  1.8 
Duquesne University 178  41.8  341  49.6  356  36.5  282  31.9 
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Earlham College         911  91.9  737  81.9 
East Carolina University 230  53.7  195  28.8  243  25.2  243  27.6 
East Central University         766  77.4  767  85.2 
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania     375  54.5      838  93 
East Tennessee State University 274  63.8  250  36.6  332  34.1  331  37.3 
Eastern Connecticut State University             611  68 
Eastern Illinois University     302  44.1  625  63.3  660  73.4 
Eastern Iowa Community College District         500  50.8     
Eastern Kentucky University     377  54.8  658  66.6  606  67.5 
Eastern Mennonite University         737  74.5  864  95.8 
Eastern Michigan University 221  51.6  368  53.5  650  65.8  378  42.4 
Eastern New Mexico University     527  76.2      770  85.5 
Eastern Oregon University             767  85.2 
Eastern University     442  64.1         
Eastern Virginia Medical School     363  52.8  293  30.2  239  27.2 
Eastern Washington University     357  51.9  752  76  518  57.8 
Eckerd College         795  80.3  681  75.7 
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania     491  71.1         
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine             348  39.1 
El Paso Community College         619  62.7     
Elizabeth City State University     660  95.3  788  79.6  596  66.4 
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, The     654  94.4         
Elmhurst College         905  91.3     
Elon University         712  72  489  54.6 
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 396  91.9  303  44.2  312  32.1  308  34.7 
Emerson College         696  70.4  574  64 
Emory University 87  20.8  115  17.3  24  3.3  34  4.6 
Emporia State University     423  61.4  825  83.3  817  90.7 
Endicott College     617  89.1         
Erikson Institute             425  47.6 
Evergreen State College, The     418  60.7  865  87.3  797  88.5 
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Fairfield University     469  68  668  67.6  339  38.1 
Fairleigh Dickinson University 328  76.3  161  23.9      722  80.2 
Fairmont State University         974  98.2     
Fayetteville State University     612  88.4  451  46  396  44.4 
Ferris State University         827  83.5  697  77.5 
Fielding Graduate U.         620  62.8     
Fielding Graduate University 155  36.5  196  28.9         
Finger Lakes Community College         705  71.3     
Fisk University     587  84.8  338  34.7  399  44.7 
Fitchburg State University     557  80.5         
Flathead Valley Community College         670  67.8     
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 322  74.9  282  41.2  211  22  216  24.6 
Florida Atlantic University 148  34.8  191  28.2  222  23.1  202  23.1 
Florida Gulf Coast University     545  78.8  585  59.3  381  42.8 
Florida Institute of Technology 214  50  149  22.2  272  28.1  276  31.2 
Florida International University 121  28.6  81  12.4  143  15.2  123  14.4 
Florida Keys Community College         522  53     
Florida Polytechnic University     639  92.3      786  87.2 
Florida State College at Jacksonville         600  60.8     
Florida State University 48  11.8  56  8.9  78  8.7  82  9.9 
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College         496  50.4     
Fordham University 145  34.2  257  37.6  362  37.1  265  30 
Fort Belknap College         449  45.8     
Fort Berthold Community College         385  39.4     
Fort Hays State University     437  63.4  501  51  656  73 
Fort Lewis College         764  77.2  654  72.8 
Fort Peck Community College         436  44.5     
Fort Valley State University     446  64.7  273  28.2  392  44 
Framingham State College     542  78.4      523  58.4 
Francis Marion University         631  63.9  885  98.1 
Franklin & Marshall College         434  44.3  415  46.5 
Franklin University     523  75.7         
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering         856  86.4  567  63.2 
Front Range Community C.         680  68.8     
Frostburg State University     449  65.1         
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena 251  58.6          551  61.4 
Furman University     664  95.8  623  63.1  513  57.3 
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GEM National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering         939  94.7     
Gadsden State Community College         583  59.1     
Gallaudet University 340  79  439  63.7  612  62  356  40 
Galveston C.         816  82.4     
Gannon University 405  94  308  44.9      791  87.8 
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 352  81.8             
George Mason University 65  15.7  78  12  124  13.3  146  16.9 
George Washington University, The 78  18.7  43  7  70  7.9  93  11.1 
Georgetown University 139  32.8  60  9.4  97  10.6  102  12.1 
Georgia College and State University     519  75.1  692  70  851  94.4 
Georgia Gwinnett College             770  85.5 
Georgia Health Sciences University         139  14.8     
Georgia Institute of Technology 19  5.1  12  2.6  55  6.4  24  3.5 
Georgia Regents University 292  68  373  54.2      154  17.8 
Georgia Southern University 405  94  296  43.2  394  40.3  290  32.8 
Georgia Southwestern State University     671  96.8         
Georgia State University 96  22.9  68  10.6  140  14.9  108  12.8 
Gettysburg College         716  72.4  598  66.6 
Golden Gate University     540  78.1         
Gonzaga University 343  79.7  678  97.8      728  80.9 
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary             901  99.9 
Goucher College     685  98.9  637  64.5  832  92.3 
Governors State University     281  41.1  479  48.8  717  79.7 
Graduate School USA         644  65.2     
Graduate Theological Union 270  62.9             
Grambling State University 396  91.9  412  59.8  655  66.3  382  42.9 
Grand Valley State University     258  37.8  495  50.4  368  41.3 
Grays Harbor C.         602  61     
Grinnell College         830  83.8  402  45.1 
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District         535  54.4     
Gustavus Adolphus College         800  80.8  723  80.3 
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Hamilton College         977  98.5  492  55 
Hampden-Sydney College         945  95.3     
Hampshire College         562  57  741  82.3 
Hampton University 310  72.1  412  59.8  215  22.4  286  32.3 
Harding University             889  98.6 
Harris-Stowe State University         350  35.9     
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology     95  14.4         
Hartford Seminary             794  88.1 
Hartnell College         568  57.6     
Harvard University 14  4  21  3.9  14  2.3  9  1.9 
Harvey Mudd College         455  46.4  430  48.1 
Haskell Indian Nations University         414  42.3     
Haverford College         464  47.2  487  54.4 
Hawaii Pacific University     494  71.5  466  47.4  505  56.4 
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 405  94             
Heidelberg University             559  62.3 
Hendrix College         639  64.7  776  86.2 
Heritage University         740  74.8     
High Point University         761  76.9     
Highline Community College         719  72.7     
Hillsborough Community College         700  70.8     
Hinds Community College         481  49     
Hiram College         877  88.5     
Hobart and William Smith Colleges         784  79.2  651  72.4 
Hofstra University 270  62.9  287  41.9  369  37.8  549  61.2 
Hollins University         896  90.4     
Hood College     456  66.1  907  91.5     
Hope College         574  58.2  457  51.1 
Howard Community College         980  98.8     
Howard University 155  36.5  230  33.8  207  21.6  203  23.2 
Hult International Business School             638  71 
Humboldt State University     374  54.4  424  43.3  292  33 
Huston-Tillotson University         611  61.9     
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Idaho State University 236  55.1  286  41.8  323  33.2  274  31 
Ilisagvik College         472  48     
Illinois College of Optometry             836  92.8 
Illinois Institute of Technology 161  37.8  57  9  183  19.2  227  25.8 
Illinois State University 224  52.3  219  32.2  333  34.2  269  30.4 
Illinois Wesleyan University         948  95.6     
Indian River State College         351  36     
Indiana State University 174  40.8  336  48.9  787  79.5  602  67 
Indiana University     24  4.3         
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 185  43.4  331  48.2  483  49.2  600  66.8 
Indiana University, Bloomington 41  10.2      98  10.7  45  5.8 
Indiana University, Gary             822  91.2 
Indiana University, Kokomo             833  92.4 
Indiana University, New Albany             762  84.6 
Indiana University, Richmond             813  90.2 
Indiana University, South Bend             633  70.4 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne             393  44.1 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 172  40.4      65  7.4  188  21.6 
Indiana Wesleyan University     405  58.8      730  81.1 
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago 322  74.9             
Institute of American Indian Arts         452  46     
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 343  79.7  609  88         
Inter American University of Puerto Rico 262  61.1  243  35.6  525  53.4     
International Technological University     254  37.2      706  78.5 
Iona College     462  67  678  68.6  897  99.4 
Iowa State University 55  13.4  64  10  84  9.3  73  8.9 
Irvine Valley College         924  93.2     
Itasca Community College         960  96.8     
Ithaca College     605  87.4  648  65.6  665  74 
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J.F. Drake State Technical College         750  75.8     
Jackson State University 192  45  383  55.6  181  19  253  28.7 
Jacksonville State University     530  76.7      444  49.7 
Jacksonville University     466  67.5  964  97.2  720  80 
James Madison University 343  79.7  304  44.4  412  42.1  453  50.7 
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 405  94             
John Brown University             879  97.5 
John Carroll University     681  98.3  968  97.6  817  90.7 
Johns Hopkins University 29  7.4  31  5.3  1  1  1  1 
Johnson C. Smith University         953  96.1  498  55.6 
Johnson State College             848  94.1 
Juniata College         429  43.8  792  87.9 
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Kalamazoo College         941  94.9  712  79.1 
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences     426  61.8  653  66.1  664  73.8 
Kansas State University 105  24.9  118  17.7  119  12.8  109  12.9 
Kean University     399  57.9      749  83.2 
Keck Graduate Institute 421  97.7  395  57.4  587  59.5  528  58.9 
Keene State College             657  73.1 
Keiser U.             696  77.4 
Kennesaw State University 386  89.6  316  46.1  510  51.8  330  37.2 
Kent State University 112  26.6  130  19.5  266  27.5  208  23.7 
Kentucky Community and Technical College System         772  78     
Kentucky State University     509  73.7  256  26.5  357  40.1 
Kenyon College         471  48  631  70.2 
Kettering University     541  78.2  654  66.2  417  46.7 
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College         509  51.8     
Klamath Community C.         806  81.4     
Knowledge Systems Institute     344  50.1         
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania     625  90.3  864  87.2  782  86.8 
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La Salle University     442  64.1  908  91.6  662  73.6 
La Sierra University         955  96.3  504  56.3 
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College         513  52.2     
Lafayette College         534  54.2  538  60 
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine     678  97.8      725  80.6 
Lake Forest College         730  73.8  773  85.8 
Lake Superior State University         651  65.9  630  70.1 
Lake-Sumter State C.         806  81.4     
Lakeshore Technical College         984  99.2     
Lamar University 333  77.4  171  25.3  458  46.6  426  47.7 
Lane College         687  69.5     
Lane Community College         607  61.5     
Langston University         277  28.6  320  36 
Lawrence Technological University     636  91.8      519  57.9 
Lawrence University             809  89.8 
Lawson State Community College         800  80.8     
Le Moyne College         690  69.8     
LeTourneau University             684  76 
Lee U.         850  85.8     
Leech Lake Tribal College         511  52     
Lehigh University 130  30.7  150  22.3  212  22.1  218  24.8 
Lewis & Clark College         415  42.4  442  49.5 
Lewis and Clark Community College         949  95.7     
Lewis-Clark State College             809  89.8 
Liberty University         970  97.8  672  74.7 
Life University             892  98.9 
Lincoln Memorial University     542  78.4         
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania         437  44.6     
Lincoln University, Jefferson City     642  92.7  261  27  395  44.3 
Lindenwood University     383  55.6         
Linfield College         874  88.2  868  96.3 
Linn Benton Community College         759  76.7     
Lipscomb University         869  87.7     
Little Big Horn College         516  52.4     
Little Priest Tribal College         588  59.6     
Livingstone College         717  72.5     
Logan University             888  98.5 
Loma Linda University 194  45.4  272  39.8  238  24.7  260  29.5 
Long Island University     160  23.8  396  40.5  495  55.3 
Long Island University, Brooklyn 317  73.8             
Long Island University, Brookville 396  91.9             
Longwood University     559  80.8  902  91     
Lorain County Community College         689  69.7     
Loras College     642  92.7         
Los Angeles Community C. District, Pierce C.         812  82     
Louisiana College         959  96.7     
Louisiana State University 331  77  74  11.4  91  10     
Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport             256  29 
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 54  13.2          88  10.6 
Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans 274  63.8          211  24.1 
Louisiana State University, Shreveport             704  78.2 
Louisiana Tech University 236  55.1  336  48.9  259  26.8  254  28.8 
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium         521  53     
Loyola Marymount University     408  59.2  550  55.8  366  41.1 
Loyola University Chicago 172  40.4  226  33.2  197  20.6  213  24.3 
Loyola University Maryland 378  87.8  333  48.5  646  65.4  688  76.5 
Loyola University New Orleans             754  83.7 
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College         809  81.7     
Luther College         934  94.2  677  75.3 
Luther Seminary 352  81.8             
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 405  94             
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, The 421  97.7             
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MGH Institute of Health Professions     429  62.2  610  61.8  497  55.5 
Macalester College         698  70.6  521  58.1 
Madison Area Technical College         393  40.2     
Maharishi University of Management 396  91.9  133  19.9         
Maine Maritime Academy         546  55.4  546  60.9 
Manchester U.             778  86.4 
Manhattan College     493  71.4  919  92.7  663  73.7 
Maricopa Community College         444  45.3     
Marietta College     681  98.3         
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium         557  56.5     
Marist College     609  88  691  69.9  707  78.6 
Marquette University 171  40.1  232  34  252  26.1  231  26.3 
Marshall B. Ketchum University     681  98.3  833  84.1  572  63.7 
Marshall University 299  69.6  241  35.3  282  29.1  275  31.1 
Maryland Institute College of Art             765  85 
Maryland U. of Integrative Health             899  99.7 
Marymount University     376  54.6  606  61.4     
Marywood University 328  76.3  402  58.4         
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 378  87.8  538  77.8      701  77.9 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15  4.2  22  4  23  3.2  14  2.4 
Massachusetts Maritime Academy         502  51     
Mayo Graduate School 257  59.9  368  53.5         
Mayville State University             860  95.4 
McDaniel College     674  97.3         
McLennan Community College         986  99.4     
McNeese State University     473  68.5      577  64.3 
Medical College of Wisconsin 274  63.8  387  56.2  86  9.5  105  12.4 
Medical University of South Carolina 230  53.7  321  46.8  75  8.4  89  10.7 
Meharry Medical College 386  89.6  415  60.2  204  21.3  284  32.1 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center     515  74.5      450  50.3 
Mercer University 396  91.9  333  48.5  319  32.8  235  26.7 
Mercy College         413  42.2     
Mercyhurst College     577  83.4  912  92  549  61.2 
Merrimack College         832  84  632  70.3 
Messiah College         987  99.5  858  95.2 
Methodist University         854  86.2     
Metropolitan State University     671  96.8         
Miami Dade College         543  55.2     
Miami University 221  51.6  212  31.2  290  29.9  281  31.8 
Michigan State University 24  6.3  48  7.7  29  3.8  32  4.4 
Michigan Technological University 161  37.8  141  21  186  19.5  168  19.4 
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary 396  91.9             
Middle Tennessee State University 241  56.3  267  39  468  47.6  407  45.6 
Middlebury College 352  81.8      433  44.2  515  57.5 
Midwestern State University     484  70.1      667  74.2 
Midwestern University     306  44.6  491  50  332  37.4 
Millersville University of Pennsylvania     527  76.2  512  52  710  78.9 
Mills College     562  81.3  560  56.8  446  49.9 
Millsaps College             676  75.2 
Milwaukee School of Engineering     666  96.1  673  68.1  445  49.8 
Minnesota State University, Mankato     338  49.2  286  29.5  485  54.2 
Minnesota State University, Moorhead     519  75.1  855  86.3  735  81.6 
Minot State University             787  87.4 
Mississippi College     289  42.2         
Mississippi State University 114  27  129  19.3  114  12.3  94  11.2 
Mississippi University for Women     594  85.8         
Mississippi Valley State University     603  87.1  762  77  683  75.9 
Missouri State University     311  45.4  392  40.1  459  51.3 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 145  34.2  152  22.6  227  23.6  215  24.5 
Missouri Western State University     533  77.1  645  65.3  846  93.8 
Molloy College         879  88.7     
Monmouth University     449  65.1      661  73.5 
Monroe Community College         892  90     
Montana State University 208  48.7             
Montana State University, Billings     617  89.1      744  82.6 
Montana State University, Bozeman     341  49.6  128  13.7  140  16.3 
Montana State University, Havre             775  86 
Montana Tech of University of Montana     471  68.2  309  31.8  309  34.8 
Montclair State University 317  73.8  218  32  378  38.7  386  43.3 
Monterey Peninsula College         889  89.7     
Montgomery College         476  48.4     
Montgomery Community College         883  89.1     
Moraine Valley Community College         642  65     
Moravian College             890  98.7 
Morehead State University     565  81.7  430  43.9  475  53.1 
Morehouse College         507  51.6  435  48.7 
Morehouse School of Medicine 366  85  469  68  175  18.4  219  25 
Morgan State University 262  61.1  278  40.6  241  25  299  33.7 
Mount Aloysius College     685  98.9  659  66.7     
Mount Holyoke College         442  45.1  437  48.9 
Mount Mary C.         596  60.4     
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 274  63.8  355  51.6  31  4  40  5.3 
Mount St. Mary's College         453  46.2     
Mount St. Mary's University         972  98     
Muhlenberg College         844  85.2  700  77.8 
Murray State University     317  46.2  316  32.5  486  54.3 
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Nassau Community College         861  86.9     
National College of Natural Medicine         868  87.6  653  72.6 
National Defense University         947  95.5  377  42.3 
National Physical Science Consortium         657  66.5     
National University     175  25.9         
National-Louis University 386  89.6  439  63.7  862  87     
Navajo Technical College         334  34.3     
Naval Postgraduate School     135  20.2  848  85.6  183  21 
Naval War College             458  51.2 
Nazareth College         918  92.6     
Nebraska Indian Community College         559  56.7     
Nevada System of Higher Education         214  22.3     
New College of Florida             642  71.4 
New England College of Optometry, The         548  55.6  624  69.4 
New England Conservatory 366  85             
New Jersey City University         408  41.7  390  43.7 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 201  47  82  12.6  163  17.2  136  15.8 
New Mexico Highlands University     567  82  448  45.6  636  70.8 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 310  72.1  324  47.2  269  27.8  267  30.2 
New Mexico State University 153  36  167  24.8  137  14.6  148  17.2 
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 317  73.8             
New School, The 195  45.7  173  25.6  368  37.7  313  35.3 
New York Chiropractic College             825  91.5 
New York Institute of Technology     166  24.6      455  50.9 
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury         438  44.7     
New York Law School             872  96.7 
New York Medical College 371  86.2  366  53.2  254  26.3  296  33.4 
New York Structural Biology Center         360  36.9     
New York University 27  7  25  4.4  28  3.7  18  2.9 
Niagara University     500  72.4      540  60.2 
Nicholls State University     645  93.1      670  74.5 
Norfolk State University 405  94  494  71.5  249  25.8  360  40.4 
North American University             892  98.9 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 216  50.5  276  40.3  172  18.1  217  24.7 
North Carolina Central University     288  42.1  245  25.4  304  34.3 
North Carolina State University 28  7.2  15  3  58  6.7  47  6 
North Central College     689  99.4      820  91 
North Dakota State University 138  32.5  186  27.5  152  16.1  130  15.2 
North Florida Community College         829  83.7     
North Georgia College & State University         922  93  512  57.2 
Northeast Iowa Community College         604  61.2     
Northeast Ohio Medical University 421  97.7  621  89.7  240  24.9  270  30.6 
Northeast State Community C.         826  83.4     
Northeastern Illinois University     429  62.2  365  37.4  588  65.5 
Northeastern State University     393  57.1  931  93.9  777  86.3 
Northeastern University 101  24  37  6.2  103  11.2  135  15.7 
Northern Arizona University 234  54.6  207  30.5  179  18.8  201  23 
Northern Illinois University 179  42  163  24.2  374  38.3  271  30.7 
Northern Kentucky University     519  75.1  503  51.2  555  61.9 
Northern Marianas College         377  38.6     
Northern Michigan University     449  65.1  710  71.8  597  66.5 
Northern New Mexico College         614  62.2     
Northland College         776  78.4     
Northwest Indian College         382  39.1  561  62.5 
Northwest Missouri State University     289  42.2  667  67.5  740  82.2 
Northwest Nazarene University             705  78.4 
Northwestern Michigan College         580  58.8     
Northwestern Polytechnic University     63  9.9         
Northwestern State University of Louisiana     639  92.3      591  65.8 
Northwestern University 33  8.4  46  7.4  20  2.9  29  4.1 
Norwich University         871  87.9  666  74.1 
Notre Dame de Namur University     660  95.3         
Notre Dame of Maryland University 343  79.7             
Nova Southeastern University 150  35.3  318  46.4  297  30.6  257  29.1 
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities         159  16.8     
Oakland Community C.         722  73     
Oakland University 199  46.6  226  33.2  291  30  301  34 
Oakwood University         724  73.2  646  71.9 
Oberlin College         540  54.8  525  58.6 
Occidental College         630  63.8  545  60.8 
Oglala Lakota College         345  35.4  715  79.4 
Ohio Northern University             801  88.9 
Ohio State University, The 9  2.8  19  3.6  33  4.2  22  3.3 
Ohio University 133  31.4  147  21.9  242  25.1  181  20.8 
Ohio Wesleyan University         754  76.2  799  88.7 
Oklahoma Christian University     417  60.5         
Oklahoma City Community College         992  100     
Oklahoma City University 343  79.7  462  67         
Oklahoma State University 77  18.5  90  13.7  167  17.6  114  13.4 
Old Dominion University 117  27.7  197  29  205  21.4  175  20.1 
Oregon Health & Science University 223  52.1  322  46.9  46  5.5  69  8.5 
Oregon Institute of Technology     621  89.7      420  47 
Oregon State University 94  22.4  51  8.2  73  8.2  87  10.4 
Otterbein University         742  75     
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Pace University 421  97.7  205  30.2  469  47.8  398  44.6 
Pacific Lutheran University             871  96.6 
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences             789  87.6 
Pacific States University     567  82         
Pacific University     391  56.8  617  62.5  354  39.8 
Paine College             856  95 
Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport         781  78.9  537  59.9 
Palo Alto University 201  47  252  36.9  296  30.5  579  64.5 
Parkland College         777  78.5     
Pasadena City College         545  55.4     
Passaic County Community College         643  65.1     
Pennsylvania College of Technology         662  67     
Pennsylvania State University, The     27  4.7  19  2.8     
Pennsylvania State University, The, Altoona             668  74.3 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Beaver             702  78 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Behrend             428  47.9 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Berks             829  92 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Harrisburg             554  61.8 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Malvern, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies             873  96.8 
Pennsylvania State University, The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center 12  3.5          23  3.4 
Pepperdine University     209  30.8  399  40.8  491  54.8 
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine     277  40.5      469  52.4 
Philadelphia University     597  86.3         
Philander Smith College         708  71.6  809  89.8 
Pikes Peak Community College         813  82.1     
Pittsburg State University     422  61.2      498