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
Youngstown State University 421  97.7  378  54.9  592  60  412  46.2 
Yeshiva University 157  36.9  301  43.9  228  23.7  452  50.6 
Yavapai College         544  55.2     
Yale University 40  10  70  10.9  16  2.5  15  2.5 
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
Xavier University of Louisiana         257  26.6  314  35.4 
Xavier University     559  80.8         
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
Wright State University 212  49.6  109  16.4  170  17.9  185  21.2 
Worcester State College     533  77.1  967  97.5     
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 248  57.9  178  26.3  224  23.3  226  25.7 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution         88  9.7  110  13 
Wofford College         961  96.9     
Wittenberg University         845  85.3  856  95 
Winthrop University     498  72.1  991  99.9  539  60.1 
Winston-Salem State University     674  97.3  335  34.4  564  62.9 
Winona State University         843  85.1  824  91.4 
Wilson College         937  94.5     
Williams College     592  85.6  624  63.2  394  44.2 
William Paterson University     654  94.4      468  52.3 
William Mitchell College of Law         963  97.1     
William Carey University, Hattiesburg     514  74.4         
Willamette University         676  68.4  462  51.6 
Wilkes University     617  89.1  859  86.7  738  82 
Widener University 268  62.5  603  87.1  899  90.7  754  83.7 
Wichita State University 241  56.3  198  29.2  348  35.7  165  19 
Wichita Area Technical C.         556  56.4     
Whitworth University             687  76.4 
Whittier College         916  92.4  571  63.6 
Whitman College         789  79.7  680  75.6 
White Earth Tribal & Community College         566  57.4     
Wheeling Jesuit University         707  71.5  800  88.8 
Wheaton College, Wheaton 405  94          603  67.2 
Wheaton College, Norton             877  97.2 
Whatcom Community College         605  61.3     
Westmont College         929  93.7  861  95.5 
Westminster Theological Seminary 405  94             
Westminster College, Salt Lake City         401  41     
Westminster College, New Wilmington         867  87.5     
Western Washington University     349  50.8  331  34  310  35 
Western University of Health Sciences     605  87.4  395  40.4  379  42.5 
Western State College of Colorado         914  92.2     
Western Oregon University         708  71.6  780  86.6 
Western New Mexico University         704  71.2  792  87.9 
Western New England College     565  81.7  763  77.1  733  81.4 
Western Michigan University 131  30.9  121  18.2  325  33.4  258  29.2 
Western Kentucky University     273  39.9  349  35.8  324  36.5 
Western Illinois University     249  36.5      517  57.7 
Western Connecticut State University         734  74.2  796  88.4 
Western Carolina University     399  57.9  649  65.7  576  64.2 
West Virginia Wesleyan College         965  97.3     
West Virginia University 88  21  107  16.2  138  14.7  117  13.8 
West Virginia State University     585  84.6  336  34.5  376  42.2 
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine         596  60.4  816  90.6 
West Texas A&M University 386  89.6  397  57.6  775  78.3  403  45.2 
West Chester University of Pennsylvania     309  45.1  920  92.8  361  40.6 
Wesleyan University 317  73.8  444  64.4  306  31.5  334  37.6 
Wellesley College         423  43.2  327  36.8 
Webster University, Saint Louis         895  90.3     
Weber State University     627  90.6  872  88  658  73.2 
Webb Institute         951  95.9     
Wayne State University 93  22.2  58  9.2  99  10.8  99  11.8 
Wayland Baptist University     630  91         
Washtenaw Community C.         800  80.8     
Washington and Lee University         971  97.9     
Washington University in St. Louis 76  18.3  73  11.3  17  2.6  28  4 
Washington State University 68  16.4  83  12.7  89  9.8  66  8.1 
Washington & Jefferson College         981  98.9     
Washburn University         842  85  881  97.7 
Walla Walla University     649  93.7  983  99.1     
Walden University 16  4.4             
Wake Technical Community College         785  79.3     
Wake Forest University 199  46.6  240  35.2  72  8.1  120  14.1 
Wagner College     645  93.1         
Wabash College             804  89.2 
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
Voorhees College         851  85.9     
Virginia Union University         697  70.5     
Virginia State University     466  67.5  251  26  325  36.6 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 30  7.7  34  5.7  66  7.5  46  5.9 
Virginia Military Institute             757  84.1 
Virginia Community College         358  36.7     
Virginia Commonwealth University 106  25.2  137  20.5  96  10.5  97  11.6 
Villanova University 282  65.7  182  26.9  416  42.5  272  30.8 
Vermont Technical College         504  51.2     
Vermont Law School         573  58.1     
Vassar College         956  96.4  562  62.6 
Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center 61  14.8  89  13.6  18  2.7  31  4.3 
Van Andel Institute 405  94  605  87.4      204  23.3 
Valparaiso University     392  56.9  656  66.4  466  52.1 
Valencia Community College         494  50.2     
Valdosta State University     363  52.8  910  91.8  807  89.6 
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
Utica College             813  90.2 
Utah Valley University         463  47.2  825  91.5 
Utah State University 139  32.8  202  29.8  111  12  116  13.6 
Ursinus College         873  88.1  645  71.8 
University of the West 386  89.6             
University of the Virgin Islands     553  80  235  24.4  315  35.5 
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia 343  79.7  462  67  474  48.2  424  47.5 
University of the Pacific 371  86.2  449  65.1  616  62.4  506  56.5 
University of the Incarnate Word 333  77.4  449  65.1  391  40  522  58.2 
University of the District of Columbia     429  62.2  300  30.9  431  48.2 
University of Wyoming 168  39.4  169  25  164  17.3  142  16.5 
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater     517  74.8      689  76.6 
University of Wisconsin-Superior         897  90.5  898  99.6 
University of Wisconsin-Stout     511  74  518  52.6  679  75.5 
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point     489  70.8  713  72.1  464  51.9 
University of Wisconsin-River Falls         586  59.4  628  69.9 
University of Wisconsin-Platteville     660  95.3  699  70.7  629  70 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside     654  94.4         
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh     590  85.3  679  68.7  570  63.5 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 115  27.2  124  18.6  195  20.4  192  22 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 2  1.2  11  2.4  15  2.4  6  1.6 
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse     426  61.8  723  73.1  461  51.5 
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay     636  91.8  962  97  573  63.8 
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire     542  78.4  515  52.4  557  62.1 
University of Wisconsin unallocated         200  20.9     
University of Western States             747  83 
University of West Georgia     381  55.4  841  84.9  760  84.4 
University of West Florida 322  74.9  397  57.6  638  64.6  224  25.5 
University of West Alabama, The     666  96.1  490  49.8  739  82.1 
University of Washington, Tacoma             454  50.8 
University of Washington, Seattle             5  1.4 
University of Washington, Bothell             328  36.9 
University of Washington 17  4.7  7  1.9  3  1.2     
University of Virginia 64  15.5  80  12.3  49  5.8  51  6.5 
University of Vermont 183  42.9  252  36.9  117  12.6  144  16.7 
University of Utah, The 56  13.7  55  8.7  43  5.2  61  7.6 
University of Tulsa 245  57.2  246  36  373  38.2  263  29.8 
University of Toledo, The 123  29.1  190  28  217  22.6  194  22.2 
University of Texas-Pan American, The 343  79.7      233  24.2  234  26.6 
University of Texas at Tyler, The     318  46.4  342  35.1  536  59.8 
University of Texas at San Antonio, The 150  35.3  153  22.8  199  20.8  171  19.7 
University of Texas at Permian Basin, The     554  80.1      615  68.5 
University of Texas at El Paso, The 191  44.7  215  31.6  154  16.3  160  18.5 
University of Texas at Dallas, The 106  25.2  29  5  171  18  145  16.8 
University of Texas at Austin, The 1  1  32  5.4  30  3.9  35  4.7 
University of Texas at Arlington, The 100  23.8  40  6.6  166  17.5  158  18.2 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The 161  37.8  262  38.3  53  6.2  52  6.6 
University of Texas Rio Grand Valley     298  43.5         
University of Texas Medical Branch, The 214  50  355  51.6  100  10.9  118  13.9 
University of Texas M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, The         68  7.7  21  3.2 
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler     630  91  409  41.8  288  32.5 
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The 216  50.5  326  47.5  122  13.1  112  13.2 
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The 137  32.3  156  23.2  95  10.4  92  11 
University of Tennessee, The, Martin     660  95.3  735  74.3  827  91.8 
University of Tennessee, The, Knoxville 49  12  109  16.4  125  13.4  107  12.6 
University of Tennessee, The, Health Science Center 257  59.9  340  49.5  157  16.6  167  19.2 
University of Tennessee, The, Chattanooga 378  87.8  424  61.5  405  41.4  375  42.1 
University of Tennessee, The, Institute of Agriculture             170  19.6 
University of Tennessee, The         156  16.5     
University of Tampa, The             805  89.3 
University of St. Thomas, Houston 405  94             
University of St. Thomas (MN), Saint Paul     234  34.3      609  67.8 
University of Southern Mississippi, The 142  33.5  200  29.5  194  20.3  180  20.7 
University of Southern Maine 310  72.1  649  93.7  532  54  364  40.9 
University of Southern California 26  6.8  2  1.1  25  3.4  27  3.9 
University of South Florida, Tampa 66  16  36  6  94  10.3  42  5.5 
University of South Florida St. Petersburg     594  85.8      341  38.4 
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee             527  58.8 
University of South Dakota, The 230  53.7  394  57.2  232  24.1  240  27.3 
University of South Carolina, Spartanburg             884  98 
University of South Carolina, Columbia 74  17.8          106  12.5 
University of South Carolina, Beaufort             750  83.3 
University of South Carolina, Aiken     621  89.7      470  52.5 
University of South Carolina     96  14.6  112  12.1     
University of South Alabama 262  61.1  248  36.3  221  23  209  23.8 
University of Scranton     481  69.7      840  93.2 
University of San Francisco 252  58.8  231  33.9  798  80.6  479  53.5 
University of San Diego 241  56.3  533  77.1  478  48.6  427  47.8 
University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth     572  82.7         
University of Saint Francis     689  99.4         
University of Rochester 81  19.4  111  16.7  50  5.9  68  8.4 
University of Richmond         432  44.1  465  52 
University of Rhode Island 165  38.8  206  30.3  149  15.8  152  17.6 
University of Redlands             762  84.6 
University of Puget Sound         768  77.6  659  73.3 
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 292  68  221  32.5  174  18.3  207  23.6 
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras 179  42  180  26.6  258  26.7  261  29.6 
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce         536  54.4  694  77.2 
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 282  65.7  174  25.8  187  19.6  242  27.5 
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao         520  52.8  590  65.7 
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey         542  55  621  69.1 
University of Puerto Rico         237  24.6     
University of Portland     685  98.9  925  93.3  652  72.5 
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh             16  2.6 
University of Pittsburgh, Bradford             743  82.5 
University of Pittsburgh 34  8.6  39  6.4  9  1.8     
University of Pennsylvania 31  7.9  49  7.9  6  1.5  4  1.3 
University of Oregon 118  27.9  126  18.9  134  14.3  159  18.4 
University of Oklahoma, The, Tulsa             410  45.9 
University of Oklahoma, The 86  20.6  114  17.2  106  11.5  84  10.1 
University of Notre Dame 90  21.5  112  16.9  120  12.9  101  12 
University of Northern Iowa 322  74.9  363  52.8  618  62.6  449  50.2 
University of Northern Colorado 185  43.4  245  35.9  419  42.8  409  45.8 
University of North Texas, Health Science Center 308  71.7  208  30.6      197  22.5 
University of North Texas, Denton 83  19.9  116  17.4  169  17.8  205  23.4 
University of North Florida     378  54.9  563  57.1  374  42 
University of North Dakota 177  41.5  232  34  161  17  151  17.5 
University of North Carolina, The, unallocated         913  92.1  433  48.5 
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, The 405  94  267  39  359  36.8  291  32.9 
University of North Carolina at Pembroke, The         878  88.6  751  83.4 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The 120  28.4  223  32.8  280  28.9  252  28.6 
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The 147  34.6  100  15.2  193  20.2  245  27.8 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The 21  5.6  37  6.2  13  2.2  11  2.1 
University of North Carolina at Asheville, The         836  84.4  474  53 
University of North Alabama     630  91  622  63     
University of New Orleans 224  52.3  315  45.9  366  37.5  293  33.1 
University of New Mexico, The 98  23.3  99  15  80  8.9  91  10.9 
University of New Haven 405  94  185  27.3  938  94.6  400  44.8 
University of New Hampshire 185  43.4  179  26.5  144  15.3  133  15.5 
University of New England     235  34.5  310  31.9  350  39.4 
University of Nevada, Reno 132  31.2  165  24.5  160  16.9  149  17.3 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 142  33.5  177  26.2  218  22.7  176  20.2 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 69  16.7  88  13.4  105  11.4  77  9.4 
University of Nebraska unallocated         255  26.4     
University of Nebraska at Omaha 305  71  250  36.6  313  32.2  317  35.7 
University of Nebraska at Kearney     605  87.4      441  49.4 
University of Nebraska Medical Center 161  37.8  283  41.3  108  11.7  124  14.5 
University of Montevallo     545  78.8         
University of Montana,The, Missoula 185  43.4  247  36.2  155  16.4  163  18.8 
University of Missouri, Saint Louis 198  46.4  361  52.5  400  40.9  318  35.8 
University of Missouri, Kansas City 192  45  146  21.7  236  24.5  247  28 
University of Missouri, Columbia 59  14.4  93  14.2  93  10.2  90  10.8 
University of Missouri         279  28.8     
University of Mississippi, The, University 157  36.9      129  13.8     
University of Mississippi, The, Jackson, Medical Center 260  60.6             
University of Mississippi, The     224  32.9      139  16.2 
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 5  1.9          17  2.8 
University of Minnesota, Rochester             729  81 
University of Minnesota, Morris             648  72.1 
University of Minnesota, Duluth             248  28.1 
University of Minnesota     10  2.3  21  3     
University of Michigan, Flint     485  70.2      578  64.4 
University of Michigan, Dearborn 396  91.9          345  38.8 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3  1.5          2  1.1 
University of Michigan     1  1  2  1.1     
University of Miami 89  21.3  87  13.3  56  6.5  64  7.9 
University of Memphis, The 113  26.8  204  30  210  21.9  195  22.3 
University of Massachusetts unallocated         383  39.2  414  46.4 
University of Massachusetts Medical School 201  47  275  40.2  60  6.9  83  10 
University of Massachusetts Lowell 154  36.2  164  24.3  201  21  173  19.9 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 252  58.8  309  45.1  308  31.7  244  27.7 
University of Massachusetts Boston 212  49.6  215  31.6  247  25.6  172  19.8 
University of Massachusetts Amherst 63  15.3  69  10.7  101  11  104  12.3 
University of Maryland, College Park 18  4.9  23  4.2  42  5.1  43  5.6 
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 166  39  155  23  151  16  169  19.5 
University of Maryland unallocated         326  33.5     
University of Maryland University College     194  28.6  982  99     
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 310  72.1  597  86.3  270  27.9  358  40.2 
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science         281  29  186  21.3 
University of Maryland Baltimore 183  42.9  265  38.8  54  6.3  56  7 
University of Mary Washington         909  91.7  599  66.7 
University of Mary Hardin Baylor     389  56.5         
University of Maine at Machias             695  77.3 
University of Maine 196  45.9  192  28.3  165  17.4  155  17.9 
University of Louisville 122  28.9  134  20  123  13.2  122  14.3 
University of Louisiana at Monroe 299  69.6  396  57.5  635  64.3  494  55.2 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 224  52.3  220  32.3  341  35  153  17.7 
University of Louisiana System Office         933  94.1     
University of La Verne     504  73         
University of Kentucky 62  15  66  10.3  59  6.8  62  7.7 
University of Kansas 60  14.6  76  11.7  79  8.8  78  9.5 
University of Iowa 47  11.6  91  13.9  47  5.6  49  6.3 
University of Indianapolis     585  84.6         
University of Illinois unallocated         202  21.1     
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 13  3.8  4  1.4  35  4.4  36  4.8 
University of Illinois at Springfield     162  24      472  52.8 
University of Illinois at Chicago 53  13  42  6.9  64  7.3  63  7.8 
University of Idaho 181  42.4  222  32.6  162  17.1  147  17 
University of Houston-Victoria     468  67.8  835  84.3  795  88.2 
University of Houston-Downtown         577  58.5  490  54.7 
University of Houston-Clear Lake     138  20.6  940  94.8  543  60.6 
University of Houston, system administration         142  15.1  622  69.2 
University of Houston 69  16.7  65  10.2  275  28.4  125  14.6 
University of Hawaii unallocated         85  9.4     
University of Hawaii at West Oahu         671  67.9     
University of Hawaii at Manoa 95  22.6  103  15.6  131  14  80  9.7 
University of Hawaii at Hilo     571  82.6  402  41.1  367  41.2 
University of Hartford 421  97.7  405  58.8  838  84.6  542  60.4 
University of Guam     511  74  263  27.2  337  37.9 
University of Georgia 32  8.1  50  8  77  8.6  53  6.7 
University of Florida 7  2.4  5  1.6  38  4.7  25  3.6 
University of Evansville             806  89.4 
University of Detroit Mercy 343  79.7  357  51.9  315  32.4  478  53.4 
University of Denver 135  31.8  131  19.6  305  31.4  259  29.4 
University of Delaware 74  17.8  75  11.6  83  9.2  119  14 
University of Dayton 227  53  172  25.5  127  13.6  138  16 
University of Dallas 352  81.8  574  83         
University of Connecticut 51  12.5  47  7.6  74  8.3  86  10.3 
University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus 148  34.8          50  6.4 
University of Colorado Colorado Springs 282  65.7          372  41.8 
University of Colorado Boulder 42  10.4      12  2.1  48  6.2 
University of Colorado     8  2         
University of Cincinnati 67  16.2  54  8.6  92  10.1  54  6.8 
University of Chicago, The 43  10.7  45  7.3  44  5.3  55  6.9 
University of Central Oklahoma     330  48.1  582  59  384  43.1 
University of Central Missouri     106  16      844  93.6 
University of Central Florida 80  19.2  59  9.3  113  12.2  98  11.7 
University of Central Arkansas     389  56.5  726  73.4  447  50 
University of California, Santa Cruz 106  25.2  112  16.9  109  11.8  143  16.6 
University of California, Santa Barbara 52  12.7  72  11.2  87  9.6  96  11.4 
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 California, Riverside 82  19.6  77  11.9  115  12.4  127  14.8 
University of California, Merced 241  56.3  239  35  206  21.5  223  25.4 
University of California, Los Angeles 10  3.1  16  3.2  10  1.9  12  2.2 
University of California, Irvine 44  10.9  44  7.2  51  6  65  8 
University of California, Davis 22  5.8  30  5.2  26  3.5  30  4.2 
University of California, Cooperative Extension         758  76.6  637  70.9 
University of California, Berkeley 4  1.7  9  2.1  34  4.3  26  3.8 
University of California Office of the President         136  14.5  200  22.9 
University of California Hastings College of Law         636  64.4     
University of Bridgeport 386  89.6  158  23.5  901  90.9  699  77.7 
University of Baltimore     419  60.8      370  41.5 
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 110  26.1  143  21.3  158  16.7  128  15 
University of Arkansas unallocated         608  61.6     
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 234  54.6  357  51.9  104  11.3  141  16.4 
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 230  53.7  274  40.1  388  39.7  371  41.6 
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff     582  84.1  271  28  347  39 
University of Arizona, The 35  8.8  41  6.7  45  5.4  38  5.1 
University of Alaska System of Higher Education         634  64.2     
University of Alaska Southeast     664  95.8  307  31.6  559  62.3 
University of Alaska Fairbanks 216  50.5  263  38.5  110  11.9  131  15.3 
University of Alaska Anchorage 421  97.7  474  68.7  330  33.9  264  29.9 
University of Alabama, The, unallocated         480  48.8     
University of Alabama, The, Tuscaloosa 97  23.1  142  21.2  223  23.2  179  20.6 
University of Alabama in Huntsville, The 252  58.8  238  34.9  153  16.2  161  18.6 
University of Alabama at Birmingham, The 111  26.3  128  19.2  36  4.5  41  5.4 
University of Akron, The 129  30.5  122  18.3  244  25.3  210  24 
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research         145  15.4     
Universidad del Turabo     323  47.1  370  37.9  544  60.7 
Universidad del Este         593  60.1  594  66.2 
Universidad Metropolitana         849  85.7  388  43.5 
Universidad Central del Caribe 352  81.8  590  85.3  380  38.9  387  43.4 
United Tribes Technical College         407  41.6     
United States Naval Academy         943  95.1  307  34.6 
United States Military Academy             306  34.5 
United States Coast Guard Academy             721  80.1 
United States Air Force Academy             199  22.8 
Union Theological Seminary 366  85             
Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond 421  97.7             
Union County C.         805  81.3     
Union College, Schenectady         626  63.4  614  68.4 
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 270  62.9  386  56.1      79  9.6 
U. Puerto Rico, Utuado         694  70.2     
U. Pikeville         596  60.4     
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
Tuskegee University 366  85  475  68.8  220  22.9  285  32.2 
Turtle Mountain Community College         381  39     
Tulane University 134  31.6  117  17.6  102  11.1  121  14.2 
Tufts University 125  29.6  85  13  90  9.9  100  11.9 
Truman State University     533  77.1      812  90.1 
Troy University     283  41.3  677  68.5  854  94.7 
Trinity Washington University         887  89.5     
Trinity University         541  55  451  50.4 
Trinity College, Hartford     649  93.7  427  43.6  476  53.2 
Trident Technical College         665  67.3     
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago 421  97.7  597  86.3  714  72.2  473  52.9 
Towson University 317  73.8  280  40.9  344  35.3  477  53.3 
Touro University, Vallejo     300  43.8      463  51.8 
Touro College     329  47.9  386  39.5  709  78.8 
Tougaloo College         493  50.2  467  52.2 
Tohono O'Odham Community College         749  75.7     
Tiffin University     549  79.4         
Thomas Jefferson University 289  67.3  345  50.2  132  14.1  134  15.6 
Thomas College (Thomasville, GA)         811  81.9     
The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School 282  65.7  456  66.1         
Texas Woman's University 152  35.8  242  35.5  417  42.6  421  47.2 
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock             212  24.2 
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso             287  32.4 
Texas Tech University 58  14.1  67  10.4  178  18.7  113  13.3 
Texas State University 207  48.4  168  24.9  262  27.1  182  20.9 
Texas State Technical College         793  80.1     
Texas Southern University 265  61.8  270  39.5  346  35.5  406  45.5 
Texas Lutheran University         743  75.1  863  95.7 
Texas Christian University 281  65.5  357  51.9  445  45.4  363  40.8 
Texas Chiropractic College Foundation, Inc             876  97.1 
Texas A&M University-San Antonio             790  87.7 
Texas A&M University-Kingsville 378  87.8  118  17.7  372  38.1  255  28.9 
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 292  68  326  47.5  328  33.7  241  27.4 
Texas A&M University-Commerce 299  69.6  256  37.5  674  68.2  418  46.8 
Texas A&M University, College Station 11  3.3  3  1.3  48  5.7  19  3 
Texas A&M University unallocated         185  19.4     
Texas A&M International University     549  79.4  715  72.3  405  45.4 
Texas A&M Health Science Center         190  19.9     
Tennessee Technological University 331  77  436  63.2  295  30.4  316  35.6 
Tennessee State University 292  68  347  50.5  225  23.4  277  31.3 
Tennessee Board of Regents         952  96     
Temple University 71  17.1  100  15.2  81  9  85  10.2 
Taylor University             879  97.5 
Tarleton University System Center-Central Texas     685  98.9      595  66.3 
Tarleton State University     429  62.2      323  36.4 
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
Syracuse University 124  29.3  62  9.7  176  18.5  132  15.4 
Swarthmore College         663  67.1  439  49.1 
Susquehanna University         461  47  649  72.2 
Sul Ross State University     505  73.1      483  54 
Suffolk University 340  79  446  64.7  703  71.1  582  64.8 
Suffolk County Community College Ammerman Campus         739  74.7     
Stonehill College         839  84.7  693  77 
Stone Child College         431  44     
Stockton University     471  68.2  693  70.1  610  67.9 
Stevenson University         898  90.6     
Stevens Institute of Technology 209  48.9  97  14.7  182  19.1  222  25.3 
Stetson University             834  92.5 
Stephen F. Austin State University 405  94  401  58.2  425  43.4  434  48.6 
State University of New York, system office         141  15  851  94.4 
State University of New York, Stony Brook University 72  17.4  52  8.3  82  9.1  95  11.3 
State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute     404  58.6  339  34.8  75  9.1 
State University of New York, Binghamton U. 125  29.6  94  14.3  188  19.7  156  18 
State University of New York at New Paltz     410  59.5  828  83.6  742  82.4 
State University of New York at Buffalo 49  12  35  5.9  126  13.5  59  7.4 
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 305  71  419  60.8  209  21.8  221  25.2 
State University of New York University at Albany 102  24.2  127  19  146  15.5  129  15.1 
State University of New York Purchase College         695  70.3  847  94 
State University of New York Maritime College         526  53.4     
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 333  77.4  515  74.5  191  20  228  25.9 
State University of New York College of Optometry 405  94  649  93.7  398  40.7  448  50.1 
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 292  68  296  43.2  406  41.5  238  27 
State University of New York College at Potsdam     627  90.6  917  92.5     
State University of New York College at Plattsburgh     621  89.7  935  94.3  641  71.3 
State University of New York College at Oswego     545  78.8  926  93.4  553  61.6 
State University of New York College at Oneonta     587  84.8      802  89 
State University of New York College at Old Westbury         473  48.2  685  76.2 
State University of New York College at Geneseo         893  90.1  547  61 
State University of New York College at Fredonia     519  75.1      831  92.2 
State University of New York College at Cortland     538  77.8      731  81.2 
State University of New York College at Brockport     458  66.4  756  76.4  601  66.9 
State University of New York Cobleskill         575  58.3     
State University of New York Buffalo State     630  91  860  86.8  525  58.6 
Stanford University 6  2.2  6  1.7  8  1.7  10  2 
St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens             862  95.6 
St. Olaf College         782  79  569  63.4 
St. Norbert College             850  94.3 
St. Mary's University, San Antonio 378  87.8  448  65  721  72.9  707  78.6 
St. Mary's College of Maryland         720  72.8  713  79.2 
St. Lawrence University         675  68.3  725  80.6 
St. Johns River State C.         820  82.8     
St. John's University, New York City 201  47  237  34.8  489  49.8  482  53.8 
St. Edward's University         769  77.7  329  37 
St. Cloud State University     349  50.8  603  61.1  438  49 
St. Catherine University             734  81.5 
St. Bonaventure University         958  96.6  719  79.9 
St. Ambrose University 386  89.6             
Springfield College 333  77.4  487  70.5  817  82.5     
Spelman College         355  36.4  510  56.9 
Spalding University         538  54.6     
Southwestern University         966  97.4  785  87.1 
Southwestern Oklahoma State University             853  94.6 
Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education         410  41.9     
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute         462  47     
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 308  71.7             
Southwest Texas Junior College         769  77.7     
Southern Utah University         791  79.9  716  79.6 
Southern University and at New Orleans             859  95.3 
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge     293  42.8  287  29.6  423  47.4 
Southern University and A&M College 289  67.3             
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center             404  45.3 
Southern Oregon University     507  73.4      691  76.8 
Southern Nazarene University     478  69.2  824  83.2     
Southern Methodist University 182  42.7  193  28.5  230  23.9  233  26.5 
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 104  24.7  157  23.3  311  32  198  22.6 
Southern Illinois University unallocated         303  31.2     
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville     285  41.6  363  37.2  280  31.7 
Southern Connecticut State University     294  42.9  753  76.1  484  54.1 
Southern College of Optometry             854  94.7 
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The 245  57.2             
Southern Arkansas University     217  31.9      759  84.3 
Southeastern U., Lakeland         506  51.4     
Southeastern Louisiana University     424  61.5  890  89.8  503  56.2 
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary 299  69.6             
Southeast Missouri State University     371  53.9      735  81.6 
South Dakota State University 209  48.9  184  27.2  184  19.3  178  20.4 
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 333  77.4  381  55.4  324  33.3  297  33.5 
South Carolina State University     526  76.1  301  31  303  34.2 
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium         454  46.2     
Sonoma State University     478  69.2  456  46.4  692  76.9 
Snow C.         819  82.7     
Smith College 333  77.4      561  56.9  380  42.6 
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania     505  73.1  837  84.5     
Skidmore College         578  58.6  531  59.2 
Skagit Valley College         821  82.9     
Sitting Bull College     681  98.3  367  37.6     
Sisseton Wahpeton College         484  49.2     
Sinte Gleska University         426  43.5     
Sinclair Community College         470  47.8     
Simmons College 378  87.8          842  93.4 
Siena College         594  60.2  581  64.7 
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania     444  64.4  886  89.4  698  77.6 
Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic             886  98.2 
Shepherd University         979  98.7  772  85.7 
Shaw University         884  89.2     
Sewanee: The University of the South             703  78.1 
Seton Hall University 252  58.8  289  42.2  840  84.8  362  40.7 
Seattle University     409  59.4  488  49.6  558  62.2 
Seattle Pacific University 274  63.8  533  77.1  497  50.6  643  71.5 
Scripps Research Institute, The 248  57.9  331  48.2  40  4.9  67  8.2 
Scripps College             820  91 
Saybrook University 216  50.5             
Savannah State University     572  82.7  486  49.4  586  65.3 
Santa Rosa Junior College         730  73.8     
Santa Clara University     186  27.5  422  43.1  507  56.6 
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 378  87.8  577  83.4         
San Mateo County Community College District         555  56.3     
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine     557  80.5      745  82.8 
San Jose State University     61  9.6  198  20.7  214  24.4 
San Francisco State University     210  30.9  219  22.8  232  26.4 
San Diego State University 322  74.9  120  18  148  15.7  162  18.7 
San Diego Mesa College         792  80     
Samuel Merritt University, Oakland         411  42     
Samford University         783  79.1     
Sam Houston State University 292  68  307  44.8  702  71  436  48.8 
Salve Regina University 371  86.2          848  94.1 
Salus University     517  74.8  446  45.5  565  63 
Salt Lake Community College         552  56     
Salish Kootenai College         327  33.6  575  64.1 
Salisbury University     645  93.1  988  99.6  355  39.9 
Salem State University     500  72.4         
Saint Vincent College         950  95.8     
Saint Michael's College         969  97.7  584  65.1 
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota     577  83.4  903  91.1  900  99.8 
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame         751  75.9     
Saint Martin's University     639  92.3         
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis 139  32.8      168  17.7     
Saint Louis University     145  21.6      189  21.7 
Saint Joseph's University     489  70.8  718  72.6  488  54.5 
Saint Joseph College, West Hartford     491  71.1  845  85.3     
Saint John's University, Collegeville             604  67.3 
Saint Francis University         957  96.5     
Saginaw Valley State University         891  89.9  587  65.4 
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College         591  59.9     
Sage Colleges, The     485  70.2      834  92.5 
Saddleback College         736  74.4     
Sacred Heart University     270  39.5  485  49.4     
SUNY, Delhi             895  99.2 
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
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark 174  40.8          246  27.9 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 37  9.3          33  4.5 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden 352  81.8          397  44.5 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey     27  4.7  39  4.8     
Rust College         773  78.1     
Rush University 310  72.1  460  66.7  121  13  166  19.1 
Rowan University 396  91.9  449  65.1  283  29.2  312  35.2 
Roseman University of Health Sciences             419  46.9 
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology     597  86.3  572  58  671  74.6 
Rose State College         946  95.4     
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 299  69.6  437  63.4  250  25.9  283  32 
Roosevelt University 421  97.7  339  49.4         
Rollins College         880  88.8  753  83.6 
Roger Williams University System Office         847  85.5     
Roger Williams University     509  73.7      471  52.6 
Rockhurst University         927  93.5     
Rockefeller University, The 256  59.7  352  51.2  116  12.5  74  9 
Rochester Institute of Technology 248  57.9  105  15.9  203  21.2  193  22.1 
Roanoke College             756  84 
Rivier College     352  51.2         
Riverside Community College District, Riverside         757  76.5     
Riverside Community C. District         322  33.1     
Rider University         450  45.8  566  63.1 
Rice University 92  22  102  15.4  118  12.7  126  14.7 
Rhodes College         647  65.5     
Rhode Island School of Design             625  69.6 
Rhode Island College     689  99.4      333  37.5 
Renton Technical College         810  81.8     
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 118  27.9  151  22.5  147  15.6  150  17.4 
Regis University     244  35.8  943  95.1  714  79.3 
Regent University 174  40.8             
Reed College         517  52.6  584  65.1 
Redlands Community College         866  87.4     
Raritan Valley Community College         567  57.5     
Randolph-Macon College         738  74.6     
Ramapo College of New Jersey         853  86.1  808  89.7 
Radford University     407  59.1  664  67.2  718  79.8 
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
Quinnipiac University     507  73.4      634  70.6 
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
Purdue University, West Lafayette 8  2.6      52  6.1  37  5 
Purdue University     14  2.9         
Purdue U., Northwest             336  37.8 
Providence College         875  88.3  638  71 
Princeton University 46  11.4  71  11  62  7.1  72  8.8 
Princeton Theological Seminary 343  79.7             
Prince George's Community College         299  30.8     
Prescott College 396  91.9             
Presbyterian College         904  91.2     
Prairie View A&M University 386  89.6  326  47.5  226  23.5  305  34.4 
Portland State University 185  43.4  139  20.7  196  20.5  196  22.4 
Portland Community College         701  70.9     
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico 274  63.8  260  38  814  82.2  882  97.8 
Ponce School of Medicine 371  86.2  615  88.8  267  27.6  340  38.2 
Pomona College         553  56.1  460  51.4 
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico     341  49.6  551  55.9  731  81.2 
Point Park University     666  96.1         
Point Loma Nazarene University     693  100      896  99.3 
Plymouth State University     587  84.8  786  79.4  618  68.8 
Pitzer College         652  66  678  75.4 
Pittsburg State University     422  61.2      498  55.6 
Pikes Peak Community College         813  82.1     
Philander Smith College         708  71.6  809  89.8 
Philadelphia University     597  86.3         
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine     277  40.5      469  52.4 
Pepperdine University     209  30.8  399  40.8  491  54.8 
Pennsylvania State University, The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center 12  3.5          23  3.4 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Malvern, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies             873  96.8 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Harrisburg             554  61.8 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Berks             829  92 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Behrend             428  47.9 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Beaver             702  78 
Pennsylvania State University, The, Altoona             668  74.3 
Pennsylvania State University, The     27  4.7  19  2.8     
Pennsylvania College of Technology         662  67     
Passaic County Community College         643  65.1     
Pasadena City College         545  55.4     
Parkland College         777  78.5     
Palo Alto University 201  47  252  36.9  296  30.5  579  64.5 
Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport         781  78.9  537  59.9 
Paine College             856  95 
Pacific University     391  56.8  617  62.5  354  39.8 
Pacific States University     567  82         
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences             789  87.6 
Pacific Lutheran University             871  96.6 
Pace University 421  97.7  205  30.2  469  47.8  398  44.6 
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
Otterbein University         742  75     
Oregon State University 94  22.4  51  8.2  73  8.2  87  10.4 
Oregon Institute of Technology     621  89.7      420  47 
Oregon Health & Science University 223  52.1  322  46.9  46  5.5  69  8.5 
Old Dominion University 117  27.7  197  29  205  21.4  175  20.1 
Oklahoma State University 77  18.5  90  13.7  167  17.6  114  13.4 
Oklahoma City University 343  79.7  462  67         
Oklahoma City Community College         992  100     
Oklahoma Christian University     417  60.5         
Ohio Wesleyan University         754  76.2  799  88.7 
Ohio University 133  31.4  147  21.9  242  25.1  181  20.8 
Ohio State University, The 9  2.8  19  3.6  33  4.2  22  3.3 
Ohio Northern University             801  88.9 
Oglala Lakota College         345  35.4  715  79.4 
Occidental College         630  63.8  545  60.8 
Oberlin College         540  54.8  525  58.6 
Oakwood University         724  73.2  646  71.9 
Oakland University 199  46.6  226  33.2  291  30  301  34 
Oakland Community C.         722  73     
Oak Ridge Associated Universities         159  16.8     
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
Nova Southeastern University 150  35.3  318  46.4  297  30.6  257  29.1 
Notre Dame of Maryland University 343  79.7             
Notre Dame de Namur University     660  95.3         
Norwich University         871  87.9  666  74.1 
Northwestern University 33  8.4  46  7.4  20  2.9  29  4.1 
Northwestern State University of Louisiana     639  92.3      591  65.8 
Northwestern Polytechnic University     63  9.9         
Northwestern Michigan College         580  58.8     
Northwest Nazarene University             705  78.4 
Northwest Missouri State University     289  42.2  667  67.5  740  82.2 
Northwest Indian College         382  39.1  561  62.5 
Northland College         776  78.4     
Northern New Mexico College         614  62.2     
Northern Michigan University     449  65.1  710  71.8  597  66.5 
Northern Marianas College         377  38.6     
Northern Kentucky University     519  75.1  503  51.2  555  61.9 
Northern Illinois University 179  42  163  24.2  374  38.3  271  30.7 
Northern Arizona University 234  54.6  207  30.5  179  18.8  201  23 
Northeastern University 101  24  37  6.2  103  11.2  135  15.7 
Northeastern State University     393  57.1  931  93.9  777  86.3 
Northeastern Illinois University     429  62.2  365  37.4  588  65.5 
Northeast State Community C.         826  83.4     
Northeast Ohio Medical University 421  97.7  621  89.7  240  24.9  270  30.6 
Northeast Iowa Community College         604  61.2     
North Georgia College & State University         922  93  512  57.2 
North Florida Community College         829  83.7     
North Dakota State University 138  32.5  186  27.5  152  16.1  130  15.2 
North Central College     689  99.4      820  91 
North Carolina State University 28  7.2  15  3  58  6.7  47  6 
North Carolina Central University     288  42.1  245  25.4  304  34.3 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 216  50.5  276  40.3  172  18.1  217  24.7 
North American University             892  98.9 
Norfolk State University 405  94  494  71.5  249  25.8  360  40.4 
Nicholls State University     645  93.1      670  74.5 
Niagara University     500  72.4      540  60.2 
New York University 27  7  25  4.4  28  3.7  18  2.9 
New York Structural Biology Center         360  36.9     
New York Medical College 371  86.2  366  53.2  254  26.3  296  33.4 
New York Law School             872  96.7 
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury         438  44.7     
New York Institute of Technology     166  24.6      455  50.9 
New York Chiropractic College             825  91.5 
New School, The 195  45.7  173  25.6  368  37.7  313  35.3 
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 317  73.8             
New Mexico State University 153  36  167  24.8  137  14.6  148  17.2 
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 310  72.1  324  47.2  269  27.8  267  30.2 
New Mexico Highlands University     567  82  448  45.6  636  70.8 
New Jersey Institute of Technology 201  47  82  12.6  163  17.2  136  15.8 
New Jersey City University         408  41.7  390  43.7 
New England Conservatory 366  85             
New England College of Optometry, The         548  55.6  624  69.4 
New College of Florida             642  71.4 
Nevada System of Higher Education         214  22.3     
Nebraska Indian Community College         559  56.7     
Nazareth College         918  92.6     
Naval War College             458  51.2 
Naval Postgraduate School     135  20.2  848  85.6  183  21 
Navajo Technical College         334  34.3     
National-Louis University 386  89.6  439  63.7  862  87     
National University     175  25.9         
National Physical Science Consortium         657  66.5     
National Defense University         947  95.5  377  42.3 
National College of Natural Medicine         868  87.6  653  72.6 
Nassau Community College         861  86.9     
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
Murray State University     317  46.2  316  32.5  486  54.3 
Muhlenberg College         844  85.2  700  77.8 
Mount St. Mary's University         972  98     
Mount St. Mary's College         453  46.2     
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 274  63.8  355  51.6  31  4  40  5.3 
Mount Mary C.         596  60.4     
Mount Holyoke College         442  45.1  437  48.9 
Mount Aloysius College     685  98.9  659  66.7     
Morgan State University 262  61.1  278  40.6  241  25  299  33.7 
Morehouse School of Medicine 366  85  469  68  175  18.4  219  25 
Morehouse College         507  51.6  435  48.7 
Morehead State University     565  81.7  430  43.9  475  53.1 
Moravian College             890  98.7 
Moraine Valley Community College         642  65     
Montgomery Community College         883  89.1     
Montgomery College         476  48.4     
Monterey Peninsula College         889  89.7     
Montclair State University 317  73.8  218  32  378  38.7  386  43.3 
Montana Tech of University of Montana     471  68.2  309  31.8  309  34.8 
Montana State University, Havre             775  86 
Montana State University, Bozeman     341  49.6  128  13.7  140  16.3 
Montana State University, Billings     617  89.1      744  82.6 
Montana State University 208  48.7             
Monroe Community College         892  90     
Monmouth University     449  65.1      661  73.5 
Molloy College         879  88.7     
Missouri Western State University     533  77.1  645  65.3  846  93.8 
Missouri University of Science and Technology 145  34.2  152  22.6  227  23.6  215  24.5 
Missouri State University     311  45.4  392  40.1  459  51.3 
Mississippi Valley State University     603  87.1  762  77  683  75.9 
Mississippi University for Women     594  85.8         
Mississippi State University 114  27  129  19.3  114  12.3  94  11.2 
Mississippi College     289  42.2         
Minot State University