Walden U.
Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 17 | 96.5 | 459 | |||||||||
2022 | 4 | 99.4 | 457 | |||||||||
2021 | 1 | 100 | 447 | |||||||||
2020 | 1 | 100 | 450 | |||||||||
2019 | 2 | 99.8 | 447 | |||||||||
2018 | 7 | 98.6 | 428 | |||||||||
2017 | 15 | 96.7 | 425 | |||||||||
2016 | 16 | 96.5 | 430 | |||||||||
2015 | 19 | 95.8 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 | 18 | 96 | 422 | |||||||||
2013 | 10 | 98.4 | 555 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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All fields | 612 | 829 | 846 | 865 | 820 | 746 | 659 | 635 | 559 | 565 |
Science and engineering | 387 | 532 | 486 | 550 | 525 | 480 | 437 | 429 | 381 | 420 |
Science | 384 | 525 | 485 | 548 | 523 | 477 | 433 | 425 | 379 | 418 |
Life science | 111 | 138 | 143 | 193 | 161 | 176 | 171 | 188 | 146 | 145 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 11 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 39 | 24 | 23 |
Health sciences | 100 | 125 | 123 | 172 | 143 | 159 | 155 | 149 | 120 | 121 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 271 | 385 | 339 | 355 | 361 | 298 | 259 | 229 | 227 | 269 |
Psychology | 190 | 241 | 203 | 236 | 230 | 190 | 170 | 152 | 158 | 189 |
Anthropology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Economics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other social sciences | 80 | 144 | 135 | 118 | 131 | 107 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 75 |
Engineering | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Civil engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 225 | 297 | 360 | 315 | 295 | 266 | 222 | 206 | 178 | 145 |
Education | 112 | 129 | 156 | 124 | 110 | 96 | 76 | 95 | 94 | 63 |
Education administration | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 10 |
Education research | 48 | 58 | 70 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 36 | 54 | 58 | 35 |
Teacher education | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Teaching fields | 28 | 26 | 45 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 8 |
Other education | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 6 |
Humanities | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | . | 11 | 1 | . |
History | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | . | 11 | . | . |
Other | 109 | 164 | 199 | 184 | 180 | 169 | 146 | 100 | 83 | 82 |
Business management/administration | 47 | 84 | 89 | 73 | 100 | 112 | 88 | 60 | 61 | 56 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 62 | 80 | 110 | 111 | 80 | 57 | 58 | 37 | 20 | 26 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).