Walden U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2025 16 96.8 460
2024 6 98.9 459
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
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 690 799 612 829 846 865 819 746 659 635
  Science and engineering 461 515 387 532 486 550 524 480 437 429
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . 3 1 3 . . 1 . .
      Agricultural sciences . . 3 1 3 . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 12 17 11 13 20 21 18 16 16 39
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 12 17 11 13 18 21 18 16 15 33
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . 1 . . . . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . 1 . . . . 1
    Computer and information sciences . 1 2 2 3 . 1 3 3 8
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 2 2 3 . 1 3 3 8
    Engineering . . 3 7 1 2 2 3 4 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . . 1
      Engineering, other . . 3 6 1 2 2 3 4 3
    Health sciences 93 134 97 124 120 172 143 159 155 149
      Nursing science 17 25 9 19 13 14 11 12 2 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Public health 64 84 69 84 74 107 98 116 127 123
      Health sciences, other 12 25 19 20 33 51 34 31 26 24
    Psychology 244 256 190 241 203 236 230 190 170 152
      Clinical psychology 52 42 53 57 42 56 52 56 63 43
      Counseling and applied psychology 54 88 54 74 68 68 87 71 69 67
      Research and experimental psychology 36 20 10 18 15 14 17 6 4 9
      Psychology, other 102 106 73 92 78 98 74 57 34 33
    Social sciences 111 107 81 144 136 119 130 108 89 77
      Anthropology 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Economics . . . . 1 . . . . 1
      Political science and government . 1 . . . 1 . 1 2 1
      Public policy analysis 56 63 50 81 57 50 73 84 63 37
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 54 43 30 63 78 68 57 23 24 38
  Non-science and engineering 229 284 225 297 360 315 295 266 222 206
    Business 44 62 47 84 89 73 100 112 88 60
      Business 44 62 47 84 89 73 100 112 88 60
    Education 103 118 112 129 156 124 110 96 76 95
      Education leadership and administration 13 13 14 16 16 12 9 9 16 3
      Education research 50 53 48 58 70 63 61 56 36 54
      Teacher education and teaching fields 25 36 33 33 48 27 22 17 12 24
      Education, other 15 16 17 22 22 22 18 14 12 14
    Humanities and arts 3 1 4 4 5 7 5 1 . 11
      History . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 1 4 2 2 6 3 . . 4
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 2 2 1 2 1 . 7
    Other non-science and engineering 79 103 62 80 110 111 80 57 58 40
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 3
      Public administration and social services 70 98 60 77 104 94 71 50 45 36
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 5 2 3 6 17 9 7 13 1

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

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