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 | |
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 | 33 | 92.4 | 417 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 829 | 846 | 865 | 820 | 746 | 659 | 635 | 559 | 565 | 442 |
Science and engineering | 532 | 486 | 550 | 525 | 480 | 437 | 429 | 381 | 420 | 310 |
Science | 525 | 485 | 548 | 523 | 477 | 433 | 425 | 379 | 418 | 307 |
Life science | 138 | 143 | 193 | 161 | 176 | 171 | 188 | 146 | 145 | 120 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 13 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 39 | 24 | 23 | . |
Health sciences | 125 | 123 | 172 | 143 | 159 | 155 | 149 | 120 | 121 | 120 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 385 | 339 | 355 | 361 | 298 | 259 | 229 | 227 | 269 | 182 |
Psychology | 241 | 203 | 236 | 230 | 190 | 170 | 152 | 158 | 189 | 141 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Economics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Political science and government | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | 144 | 135 | 118 | 131 | 107 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 75 | 33 |
Engineering | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Civil engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 297 | 360 | 315 | 295 | 266 | 222 | 206 | 178 | 145 | 132 |
Education | 129 | 156 | 124 | 110 | 96 | 76 | 95 | 94 | 63 | 53 |
Education administration | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
Education research | 58 | 70 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 36 | 54 | 58 | 35 | 31 |
Teacher education | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Teaching fields | 26 | 45 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Other education | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
Humanities | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | . | 11 | 1 | . | 1 |
History | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | . | 11 | . | . | 1 |
Other | 164 | 199 | 184 | 180 | 169 | 146 | 100 | 83 | 82 | 78 |
Business management/administration | 84 | 89 | 73 | 100 | 112 | 88 | 60 | 61 | 56 | 59 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 80 | 110 | 111 | 80 | 57 | 58 | 37 | 20 | 26 | 18 |
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
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5,161 |
Male | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,296 |
Female | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,865 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5,105 |
Hispanic or Latino | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 335 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4,251 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 45 |
Asian | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 136 |
Black or African American | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2,099 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 10 |
White | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,833 |
More than one race | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 128 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 519 |
Temporary visa holders | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 56 |
Science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,704 |
Science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,704 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 119 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2,860 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 724 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,457 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,457 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,723 |
Male | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,076 |
Female | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2,647 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,672 |
Hispanic or Latino | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 233 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,168 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 31 |
Asian | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 94 |
Black or African American | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,660 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 |
White | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,274 |
More than one race | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 101 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 271 |
Temporary visa holders | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 51 |
Science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2,805 |
Science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2,805 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 19 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 95 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,358 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,333 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 918 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 918 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 154 | 145 |
Science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 127 | 120 |
Science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 127 | 120 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 17 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 59 | 67 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 47 | 49 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 27 | 25 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 24 | 25 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5,161 |
Fellowships | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Federal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Institutional | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Nonfederal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Research assistantships | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Federal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Institutional | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Nonfederal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Federal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Institutional | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Nonfederal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Other types of support | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5,161 |
Federal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 145 |
Institutional | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 35 |
Nonfederal | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 24 |
Personal resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4,957 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . |
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).