Top Feeders to Ph.D. Programs (Ph.D. Productivity)

For those pursuing careers in academia and/or research, a terminal degree in your field of choice will typically be required in order to maximize your professional prospects.

Most frequently, this will entail earning a Ph.D. in either the hard sciences, social sciences, or humanities. In order to gain acceptance into a Ph.D. program, and—more importantly—successfully complete the degree, you will need refined skills in the areas of oral and written communication, self-directed research, and analysis and problem-solving. Certain undergraduate colleges are known for churning out graduates with this unique blend of talents who go on to earn doctoral degrees and become leaders in the world of higher education.

In order to identify “top Ph.D. feeder” colleges, we relied on data from the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), an annual census conducted of all individuals earning a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. institution. Using SED, we identified the undergraduate backgrounds of all research doctorate recipients over the past five years, examining which institutions produced the most Ph.D.s in total and across fourteen academic disciplines, specifically anthropology, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, education, economics, engineering, foreign languages, history, mathematics & statistics, physics & astronomy, political science & government, psychology, and sociology. For each discipline, we construct two lists. The first list reveals the raw number of students per institution who go on to earn a Ph.D. The second list looks at the top Ph.D. producers when adjusting for one measure of an institution’s size, namely the number of undergraduate degrees an institution produces per year. This allows us to highlight schools that may be smaller in size, but that still produce a consistent flow of doctoral recipients.

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Total Ph.D.
Anthropology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Computer Science
Economics
Education
Engineering
Foreign Language
History
Mathematics & Statistics
Physics
Political Science & Government
Psychology
Sociology

Total Ph.D.

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	2638	1	California Institute of Technology	496
2	University of Michigan	1903	2	Harvey Mudd College	270
3	Cornell University	1675	3	Swarthmore College	425
4	University of Florida	1640	4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1140
5	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1610	5	Carleton College	450
6	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1555	6	Reed College	317
7	University of California, Los Angeles	1544	7	Grinnell College	311
8	Brigham Young University-Provo	1530	8	Williams College	376
9	The University of Texas at Austin	1461	9	Haverford College	231
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	1397	10	Pomona College	270
11	University of California, San Diego	1281	11	St. John's College (MD)	75
12	Harvard University	1215	12	University of Chicago	1035
13	University of California, Davis	1193	13	Vassar College	378
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1186	14	Bryn Mawr College	207
15	University of Washington	1181	15	Princeton University	812
16	Michigan State University	1161	16	Oberlin College	408
17	Ohio State University	1155	17	Yale University	862
18	Texas A & M University-College Station	1143	18	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	56
19	University of Maryland, College Park	1141	19	Wesleyan University	432
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1140	20	Amherst College	262
21	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	1123	21	Wellesley College	345
22	University of Virginia-Main Campus	1053	22	Stanford University	952
23	University of Chicago	1035	23	Whitman College	195
24	Purdue University	1019	24	Macalester College	286
25	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	987	25	Kenyon College	225
26	Stanford University	952	26	New College of Florida	105
27	University of Arizona	942	27	Mount Holyoke College	286
28	University of Pennsylvania	911	28	Smith College	320
29	Brown University	867	29	Dartmouth College	558
30	Boston University	866	30	Brown University	867
31	Yale University	862	31	Harvard University	1215
32	Columbia University	854	32	Rice University	480
33	Florida State University	853	33	Bowdoin College	209
34	University of Colorado Boulder	850	34	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	96
35	New York University	835	35	Duke University	740
36	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	828	36	Cornell University	1675
37	Princeton University	812	37	St. John's College (NM)	35
38	Arizona State University	806	38	Johns Hopkins University	655
39	University of Georgia	802	39	Wheaton College	258
40	University of California, Santa Barbara	794	40	Hendrix College	129
41	North Carolina State University	789	41	Middlebury College	274
42	University of California, Irvine	754	42	St Olaf College	318
43	University of Pittsburgh	750	43	Columbia University	854
44	Northwestern University	747	44	Barnard College	266
45	Georgia Institute of Technology	744	45	Colby College	206
46	Duke University	740	46	Earlham College	108
47	Washington University in St. Louis	732	47	Davidson College	186
48	Indiana University Bloomington	729	48	University of Rochester	652
49	University of Notre Dame	713	49	Colorado College	209
50	University of California, Santa Cruz	680	50	Scripps College	104

Anthropology

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	43	1	Reed College	15
2	University of Michigan	37	2	Barnard College	15
3	University of Chicago	37	3	University of Chicago	37
4	New York University	27	4	Grinnell College	9
5	Stanford University	25	5	Oberlin College	13
6	Columbia University	23	6	Wesleyan University	14
7	Harvard University	22	7	Sarah Lawrence College	6
8	The University of Texas at Austin	21	8	Cornell College	4
9	University of California, Los Angeles	20	9	New College of Florida	3
9	Michigan State University	20	10	Bryn Mawr College	5
11	Boston University	19	11	Stanford University	25
12	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	18	12	Swarthmore College	5
12	University of Notre Dame	18	13	Beloit College	4
14	University of Pennsylvania	17	14	Haverford College	4
14	Brown University	17	15	Carleton College	6
16	Cornell University	16	16	Scripps College	3
16	University of Arizona	16	17	Columbia University	23
16	Washington University in St. Louis	16	18	Pitzer College	3
16	Yale University	16	19	Smith College	7
16	University of Florida	16	20	DePauw University	6
21	Reed College	15	21	Wellesley College	7
21	University of California, Santa Barbara	15	22	Macalester College	6
21	Barnard College	15	23	Bowdoin College	5
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	15	24	Lawrence University	4
25	Wesleyan University	14	25	Mount Holyoke College	6
25	University of Iowa	14	26	Whitman College	4
27	Oberlin College	13	27	Yale University	16
27	Duke University	13	28	Colby College	5
27	Emory University	13	29	Dartmouth College	11
27	Ohio State University	13	30	Brown University	17
31	University of Washington	12	31	Colorado College	5
31	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	12	32	Kenyon College	4
33	Indiana University Bloomington	11	33	Knox College	3
33	George Washington University	11	34	Harvey Mudd College	2
33	Dartmouth College	11	35	Harvard University	22
33	Arizona State University	11	36	Davidson College	4
33	University of California, Santa Cruz	11	37	Bard College	4
38	University of California, San Diego	10	38	St. John's College	1
38	Northwestern University	10	39	University of Notre Dame	18
38	University of Arkansas	10	40	Washington University in St. Louis	16
38	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	10	41	Middlebury College	5
38	University of Virginia-Main Campus	10	42	Duke University	13
38	Binghamton University	10	43	Earlham College	2
44	University of Central Florida	9	44	Emory University	13
44	University of California, Riverside	9	45	Illinois Wesleyan University	3
44	Grinnell College	9	46	Allegheny College	3
44	University of Kansas	9	47	St Olaf College	5
44	Miami University	9	48	Vassar College	4
49	University of Massachusetts Amherst	8	49	Amherst College	3
49	University of Georgia	8	50	Occidental College	3

Biological Sciences

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	607	1	California Institute of Technology	70
2	Cornell University	448	2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	239
3	University of California, Davis	439	3	Reed College	68
4	University of Wisconsin-Madison	415	4	Swarthmore College	71
5	University of California, San Diego	389	5	Pomona College	68
6	University of California, Los Angeles	361	6	Haverford College	55
7	University of Michigan	334	7	Grinnell College	72
8	University of Washington	297	8	Carleton College	85
9	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	275	9	Harvey Mudd College	32
10	University of Florida	265	10	Mount Holyoke College	73
11	Michigan State University	255	11	Oberlin College	90
12	Harvard University	254	12	Earlham College	33
13	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	246	13	Johns Hopkins University	188
14	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	241	14	New College of Florida	25
15	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	239	15	St Olaf College	94
16	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	238	16	Whitman College	45
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	234	17	Amherst College	56
18	The University of Texas at Austin	229	18	Cornell University	448
19	Texas A & M University-College Station	212	19	Colby College	58
20	Brigham Young University-Provo	210	20	Juniata College	41
21	University of Maryland, College Park	208	21	University of Chicago	190
22	University of Pennsylvania	203	22	Williams College	60
23	University of Georgia	199	23	Scripps College	30
24	University of Colorado Boulder	199	24	Princeton University	154
25	Ohio State University	195	25	Stanford University	195
25	Stanford University	195	26	Bowdoin College	50
27	University of Chicago	190	27	Brown University	189
28	University of Arizona	189	28	Yale University	159
28	Brown University	189	29	Allegheny College	47
28	Johns Hopkins University	188	30	Duke University	173
31	Boston University	184	31	Harvard University	254
32	University of Virginia-Main Campus	179	32	University of Rochester	164
33	Duke University	173	33	Brandeis University	91
34	University of California, Irvine	166	34	Hendrix College	30
35	Washington University in St. Louis	164	35	Kalamazoo College	36
35	University of Rochester	164	36	Ohio Wesleyan University	38
37	University of California, Santa Cruz	162	37	Vassar College	59
38	Purdue University	161	38	Davidson College	44
38	University of Pittsburgh	161	39	Ursinus College	34
40	Yale University	159	40	St. Mary's College of Maryland	36
41	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	157	41	Middlebury College	58
42	Indiana University Bloomington	156	42	Bryn Mawr College	30
43	Princeton University	154	43	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	40
44	University of California, Santa Barbara	147	44	Rice University	87
45	University of Massachusetts Amherst	146	45	Case Western Reserve University	113
46	Arizona State University	142	46	Kenyon College	37
47	North Carolina State University	141	47	Wellesley College	54
48	Colorado State University	138	48	Washington University in St. Louis	164
48	Columbia University	138	49	Wesleyan University	63
50	University of Connecticut	135	50	Colorado College	43

Chemistry

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	117	1	California Institute of Technology	41
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	71	2	Harvey Mudd College	33
3	University of California, San Diego	70	3	Carleton College	41
4	University of California, Davis	67	4	Grinnell College	25
5	University of Wisconsin-Madison	59	5	Washington & Jefferson College	18
6	University of Florida	57	6	The College of Wooster	26
7	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	55	7	Kalamazoo College	19
8	Purdue University	52	8	Whitman College	19
9	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	52	9	Haverford College	15
10	Cornell University	51	10	Juniata College	16
11	University of Chicago	49	11	Allegheny College	19
12	University of California, Irvine	48	12	Reed College	15
12	University of California, Los Angeles	48	13	New College of Florida	8
12	University of Michigan	48	14	Franklin and Marshall College	22
15	The University of Texas at Austin	47	15	Hope College	29
15	College of William and Mary	47	16	Swarthmore College	14
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	47	17	Illinois Wesleyan University	15
15	University of Pittsburgh	47	18	College of the Holy Cross	26
19	University of Washington	42	19	Bryn Mawr College	12
19	University of California, Santa Cruz	42	20	Macalester College	19
21	Carleton College	41	21	Williams College	18
21	California Institute of Technology	41	22	Hamilton College	17
23	University of California, Santa Barbara	40	23	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	39
23	Western Washington University	40	24	University of Minnesota-Morris	13
23	University at Buffalo	40	25	Furman University	22
23	Western Washington University	40	26	Wellesley College	20
23	Florida State University	40	27	Saint Johns University	13
28	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	39	28	Willamette University	14
29	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	38	29	University of Chicago	49
30	Boston University	37	30	College of William and Mary	47
30	University of Arizona	37	31	St Olaf College	21
32	The College of New Jersey	36	32	Knox College	9
32	Michigan State University	36	33	Hendrix College	8
32	Harvard University	36	34	Davidson College	12
35	Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	35	35	St. Mary's College of Maryland	10
36	University of Rochester	34	36	Bard College	12
36	Truman State University	34	37	Gustavus Adolphus College	14
36	Ohio State University	34	38	Truman State University	34
39	Harvey Mudd College	33	39	Trinity University	15
40	New York University	32	40	Saint Mary's College	9
40	Northwestern University	32	41	Stonehill College	15
42	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	31	42	University of Richmond	19
42	Georgia Institute of Technology	31	43	Gettysburg College	14
42	University of Virginia-Main Campus	31	44	Pomona College	9
45	North Carolina State University	30	45	Wabash College	5
45	Carnegie Mellon University	30	46	Centre College	8
47	Arizona State University	29	47	Westmont College	7
47	University of Maryland, College Park	29	48	Austin College	7
47	Hope College	29	49	Wheaton College	13
50	University of Connecticut	28	50	Wofford College	9

Computer Science

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	75	1	California Institute of Technology	33
2	University of California, Berkeley	68	2	Harvey Mudd College	20
3	Carnegie Mellon University	62	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	75
4	Stanford University	46	4	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	4
5	University of Michigan	43	5	Carnegie Mellon University	62
5	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	43	6	Swarthmore College	14
7	Cornell University	39	7	Williams College	15
7	Georgia Institute of Technology	39	8	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	6
9	The University of Texas at Austin	38	9	Carleton College	14
9	Harvard University	38	10	Stanford University	46
11	University of Maryland, College Park	35	11	Pomona College	9
12	Brigham Young University-Provo	34	12	Princeton University	26
12	University of Washington	34	13	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	28
14	California Institute of Technology	33	14	Duke University	27
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	32	15	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	8
16	University of California, San Diego	30	16	Harvard University	38
17	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	29	17	Saint Johns University	6
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	28	18	United States Military Academy	16
19	Duke University	27	19	Brown University	24
20	Princeton University	26	20	Reed College	5
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	25	21	University of Tulsa	11
22	University of Massachusetts Amherst	24	22	Wesleyan University	10
22	Purdue University	24	23	Yale University	18
22	University of Central Florida	24	24	Dartmouth College	13
22	Brown University	24	25	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	13
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	24	26	Wellesley College	7
27	University of California, Los Angeles	23	27	Rice University	11
28	University of Arizona	21	28	Amherst College	5
28	University of California, Irvine	21	29	Case Western Reserve University	14
30	Rochester Institute of Technology	20	30	Johns Hopkins University	16
30	Harvey Mudd College	20	31	Cornell University	39
30	University of Virginia-Main Campus	20	32	University of Chicago	17
33	University of Florida	19	33	Oberlin College	7
33	University of California, Davis	19	34	Tufts University	14
35	Ohio State University	18	35	Vassar College	6
35	Northwestern University	18	36	Georgia Institute of Technology	39
35	University of Utah	18	37	DePauw University	5
35	Yale University	18	38	Clarkson University	7
39	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	17	39	University of California, Berkeley	68
39	Columbia University	17	40	Bard College	4
39	University of Chicago	17	41	University of Richmond	7
39	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	17	42	Ursinus College	3
43	Indiana University Bloomington	16	43	Northwestern University	18
43	University of Delaware	16	44	United States Air Force Academy	9
43	University of Pittsburgh	16	45	Columbia University	17
43	Johns Hopkins University	16	46	Lawrence University	3
43	United States Military Academy	16	47	Illinois Institute of Technology	6
48	Texas A & M University-College Station	15	48	Cornell College	2
48	University of Missouri-Columbia	15	49	Florida Institute of Technology	7
48	University of California, Riverside	15	50	Earlham College	2
48	University of Notre Dame	15
48	Williams College	15
48	Binghamton University	15

Economics

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	75	1	Pomona College	19
2	University of Chicago	70	2	Swarthmore College	18
3	Harvard University	54	3	University of Chicago	70
4	Brigham Young University-Provo	52	4	Williams College	20
5	Stanford University	45	5	Soka University of America	4
6	University of Michigan	34	6	Carleton College	16
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	34	7	Claremont McKenna College	10
8	Yale University	33	8	Colby College	15
9	Princeton University	29	9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	34
10	University of Wisconsin-Madison	27	10	California Institute of Technology	7
11	University of Pennsylvania	25	11	Stanford University	45
12	University of California, Los Angeles	24	12	Wellesley College	15
13	University of Virginia-Main Campus	24	13	Yale University	33
14	Cornell University	24	14	Macalester College	12
15	Columbia University	23	15	Harvard University	54
16	Georgetown University	22	16	Whitman College	8
17	New York University	21	17	Reed College	8
18	Brown University	21	18	Princeton University	29
19	University of Colorado Boulder	20	19	Grinnell College	9
19	Williams College	20	20	New College of Florida	4
19	Duke University	20	21	Lake Forest College	7
19	Michigan State University	20	22	Davidson College	8
19	University of California, San Diego	20	23	Oberlin College	11
24	University of Washington	19	24	Brandeis University	14
24	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	19	25	Haverford College	5
24	University of Maryland, College Park	19	26	Amherst College	7
24	Pomona College	19	27	Mount Holyoke College	8
28	Washington University in St. Louis	18	28	Wabash College	3
28	Swarthmore College	18	29	Dartmouth College	15
28	The University of Texas at Austin	18	30	Hendrix College	4
31	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	16	31	Middlebury College	8
31	Carleton College	16	32	Agnes Scott College	3
33	Ohio State University	15	33	Duke University	20
33	George Washington University	15	34	Rhodes College	6
33	Wellesley College	15	35	Brown University	21
33	George Mason University	15	36	Illinois Wesleyan University	5
33	Dartmouth College	15	37	Georgetown University	22
33	Indiana University Bloomington	15	38	Columbia University	23
33	University of Kansas	15	39	Southwestern University	4
33	Colby College	15	40	Washington and Lee University	5
41	Vanderbilt University	14	41	Bates College	5
41	Arizona State University	14	42	Vassar College	6
41	Brandeis University	14	43	University of California, Berkeley	75
44	University of Georgia	13	44	Colgate University	7
44	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	13	45	Beloit College	3
44	Boston University	13	46	Westmont College	3
44	Miami University	13	47	Washington University in St. Louis	18
44	University of Notre Dame	13	48	Rice University	9
44	Boston College	13	49	Knox College	3
44	University of Florida	13	50	Bryn Mawr College	3

Education

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of Florida	185	1	Spelman College	43
2	Brigham Young University-Provo	176	2	St. John's College	7
3	The University of Texas at Austin	157	3	Earlham College	15
4	Texas A & M University-College Station	156	4	Macalester College	29
5	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	147	5	Smith College	31
6	University of Michigan	145	6	Transylvania University	12
6	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	145	7	Wellesley College	30
8	Ohio State University	141	8	Bryn Mawr College	16
9	University of California, Los Angeles	139	9	Swarthmore College	18
10	Michigan State University	138	10	Agnes Scott College	11
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	133	11	Claremont McKenna College	14
12	University of Georgia	128	12	Mount Holyoke College	23
13	Florida State University	126	13	Haverford College	13
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	120	14	Carleton College	20
15	University of Virginia-Main Campus	111	15	Scripps College	10
16	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	110	16	Oberlin College	26
17	University of California, Berkeley	107	17	Wabash College	8
18	Auburn University	103	18	Berea College	15
19	Indiana University Bloomington	100	19	Pomona College	14
19	Mississippi State University	100	20	Williams College	18
21	University of Arizona	99	21	Colorado College	18
22	University of South Florida	92	22	Pitzer College	9
23	University of Maryland, College Park	89	23	Southwestern University	12
24	Miami University	87	24	Wesleyan University	25
25	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	84	25	Vanderbilt University	56
26	University of Missouri-Columbia	83	26	Morehouse College	18
27	Ohio University	81	27	Whitman College	12
28	Arizona State University	80	28	Connecticut College	15
28	Purdue University	80	29	Kenyon College	14
30	Bowling Green State University	78	30	Furman University	22
30	University of Alabama	78	31	Cornell College	8
30	University of South Carolina	78	32	Vassar College	19
33	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	77	33	Ohio Wesleyan University	12
33	University of Iowa	77	34	Centre College	11
35	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	75	35	Davidson College	14
35	Louisiana State University	75	36	College of William and Mary	48
37	University of California, Santa Barbara	74	37	McDaniel College	12
38	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	73	38	Barnard College	19
38	University of Washington	73	39	St Olaf College	22
40	University of Kansas	69	40	Northwestern University	62
40	University of Oklahoma	69	41	Illinois Wesleyan University	12
40	University of Memphis	69	42	Howard University	44
43	University of California, Davis	68	43	Grinnell College	12
43	Oklahoma State University	68	44	Brown University	49
43	University of North Texas	68	45	Bard College	13
46	James Madison University	67	46	Truman State University	38
47	New York University	66	47	Trinity University	17
47	Central Michigan University	66	48	Dickinson College	16
49	North Carolina State University	64	49	Hope College	21
50	Iowa State University	63	50	Wheaton College	16

Engineering

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	1	California Institute of Technology	151
2	University of Michigan	2	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	48
3	Georgia Institute of Technology	3	Harvey Mudd College	79
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	376
5	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	5	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	58
6	University of Florida	6	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	86
7	Purdue University	7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	233
8	Cornell University	8	Johns Hopkins University	209
9	The University of Texas at Austin	9	Rice University	120
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	10	Clarkson University	92
11	University of Maryland, College Park	11	Case Western Reserve University	156
12	Texas A & M University-College Station	12	Carnegie Mellon University	159
13	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	13	Georgia Institute of Technology	382
14	Brigham Young University-Provo	14	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	33
15	North Carolina State University	15	Lehigh University	110
16	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	16	Cornell University	328
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	17	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	100
18	Ohio State University	18	Colorado School of Mines	105
19	Johns Hopkins University	19	Lafayette College	56
20	Iowa State University	20	Michigan Technological University	119
21	University of California, Los Angeles	21	Illinois Institute of Technology	58
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	22	Duke University	126
23	University of Virginia-Main Campus	23	Princeton University	100
24	University of Washington	24	Missouri University of Science and Technology	125
25	University of California, San Diego	25	Swarthmore College	27
26	Carnegie Mellon University	26	University of Rochester	99
27	Case Western Reserve University	27	Stanford University	107
28	Clemson University	28	Vanderbilt University	103
29	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	29	Kettering University	28
30	California Institute of Technology	30	Tufts University	83
31	Arizona State University	31	Bucknell University	51
32	University of Pittsburgh	32	United States Air Force Academy	59
33	University of California, Davis	33	United States Military Academy	62
34	Oregon State University	34	University of California, Berkeley	413
35	University of Colorado Boulder	35	Columbia University	106
36	University of Arizona	36	University of Notre Dame	110
37	Duke University	37	Milwaukee School of Engineering	33
38	Missouri University of Science and Technology	38	University of Michigan	384
39	Michigan State University	39	Northwestern University	109
40	Boston University	40	Washington University in St. Louis	94
41	Rice University	41	Florida Institute of Technology	44
42	Michigan Technological University	42	Dartmouth College	51
43	Drexel University	43	Brown University	79
44	University of Delaware	44	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	365
45	University of California, Irvine	45	Purdue University	357
46	University of Utah	46	Carleton College	22
47	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	47	University of Virginia-Main Campus	175
48	Lehigh University	48	University of Florida	360
49	University of Notre Dame	49	University of Tulsa	33
50	Northwestern University	50	University of Pennsylvania	108

Foreign Language

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	37	1	St. John's College	3
2	University of Chicago	34	2	Bryn Mawr College	7
3	Brigham Young University-Provo	26	3	University of Chicago	34
4	University of California, Los Angeles	25	4	Grinnell College	7
5	University of Michigan	23	5	Reed College	6
6	University of Colorado Boulder	18	6	Oberlin College	11
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison	18	7	Middlebury College	10
6	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	18	8	Dartmouth College	17
9	Dartmouth College	17	9	New College of Florida	3
9	New York University	17	10	Macalester College	8
11	Harvard University	16	11	Carleton College	7
12	Columbia University	15	12	Davidson College	6
12	Brown University	15	13	Amherst College	6
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	14	14	Smith College	8
14	Yale University	14	15	Bard College	6
14	University of Virginia-Main Campus	14	16	St. John's College	1
14	College of William and Mary	14	17	Haverford College	4
18	Indiana University Bloomington	13	18	Scripps College	3
18	Washington University in St. Louis	13	19	Vassar College	7
18	University of California, Riverside	13	20	Sarah Lawrence College	4
21	Boston University	12	21	Centre College	4
21	University of Notre Dame	12	22	Barnard College	7
21	University of Arizona	12	23	Bates College	5
21	Ohio State University	12	24	Bennington College	2
21	University of Georgia	12	25	Whitman College	4
21	University of Florida	12	26	Swarthmore College	4
27	Oberlin College	11	27	Hendrix College	3
27	The University of Texas at Austin	11	28	Williams College	5
27	University of California, Irvine	11	29	Colorado College	5
27	University of New Mexico	11	30	Yale University	14
27	Princeton University	11	31	Austin College	3
27	University of Kansas	11	32	Wesleyan University	7
33	University of Washington	10	33	Kenyon College	4
33	Miami University	10	34	Mount Holyoke College	5
33	Middlebury College	10	35	College of William and Mary	14
33	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	10	36	Furman University	6
33	Johns Hopkins University	10	37	Brown University	15
33	University of Iowa	10	38	Occidental College	4
39	Georgetown University	9	39	Lawrence University	3
39	CUNY Hunter College	9	40	Kalamazoo College	3
39	Arizona State University	9	41	University of Dallas	3
39	University of Pennsylvania	9	42	Princeton University	11
39	Florida International University	9	43	Saint Mary's College	3
39	University of Oregon	9	44	Colby College	4
45	Smith College	8	45	Wellesley College	5
45	Cornell University	8	46	University of Minnesota-Morris	3
45	George Washington University	8	47	Pomona College	3
45	Binghamton University	8	48	Earlham College	2
45	Macalester College	8	49	Columbia University	15
45	College of Charleston	8	50	Whittier College	3

History

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	74	1	Vassar College	31
2	Yale University	68	2	Williams College	25
3	Harvard University	61	3	Swarthmore College	18
4	University of Chicago	55	4	Yale University	68
5	University of California, Los Angeles	55	5	Reed College	16
6	Columbia University	44	6	Amherst College	18
7	Brown University	42	7	Wesleyan University	29
8	College of William and Mary	39	8	St. John's College (NM)	3
9	University of Virginia-Main Campus	38	9	Barnard College	23
10	University of Michigan	38	10	Grinnell College	15
11	New York University	37	11	Carleton College	18
12	Princeton University	37	12	University of Chicago	55
13	Brigham Young University-Provo	32	13	``	14
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	31	14	Wheaton College	18
14	Vassar College	31	15	Pomona College	11
16	Wesleyan University	29	16	Princeton University	37
17	University of Pennsylvania	28	17	Macalester College	14
17	Dartmouth College	28	18	Dartmouth College	28
17	Florida State University	28	19	St. John's College (MD)	3
20	Cornell University	27	20	Harvard University	61
21	Georgetown University	26	21	College of William and Mary	39
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	26	22	Smith College	15
23	Washington University in St. Louis	25	23	Brown University	42
23	The University of Texas at Austin	25	24	Middlebury College	15
23	Northwestern University	25	25	Beloit College	7
23	University of California, San Diego	25	26	Columbia University	44
23	Williams College	25	27	Bard College	10
28	University of Colorado Boulder	24	28	Bryn Mawr College	7
29	Barnard College	23	29	Oberlin College	14
30	Texas A & M University-College Station	22	30	Willamette University	9
30	University of California, Davis	22	31	New College of Florida	4
30	University of California, Santa Cruz	22	32	Bowdoin College	9
30	Stanford University	22	33	Centre College	7
30	University of Notre Dame	22	34	Colorado College	10
35	Michigan State University	21	35	Haverford College	6
35	University of Arizona	21	36	Mount Holyoke College	10
35	University of Florida	21	37	Sarah Lawrence College	6
38	University of Washington	20	38	Brandeis University	15
38	San Francisco State University	20	39	Colby College	8
38	University of California, Santa Barbara	20	40	Wellesley College	10
38	Indiana University Bloomington	20	41	Washington and Lee University	7
42	Duke University	19	42	Earlham College	4
42	Boston University	19	43	Davidson College	7
42	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	19	44	Claremont McKenna College	5
45	Amherst College	18	45	Georgetown University	26
45	Wheaton College	18	46	Lafayette College	9
45	University of California, Irvine	18	47	Lewis & Clark College	7
45	Arizona State University	18	48	Hendrix College	4
45	Swarthmore College	18	49	United States Military Academy	15
45	Ohio State University	18	50	Connecticut College	6

Mathematics & Statistics

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	105	1	California Institute of Technology	56
2	Princeton University	82	2	Harvey Mudd College	40
3	University of Chicago	76	3	Princeton University	82
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	69	4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	69
5	Harvard University	57	5	Swarthmore College	22
6	California Institute of Technology	56	6	Pomona College	19
7	University of California, Los Angeles	50	7	Reed College	17
8	University of Michigan	49	8	University of Chicago	76
9	Brigham Young University-Provo	48	9	Williams College	21
10	University of California, San Diego	42	10	St. John's College	3
11	Stanford University	41	11	Haverford College	12
11	Columbia University	41	12	Carleton College	19
11	The University of Texas at Austin	41	13	New College of Florida	7
14	Harvey Mudd College	40	14	Grinnell College	14
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	35	15	Scripps College	8
16	Cornell University	34	16	Transylvania University	7
17	Arizona State University	33	17	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	6
18	Stony Brook University	32	18	St Olaf College	20
18	University of Washington	32	19	Rice University	24
20	Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	31	20	Stanford University	41
20	Carnegie Mellon University	31	21	Harvard University	57
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	30	22	Wabash College	5
22	Brown University	30	23	Bowdoin College	10
24	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	29	24	Wheaton College	13
24	New York University	29	25	Columbia University	41
26	University of Arizona	28	26	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	10
26	University of Maryland, College Park	28	27	Carnegie Mellon University	31
26	Ohio State University	28	28	Willamette University	8
26	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	28	29	Bryn Mawr College	6
26	North Carolina State University	28	30	Bates College	8
31	University of California, Davis	26	31	Wellesley College	11
32	University of Rochester	25	32	Dartmouth College	19
33	University of Florida	24	33	Brown University	30
33	Yale University	24	34	University of Dallas	6
33	Rice University	24	35	Whitman College	6
33	Northwestern University	24	36	Kenyon College	7
37	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	23	37	Yale University	24
37	University of Pennsylvania	23	38	Hamilton College	8
37	Duke University	23	39	University of Rochester	25
37	Texas A & M University-College Station	23	40	Amherst College	7
37	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	23	41	Bard College	7
42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	22	42	Oberlin College	10
42	Washington University in St. Louis	22	43	Clarkson University	11
42	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	22	44	Ursinus College	5
42	Swarthmore College	22	45	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	23
42	University of Central Florida	22	46	Duke University	23
42	University of California, Santa Barbara	22	47	Lafayette College	9
42	University of Houston	22	48	University of California, Berkeley	105
49	University of Colorado Boulder	21	49	University of Minnesota-Morris	5
49	Williams College	21	50	St. Mary's College of Maryland	5

Physics

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	186	1	California Institute of Technology	91
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	148	2	Harvey Mudd College	41
3	Cornell University	125	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	148
4	California Institute of Technology	91	4	Reed College	36
5	University of Michigan	89	5	Haverford College	26
6	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	88	6	Swarthmore College	29
7	University of Chicago	78	7	Carleton College	27
8	University of California, Los Angeles	73	8	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	18
9	University of Rochester	69	9	Grinnell College	21
10	University of Arizona	65	10	University of Chicago	78
10	Harvard University	65	11	Princeton University	61
12	University of California, Santa Barbara	64	12	University of Rochester	69
13	University of Washington	63	13	St. John's College	5
14	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	63	14	Pomona College	14
15	Princeton University	61	15	Kenyon College	15
16	University of Florida	60	16	Cornell University	125
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	58	17	Williams College	17
18	Brigham Young University-Provo	57	18	Rice University	32
18	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	57	19	Yale University	46
20	University of Maryland, College Park	55	20	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	16
21	The University of Texas at Austin	54	21	Colorado School of Mines	38
21	University of Colorado Boulder	54	22	Florida Institute of Technology	28
23	Columbia University	53	23	Carnegie Mellon University	50
24	Ohio State University	52	24	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	50
24	Michigan State University	52	25	Lawrence University	11
26	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	50	26	Case Western Reserve University	38
26	Carnegie Mellon University	50	27	Franklin and Marshall College	16
28	Boston University	49	28	Harvard University	65
29	University of California, Davis	48	29	Columbia University	53
29	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	48	30	Stanford University	45
31	Yale University	46	31	University of California, Berkeley	186
32	Stanford University	45	32	Bowdoin College	11
32	University of California, San Diego	45	33	Amherst College	11
34	Purdue University	45	34	Wesleyan University	17
35	Georgia Institute of Technology	43	35	Juniata College	8
36	Harvey Mudd College	41	36	Colby College	11
37	University of California, Santa Cruz	38	37	Illinois Institute of Technology	16
37	Colorado School of Mines	38	38	Bryn Mawr College	7
37	University of Virginia-Main Campus	38	39	Brown University	36
38	Case Western Reserve University	38	40	Allegheny College	9
41	Brown University	36	41	Hendrix College	6
41	Reed College	36	42	Dartmouth College	22
41	North Carolina State University	36	43	Whitman College	7
44	University of Notre Dame	33	44	Wabash College	4
44	University of Pennsylvania	33	45	Gettysburg College	11
44	University of California, Irvine	33	46	Ohio Wesleyan University	7
44	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	33	47	Oberlin College	12
48	Rice University	32	48	Middlebury College	11
49	Rochester Institute of Technology	31	49	Kalamazoo College	6
49	Texas A & M University-College Station	31	50	University of Dallas	6

Political Science & Government

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	Harvard University	44	1	St. John's College (MD)	7
2	University of Chicago	41	2	St. John's College (NM)	4
3	University of California, Berkeley	39	3	Swarthmore College	16
4	University of California, Los Angeles	34	4	Grinnell College	13
5	University of Michigan	34	5	Soka University of America	3
6	Stanford University	31	6	Williams College	13
7	Yale University	28	7	University of Chicago	41
8	The University of Texas at Austin	27	8	Kenyon College	10
8	New York University	27	9	Wesleyan University	16
10	Georgetown University	25	10	Smith College	13
10	Cornell University	25	11	Macalester College	11
10	University of Washington	25	12	Washington and Lee University	9
13	Brown University	24	13	Reed College	7
13	University of California, San Diego	24	14	Yale University	28
13	University of Wisconsin-Madison	24	15	Haverford College	6
16	University of Pennsylvania	21	16	Pomona College	7
17	University of Maryland, College Park	20	17	Harvard University	44
17	Columbia University	20	18	Stanford University	31
17	University of Notre Dame	20	19	Dartmouth College	19
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	20	20	University of Dallas	6
17	Duke University	20	21	Carleton College	8
17	University of Florida	20	22	Claremont McKenna College	5
23	Dartmouth College	19	23	Brown University	24
23	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	19	24	Georgetown University	25
23	Northwestern University	19	25	Princeton University	18
26	College of William and Mary	18	26	Bowdoin College	6
26	George Washington University	18	27	Vassar College	8
26	Brigham Young University-Provo	18	28	Davidson College	6
26	Princeton University	18	29	United States Air Force Academy	14
30	Texas A & M University-College Station	17	30	Wellesley College	8
30	University of Virginia-Main Campus	17	31	Transylvania University	3
32	Wesleyan University	16	32	Duke University	20
32	Swarthmore College	16	33	Wheaton College	7
32	Emory University	16	34	Furman University	8
35	Baylor University	15	35	Oberlin College	8
35	Arizona State University	15	36	College of William and Mary	18
35	Ohio State University	15	37	Pitzer College	3
35	Michigan State University	15	38	Brandeis University	10
39	University of Massachusetts Amherst	14	39	Union College	6
39	University of Colorado Boulder	14	40	Amherst College	5
39	Boston College	14	41	Bard College	5
39	Florida State University	14	42	United States Military Academy	12
39	United States Air Force Academy	14	43	Occidental College	5
39	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	14	44	Colby College	5
45	Louisiana State University	13	45	Rhodes College	5
45	Grinnell College	13	46	New College of Florida	2
45	Indiana University Bloomington	13	47	Columbia University	20
45	Smith College	13	48	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11
45	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	13	49	Beloit College	3
45	Williams College	13	50	University of Notre Dame	20

Psychology

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of Michigan	177	1	Vassar College	55
2	University of California, Berkeley	166	2	Barnard College	51
3	University of Florida	164	3	Spelman College	42
4	Brigham Young University-Provo	158	4	Wellesley College	49
5	New York University	156	5	Williams College	40
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	154	6	Wesleyan University	56
7	University of California, San Diego	152	7	Smith College	46
8	University of California, Los Angeles	141	8	Haverford College	23
9	The University of Texas at Austin	127	9	Reed College	25
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	121	10	Swarthmore College	25
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	119	11	Hendrix College	19
12	Cornell University	115	12	Carleton College	33
12	University of California, Irvine	115	13	Pomona College	24
14	University of Maryland, College Park	113	14	Grinnell College	26
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	111	15	Tufts University	79
16	Michigan State University	105	16	Southwestern University	20
17	University of California, Davis	102	17	Brandeis University	48
18	Florida State University	100	18	Dartmouth College	58
19	University of Virginia-Main Campus	99	19	Whitman College	19
20	Ohio State University	97	20	Kenyon College	22
21	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	93	21	New College of Florida	10
22	Boston University	92	22	Connecticut College	22
23	University of Pennsylvania	87	23	Bryn Mawr College	16
24	University of Arizona	85	24	Trinity University	29
25	Harvard University	85	25	Scripps College	12
26	Northwestern University	83	26	University of Rochester	74
27	Texas A & M University-College Station	81	27	Yale University	66
27	Arizona State University	81	28	Emory University	78
29	University of Central Florida	80	29	Amherst College	20
29	University of Pittsburgh	80	30	Brown University	75
31	Tufts University	79	31	Claremont McKenna College	14
32	Emory University	78	32	St. John's College	5
33	University of Georgia	77	33	Knox College	14
34	University of California, Santa Barbara	76	34	Furman University	29
34	University of Washington	76	35	Wheaton College	25
36	Brown University	75	36	Duke University	69
36	University of Colorado Boulder	75	37	Kalamazoo College	15
36	Washington University in St. Louis	75	38	Macalester College	22
39	University of Rochester	74	39	Rhodes College	20
40	Indiana University Bloomington	72	40	Bates College	18
41	San Diego State University	71	41	Middlebury College	25
41	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	71	42	Washington University in St. Louis	75
43	Duke University	69	43	St. Mary's College of Maryland	15
44	University of California, Santa Cruz	68	44	Northwestern University	83
45	University of Miami	66	45	St Olaf College	29
45	Yale University	66	46	Mount Holyoke College	21
45	University of Notre Dame	66	47	Austin College	12
48	Miami University	65	48	Davidson College	17
49	University of Kansas	63	49	Skidmore College	24
50	University of South Florida	62	50	Bucknell University	33

Sociology

Rank (Total)	Institution (Total)	#PhD (Total)	Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	49	1	Beloit College	9
2	University of Michigan	33	2	Swarthmore College	10
3	University of Chicago	31	3	New College of Florida	5
4	University of California, Los Angeles	27	4	Wesleyan University	18
4	The University of Texas at Austin	27	5	Grinnell College	10
6	Cornell University	24	6	Smith College	14
7	Columbia University	23	7	Wellesley College	12
7	Harvard University	23	8	University of Chicago	31
7	Michigan State University	23	9	Bryn Mawr College	6
10	Northwestern University	22	10	Vassar College	10
10	Stanford University	22	11	Whitman College	6
10	New York University	22	12	Reed College	6
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	22	13	Oberlin College	11
14	Brown University	21	14	Carleton College	8
15	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	20	15	Amherst College	7
16	University of Wisconsin-Madison	19	16	Kenyon College	6
17	University of Georgia	18	17	Rice University	13
17	Wesleyan University	18	18	Spelman College	7
19	University of California, Irvine	17	19	Stanford University	22
19	Indiana University Bloomington	17	20	Knox College	4
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	17	21	Drew University	5
22	University of Central Florida	16	22	Brown University	21
22	Emory University	16	23	Wheaton College	7
22	University of Washington	16	24	Colorado College	6
22	University of California, San Diego	16	25	Columbia University	23
26	University of California, Santa Barbara	15	26	Southwestern University	4
26	Boston University	15	27	DePauw University	6
26	University of California, Davis	15	28	Saint Mary's College	4
26	Ohio University	15	29	Clark University	6
26	Florida State University	15	30	Northwestern University	22
31	University of Utah	14	31	Pomona College	4
31	Smith College	14	32	Denison University	6
31	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	14	33	Princeton University	13
31	University of Pennsylvania	14	34	Soka University of America	1
31	University of Notre Dame	14	35	Harvard University	23
31	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	14	36	Tufts University	13
31	University of California, Santa Cruz	14	37	Haverford College	3
31	Texas A & M University-College Station	14	38	Emory University	16
39	Tufts University	13	39	Yale University	13
39	University of Kansas	13	40	Davidson College	4
39	Yale University	13	41	Furman University	6
39	Duke University	13	42	Sarah Lawrence College	3
39	Princeton University	13	43	Occidental College	4
39	Brigham Young University-Provo	13	44	Agnes Scott College	2
39	Rice University	13	45	Hamilton College	4
46	Wellesley College	12	46	Rhodes College	4
46	University of Virginia-Main Campus	12	47	John Carroll University	6
46	University of Southern California	12	48	Duke University	13
46	Boston College	12	49	Earlham College	2
46	University of Florida	12	50	Scripps College	2

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