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.

Updated July 2022

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Political Science & Government

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)	#PhD (Total)		Rank (Adjusted)	Institution (Adjusted)	#PhD (Adjusted)
1	University of California, Berkeley	413		1	California Institute of Technology	151
2	University of Michigan	384		2	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	48
3	Georgia Institute of Technology	382		3	Harvey Mudd College	79
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	376		4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	376
5	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	365		5	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	58
6	University of Florida	360		6	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	86
7	Purdue University	357		7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	233
8	Cornell University	328		8	Johns Hopkins University	209
9	The University of Texas at Austin	297		9	Rice University	120
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	291		10	Clarkson University	92
11	University of Maryland, College Park	258		11	Case Western Reserve University	156
12	Texas A & M University-College Station	234		12	Carnegie Mellon University	159
13	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	233		13	Georgia Institute of Technology	382
14	Brigham Young University-Provo	226		14	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	33
15	North Carolina State University	223		15	Lehigh University	110
16	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	221		16	Cornell University	328
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	216		17	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	100
18	Ohio State University	212		18	Colorado School of Mines	105
19	Johns Hopkins University	209		19	Lafayette College	56
20	Iowa State University	198		20	Michigan Technological University	119
21	University of California, Los Angeles	191		21	Illinois Institute of Technology	58
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	181		22	Duke University	126
23	University of Virginia-Main Campus	175		23	Princeton University	100
24	University of Washington	174		24	Missouri University of Science and Technology	125
25	University of California, San Diego	170		25	Swarthmore College	27
26	Carnegie Mellon University	159		26	University of Rochester	99
27	Case Western Reserve University	156		27	Stanford University	107
28	Clemson University	155		28	Vanderbilt University	103
29	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	154		29	Kettering University	28
30	California Institute of Technology	151		30	Tufts University	83
31	Arizona State University	138		31	Bucknell University	51
32	University of Pittsburgh	133		32	United States Air Force Academy	59
33	University of California, Davis	130		33	United States Military Academy	62
34	Oregon State University	127		34	University of California, Berkeley	413
35	University of Colorado Boulder	127		35	Columbia University	106
36	University of Arizona	126		36	University of Notre Dame	110
37	Duke University	126		37	Milwaukee School of Engineering	33
38	Missouri University of Science and Technology	125		38	University of Michigan	384
39	Michigan State University	122		39	Northwestern University	109
40	Boston University	120		40	Washington University in St. Louis	94
41	Rice University	120		41	Florida Institute of Technology	44
42	Michigan Technological University	119		42	Dartmouth College	51
43	Drexel University	118		43	Brown University	79
44	University of Delaware	118		44	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	365
45	University of California, Irvine	117		45	Purdue University	357
46	University of Utah	113		46	Carleton College	22
47	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	111		47	University of Virginia-Main Campus	175
48	Lehigh University	110		48	University of Florida	360
49	University of Notre Dame	110		49	University of Tulsa	33
50	Northwestern University	109		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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