Female doctorate recipients in the sciences, 1966-2004, NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates
Rank Physical Sciences # Rank Life Sciences # Rank Total Life and Physical Sciences # 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 196 1 University of California-Berkeley 1,146 1 University of California-Berkeley 1,336 2 University of California-Berkeley 190 2 Cornell University, All Campuses 1,123 2 Cornell University, All Campuses 1,277 3 Cornell University, All Campuses 154 3 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 864 3 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 994 4 Harvard University 148 4 University of California-Davis 792 4 University of California-Davis 872 5 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 130 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 750 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 863 6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 113 6 University of Wisconsin-Madison 743 6 University of Wisconsin-Madison 828 7 Mount Holyoke College 109 7 Pennsylvania State U, Main Campus 684 7 Pennsylvania State U, Main Campus 779 8 Bryn Mawr College 106 8 University of California-Los Angeles 577 8 University of California-Los Angeles 680 9 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswic 105 9 Michigan State University 570 9 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswic 650 10 University of California-Los Angeles 103 10 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswick 545 10 Harvard University 644 11 Wellesley College 102 11 Ohio State University, Main Campus 541 11 Michigan State University 634 12 University of PR Rio Piedras Campus 100 12 University of Texas at Austin 539 12 University of Texas at Austin 612 13 College of William and Mary 99 13 Harvard University 496 13 Ohio State University, Main Campus 597 14 Carleton College 98 14 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 489 14 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 556 15 Pennsylvania State U, Main Campus 95 15 University of Maryland at College Park 478 15 University of Maryland at College Park 547 16 Purdue University, Main Campus 86 16 Stanford University 467 16 University of California-San Diego 543 17 University of Wisconsin-Madison 85 17 University of California-San Diego 458 17 Stanford University 527 18 University of California-San Diego 85 18 University of Pennsylvania 453 18 Purdue University, Main Campus 524 19 University of California-Davis 80 19 Purdue University, Main Campus 438 19 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 518 20 Rice University 76 20 University of Washington - Seattle 420 20 University of Pennsylvania 517 21 Princeton University 75 21 University of Florida 411 21 University of Washington - Seattle 476 22 University of Chicago 74 22 Duke University 404 22 University of Florida 474 23 Northwestern Univ 74 23 Texas A&M University Main Campus 374 23 Mount Holyoke College 465 24 University of Texas at Austin 73 24 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 372 24 Duke University 464 25 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 72 25 Mount Holyoke College 356 25 Wellesley College 451
Source: National Science Foundation, compiled by the Office of Communications, Mount Holyoke College Female doctorate recipients in the sciences, 1966-2004, NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates
Rank Physics # Rank Chemistry # Rank Biology #
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 1 University of California-Berkeley 121 1 University of California-Berkeley 920 2 University of California-Berkeley 55 2 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 105 2 Cornell University, All Campuses 875 3 Harvard University 54 3 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswic 94 3 University of California-Davis 631 4 Cornell University, All Campuses 50 4 University of PR Rio Piedras Campus 91 4 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 565 5 Princeton University 30 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 89 5 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 554 6 California Institute of Technology 28 6 Cornell University, All Campuses 86 6 Pennsylvania State U, Main Campus 490 7 Barnard College 27 7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 82 7 University of Wisconsin-Madison 482 8 Mount Holyoke College 26 8 College of William and Mary 77 8 University of California-Los Angeles 431 9 Stanford College 26 9 Mount Holyoke College 75 9 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswic 409 10 Wellesley College 26 10 University of California-Los Angeles 74 10 Harvard University 403 11 Carleton College 24 11 Pennsylvania State U, Main Campus 73 11 University of California-San Diego 398 12 Bryn Mawr College 24 12 Bryn Mawr College 73 12 University of Texas at Austin 379 13 Rice University 23 13 Purdue University, Main Campus 71 13 Michigan State University 370 14 University of California-Los Angeles 22 14 Harvard University 67 14 Stanford University 356 15 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 22 15 University of California-Davis 66 15 University of Maryland at College Park 327 16 Yale University 21 16 University of Wisconsin-Madison 65 16 Mount Holyoke College 317 17 University of Chicago 21 17 Carleton College 64 17 Wellesley College 299 18 Brown University 19 18 University of California-San Diego 63 18 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 298 19 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 18 19 Wellesley College 59 19 Purdue University, Main Campus 298 20 University of Maryland at College Park 18 20 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 59 20 Duke University 296 21 Pennsylvania State U, Main Campus 18 21 Northwestern Univ 57 21 Ohio State University, Main Campus 293 22 College of William and Mary 18 22 University of Delaware 56 22 Smith College 290 23 University of Arizona 17 23 SUNY at Buffalo 56 23 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 288 24 University of Rochester 17 24 Smith College 55 24 University of Pennsylvania 280 25 University of California-San Diego 17 25 University of California-Irvine 54 25 University of Washington - Seattle 280
Source: National Science Foundation, compiled by the Office of Communications, Mount Holyoke College Female Non-U.S. Citizen* Doctorate Recipients 2000-2004, Life and Physical Sciences, NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates
Ph.D.s in Life or Physical Rank College Sciences 1 Mount Holyoke College 23 2 Harvard University 19 3 University of California-Berkeley 16 4 Cornell University, All Campuses 15 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14 6 University of Maryland at College Park 10 7 California Institute of Technology 9 8 University of Texas at Austin 9 9 University of Pennsylvania 8 10 Wellesley College 8 11 Florida International University 7 12 Iowa State University 7 13 Oberlin College 7 14 Ohio State University, Main Campus 7 15 Princeton University 7 16 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswick 7 17 University of California-Davis 7 18 University of Chicago 7 19 University of Dubuque 7 20 Arizona State University Main 6 21 Beloit College 6 22 Boston University 6 23 Louisiana State Univ & Agric & Mechanical Col 6 24 Macalester College 6 25 Oregon State University 6 26 SUNY at Stony Brook, All Campuses 6 27 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 6 28 Stanford University 6 29 University of California-Los Angeles 6 30 University of California-San Diego 6 31 University of Massachusetts at Amherst 6 32 University of Pittsburgh Main Campus 6 33 University of Southern California 6 34 Washington State University 6 35 Yale University 6 36 Brigham Young University, Main Campus 5 37 Brown University 5 38 Indiana University at Bloomington 5 39 Lafayette College 5 40 Lawrence University 5 41 New Mexico State University, All Campuses 5 42 University of Arizona 5 43 University of California-Irvine 5 44 University of Florida 5 45 University of Washington - Seattle 5 46 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 47 Brandeis University 4 48 Bryn Mawr College 4 49 Howard University 4 50 Michigan State University 4
*Temporary or permanent resident visas. Source: National Science Foundation, compiled by the Office of Communications, Mount Holyoke College Minority Doctorate Recipients, Life & Physical Sciences, 2000-2004, NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates
Race-ethnicity Black, Native Asian or Rank College non-Hispanic American Pacific Islander Hispanic Total 1 University of California-Berkeley 3 0 110 15 128 2 University of PR Rio Piedras Campus 0 0 0 82 82 3 University of California-Los Angeles 3 0 53 10 66 4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 1 46 10 62 5 University of California-Davis 1 1 49 10 61 6 Cornell University, All Campuses 7 0 36 7 50 7 University of California-San Diego 2 2 34 12 50 8 Harvard University 7 0 32 7 46 9 Stanford University 3 0 29 12 44 10 Rutgers the State Univ of NJ New Brunswick 7 0 24 4 35 11 University of Chicago 1 0 29 3 33 12 University of Pennsylvania 4 0 18 9 31 13 University of California-Irvine 2 0 20 8 30 14 University of Texas at Austin 4 0 15 9 28 15 Hampton University 27 0 0 0 27 16 Princeton University 6 0 11 10 27 17 University of Florida 6 0 9 10 25 18 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 1 10 0 25 19 Yale University 2 0 23 0 25 20 University of PR Mayaguez Campus 0 0 0 24 24 21 Spelman College 22 0 1 0 23 22 Howard University 21 0 1 0 22 23 Mount Holyoke College 1 0 19 2 22 24 Rice University 2 0 15 5 22 25 University of Maryland at College Park 6 0 11 5 22 26 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1 0 17 4 22 27 Washington University 3 0 15 3 21 28 Xavier University of Louisiana 19 0 0 1 20 29 Wellesley College 4 0 13 2 19 30 University of New Mexico, All Campuses 3 0 11 4 18 31 California Institute of Technology 1 0 4 13 18 32 University of Arizona 1 0 14 3 18 33 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 0 1 14 2 17 34 University of Southern California 1 1 9 6 17 35 Boston University 1 0 13 2 16 36 Texas A&M University Main Campus 4 0 10 2 16 37 Brown University 1 0 5 10 16 38 CUNY Hunter College 8 0 2 5 15 39 Columbia University in the City of New York 5 0 8 2 15 40 Johns Hopkins University 6 0 9 0 15 41 University of Virginia, Main Campus 2 0 11 2 15 42 Ohio State University, Main Campus 0 0 12 3 15 43 SUNY at Stony Brook, All Campuses 2 1 5 7 15 44 University of California-Riverside 6 1 8 0 15 45 University of California-Santa Barbara 3 0 10 1 14 46 University of California-Santa Cruz 4 0 10 0 14 47 University of Washington - Seattle 2 1 4 7 14 48 University of Wisconsin-Madison 0 0 13 1 14 49 Duke University 2 0 11 1 14 50 Emory University 2 0 9 3 14
Source: National Science Foundation, compiled by the Office of Communications, Mount Holyoke College NSF Grants Awarded to Top Liberal Arts Colleges*, 2000-2005
Rank School Total grant amount 1 Mount Holyoke College $8,122,015.00 2 Smith College $7,486,456.00 3 Carleton College $7,131,456.00 4 Williams College $6,860,826.00 5 Wesleyan University $6,349,528.00 6 Amherst College $5,977,272.00 7 Harvey Mudd College $5,342,494.00 8 Middlebury College $5,249,828.00 9 Barnard College $4,682,040.00 10 Colgate University $4,597,639.00 11 Bowdoin College $4,564,794.00 12 Haverford College $4,079,363.00 13 Oberlin College $4,069,502.00 14 Vassar College $4,050,574.00 15 Wellesley College $4,026,136.00 16 Davidson College $3,948,413.00 17 Bucknell University $3,864,910.00 18 Lafayette College $3,661,637.00 19 Hamilton College $3,444,485.00 20 Swarthmore College $3,262,877.00 21 Macalester College $2,938,855.00 22 Bryn Mawr College $2,916,906.00 23 Pomona College $2,730,174.00 24 Colby College $2,694,604.00 25 Washington and Lee University $2,448,388.00 26 Bates College $2,299,643.00 27 Grinnell College $2,143,547.00 28 Trinity College $1,166,748.00 29 Claremont McKenna College $1,027,857.00 30 Colorado College $704,455.00
*Top liberal arts colleges are those in the top 30 as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, 2005 Source: (http://nsf.gov/awards/about.jsp), compiled by the Office of Communications, Mount Holyoke College