Comments on the data follow the table.
Reported
Rank Institution Reported* Ph.D.'s* RA%** TA%**
1 Harvard University 44 29 0% 61%
2 University of Chicago 56 28 0% 7%
3 University of California-Berkeley 35 19 0% 53%
4 CUNY - Grad Sch & Univ Center 145 26 0% 8%
5 Yale University 55 31 0% 9%
6 Princeton University 32 23 0% 18%
7 University of Pennsylvania 34 22 0% 41%
8 University of Rochester 119 137 0% 12%
9 University of Michigan 21 25 2% 16%
10 U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 288 99 3% 32%
11.5 Columbia University 107 14 0% 34%
11.5 Cornell University 17 27 0% 71%
13 Brandeis University 13 18 0% 9%
14 State U of New York-Stony Brook 153 71 0% 57%
15 Stanford University 26 11 3% 26%
16 U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 35 13 0% 19%
17 University of Texas at Austin 103 25 0% 15%
18 Univ of California-Los Angeles 93 47 0% 23%
19 New York University 2 13 5% 8%
20 Indiana University 6 8 0% 31%
21 University of North Texas 118 107 0% 11%
22 Duke University 40 8 0% 0%
23.5 Northwestern University 25 24 1% 21%
23.5 Univ of California-Santa Barbara 28 15 0% 33%
25 Univ of California-San Diego 35 34 9% 53%
26 University of Iowa 121 107 2% 19%
27 Florida State University 136 94 0% 28%
28 Ohio State University 202 79 4% 41%
29 University of Washington 31 10 2% 6%
30.5 Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick 45 9 0% 20%
30.5 University of Minnesota 19 44 0% 12%
32 University of Wisconsin-Madison 28 12 0% 33%
33 Washington University 27 9 0% 21%
34 University of Cincinnati 210 89 0% 49%
35 University of Maryland College Park 103 29 0% 12%
36.5 University of Southern California 9 0 0% 38%
36.5 State Univ of New York-Buffalo 61 17 0% 29%
38 Temple University 47 22 0% 20%
39 University of Arizona 87 58 0% 14%
40 University of Pittsburgh 38 17 0% 39%
41 Louisiana State U & A&M College 21 14 3% 21%
42 University of Miami 60 17 0% 44%
43 Catholic University of America 29 11 3% 0%
44 Brown University 10 6 0% 100%
45 Michigan State University 16 9 0% 13%
46 University of Kansas 34 29 0% 14%
47 University of Oregon 49 24 0% 6%
48 Case Western Reserve Univ 14 20 0% 6%
49 Wesleyan University 24 12 0% 11%
50 Boston University 7 3 0% 13%
51 University of Georgia 38 22 0% 73%
52 University of Hartford 14 14 0% 25%
53 University of Colorado 14 10 0% 16%
54 University of Kentucky 22 12 0% 29%
55 West Virginia University 5 1 0% 25%
56 Claremont Graduate School 52 11 0% 0%
57 Texas Tech University 43 22 0% 23%
58 Kent State University 36 21 0% 20%
59 University of South Carolina 9 6 0% 27%
60 Ball State University 34 22 0% 7%
61 University of Alabama 28 19 0% 33%
62 Southern Baptist Theological Sem 20 25 0% 11%
63 University of Northern Colorado 35 25 0% 14%
64 University of Oklahoma 3 55 2% 22%
65 Univ of Missouri-Kansas City 1 0 0% 12%
* = "Institutional Coordinator Response Data" ** = "Doctorate Records File"
Rank Comment
4 The ratio of 145 Ph.D. candidates enrolled in 1992-93 to 26
Ph.D.'s in the past 10 years suggests either that the number of
students includes all graduate students, or that the reported
Ph.D. figure is not cumulative.
8 The ratio of 119 Ph.D. candidates enrolled in 1992-93 to 137
Ph.D.'s in the past 10 years suggests that both numbers must
include all doctoral programs.
10 The 288 reported students must surely include all graduate
students.
Columbia: the number of reported students seems high, even if
all graduate students are counted. The number of Ph.D.'s
is, conversely, remarkably low, whether the reported number of
students is correct or not.
14 Given that only one person was admitted into the Musicology
program in 1988-89, both the number of students and the number of
Ph.D.'s awarded seem exaggerated.
17 A ratio of 25 Ph.D.'s between 1982 and 1993 to 103 students in
1992-93 seems too large, suggesting that all enrolled
graduate students may have been reported.
19 The reported number of students is unquestionably in error. In
1992-93, more than 10 students were actively conducting research
and writing dissertations, while at least 10 more were already
admitted to earlier stages of the Ph.D. program. Likewise, the
reported number of Ph.D.'s (1.3 per year) is well below the
average for the last 5 years, where two to four Ph.D.'s have
been awarded each year. It may be that the first number is for
Ph.D.'s awarded that year, while the second represents the
number of active Ph.D. candidates (although that would seem low).
The percentages for Assistantships are also not consistent with
the reported number of students or Ph.D.'s granted. With 13
students, the lowest possible percentage (except 0) would be
7.6%, and with 2 students, the lowest would be 50%. It is
curious that the two percentages (5 and 8) add up to 13, the
number of reported Ph.D.'s. The percentages of support are
unquestionably incorrect. More than 50% of the students in this
department receive some form of financial award, either tuition
remission, assistantships, or fellowships carrying significant
stipends.
25 The 34 reported Ph.D.'s for the period 1983-93 is nearly equal to
the number of students reported for 1992-93. This is at variance
with the pattern in nearly all the other institutions.
27, 28, The number of students reported probably includes all
34, 35 graduate students, and the reported degrees probably include all
doctoral programs, not just ones awarding a Ph.D.
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