PhDs

The Countries With The Most Doctoral Graduates

Is your country among the top PhD producers worldwide? According to an OECD report, the United States had the most doctoral graduates of any country by far, churning out 67,449 of them in 2014, the most recent year data is available. That's over twice as many as second-placed Germany's 28,147. Emerging economies have steadily expanded their higher educational training capacities in recent years so it comes as little surprise that India is high up on the list with 24,300 doctoral graduates.

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This chart shows the number of doctoral graduates (all fields) in 2014.

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Ranking of U.S. states in 2024, by the number of doctorate recipients
Leading U.S. states by highest number of doctorate recipients in life sciences in 2021
Number of doctoral and first professional degree recipients in the United States from 1869/70 to 2031/32
Number of PhD graduates in Italy in the academic year 2018/2019, by region of the university
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Number of doctoral degrees earned in the United States from 1949/50 to 2031/32, by gender (in 1,000s)
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Number of doctoral degrees earned in the United States in 2021/22, by field of research

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