Doctoral awards conferred per 100 undergraduate and graduate AAFTE (compared to doctoral universities: highest research activity)
UNLV and UNR aspire to the Carnegie classification of Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity. This table displays UNLV and UNR doctoral awards conferred by undergraduate and graduate FTE with institutions classified as Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity. Currently, 44 UNLV and UNR PhD students and 15 master's degree students have DRI advisors.
| Institution | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University-Tempe | 1.25 | 1.57 | 1.39 | 1.55 | 1.41 |
| Boston University | 3.60 | 3.56 | 3.48 | 3.41 | 3.66 |
| Brandeis University | 1.24 | 1.34 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.36 |
| Brown University | 3.69 | 3.61 | 3.57 | 3.52 | 3.75 |
| California Institute of Technology | 7.63 | 10.51 | 8.24 | 8.19 | 8.42 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 2.61 | 2.08 | 2.91 | 2.78 | 2.61 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 8.00 | 7.83 | 6.75 | 6.61 | 6.15 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.41 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | 5.19 | 5.34 | 5.25 | 4.33 | 4.65 |
| Cornell University | 3.63 | 3.61 | 3.52 | 3.41 | 3.47 |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 15.95 | 16.26 | 17.19 | 17.85 | 15.40 |
| Dartmouth College | 2.28 | 3.02 | 2.83 | 2.67 | 2.67 |
| Duke University | 6.25 | 6.64 | 6.27 | 5.25 | 5.60 |
| Emory University | 4.26 | 4.47 | 4.79 | 5.29 | 5.08 |
| Florida State University | 2.14 | 1.87 | 2.07 | 2.09 | 1.82 |
| George Washington University | 4.90 | 4.93 | 5.11 | 4.43 | 4.93 |
| Georgetown University | 6.15 | 6.33 | 6.22 | 6.21 | 6.03 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2.24 | 2.20 | 2.47 | 2.23 | 2.11 |
| Georgia State University | 1.40 | 1.45 | 1.38 | 1.50 | 1.53 |
| Harvard University | 5.79 | 6.22 | 6.53 | 6.13 | 5.92 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | 1.82 | 1.91 | 1.84 | 1.90 | 1.72 |
| Iowa State University | 1.86 | 1.68 | 1.58 | 1.44 | 1.37 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 2.91 | 3.15 | 2.91 | 2.99 | 2.84 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 2.18 | 2.12 | 2.26 | 2.08 | 2.04 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5.32 | 5.30 | 5.31 | 5.42 | 5.75 |
| Michigan State University | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.61 | 2.65 | 2.53 |
| Mississippi State University | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 1.20 | 1.21 |
| Montana State University | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 0.43 |
| New York University | 3.34 | 3.35 | 3.12 | 3.06 | 3.16 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 1.68 | 1.83 | 1.87 | 1.93 | 2.04 |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.46 | 1.56 | 1.61 |
| Northwestern University | 4.73 | 5.28 | 5.12 | 5.12 | 4.97 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | 2.35 | 2.74 | 2.82 | 2.94 | 2.78 |
| Oregon State University | 1.52 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.40 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 1.59 | 1.74 | 1.54 | 1.58 | 1.53 |
| Princeton University | 4.34 | 3.94 | 4.78 | 4.43 | 4.52 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | 2.18 | 2.33 | 2.46 | 2.48 | 2.41 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 2.00 | 2.16 | 1.89 | 2.30 | 1.95 |
| Rice University | 2.97 | 2.65 | 2.83 | 2.43 | 2.89 |
| Rockefeller University | 76.92 | 35.42 | 38.33 | 45.90 | 50.82 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 1.61 | 1.60 | 2.70 | 2.64 | 2.55 |
| Stanford University | 6.67 | 6.79 | 6.45 | 6.07 | 6.49 |
| Stony Brook University | 2.34 | 2.41 | 2.47 | 2.52 | 2.58 |
| SUNY at Albany | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.19 | 1.05 | 1.23 |
| Texas A & M University-College Station | 1.76 | 1.75 | 2.75 | 2.66 | 2.47 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 3.97 | 3.89 | 3.66 | 2.18 | 2.23 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 2.97 | 2.86 | 2.92 | 2.99 | 3.02 |
| Tufts University | 5.24 | 5.42 | 5.47 | 5.14 | 5.29 |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | 4.47 | 4.32 | 4.07 | 4.46 | 4.45 |
| University at Buffalo | 3.32 | 3.54 | 3.32 | 3.82 | 3.34 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 3.54 | 3.36 | 3.29 | 3.43 | 3.12 |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.76 | 0.79 |
| University of Arizona | 2.31 | 2.23 | 2.23 | 2.38 | 2.21 |
| University of Arkansas | 1.38 | 1.47 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.20 |
| University of California-Berkeley | 3.28 | 3.41 | 3.33 | 2.94 | 2.41 |
| University of California-Davis | 3.16 | 3.13 | 2.75 | 2.88 | 2.59 |
| University of California-Irvine | 1.97 | 2.12 | 1.95 | 1.84 | 1.90 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 3.27 | 3.39 | 3.41 | 3.22 | 3.18 |
| University of California-Riverside | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.11 |
| University of California-San Diego | 2.36 | 2.28 | 2.16 | 2.11 | 2.11 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 1.52 | 1.70 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 1.44 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 0.96 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 0.83 | 0.95 |
| University of Central Florida | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.83 |
| University of Chicago | 5.49 | 5.18 | 5.20 | 4.79 | 4.77 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 2.33 | 2.44 | 2.44 | 2.14 | 2.32 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1.78 | 1.93 | 1.91 | 2.01 | 1.94 |
| University of Connecticut | 3.23 | 2.69 | 2.78 | 3.03 | 2.93 |
| University of Delaware | 1.21 | 1.09 | 1.12 | 1.19 | 1.37 |
| University of Florida | 4.08 | 4.13 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.08 |
| University of Georgia | 2.57 | 2.60 | 2.71 | 2.52 | 2.64 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | 2.34 | 2.41 | 2.23 | 2.85 | 2.30 |
| University of Houston | 2.38 | 2.36 | 2.28 | 2.25 | 2.26 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | 3.20 | 3.42 | 3.41 | 3.46 | 3.58 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2.48 | 2.36 | 2.26 | 2.27 | 2.00 |
| University of Iowa | 3.34 | 3.69 | 3.58 | 3.33 | 3.15 |
| University of Kansas | 3.19 | 3.45 | 3.38 | 3.78 | 3.45 |
| University of Kentucky | 3.35 | 3.36 | 3.32 | 2.98 | 3.16 |
| University of Louisville | 3.02 | 2.82 | 2.94 | 3.07 | 2.94 |
| University of Maryland-College Park | 1.83 | 1.95 | 1.94 | 2.06 | 1.85 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 1.12 | 1.21 | 1.09 | 1.06 | 1.17 |
| University of Miami | 5.85 | 5.46 | 4.91 | 5.24 | 4.68 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 3.57 | 3.67 | 3.65 | 3.58 | 3.40 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 3.11 | 3.36 | 3.32 | 3.61 | 3.73 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.36 | 2.48 | 2.29 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 1.82 | 2.19 | 2.07 | 2.12 | 1.99 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 1.61 | 1.50 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | University of Nevada-Reno | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.03 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 2.01 | 1.98 | 2.11 | 2.24 | 2.14 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 4.16 | 4.12 | 4.25 | 4.27 | 4.38 |
| University of Notre Dame | 3.23 | 3.11 | 3.03 | 3.30 | 2.96 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 1.76 | 1.70 | 1.52 | 1.56 | 1.50 |
| University of Oregon | 1.38 | 1.33 | 1.43 | 1.36 | 1.25 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 4.86 | 5.05 | 5.07 | 5.04 | 4.94 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 3.63 | 3.70 | 3.89 | 3.67 | 3.68 |
| University of Rochester | 3.61 | 3.71 | 3.55 | 3.39 | 3.58 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 2.21 | 2.41 | 2.20 | 2.26 | 2.25 |
| University of South Florida-Main Campus | 1.15 | 1.24 | 1.50 | 1.65 | 1.90 |
| University of Southern California | 4.43 | 4.33 | 3.91 | 3.98 | 4.06 |
| University of Utah | 2.50 | 2.47 | 2.46 | 2.64 | 2.52 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | 3.74 | 3.79 | 3.85 | 3.69 | 3.27 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 2.70 | 2.93 | 2.87 | 2.97 | 2.75 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 4.06 | 3.82 | 3.90 | 3.92 | 3.77 |
| Vanderbilt University | 5.22 | 5.67 | 5.71 | 6.16 | 5.77 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 2.58 | 2.65 | 2.56 | 2.56 | 2.58 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 1.79 | 1.81 | 1.87 | 1.86 | 1.84 |
| Washington State University | 1.39 | 1.72 | 1.65 | 1.69 | 2.00 |
| Washington University in St Louis | 5.75 | 5.40 | 5.51 | 5.17 | 4.84 |
| Wayne State University | 3.06 | 3.01 | 3.20 | 3.29 | 3.10 |
| Yale University | 5.18 | 5.08 | 5.26 | 5.21 | 4.86 |
| Yeshiva University | 11.85 | 12.65 | 11.67 | 11.16 | 11.97 |