#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
Research Expenditure: $447.783 million
PhDs granted (2017): 550
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 12%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 7 %
#2 Stanford University, CA
Research Expenditure: $208.41 million
PhDs granted (2017): 504
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 13%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 5 %
#3 University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research Expenditure: $219.018 million
PhDs granted (2017): 340
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 17%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 12 %
#4 California Institute of Technology, CA
Research Expenditure: $114.411 million
PhDs granted (2017): 138
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 8%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 7 %
#5 Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
Research Expenditure: $558.219 million
PhDs granted (2017): 628
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 33%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 20 %
#6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Research Expenditure: $238.991 million
PhDs granted (2017): 320
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 25%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 46 %
#7 University of Michigan, MI
Research Expenditure: $293.93 million
PhDs granted (2017): 396
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 25%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 20 %
#8 Cornell University, NY
Research Expenditure: $123.162 million
PhDs granted (2017): 204
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 28%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 12 %
#9 Carnegie Mellon University, PA
Research Expenditure: $103.097 million
PhDs granted (2017): 256
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 19%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 13 %
#10 The University of Texas at Austin, TX
Research Expenditure: $217.413 million
PhDs granted (2017): 452
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 17%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 24 %
#11 Purdue University, IN
Research Expenditure: $244.824 million
PhDs granted (2017): 534
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 29%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 47 %
#12 University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Research Expenditure: $92.343 million
PhDs granted (2017): 250
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 27%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 12 %
#13 Princeton University, NJ
Research Expenditure: $73.985 million
PhDs granted (2017): 100
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 13%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 6 %
#14 University of California, San Diego, CA
Research Expenditure: $178.81 million
PhDs granted (2017): 230
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 28%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 26 %
#15 Texas A&M University, TX
Research Expenditure: $290.413 million
PhDs granted (2017): 400
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 27%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 84 %
#16 University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Research Expenditure: $147.315 million
PhDs granted (2017): 244
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 23%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 51 %
#17 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Research Expenditure: $153.254 million
PhDs granted (2017): 256
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 26%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 32 %
#18 University of Southern California, CA
Research Expenditure: $204.678 million
PhDs granted (2017): 248
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 22%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 13 %
#19 The Pennsylvania State University, PA
Research Expenditure: $103.583 million
PhDs granted (2017): 332
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 22%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 55 %
#20 Columbia University, NY
Research Expenditure: $63.596 million
PhDs granted (2017): 144
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 22%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 6 %
#21 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Research Expenditure: $105.822 million
PhDs granted (2017): 128
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 17%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 18 %
#22 University of Minnesota -Twin Cities, MN
Research Expenditure: $129.625 million
PhDs granted (2017): 270
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 29%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 33 %
#23 Northwestern University, IL
Research Expenditure: $115.438 million
PhDs granted (2017): 204
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 21%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 8 %
#24 The Johns Hopkins University, MD
Research Expenditure: $145.491 million
PhDs granted (2017): 152
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 35%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 12 %
#25 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA
Research Expenditure: $228.281 million
PhDs granted (2017): 336
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 22%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 72 %
#25 University of Virginia, VA
Research Expenditure: $75.421 million
PhDs granted (2017): 98
Graduate Acceptance Rate: 32%
Undergrad Acceptance Rate: 28 %