1920 Institutions conferring the Ph.D. on examination
| College Name | City | State | PhDs Awarded to Males | PhDs Awarded to Females | Total PhDs Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California | Berkeley | California | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena | California | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford | California | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Yale University | New Haven | Connecticut | 23 | 5 | 28 |
| American University | Washington DC | District of Columbia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington DC | District of Columbia | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| George Washington University | Washington DC | District of Columbia | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Illinois | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 54 | 11 | 65 |
| University of Illinois | Urbana | Illinois | 25 | 4 | 29 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington | Indiana | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| University of Notre Dame | South Bend | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts | Ames | Iowa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| State University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| St. Benedict's College | Atchison | Kansas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence | Kansas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| University of Maryland | College Park | Maryland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 49 | 0 | 49 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Boston | Massachusetts | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Radcliffe College | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Smith College | Northampton | Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clark University | Worcester | Massachusetts | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| University of Minnesota | St. Paul | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| University of Missouri | Columbia | Missouri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington University | St. Louis | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| University of Nebraska | Lincoln | Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rutgers University | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca | New York | 38 | 7 | 45 |
| Columbia University | New York | New York | 51 | 18 | 69 |
| Fordham University | New York | New York | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| New York University | New York | New York | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse | New York | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Ohio | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr | Pennsylvania | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Brown University | Providence | Rhode Island | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| University of Washington | Seattle | Washington | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison | Wisconsin | 30 | 4 | 34 |
| College Name | City | State | PhDs Awarded to Males | PhDs Awarded to Females | Total PhDs Awarded |
Source: United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1918 – 1920 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1923), 286.