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1926 Doctorates Awarded, Biennial Survey of Education Dataset

College	City	State	PhDs Awarded to Men	PhDs Awarded to Women	Total PhDs Awarded
University of California	Berkeley	California	53	4	57
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	California	15	0	15
Leland Stanford Junior University	Stanford	California	21	8	29
University of Colorado	Boulder	Colorado	2	1	3
Hartford Seminary Foundation	Hartford	Connecticut	1	0	1
Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut	55	7	62
American University	Washington DC	District of Columbia	5	0	5
Catholic University of America	Washington DC	District of Columbia	19	7	26
Georgetown University	Washington DC	District of Columbia	6	2	8
George Washington University	Washington DC	District of Columbia	8	1	9
Robert Brookings Graduate School	Washington DC	District of Columbia	10	2	12
University of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois	111	32	143
Northwestern University	Evanston	Illinois	6	2	8
University of Illinois	Urbana	Illinois	58	2	60
Indiana University	Bloomington	Indiana	8	0	8
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts	Ames	Iowa	14	0	14
University of Dubuque	Dubuque	Iowa	2	0	2
State University of Iowa	Iowa City	Iowa	40	8	48
University of Kansas	Lawrence	Kansas	6	2	8
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	Maryland	39	14	53
University of Maryland	College Park	Maryland	6	0	6
Massachusetts Agricultural College	Amherst	Massachusetts	1	0	1
Boston University	Boston	Massachusetts	6	1	7
Harvard University	Cambridge	Massachusetts	77	0	77
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Boston	Massachusetts	4	0	4
Radcliffe College	Cambridge	Massachusetts	0	8	8
Clark University	Worcester	Massachusetts	6	0	6
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan	45	3	48
Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science	East Lansing	Michigan	4	0	4
University of Minnesota	St. Paul	Minnesota	36	4	40
University of Missouri	Columbia	Missouri	6	1	7
Washington University	St. Louis	Missouri	5	1	6
University of Nebraska	Lincoln	Nebraska	3	0	3
Dartmouth College	Hanover	New Hampshire	1	0	1
Rutgers University	New Brunswick	New Jersey	2	0	2
Princeton University	Princeton	New Jersey	20	0	20
University of Buffalo	Buffalo	New York	1	0	1
Cornell University	Ithaca	New York	69	2	71
Columbia University	New York	New York	123	39	162
Fordham University	New York	New York	6	11	17
New York University	New York	New York	28	3	31
New York State College of Forestry	Syracuse	New York	1	0	1
Syracuse University	Syracuse	New York	1	0	1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	New York	1	0	1
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	11	0	11
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering	Raleigh	North Carolina	1	0	1
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Ohio	8	2	10
Ohio State University	Columbus	Ohio	29	2	31
University of Dayton	Dayton	Ohio	1	0	1
University of Oregon	Eugene	Oregon	1	0	1
Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr	Pennsylvania	0	4	4
Dropsie College	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	4	0	4
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	34	3	37
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	1	0	1
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	5	1	6
Pennsylvania State College	State College	Pennsylvania	1	0	1
Brown University	Providence	Rhode Island	5	0	5
University of Texas	Austin	Texas	2	0	2
Rice Institute	Houston	Texas	1	0	1
University of Virginia	Charlottesville	Virginia	8	0	8
University of Washington	Seattle	Washington	5	0	5
University of Wisconsin	Madison	Wisconsin	67	10	77
College	City	State	PhDs Awarded to Men	PhDs Awarded to Women	Total PhDs Awarded

Source: “Table 2.—Degrees of doctor of philosophy conferred in course in 1926,” United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1924 – 1926, Bulletin, 1928, No.25 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1928), 807-808.

1926 Doctorates Awarded, Biennial Survey of Education Dataset

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