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The 25 highest ranked programs produce 3 in 10 AI-related PhD’s each year AI-Related PhD Completions Growing

Highly ranked universities with most AI-related completions in 2021 (all degree levels)

AI-Related PhD Completions, 2010-2021

34%

1,600

35%

33%

33%

32%

USC

31%

31%

30%

30%

29% 29%

1,400

28%

30%

28%

UC-Berkeley

1,200

Columbia

25%

1,000

Cornell

20%

M.I.T.

800

15%

Stanford

600

Carnegie Mellon

10%

400

UCLA

5%

200

Univ. of Chicago

0

0%

Duke

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 PhD Completions Top 25 PhD Completions Top 25 Percent of Total

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600

Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research, Lightcast, 2023

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