It is a doctoral institution focusing on technical and professional disciplines.

In 2010, the Institute of International Education ranked American University 5th in the nation among doctoral institutions for study abroad.

In the 2013 U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate programs at doctoral granting institutions, Duke ranked 8th.

Yale's president, Richard C. Levin, received $695,025, which is above the average of $459,643 at doctoral and research institutions.

At that time in Virginia, Gora became the first female president of a doctoral institution in Virginia.

For private research and doctoral institutions, the figure was $4,300 per student.

Ajou University is a private, co-educational, doctoral institution.

In these rankings, which attempt to make a more holistic assessment of an institution's value, USM ranks 98th out of 245 doctoral institutions.

It offers over 100 undergraduate majors and is the only doctoral degree-granting institution in the system.

Those doctoral institutions' leaders would be paid $176,000 to $339,200, an increase of up to 23 percent.