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List of research universities in the United States

List of research universities in the United States

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This is a list of universities in the United States classified as research universities in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Research institutions are a subset of doctoral degree-granting institutions and conduct research. These institutions "conferred at least 20 research/scholarship doctorates in 2019-20 and reported at least $5 million in total research expenditures in FY20 were assigned to one of two categories based on a measure of research activity."[1]

Harper Quadrangle at the University of Chicago, a U.S. research university

History

The 1994 edition of the Carnegie Classification defined Research I universities as those that:

  • Offer a full range of baccalaureate programs
  • Are committed to graduate education through the doctorate
  • Give high priority to research
  • Award 50 or more doctoral degrees each year
  • Receive annually $40 million or more in federal support[2]

The Carnegie Foundation reported that 59 institutions met these criteria in 1994.[3]

In their interim 2000 edition of the classification, the Carnegie Foundation renamed the category to Doctoral/research universities-extensive in order to avoid the inference that the categories signify quality differences."[4] The foundation replaced their single classification system with a multiple classification system in their 2005 comprehensive overhaul of the classification framework [4][5] so that the term "Research I university" was no longer valid, though many universities continued to use it.

In 2015, the Carnegie Classification System reinstated the "Research I university" designations along with "Research II" and "Research III." The current system, introduced in 2018, includes the following three categories for doctoral universities:[6]

  • R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity
  • R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity
  • D/PU: Doctoral/Professional Universities

In the 2018 classification, institutions were classified as either R1 or R2 if they "conferred at least 20 research/scholarship doctorates in 2016-17 and reported at least $5 million in total research expenditures."[6] A "research activity index" was then calculated that included the following measures:

  • Research & development (R&D) expenditures in science and engineering (S&E)
  • R&D expenditures in non-S&E fields
  • S&E research staff (postdoctoral appointees and other non-faculty research staff with doctorates)
  • Doctoral conferrals in humanities, social science, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, and in other fields (e.g., business, education, public policy, social work)

These four measures were combined using principal component analysis to create two indices of research activity, one representing an aggregate level of research activity and the other representing per-capita research activity. Institutions that were high on both indices were classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."[6]

In 2023, it was announced that the Carnegie Classification System would again be revised for the 2025 classifications. R1 institutions will be defined as those that (1) have $50 million USD in research expenditures, and (2) grant 70 research doctorates. Other changes to the classification system include multiple labels to identify institutions, and recognition for non-doctoral universities.[7]

Universities classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity"

There are 146 institutions that are classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as of the 2021 update.[8]

These universities have a very high level of both research activity and per capita in such research activity, using aggregate data to determine both measurements. In other words, these institutions provide a lot of resources for research and have a lot of people conducting research at their respective institution. These two classifications can be seen as the aggregate supply and demand for research, respectively.[9]

Among the 50 U.S. states and the national capital of Washington, D.C., only five states do not have an R1 level university: Alaska, Idaho, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

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  1. Arizona State's main campus and administration are in Tempe. It has three other physical campuses in the Phoenix area.
  2. Mailing address is Binghamton.
  3. More specifically Manhattan; all locations on Manhattan Island have a "New York" mailing address.
  4. FIU has a Miami mailing address, but is located outside the city limits in the Miami-Dade County community of Westchester.
  5. The main George Mason campus has a Fairfax mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Fairfax County and is designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as George Mason, Virginia.
  6. Member of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, a system of privately governed but state-supported universities.
  7. The campus has a Buffalo mailing address but is mostly located in the adjacent town of Amherst.
  8. Mailing address is La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood with its own post office.
  9. The campus has a Santa Barbara mailing address but is located in the adjacent community of Isla Vista.
  10. The main campus has an Orlando mailing address but is located in unincorporated Orange County.
  11. Legally chartered as a "privately governed, state-assisted" institution.
  12. The campus is divided between Champaign and Urbana. The main administration building is in Urbana, but multiple university offices are in both cities.
  13. The campus has a Baltimore mailing address, but is located in Catonsville, an unincorporated community in Baltimore County (which encloses but does not include the city of Baltimore).
  14. The UNLV campus is outside the Las Vegas city limits in the unincorporated community of Paradise. All unincorporated areas in the Las Vegas Valley, including Paradise, have a Las Vegas mailing address.

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UAB
UAB
AU
AU
RPI
RPI
UA
UA
UAH
UAH
UA
UA
ASU
ASU
UA
UA
UCD
UCD
UCB
UCB
Stanford
Stanford
UCSC
UCSC
UCSB
UCSB
UCLA/USC
UCLA/USC
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UCI
UCI
Caltech
Caltech
UCR
UCR
UCSD
UCSD
CSU
CSU
CUB
CUB
CUD
CUD
DU
DU
Mines
Mines
UConn
UConn
Yale
Yale
GWU/Georgetown
GWU/Georgetown
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UDel
UDel
FIU
FIU
FSU
FSU
UF
UF
UCF
UCF
USF
USF
UMiami
UMiami
Emory/GA Tech/GSU
Emory/GA Tech/GSU
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List of research universities in the United States
UGA
UGA
NU
NU
UChicago/UIC
UChicago/UIC
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UIUC
UIUC
IU
IU
Purdue
Purdue
ND
ND
UIowa
UIowa
ISU
ISU
KU
KU
KSU
KSU
UK
UK
U of L
U of L
UL
UL
LSU
LSU
Tulane
Tulane
UMaine
UMaine
JHU
JHU
UMBC
UMBC
UMD
UMD
UMass
UMass
BC/BU/Harv./MIT/NEU/Tufts
BC/BU/Harv./MIT/NEU/Tufts
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List of research universities in the United States
List of research universities in the United States
List of research universities in the United States
List of research universities in the United States
List of research universities in the United States
WSU
WSU
UMich
UMich
Mich. St.
Mich. St.
UMN
UMN
MU
MU
WUSTL
WUSTL
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
USM
USM
MS St.
MS St.
UM
UM
MT St.
MT St.
UNL
UNL
UNR
UNR
UNLV
UNLV
Dartmouth
Dartmouth
UNH
UNH
NJIT
NJIT
Rutgers
Rutgers
Princeton
Princeton
UNM
UNM
UB
UB
Bing.
Bing.
UAlbany
UAlbany
SBU
SBU
Syr.
Syr.
Cornell
Cornell
UR
UR
Colum./CUNY/NYU
Colum./CUNY/NYU
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UNC
UNC
NCSU
NCSU
Duke
Duke
NDSU
NDSU
KSU
KSU
OSU
OSU
Ohio
Ohio
UC
UC
CWRU
CWRU
OU
OU
OK St.
OK St.
UO
UO
OR St.
OR St.
Drexel/Penn/TU
Drexel/Penn/TU
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List of research universities in the United States
CMU/Pitt
CMU/Pitt
PSU
PSU
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Brown
Brown
USC
USC
Clemson
Clemson
Memphis
Memphis
UTK
UTK
VU
VU
Baylor
Baylor
Rice
Rice
UT
UT
TAMU
TAMU
UNT
UNT
TTU
TTU
UH
UH
UTA
UTA
UTD
UTD
UTEP
UTEP
UTSA
UTSA
USU
USU
Utah
Utah
ODU
ODU
UVA
UVA
VT
VT
VCU
VCU
GMU
GMU
UW
UW
WSU
WSU
UW
UW
UWM
UWM
WVU
WVU
A map of all tier one research universities in the contiguous United States. The University of Hawaii at Manoa is the only R1 institution that is not pictured. Blue dots represent public institutions whereas red dots represent private institutions.

Universities classified as "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity"

There are 133 institutions that are classified as "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as of the 2021 update.[10]

These universities have a very high level of either research activity or per capita in such research activity, using aggregate data to determine both measurements, while having a very low level on the other qualification. In other words, these institutions either lack research facilities or do not have a lot of people conducting research at their respective institution. These two classifications can be seen as the aggregate supply and demand for research, respectively.[9]

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  1. "New York" is the U.S. Postal Service designation for the New York City borough of Manhattan.
  2. The Indiana University and Purdue University systems will dissolve IUPUI at the end of the 2023–24 academic year. The vast majority of IUPUI academic programs will transfer to the new Indiana University Indianapolis, with some programs becoming part of the new Purdue University in Indianapolis.
  3. The campus has a Kennesaw mailing address but is located in unincorporated Cobb County.
  4. LIU has two main campuses—one in Brookville and the other in Brooklyn.
  5. The main Oakland campus has a Rochester mailing address, but is divided between the separate cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
  6. RIT has a Rochester mailing address, but is located in the nearby town of Henrietta.
  7. SMU has a Dallas mailing address but is located in University Park, a separate city contained within the Dallas city limits.
  8. The campus has a Princess Anne mailing address but is located in unincorporated Somerset County.
  9. UTRGV's overall administration is in Edinburg, but it operates multiple campuses within the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and has mailing addresses in Brownsville, Edinburg, and Harlingen.
  10. Wright State has a Dayton mailing address but is located in the separate city of Fairborn.

Map of institutions

USA
USA
UALR
UALR
ASU
ASU
NAU
NAU
APU
APU
CSUEB
CSUEB
CSU Fullerton
CSU Fullerton
CSU Fresno
CSU Fresno
CSULB
CSULB
CSUSB
CSUSB
CU
CU
LLU
LLU
CGU
CGU
LMU
LMU
SDSU
SDSU
SFSU
SFSU
UC Merced
UC Merced
USD
USD
UCCS
UCCS
AU
AU
CUA
CUA
HU
HU
FAMU
FAMU
FAU
FAU
NSU
NSU
FIT
FIT
UNF
UNF
CAU
CAU
GSU
GSU
KSU
KSU
MU
MU
Augusta
Augusta
BSU
BSU
ISU
ISU
U of I
U of I
DU
DU
IIT
IIT
ISU
ISU
LUC
LUC
NIU
NIU
SIU-C
SIU-C
BSU
BSU
IUPUI
IUPUI
WSU
WSU
LA Tech
LA Tech
SU A&M
SU A&M
UNO
UNO
UMass D
UMass D
CU
CU
UMass B
UMass B
UMass L
UMass L
WPI
WPI
MSU
MSU
UMES
UMES
UNE
UNE
OU
OU
CMU
CMU
EMU
EMU
MTU
MTU
WMU
WMU
MO S+T
MO S+T
SLU
SLU
UMKC
UMKC
UMSL
UMSL
JSU
JSU
ECU
ECU
NC A&T
NC A&T
UNCC
UNCC
UNCG
UNCG
UNCW
UNCW
WFU
WFU
UND
UND
CU
CU
UNO
UNO
MSU
MSU
RU
RU
RUN
RUN
RUC
RUC
SHU
SHU
SIT
SIT
NMSU
NMSU
CU
CU
CCNY
CCNY
FU
FU
LIU
LIU
RIT
RIT
SUNY ESF
SUNY ESF
Teachers
Teachers
New School
New School
AFIT
AFIT
BGSU
BGSU
CSU
CSU
WSU
WSU
MU
MU
UT
UT
UA
UA
UD
UD
UT
UT
PDX
PDX
IUP
IUP
LU
LU
TJU
TJU
VU
VU
WCU
WCU
DU
DU
URI
URI
SDSU
SDSU
USD
USD
ETSU
ETSU
MTSU
MTSU
TSU
TSU
TTU
TTU
PV A&M
PV A&M
SHSU
SHSU
SMU
SMU
TSU
TSU
TAMU CC
TAMU CC
TAMU K
TAMU K
TCU
TCU
TXSO
TXSO
TXST
TXST
UTT
UTT
UTRGV
UTRGV
BYU
BYU
W&M
W&M
JMU
JMU
UVM
UVM
MU
MU
MU
MU
Wyo
Wyo
A map of all tier two research universities in the contiguous United States. Not shown above is ASU Digital Immersion, Alaska, and UPR Rio Piedras. Blue dots represent public institutions whereas red dots represent private institutions.

Universities classified as "Special Focus – Research Institutions"

There are 23 institutions that are classified as "Special Focus – Research Institutions" in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as of the 2021 update.

This new category has the same threshold for inclusion as R1 and R2 schools do (At least twenty research doctorates awarded and five million dollars in research expenditures), but unlike R1 and R2 schools, they only award degrees in a single academic area.[11]

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Map of institutions

UAMS
UAMS
UCSF
UCSF
UMass Med
UMass Med
USUHS
USUHS
UMB
UMB
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic
UNMC
UNMC
AECM
AECM
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai
Cornell Med
Cornell Med
RU
RU
OUHSC
OUHSC
OHSU
OHSU
MUSC
MUSC
UTHSC
UTHSC
TTUHSC
TTUHSC
UTHSCH
UTHSCH
Baylor Med
Baylor Med
UTHSCSA
UTHSCSA
UTMB
UTMB
UTSW
UTSW
EVMS
EVMS
MCW
MCW
A map of all special focus research universities in the contiguous United States. Blue dots represent public institutions whereas red dots represent private institutions.

See also


References

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