List of research universities in the United States

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]

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their 2005 comprehensive overhaul of the classification framework ^[4][5] so that the term "Research I university" was no longer valid, though many universities continued to use it.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 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.

Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity

Institution	Control	City	State
Arizona State University	Public	Tempe[a]	AZ
Auburn University	Public	Auburn	AL
Baylor University	Private (non-profit)	Waco	TX
Binghamton University	Public	Vestal[b]	NY
Boston College	Private (non-profit)	Chestnut Hill	MA
Boston University	Private (non-profit)	Boston	MA
Brandeis University	Private (non-profit)	Waltham	MA
Brown University	Private (non-profit)	Providence	RI
California Institute of Technology	Private (non-profit)	Pasadena	CA
Carnegie Mellon University	Private (non-profit)	Pittsburgh	PA
Case Western Reserve University	Private (non-profit)	Cleveland	OH
Clemson University	Public	Clemson	SC
Colorado School of Mines	Public	Golden	CO
Colorado State University	Public	Fort Collins	CO
Columbia University	Private (non-profit)	New York City[c]	NY
Cornell University	Private (non-profit)	Ithaca	NY
Dartmouth College	Private (non-profit)	Hanover	NH
Drexel University	Private (non-profit)	Philadelphia	PA
Duke University	Private (non-profit)	Durham	NC
Emory University	Private (non-profit)	Atlanta	GA
Florida International University	Public	Miami[d]	FL
Florida State University	Public	Tallahassee	FL
George Mason University	Public	Fairfax[e]	VA
George Washington University	Private (non-profit)	Washington, D.C.	DC
Georgetown University	Private (non-profit)	Washington, D.C.	DC
Georgia State University	Public	Atlanta	GA
Georgia Tech	Public	Atlanta	GA
Graduate Center, CUNY	Public	New York City[c]	NY
Harvard University	Private (non-profit)	Cambridge	MA
Indiana University Bloomington	Public	Bloomington	IN
Iowa State University	Public	Ames	IA
Johns Hopkins University	Private (non-profit)	Baltimore	MD
Kansas State University	Public	Manhattan	KS
Kent State University	Public	Kent	OH
Louisiana State University	Public	Baton Rouge	LA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Private (non-profit)	Cambridge	MA
Michigan State University	Public	East Lansing	MI
Mississippi State University	Public	Mississippi State	MS
Montana State University	Public	Bozeman	MT
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Public	Newark	NJ
New York University	Private (non-profit)	New York City[c]	NY
North Carolina State University	Public	Raleigh	NC
North Dakota State University	Public	Fargo	ND
Northeastern University	Private (non-profit)	Boston	MA
Northwestern University	Private (non-profit)	Evanston	IL
Ohio State University	Public	Columbus	OH
Ohio University	Public	Athens	OH
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Public	Stillwater	OK
Old Dominion University	Public	Norfolk	VA
Oregon State University	Public	Corvallis	OR
Pennsylvania State University	Public[f]	University Park	PA
Princeton University	Private (non-profit)	Princeton	NJ
Purdue University	Public	West Lafayette	IN
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Private (non-profit)	Troy	NY
Rice University	Private (non-profit)	Houston	TX
Rutgers University–New Brunswick	Public	New Brunswick	NJ
Stanford University	Private (non-profit)	Stanford	CA
Stony Brook University	Public	Stony Brook	NY
Syracuse University	Private (non-profit)	Syracuse	NY
Temple University	Public[f]	Philadelphia	PA
Texas A&M University	Public	College Station	TX
Texas Tech University	Public	Lubbock	TX
Tufts University	Private (non-profit)	Medford	MA
Tulane University	Private (non-profit)	New Orleans	LA
University at Albany, SUNY	Public	Albany	NY
University at Buffalo	Public	Buffalo[g]	NY
University of Alabama	Public	Tuscaloosa	AL
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Public	Birmingham	AL
University of Alabama in Huntsville	Public	Huntsville	AL
University of Arizona	Public	Tucson	AZ
University of Arkansas	Public	Fayetteville	AR
University of California, Berkeley	Public	Berkeley	CA
University of California, Davis	Public	Davis	CA
University of California, Irvine	Public	Irvine	CA
University of California, Los Angeles	Public	Los Angeles	CA
University of California, Riverside	Public	Riverside	CA
University of California, San Diego	Public	San Diego[h]	CA
University of California, Santa Barbara	Public	Santa Barbara[i]	CA
University of California, Santa Cruz	Public	Santa Cruz	CA
University of Central Florida	Public	Orlando[j]	FL
University of Chicago	Private (non-profit)	Chicago	IL
University of Cincinnati	Public	Cincinnati	OH
University of Colorado Boulder	Public	Boulder	CO
University of Colorado Denver	Public	Denver	CO
University of Connecticut	Public	Storrs	CT
University of Delaware	Public[k]	Newark	DE
University of Denver	Private (non-profit)	Denver	CO
University of Florida	Public	Gainesville	FL
University of Georgia	Public	Athens	GA
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Public	Honolulu	HI
University of Houston	Public	Houston	TX
University of Illinois Chicago	Public	Chicago	IL
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Public	Champaign/Urbana[l]	IL
University of Iowa	Public	Iowa City	IA
University of Kansas	Public	Lawrence	KS
University of Kentucky	Public	Lexington	KY
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Public	Lafayette	LA
University of Louisville	Public	Louisville	KY
University of Maine	Public	Orono	ME
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Public	Baltimore[m]	MD
University of Maryland, College Park	Public	College Park	MD
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Public	Amherst	MA
University of Memphis	Public	Memphis	TN
University of Miami	Private (non-profit)	Coral Gables	FL
University of Michigan	Public	Ann Arbor	MI
University of Minnesota	Public	Minneapolis	MN
University of Mississippi	Public	University	MS
University of Missouri	Public	Columbia	MO
University of Montana	Public	Missoula	MT
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Public	Lincoln	NE
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Public	Las Vegas[n]	NV
University of Nevada, Reno	Public	Reno	NV
University of New Hampshire	Public	Durham	NH
University of New Mexico	Public	Albuquerque	NM
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Public	Chapel Hill	NC
University of North Texas	Public	Denton	TX
University of Notre Dame	Private (non-profit)	Notre Dame	IN
University of Oklahoma	Public	Norman	OK
University of Oregon	Public	Eugene	OR
University of Pennsylvania	Private (non-profit)	Philadelphia	PA
University of Pittsburgh	Public[f]	Pittsburgh	PA
University of Rochester	Private (non-profit)	Rochester	NY
University of South Carolina	Public	Columbia	SC
University of South Florida	Public	Tampa	FL
University of Southern California	Private (non-profit)	Los Angeles	CA
University of Southern Mississippi	Public	Hattiesburg	MS
University of Tennessee	Public	Knoxville	TN
University of Texas at Arlington	Public	Arlington	TX
University of Texas at Austin	Public	Austin	TX
University of Texas at Dallas	Public	Richardson	TX
University of Texas at El Paso	Public	El Paso	TX
University of Texas at San Antonio	Public	San Antonio	TX
University of Utah	Public	Salt Lake City	UT
University of Virginia	Public	Charlottesville	VA
University of Washington	Public	Seattle	WA
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Public	Madison	WI
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Public	Milwaukee	WI
Utah State University	Public	Logan	UT
Vanderbilt University	Private (non-profit)	Nashville	TN
Virginia Commonwealth University	Public	Richmond	VA
Virginia Tech	Public	Blacksburg	VA
Washington State University	Public	Pullman	WA
Washington University in St. Louis	Private (non-profit)	St. Louis	MO
Wayne State University	Public	Detroit	MI
West Virginia University	Public	Morgantown	WV
Yale University	Private (non-profit)	New Haven	CT

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.

Map of institutions

UAB

AU

UA

UAH

UA

ASU

UA

UCD

UCB

Stanford

UCSC

UCSB

UCLA/USC

UCI

Caltech

UCR

UCSD

CSU

CUB

CUD

DU

Mines

UConn

Yale

GWU/Georgetown

UDel

FIU

FSU

UF

UCF

USF

UMiami

Emory/GA Tech/GSU

UGA

U Hawaiʻi

NU

UChicago/UIC

UIUC

IU

Purdue

ND

UIowa

ISU

KU

KSU

UK

U of L

UL

LSU

Tulane

UMaine

JHU

UMBC

UMD

UMass

BC/BU/Harv./MIT/NEU/Tufts

WSU

UMich

Mich. St.

UMN

MU

WUSTL

Ole Miss

USM

MS St.

UM

MT St.

UNL

UNR

UNLV

Dartmouth

UNH

NJIT

Rutgers

Princeton

UNM

UB

Bing.

UAlbany

RPI

SBU

Syr.

Cornell

UR

Colum./CUNY/NYU

UNC

NCSU

Duke

NDSU

KSU

OSU

Ohio

UC

CWRU

OU

OK St.

UO

OR St.

Drexel/Penn/TU

CMU/Pitt

PSU

Brown

USC

Clemson

Memphis

UTK

VU

Baylor

Rice

UT

TAMU

UNT

TTU

UH

UTA

UTD

UTEP

UTSA

USU

Utah

ODU

UVA

VT

VCU

GMU

UW

WSU

UW

UWM

WVU

A map of all tier one research universities in the United States. 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]

Doctoral Universities – High research activity

Institution	Control	City	State
Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering & Management	Public	Wright-Patterson AFB	OH
American University	Private (non-profit)	Washington	DC
Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Public	Scottsdale	AZ
Arkansas State University	Public	Jonesboro	AR
Augusta University	Public	Augusta	GA
Azusa Pacific University	Private (non-profit)	Azusa	CA
Ball State University	Public	Muncie	IN
Boise State University	Public	Boise	ID
Bowling Green State University	Public	Bowling Green	OH
Brigham Young University	Private (non-profit)	Provo	UT
California State University, East Bay	Public	Hayward	CA
California State University, Fresno	Public	Fresno	CA
California State University, Fullerton	Public	Fullerton	CA
California State University, Long Beach	Public	Long Beach	CA
California State University, San Bernardino	Public	San Bernardino	CA
Catholic University of America	Private (non-profit)	Washington	DC
Central Michigan University	Public	Mount Pleasant	MI
Chapman University	Private (non-profit)	Orange	CA
Claremont Graduate University	Private (non-profit)	Claremont	CA
Clark Atlanta University	Private (non-profit)	Atlanta	GA
Clark University	Private (non-profit)	Worcester	MA
Clarkson University	Private (non-profit)	Potsdam	NY
Cleveland State University	Public	Cleveland	OH
College of William & Mary	Public	Williamsburg	VA
Creighton University	Private (non-profit)	Omaha	NE
CUNY City College	Public	New York[a]	NY
DePaul University	Private (non-profit)	Chicago	IL
Duquesne University	Private (non-profit)	Pittsburgh	PA
East Carolina University	Public	Greenville	NC
East Tennessee State University	Public	Johnson City	TN
Eastern Michigan University	Public	Ypsilanti	MI
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Public	Tallahassee	FL
Florida Atlantic University	Public	Boca Raton	FL
Florida Institute of Technology	Private (non-profit)	Melbourne	FL
Fordham University	Private (non-profit)	Bronx	NY
Georgia Southern University	Public	Statesboro	GA
Howard University	Private (non-profit)	Washington	DC
Idaho State University	Public	Pocatello	ID
Illinois Institute of Technology	Private (non-profit)	Chicago	IL
Illinois State University	Public	Normal	IL
Indiana University Indianapolis[b]	Public	Indianapolis	IN
Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Public	Indiana	PA
Jackson State University	Public	Jackson	MS
James Madison University	Public	Harrisonburg	VA
Kennesaw State University	Public	Kennesaw[c]	GA
Lehigh University	Private (non-profit)	Bethlehem	PA
Loma Linda University	Private (non-profit)	Loma Linda	CA
Long Island University	Private (non-profit)	Brookville[d]	NY
Louisiana Tech University	Public	Ruston	LA
Loyola Marymount University	Private (non-profit)	Los Angeles	CA
Loyola University Chicago	Private (non-profit)	Chicago	IL
Marquette University	Private (non-profit)	Milwaukee	WI
Marshall University	Public	Huntington	WV
Mercer University	Private (non-profit)	Macon	GA
Miami University	Public	Oxford	OH
Michigan Technological University	Public	Houghton	MI
Middle Tennessee State University	Public	Murfreesboro	TN
Missouri University of Science and Technology	Public	Rolla	MO
Montclair State University	Public	Montclair	NJ
Morgan State University	Public	Baltimore	MD
New Mexico State University	Public	Las Cruces	NM
North Carolina A&T State University	Public	Greensboro	NC
Northern Arizona University	Public	Flagstaff	AZ
Northern Illinois University	Public	DeKalb	IL
Nova Southeastern University	Private (non-profit)	Fort Lauderdale	FL
Oakland University	Public	Rochester[e]	MI
Portland State University	Public	Portland	OR
Prairie View A&M University	Public	Prairie View	TX
Rochester Institute of Technology	Private (non-profit)	Rochester[f]	NY
Rowan University	Public	Glassboro	NJ
Rutgers University–Camden	Public	Camden	NJ
Rutgers University–Newark	Public	Newark	NJ
Saint Louis University	Private (non-profit)	St. Louis	MO
Sam Houston State University	Public	Huntsville	TX
San Diego State University	Public	San Diego	CA
San Francisco State University	Public	San Francisco	CA
Seton Hall University	Private (non-profit)	South Orange	NJ
South Dakota State University	Public	Brookings	SD
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Public	Carbondale	IL
Southern Methodist University	Private (non-profit)	Dallas[g]	TX
Southern University	Public	Baton Rouge	LA
Stevens Institute of Technology	Private (non-profit)	Hoboken	NJ
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Public	Syracuse	NY
Tarleton State University	Public	Stephenville	TX
Teachers College, Columbia University	Private (non-profit)	New York[a]	NY
Tennessee State University	Public	Nashville	TN
Tennessee Technological University	Public	Cookeville	TN
Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi	Public	Corpus Christi	TX
Texas A&M University–Kingsville	Public	Kingsville	TX
Texas Christian University	Private (non-profit)	Fort Worth	TX
Texas Southern University	Public	Houston	TX
Texas State University	Public	San Marcos	TX
The New School	Private (non-profit)	New York[a]	NY
Thomas Jefferson University	Private (non-profit)	Philadelphia	PA
University of Akron Main Campus	Public	Akron	OH
University of Alaska Fairbanks	Public	Fairbanks	AK
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Public	Little Rock	AR
University of California, Merced	Public	Merced	CA
University of Colorado Colorado Springs	Public	Colorado Springs	CO
University of Dayton	Private (non-profit)	Dayton	OH
University of Idaho	Public	Moscow	ID
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Public	Princess Anne[h]	MD
University of Massachusetts Boston	Public	Boston	MA
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Public	North Dartmouth	MA
University of Massachusetts Lowell	Public	Lowell	MA
University of Missouri–Kansas City	Public	Kansas City	MO
University of Missouri–St. Louis	Public	St. Louis	MO
University of Nebraska Omaha	Public	Omaha	NE
University of New England	Private (non-profit)	Biddeford	ME
University of New Orleans	Public	New Orleans	LA
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Public	Charlotte	NC
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Public	Greensboro	NC
University of North Carolina Wilmington	Public	Wilmington	NC
University of North Dakota	Public	Grand Forks	ND
University of North Florida	Public	Jacksonville	FL
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus	Public	San Juan	PR
University of Rhode Island	Public	Kingston	RI
University of San Diego	Private (non-profit)	San Diego	CA
University of South Alabama	Public	Mobile	AL
University of South Dakota	Public	Vermillion	SD
University of Texas at Tyler	Public	Tyler	TX
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Public	Edinburg[i]	TX
University of Toledo	Public	Toledo	OH
University of Tulsa	Private (non-profit)	Tulsa	OK
University of Vermont	Public	Burlington	VT
University of Wyoming	Public	Laramie	WY
Villanova University	Private (non-profit)	Villanova	PA
Wake Forest University	Private (non-profit)	Winston-Salem	NC
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Public	West Chester	PA
Western Michigan University	Public	Kalamazoo	MI
Wichita State University	Public	Wichita	KS
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Private (non-profit)	Worcester	MA
Wright State University	Public	Dayton[j]	OH

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

UALR

ASU

NAU

APU

CSUEB

CSU Fullerton

CSU Fresno

CSULB

CSUSB

CU

LLU

CGU

LMU

SDSU

SFSU

UC Merced

USD

UCCS

AU

CUA

HU

FAMU

FAU

NSU

FIT

UNF

CAU

GSU

KSU

MU

Augusta

BSU

ISU

U of I

DU

IIT

ISU

LUC

NIU

SIU-C

BSU

IUPUI

WSU

LA Tech

SU A&M

UNO

UMass D

CU

UMass B

UMass L

WPI

MSU

UMES

UNE

OU

CMU

EMU

MTU

WMU

MO S+T

SLU

UMKC

UMSL

JSU

ECU

NC A&T

UNCC

UNCG

UNCW

WFU

UND

CU

UNO

MSU

RU

RUN

RUC

SHU

SIT

NMSU

CU

CCNY

FU

LIU

RIT

SUNY ESF

Teachers

New School

AFIT

BGSU

CSU

WSU

MU

UT

UA

UD

UT

PDX

IUP

LU

TJU

VU

WCU

DU

URI

SDSU

USD

ETSU

MTSU

TSU

TTU

PV A&M

SHSU

SMU

TSU

TAMU CC

TAMU K

TCU

TXSO

TXST

UTT

UTRGV

BYU

W&M

JMU

UVM

MU

MU

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]

Special Focus – Research Institutions

Institution	Control	City	State
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Private (non-profit)	Bronx	NY
Baylor College of Medicine	Private (non-profit)	Houston	TX
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Private (non-profit)	New York	NY
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Private (non-profit)	Rochester	MN
Medical College of Wisconsin	Private (non-profit)	Milwaukee	WI
Medical University of South Carolina	Public	Charleston	SC
Oregon Health & Science University	Public	Portland	OR
Rockefeller University	Private (non-profit)	New York	NY
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	Public	Lubbock	TX
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	Public	Bethesda	MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Public	Little Rock	AR
University of California, San Francisco	Public	San Francisco	CA
University of Maryland, Baltimore	Public	Baltimore	MD
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	Public	Worcester	MA
University of Nebraska Medical Center	Public	Omaha	NE
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Public	Oklahoma City	OK
University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Public	Memphis	TN
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Public	Houston	TX
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	Public	San Antonio	TX
University of Texas Medical Branch	Public	Galveston	TX
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Public	Dallas	TX
Virginia Health Sciences	Public	Norfolk	VA
Weill Cornell Medicine	Private (non-profit)	New York	NY

Map of institutions

UAMS

UCSF

UMass Med

USUHS

UMB

Mayo Clinic

UNMC

AECM

Mount Sinai

Cornell Med

RU

OUHSC

OHSU

MUSC

UTHSC

TTUHSC

UTHSCH

Baylor Med

UTHSCSA

UTMB

UTSW

EVMS

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

• Association of American Universities
• Research university

References

1. Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
2. University of Washington. "Carnegie Research I Universities". Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
3. David Weerts, State Governments and Research Universities: A Framework for a Renewed Partnership. New York: Routledge, 2002, p. 26.
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External links

• Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
• The Top American Research Universities – Annual report by the Center for Measuring University Performance at Arizona State University