"R1" Research Institutions

"Ivy Plus" Institutions. The eight traditional "Ivy League" institutions (plus four others.)

Institutions listed as R1 in the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Learning.

Institutions listed as R2 in the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Learning.

The following institutions are listed as R1 in the Carnegie Classification* of Institutions of Higher Education:

** indicates institution also has "Ivy Plus" designation.

Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Auburn University
Baylor University
Binghamton University
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University**
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Clemson University
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Columbia University in the City of New York**
Cornell University**
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Dartmouth College**
Drexel University
Duke University**
Emory University
Florida International University
Florida State University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Georgia State University
Harvard University**
Indiana University-Bloomington
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas State University
Kent State University at Kent
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology**
Michigan State University
Mississippi State University
Montana State University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Ohio University-Main Campus
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Old Dominion University
Oregon State University
Princeton University**
Purdue University-Main Campus
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Stanford University**
Stony Brook University
SUNY at Albany
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas A & M University-College Station
Texas Tech University
The Pennsylvania State University
The University of Alabama
The University of Montana
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
The University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Tufts University
Tulane University of Louisiana
University at Buffalo
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Davis
University of California-Irvine
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-Riverside
University of California-San Diego
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of California-Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Chicago**
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Houston
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisville
University of Maine
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Memphis
University of Miami
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of Nevada-Reno
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania**
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina-Columbia
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Utah
University of Virginia-Main Campus
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Utah State University
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Washington State University
Washington University in St Louis
Wayne State University
West Virginia University
Yale University**

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