List of research universities in the United States


This is a list of research 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 2016-17 and reported at least $5 million in total research expenditures."

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

There are 131 institutions that are classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as of the 2019 update.
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 aggregate demand of research, respectively.
InstitutionControlCityState
Arizona State UniversityPublicTempeAZ
Auburn UniversityPublicAuburnAL
Binghamton UniversityPublicVestalNY
Boston CollegePrivate Chestnut HillMA
Boston UniversityPrivate BostonMA
Brandeis UniversityPrivate WalthamMA
Brown UniversityPrivate ProvidenceRI
California Institute of TechnologyPrivate PasadenaCA
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPrivate PittsburghPA
Case Western Reserve UniversityPrivate ClevelandOH
Clemson UniversityPublicClemsonSC
Colorado State UniversityPublicFort CollinsCO
Columbia University in the City of New YorkPrivate New YorkNY
Cornell UniversityPrivate IthacaNY
CUNY Graduate School and University CenterPublicNew YorkNY
Dartmouth CollegePrivate HanoverNH
Drexel UniversityPrivate PhiladelphiaPA
Duke UniversityPrivate DurhamNC
Emory UniversityPrivate AtlantaGA
Florida International UniversityPublicMiamiFL
Florida State UniversityPublicTallahasseeFL
George Mason UniversityPublicFairfaxVA
George Washington UniversityPrivate WashingtonDC
Georgetown UniversityPrivate WashingtonDC
Georgia Institute of TechnologyPublicAtlantaGA
Georgia State UniversityPublicAtlantaGA
Harvard UniversityPrivate CambridgeMA
Indiana University BloomingtonPublicBloomingtonIN
Iowa State UniversityPublicAmesIA
Johns Hopkins UniversityPrivate BaltimoreMD
Kansas State UniversityPublicManhattanKS
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegePublicBaton RougeLA
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrivate CambridgeMA
Michigan State UniversityPublicEast LansingMI
Mississippi State UniversityPublicStarkvilleMS
Montana State UniversityPublicBozemanMT
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyPublicNewarkNJ
New York UniversityPrivate New YorkNY
North Carolina State UniversityPublicRaleighNC
Northeastern UniversityPrivate BostonMA
Northwestern UniversityPrivate EvanstonIL
Oklahoma State UniversityPublicStillwaterOK
Oregon State UniversityPublicCorvallisOR
Pennsylvania State UniversityPublicUniversity ParkPA
Princeton UniversityPrivate PrincetonNJ
Purdue UniversityPublicWest LafayetteIN
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstitutePrivate TroyNY
Rice UniversityPrivate HoustonTX
Rutgers University–New BrunswickPublicNew BrunswickNJ
Stanford UniversityPrivate StanfordCA
Stony Brook UniversityPublicStony BrookNY
Syracuse UniversityPrivate SyracuseNY
Temple UniversityPublicPhiladelphiaPA
Texas A&M UniversityPublicCollege StationTX
Texas Tech UniversityPublicLubbockTX
The Ohio State UniversityPublicColumbusOH
The University of AlabamaPublicTuscaloosaAL
The University of TennesseePublicKnoxvilleTN
The University of Texas at AustinPublicAustinTX
The University of Texas at ArlingtonPublicArlingtonTX
The University of Texas at DallasPublicRichardsonTX
The University of Texas at El PasoPublicEl PasoTX
Tufts UniversityPrivate MedfordMA
Tulane University of LouisianaPrivate New OrleansLA
University at AlbanyPublicAlbanyNY
University at BuffaloPublicBuffaloNY
University of Alabama at BirminghamPublicBirminghamAL
University of ArizonaPublicTucsonAZ
University of ArkansasPublicFayettevilleAR
University of California, BerkeleyPublicBerkeleyCA
University of California, DavisPublicDavisCA
University of California, IrvinePublicIrvineCA
University of California, Los AngelesPublicLos AngelesCA
University of California, RiversidePublicRiversideCA
University of California, San DiegoPublicSan DiegoCA
University of California, Santa BarbaraPublicSanta BarbaraCA
University of California, Santa CruzPublicSanta CruzCA
University of Central FloridaPublicOrlandoFL
University of ChicagoPrivate ChicagoIL
University of CincinnatiPublicCincinnatiOH
University of Colorado BoulderPublicBoulderCO
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz-Medical CampusPublicDenverCO
University of ConnecticutPublicStorrsCT
University of DelawarePublicNewarkDE
University of FloridaPublicGainesvilleFL
University of GeorgiaPublicAthensGA
University of Hawaii at ManoaPublicHonoluluHI
University of HoustonPublicHoustonTX
University of Illinois at ChicagoPublicChicagoIL
University of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignPublicChampaignIL
University of IowaPublicIowa CityIA
University of KansasPublicLawrenceKS
University of KentuckyPublicLexingtonKY
University of LouisvillePublicLouisvilleKY
University of Maryland, College ParkPublicCollege ParkMD
University of Massachusetts AmherstPublicAmherstMA
University of MiamiPrivate Coral GablesFL
University of MichiganPublicAnn ArborMI
University of MinnesotaPublicMinneapolisMN
University of MississippiPublicOxfordMS
University of MissouriPublicColumbiaMO
University of Nebraska–LincolnPublicLincolnNE
University of Nevada, Las VegasPublicLas VegasNV
University of Nevada, RenoPublicRenoNV
University of New HampshirePublicDurhamNH
University of New MexicoPublicAlbuquerqueNM
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPublicChapel HillNC
University of North TexasPublicDentonTX
University of Notre DamePrivate Notre DameIN
University of OklahomaPublicNormanOK
University of OregonPublicEugeneOR
University of PennsylvaniaPrivate PhiladelphiaPA
University of PittsburghPublicPittsburghPA
University of RochesterPrivate RochesterNY
University of South CarolinaPublicColumbiaSC
University of South FloridaPublicTampaFL
University of Southern CaliforniaPrivate Los AngelesCA
University of Southern MississippiPublicHattiesburgMS
University of UtahPublicSalt Lake CityUT
University of VirginiaPublicCharlottesvilleVA
University of WashingtonPublicSeattleWA
University of Wisconsin–MadisonPublicMadisonWI
University of Wisconsin–MilwaukeePublicMilwaukeeWI
Vanderbilt UniversityPrivate NashvilleTN
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityPublicRichmondVA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityPublicBlacksburgVA
Washington State UniversityPublicPullmanWA
Washington University in St. LouisPrivate Saint LouisMO
Wayne State UniversityPublicDetroitMI
West Virginia UniversityPublicMorgantownWV
Yale UniversityPrivate New HavenCT

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

There are 135 institutions that are classified as "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as of the 2019 update.
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 aggregate demand of research, respectively.
InstitutionControlCityState
Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering & ManagementPublicWright-Patterson AFBOH
American UniversityPrivate WashingtonDC
Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campusPublicPhoenixAZ
Arizona State University SkySong campusPublicScottsdaleAZ
Arkansas State UniversityPublicJonesboroAR
Azusa Pacific UniversityPrivate AzusaCA
Ball State UniversityPublicMuncieIN
Baylor UniversityPrivate WacoTX
Boise State UniversityPublicBoiseID
Bowling Green State UniversityPublicBowling GreenOH
Brigham Young UniversityPrivate ProvoUT
Catholic University of AmericaPrivate WashingtonDC
Central Michigan UniversityPublicMount PleasantMI
Chapman UniversityPrivate OrangeCA
Claremont Graduate UniversityPrivate ClaremontCA
Clark Atlanta UniversityPrivate AtlantaGA
Clark UniversityPrivate WorcesterMA
Clarkson UniversityPrivate PotsdamNY
Cleveland State UniversityPublicClevelandOH
College of William and MaryPublicWilliamsburgVA
Colorado School of MinesPublicGoldenCO
CUNY City CollegePublicNew YorkNY
Delaware State UniversityPublicDoverDE
DePaul UniversityPrivate ChicagoIL
Duquesne UniversityPrivate PittsburghPA
East Carolina UniversityPublicGreenvilleNC
East Tennessee State UniversityPublicJohnson CityTN
Eastern Michigan UniversityPublicYpsilantiMI
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityPublicTallahasseeFL
Florida Atlantic UniversityPublicBoca RatonFL
Florida Institute of TechnologyPrivate MelbourneFL
Fordham UniversityPrivate BronxNY
Gallaudet UniversityPrivate WashingtonDC
Georgia Southern UniversityPublicStatesboroGA
Hampton UniversityPrivate HamptonVA
Howard UniversityPrivate WashingtonDC
Idaho State UniversityPublicPocatelloID
Illinois Institute of TechnologyPrivate ChicagoIL
Illinois State UniversityPublicNormalIL
Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisPublicIndianapolisIN
Jackson State UniversityPublicJacksonMS
Jefferson Private PhiladelphiaPA
Kennesaw State UniversityPublicKennesawGA
Kent State University at KentPublicKentOH
Lehigh UniversityPrivate BethlehemPA
Louisiana Tech UniversityPublicRustonLA
Loyola Marymount UniversityPrivate Los AngelesCA
Loyola University ChicagoPrivate ChicagoIL
Marquette UniversityPrivate MilwaukeeWI
Marshall UniversityPublicHuntingtonWV
Mercer UniversityPrivate MaconGA
Miami UniversityPublicOxfordOH
Michigan Technological UniversityPublicHoughtonMI
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyPublicRollaMO
Montclair State UniversityPublicMontclairNJ
Morgan State UniversityPublicBaltimoreMD
New Mexico State UniversityPublicLas CrucesNM
North Carolina A & T State UniversityPublicGreensboroNC
North Dakota State UniversityPublicFargoND
Northern Arizona UniversityPublicFlagstaffAZ
Northern Illinois UniversityPublicDekalbIL
Nova Southeastern UniversityPrivate Fort LauderdaleFL
Oakland UniversityPublicRochesterMI
Ohio University-Main CampusPublicAthensOH
Old Dominion UniversityPublicNorfolkVA
Ponce Health Sciences UniversityPrivate PoncePR
Portland State UniversityPublicPortlandOR
Rochester Institute of TechnologyPrivate RochesterNY
Rockefeller UniversityPrivate New YorkNY
Rowan UniversityPublicGlassboroNJ
Rutgers University–CamdenPublicCamdenNJ
Rutgers University–NewarkPublicNewarkNJ
Saint Louis UniversityPrivate Saint LouisMO
San Diego State UniversityPublicSan DiegoCA
Seton Hall UniversityPrivate South OrangeNJ
South Dakota State UniversityPublicBrookingsSD
Southern Illinois UniversityPublicCarbondaleIL
Southern Methodist UniversityPrivate DallasTX
Stevens Institute of TechnologyPrivate HobokenNJ
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryPublicSyracuseNY
Teachers College at Columbia UniversityPrivate New YorkNY
Tennessee State UniversityPublicNashvilleTN
Tennessee Technological UniversityPublicCookevilleTN
Texas A&M University–Corpus ChristiPublicCorpus ChristiTX
Texas A&M University–KingsvillePublicKingsvilleTX
Texas Christian UniversityPrivate Fort WorthTX
Texas Southern UniversityPublicHoustonTX
Texas State UniversityPublicSan MarcosTX
The New SchoolPrivate New YorkNY
The University of MontanaPublicMissoulaMT
The University of Texas at San AntonioPublicSan AntonioTX
University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyPublicRio Grande ValleyTX
University of Akron Main CampusPublicAkronOH
University of Alabama in HuntsvillePublicHuntsvilleAL
University of Alaska FairbanksPublicFairbanksAK
University of Arkansas at Little RockPublicLittle RockAR
University of California, MercedPublicMercedCA
University of Colorado Colorado SpringsPublicColorado SpringsCO
University of DaytonPrivate DaytonOH
University of DenverPrivate DenverCO
University of IdahoPublicMoscowID
University of Louisiana at LafayettePublicLafayetteLA
University of MainePublicOronoME
University of Maryland, Eastern ShorePublicPrincess AnneMD
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyPublicBaltimoreMD
University of Massachusetts BostonPublicBostonMA
University of Massachusetts DartmouthPublicNorth DartmouthMA
University of Massachusetts LowellPublicLowellMA
University of MemphisPublicMemphisTN
University of Missouri–Kansas CityPublicKansas CityMO
University of Missouri–St. LouisPublicSaint LouisMO
University of Nebraska at OmahaPublicOmahaNE
University of New EnglandPrivate BiddefordME
University of New OrleansPublicNew OrleansLA
University of North Carolina at CharlottePublicCharlotteNC
University of North Carolina at GreensboroPublicGreensboroNC
University of North Carolina WilmingtonPublicWilmingtonNC
University of North DakotaPublicGrand ForksND
University of Puerto RicoPublicSan JuanPR
University of Rhode IslandPublicKingstonRI
University of San DiegoPrivate San DiegoCA
University of South AlabamaPublicMobileAL
University of South DakotaPublicVermillionSD
University of ToledoPublicToledoOH
University of TulsaPrivate TulsaOK
University of VermontPublicBurlingtonVT
University of WyomingPublicLaramieWY
Utah State UniversityPublicLoganUT
Villanova UniversityPrivate VillanovaPA
Wake Forest UniversityPrivate Winston-SalemNC
Western Michigan UniversityPublicKalamazooMI
Wichita State UniversityPublicWichitaKS
Worcester Polytechnic InstitutePrivate WorcesterMA
Wright State UniversityPublicDaytonOH
Yeshiva UniversityPrivate New YorkNY