Baccalaureate institutions in the United States
Baccalaureate colleges are four-year institutions where the bachelor’s degree is the predominant award. This dataset includes 493 U.S. institutions classified as Baccalaureate under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, maintained by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, enrolling about 797,270 students in total.
Of these, 85 are public and 408 private. The largest by enrollment include BYU, CUNY New York City College of Technology, and Utah Tech. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 52% and the median average net price is $21,083.
R1 vs R2 vs Doctoral/Professional
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, maintained by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation, sorts doctoral universities into these research tiers.
| Tier | Research activity | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Very high research activity | Doctoral universities with the highest level of research activity, the top Carnegie research tier (e.g. Harvard, MIT, most flagship state universities). |
| R2 | High research activity | Doctoral universities with high research activity, the second Carnegie research tier, below R1 but above the doctoral/professional category. |
| Doctoral/Professional | Doctoral or professional-practice degrees | Universities that award research or professional-practice doctorates but fall below the research-activity thresholds for R1 or R2. |
493 institutions
Page 1 of 11Adrian College
Adrian, Michigan
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, Georgia
Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska
Albion College
Albion, Michigan
Albright College
Reading, Pennsylvania
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, Kentucky
Allegheny College
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Allen University
Columbia, South Carolina
Alma College
Alma, Michigan
American Baptist College
Nashville, Tennessee
American Jewish University
Los Angeles, California
Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts
Antioch College
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Arizona Christian University
Glendale, Arizona
Arlington Baptist University
Arlington, Texas
Athens State University
Athens, Alabama
Augustana College
Rock Island, Illinois
Austin College
Sherman, Texas
Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, Florida
Bacone College
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Baptist University of Florida
Graceville, Florida
Baptist University of the Americas
San Antonio, Texas
Barclay College
Haviland, Kansas
Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, New York
Barnard College
New York, New York
Barton College
Wilson, North Carolina
Bates College
Lewiston, Maine
Beacon College
Leesburg, Florida
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont, North Carolina
Beloit College
Beloit, Wisconsin
Benedict College
Columbia, South Carolina
Benedictine College
Atchison, Kansas
Bennett College
Greensboro, North Carolina
Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont
Berea College
Berea, Kentucky
Berkeley College - New York
New York, New York
Bethany College
Lindsborg, Kansas
Bethany College
Bethany, West Virginia
Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, Minnesota
Bethel College - North Newton
North Newton, Kansas
Bethesda University
Anaheim, California
Bethune - Cookman University
Daytona Beach, Florida
Beulah Heights University
Atlanta, Georgia
Blackburn College
Carlinville, Illinois
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
Bloomfield, New Jersey
Blue Mountain Christian University
Blue Mountain, Mississippi
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, West Virginia
Frequently asked questions
- What is a Baccalaureate institution under the Carnegie Classification?
- Baccalaureate colleges are four-year institutions where the bachelor’s degree is the predominant award. This dataset tracks 493 of them in the United States.
- What are the largest Baccalaureate in the U.S.?
- By total enrollment, the largest are BYU, CUNY New York City College of Technology, Utah Tech, Georgia Gwinnett College, and Farmingdale State College.
- What is the typical graduation rate and net price for these institutions?
- The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 52%, and the median average net price is $21,083. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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