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 3 of 11Cornell College
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Criswell College
Dallas, Texas
Crowley's Ridge College
Paragould, Arkansas
Culver - Stockton College
Canton, Missouri
CUNY Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn, New York
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, New York
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, South Dakota
Dallas Christian College
Dallas, Texas
Dalton State College
Dalton, Georgia
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, West Virginia
Dean College
Franklin, Massachusetts
Defiance College
Defiance, Ohio
Denison University
Granville, Ohio
DePauw University
Greencastle, Indiana
DeVry University - Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
DeVry University - New Jersey
Iselin, New Jersey
DeVry University - Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Dickinson State University
Dickinson, North Dakota
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, Washington
Dillard University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Divine Word College
Epworth, Iowa
Drew University
Madison, New Jersey
Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies
Springfield, Missouri
Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana
East - West University
Chicago, Illinois
Ecclesia College
Springdale, Arkansas
Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Edward Waters University
Jacksonville, Florida
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Elmira College
Elmira, New York
Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
Prescott, Arizona
Emmanuel College
Boston, Massachusetts
Emmanuel University
Franklin Springs, Georgia
Emmaus Bible College
Dubuque, Iowa
Eureka College
Eureka, Illinois
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
Ankeny, Iowa
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, New York
Ferrum College
Ferrum, Virginia
Fisher College
Boston, Massachusetts
Fisk University
Nashville, Tennessee
Flagler College
Saint Augustine, Florida
Florida Memorial University
Miami Gardens, Florida
Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, Florida
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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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