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 4 of 11Franklin College
Franklin, Indiana
Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina
Georgetown College
Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Glenville State University
Glenville, West Virginia
Gods Bible School and College
Cincinnati, Ohio
Gordon College
Wenham, Massachusetts
Goshen College
Goshen, Indiana
Goucher College
Baltimore, Maryland
Grace Christian University
Wyoming, Michigan
Great Lakes Christian College
Lansing, Michigan
Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa
Grove City College
Grove City, Pennsylvania
Guilford College
Greensboro, North Carolina
Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, Minnesota
Hallmark University
San Antonio, Texas
Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
Hampden - Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts
Hannibal - LaGrange University
Hannibal, Missouri
Hanover College
Hanover, Indiana
Harris - Stowe State University
Saint Louis, Missouri
Hartwick College
Oneonta, New York
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
Hastings College
Hastings, Nebraska
Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Hebrew Theological College
Skokie, Illinois
Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, Massachusetts
Hendrix College
Conway, Arkansas
Herzing University - Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
High Point University
High Point, North Carolina
Hilbert College
Hamburg, New York
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, Michigan
Hiram College
Hiram, Ohio
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York
Hobe Sound Bible College
Hobe Sound, Florida
Hollins University
Roanoke, Virginia
Holy Cross College
Notre Dame, Indiana
Hope College
Holland, Michigan
Houghton University
Houghton, New York
Howard Payne University
Brownwood, Texas
Huntingdon College
Montgomery, Alabama
Huston - Tillotson University
Austin, Texas
Illinois College
Jacksonville, Illinois
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois
Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Barranquitas
Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
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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