By Carnegie class·Federal data profiles·IPEDS · College Scorecard

Doctoral/Professional institutions in the United States

Doctoral/professional universities award research and professional-practice doctorates but fall below the research-activity thresholds for R1 or R2. This dataset includes 185 U.S. institutions classified as Doctoral/Professional under the Carnegie Classification, enrolling about 1,596,347 students in total.

Of these, 30 are public and 155 private. The largest by enrollment include Grand Canyon, University of Phoenix-Arizona, and Liberty. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 57% and the median average net price is $22,270.

Institutions
185
indexed
Combined enrollment
1,596,347
students
Median grad rate
57%
reporting
Median net price
$22,270
reporting
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublic

Purdue University Global

West Lafayette, Indiana

Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
45,588
Net price
$12,267
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
77.0%
Enrollment
9,424
Net price
$39,207
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublic

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
90.6%
Enrollment
7,812
Net price
$16,640
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
41.2%
Enrollment
10,657
Net price
$18,749
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

Regis University

Denver, Colorado

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
87.3%
Enrollment
4,605
Net price
$22,689
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
66%
Admit rate
90.6%
Enrollment
5,275
Net price
$25,747
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Grad rate
35%
Admit rate
94.3%
Enrollment
4,281
Net price
$20,152
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Russell Sage College

Troy, New York

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
76.2%
Enrollment
2,790
Net price
$23,027
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
67.7%
Enrollment
11,022
Net price
$45,459
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
73.3%
Enrollment
2,498
Net price
$22,750
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida

Grad rate
45%
Admit rate
72.1%
Enrollment
9,692
Net price
$18,467
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, Minnesota

Grad rate
66%
Admit rate
88.8%
Enrollment
4,505
Net price
$21,034
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama

Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
82.2%
Enrollment
6,097
Net price
$30,795
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California

Grad rate
88%
Admit rate
43.8%
Enrollment
9,728
Net price
$50,959
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Saybrook University

Pasadena, California

Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
1,057
Net price
—
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

Grad rate
62%
Admit rate
91.1%
Enrollment
2,261
Net price
$24,820
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
76.0%
Enrollment
7,189
Net price
$34,802
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
77.8%
Enrollment
4,454
Net price
$30,055
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
66.0%
Enrollment
4,666
Net price
$27,313
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (for-profit)

South College

Knoxville, Tennessee

Grad rate
42%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
11,557
Net price
$17,182
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (for-profit)

South University-Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

Grad rate
23%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
504
Net price
$22,886
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (for-profit)

South University-Savannah Online

Savannah, Georgia

Grad rate
7%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
8,803
Net price
$26,308
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
76.6%
Enrollment
3,220
Net price
$6,608
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida

Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
74.3%
Enrollment
11,510
Net price
$30,209
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublic

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
97.2%
Enrollment
11,893
Net price
$13,696
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

Grad rate
74%
Admit rate
70.2%
Enrollment
2,599
Net price
$29,187
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
94.1%
Enrollment
3,651
Net price
$21,563
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

St. John Fisher University

Rochester, New York

Grad rate
74%
Admit rate
67.8%
Enrollment
3,693
Net price
$28,150
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

St. John's University-New York

Queens, New York

Grad rate
66%
Admit rate
79.7%
Enrollment
19,389
Net price
$26,985
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, Florida

Grad rate
48%
Admit rate
99.4%
Enrollment
7,652
Net price
$24,275
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublic

Stockton University

Galloway, New Jersey

Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
88.2%
Enrollment
8,631
Net price
$19,634
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
84.7%
Enrollment
6,356
Net price
$30,031
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (for-profit)

Taft University System

Denver, Colorado

Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
324
Net price
—
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas

Grad rate
32%
Admit rate
62.4%
Enrollment
2,487
Net price
$19,398
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublicHSI

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
95.0%
Enrollment
15,361
Net price
$10,948
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

The College of Saint Scholastica

Duluth, Minnesota

Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
93.8%
Enrollment
2,930
Net price
$23,949
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
75.9%
Enrollment
2,860
Net price
$32,121
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

The University of Findlay

Findlay, Ohio

Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
86.3%
Enrollment
5,016
Net price
$23,731
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublic

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
77.0%
Enrollment
11,775
Net price
$12,817
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Touro University

New York, New York

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
63.0%
Enrollment
11,937
Net price
$26,556
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee

Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
70.0%
Enrollment
3,195
Net price
$14,459
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Trinity International University-Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
93.2%
Enrollment
869
Net price
$21,386
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee

Grad rate
66%
Admit rate
47.2%
Enrollment
2,713
Net price
$26,815
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus

Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Grad rate
31%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
9,909
Net price
$7,668
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivateHSI

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Grad rate
41%
Admit rate
64.3%
Enrollment
3,838
Net price
$24,786
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPublic

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
90.5%
Enrollment
10,112
Net price
$16,775
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

University of Charleston

Charleston, West Virginia

Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
64.5%
Enrollment
3,062
Net price
$22,012
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, Michigan

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
80.1%
Enrollment
5,587
Net price
$16,179
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Frequently asked questions

What is a Doctoral/Professional institution under the Carnegie Classification?
Doctoral/professional universities award research and professional-practice doctorates but fall below the research-activity thresholds for R1 or R2. This dataset tracks 185 of them in the United States.
What are the largest Doctoral/Professional in the U.S.?
By total enrollment, the largest are Grand Canyon, University of Phoenix-Arizona, Liberty, Walden, and Capella.
What is the typical graduation rate and net price for these institutions?
The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 57%, and the median average net price is $22,270. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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