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R1 Research institutions in the United States
R1 universities are doctoral institutions with very high research activity, the top Carnegie research tier. This dataset includes 146 U.S. institutions classified as R1 Research under the Carnegie Classification, enrolling about 4,441,617 students in total.
Of these, 107 are public and 39 private. The largest by enrollment include ASUCI, TAUS, and University of Central Florida. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 80% and the median average net price is $18,287.
Institutions
146
indexed
Combined enrollment
4,441,617
students
Median grad rate
80%
reporting
Median net price
$18,287
reporting
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146 institutions
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Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
90.5%
Enrollment
23,743
Net price
$14,170
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
Grad rate
70%
Admit rate
78.8%
Enrollment
37,163
Net price
$19,568
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
54.2%
Enrollment
50,737
Net price
$32,598
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Grad rate
98%
Admit rate
4.5%
Enrollment
9,137
Net price
$10,555
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana
Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
50.3%
Enrollment
58,658
Net price
$13,945
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
58.5%
Enrollment
7,040
Net price
$33,139
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Rice University
Houston, Texas
Grad rate
95%
Admit rate
7.9%
Enrollment
8,961
Net price
$12,640
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
65.3%
Enrollment
52,269
Net price
$23,519
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Grad rate
92%
Admit rate
3.9%
Enrollment
18,625
Net price
$12,136
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R1 ResearchPublic
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
49.0%
Enrollment
26,689
Net price
$18,430
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
41.7%
Enrollment
22,589
Net price
$41,026
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R1 ResearchPublic
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
82.9%
Enrollment
29,640
Net price
$29,219
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station, Texas
Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
63.2%
Enrollment
78,321
Net price
$20,924
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
70.9%
Enrollment
40,757
Net price
$20,071
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R1 ResearchPublic
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
75.8%
Enrollment
40,846
Net price
$22,150
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R1 ResearchPublic
The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
Grad rate
48%
Admit rate
95.6%
Enrollment
10,811
Net price
$17,118
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Grad rate
74%
Admit rate
46.0%
Enrollment
38,728
Net price
$18,109
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
81.3%
Enrollment
44,956
Net price
$15,235
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R1 ResearchPublic
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Grad rate
89%
Admit rate
29.1%
Enrollment
53,864
Net price
$19,678
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R1 ResearchPublic
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
65.5%
Enrollment
29,886
Net price
$17,435
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
99.9%
Enrollment
25,039
Net price
$10,726
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
88.5%
Enrollment
35,770
Net price
$11,234
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
Grad rate
94%
Admit rate
10.1%
Enrollment
13,599
Net price
$35,435
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
14.6%
Enrollment
13,310
Net price
$43,939
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R1 ResearchPublic
University at Albany
Albany, New York
Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
69.9%
Enrollment
17,560
Net price
$18,486
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R1 ResearchPublic
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
69.3%
Enrollment
31,903
Net price
$20,470
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
88.4%
Enrollment
20,905
Net price
$17,727
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama
Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
74.3%
Enrollment
8,564
Net price
$19,880
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
85.7%
Enrollment
56,365
Net price
$15,960
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
71.7%
Enrollment
33,610
Net price
$17,525
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Grad rate
93%
Admit rate
11.7%
Enrollment
45,882
Net price
$14,979
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-Davis
Davis, California
Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
41.6%
Enrollment
40,065
Net price
$15,288
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, California
Grad rate
87%
Admit rate
25.6%
Enrollment
37,297
Net price
$12,840
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Grad rate
93%
Admit rate
8.7%
Enrollment
47,335
Net price
$14,013
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-Riverside
Riverside, California
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
63.3%
Enrollment
26,384
Net price
$13,707
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, California
Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
24.5%
Enrollment
44,256
Net price
$11,750
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
27.8%
Enrollment
26,133
Net price
$13,825
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
62.5%
Enrollment
19,938
Net price
$16,607
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Grad rate
78%
Admit rate
39.5%
Enrollment
69,713
Net price
$10,650
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Grad rate
96%
Admit rate
4.8%
Enrollment
18,566
Net price
$18,967
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
87.7%
Enrollment
45,026
Net price
$23,156
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Grad rate
74%
Admit rate
83.3%
Enrollment
38,799
Net price
$21,480
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado
Grad rate
46%
Admit rate
77.8%
Enrollment
23,124
Net price
$19,133
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
53.9%
Enrollment
28,306
Net price
$22,886
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Grad rate
81%
Admit rate
65.1%
Enrollment
24,412
Net price
$16,931
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
71.2%
Enrollment
12,813
Net price
$36,037
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Grad rate
91%
Admit rate
24.0%
Enrollment
56,311
Net price
$6,351
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Grad rate
90%
Admit rate
37.2%
Enrollment
43,146
Net price
$13,816
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Frequently asked questions
- What is a R1 Research institution under the Carnegie Classification?
- R1 universities are doctoral institutions with very high research activity, the top Carnegie research tier. This dataset tracks 146 of them in the United States.
- What are the largest R1 Research in the U.S.?
- By total enrollment, the largest are ASUCI, TAUS, University of Central Florida, OSUC, and UIU.
- What is the typical graduation rate and net price for these institutions?
- The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 80%, and the median average net price is $18,287. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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