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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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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
69.7%
Enrollment
20,028
Net price
$13,181
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
Grad rate
65%
Admit rate
69.5%
Enrollment
47,980
Net price
$13,853
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Grad rate
62%
Admit rate
78.5%
Enrollment
33,906
Net price
$12,313
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois
Grad rate
85%
Admit rate
43.7%
Enrollment
59,238
Net price
$15,201
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
84.7%
Enrollment
30,779
Net price
$21,398
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
88.2%
Enrollment
29,792
Net price
$17,365
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
92.4%
Enrollment
34,709
Net price
$17,218
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
88.8%
Enrollment
15,665
Net price
$14,118
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
80.5%
Enrollment
23,065
Net price
$17,634
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
95.7%
Enrollment
12,029
Net price
$18,045
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
Grad rate
70%
Admit rate
74.2%
Enrollment
13,906
Net price
$18,328
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, Maryland
Grad rate
89%
Admit rate
44.8%
Enrollment
41,725
Net price
$15,590
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
57.8%
Enrollment
31,726
Net price
$23,691
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
93.4%
Enrollment
20,276
Net price
$13,253
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
18.5%
Enrollment
19,852
Net price
$36,803
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Grad rate
93%
Admit rate
17.9%
Enrollment
52,855
Net price
$14,832
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Grad rate
85%
Admit rate
77.0%
Enrollment
56,666
Net price
$17,139
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi
Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
97.8%
Enrollment
26,449
Net price
$13,164
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
77.0%
Enrollment
31,543
Net price
$19,889
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
77.1%
Enrollment
24,393
Net price
$17,424
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
96.3%
Enrollment
32,911
Net price
$10,011
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R1 ResearchPublicHSILand-grant
University of Nevada-Reno
Reno, Nevada
Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
85.3%
Enrollment
23,024
Net price
$15,402
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
86.9%
Enrollment
13,554
Net price
$23,261
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
95.5%
Enrollment
23,124
Net price
$17,478
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Grad rate
91%
Admit rate
18.7%
Enrollment
32,438
Net price
$12,983
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R1 ResearchPublicHSI
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas
Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
72.5%
Enrollment
46,864
Net price
$14,352
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
Grad rate
95%
Admit rate
12.4%
Enrollment
13,042
Net price
$27,823
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
76.5%
Enrollment
30,851
Net price
$17,413
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
85.1%
Enrollment
24,404
Net price
$21,782
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
97%
Admit rate
5.9%
Enrollment
29,109
Net price
$31,229
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
85%
Admit rate
49.7%
Enrollment
35,724
Net price
$30,074
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
Grad rate
85%
Admit rate
35.9%
Enrollment
11,946
Net price
$30,248
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina
Grad rate
79%
Admit rate
61.5%
Enrollment
38,532
Net price
$24,532
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
41.0%
Enrollment
49,622
Net price
$10,043
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R1 ResearchPrivate
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Grad rate
92%
Admit rate
10.0%
Enrollment
46,566
Net price
$31,927
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
99.4%
Enrollment
13,170
Net price
$14,224
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Grad rate
65%
Admit rate
87.2%
Enrollment
36,894
Net price
$13,172
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia
Grad rate
96%
Admit rate
16.9%
Enrollment
26,409
Net price
$22,881
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington
Grad rate
85%
Admit rate
42.5%
Enrollment
56,997
Net price
$13,485
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Grad rate
90%
Admit rate
43.4%
Enrollment
51,044
Net price
$16,928
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R1 ResearchPublic
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
88.4%
Enrollment
22,450
Net price
$16,177
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Utah State University
Logan, Utah
Grad rate
59%
Admit rate
93.6%
Enrollment
28,904
Net price
$12,869
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Grad rate
94%
Admit rate
6.3%
Enrollment
13,575
Net price
$19,040
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R1 ResearchPublic
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Grad rate
63%
Admit rate
93.1%
Enrollment
28,464
Net price
$19,452
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia
Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
57.0%
Enrollment
38,857
Net price
$23,790
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R1 ResearchPublicLand-grant
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
85.4%
Enrollment
25,685
Net price
$14,401
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R1 ResearchPrivate
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
Grad rate
94%
Admit rate
12.0%
Enrollment
16,357
Net price
$22,117
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R1 ResearchPublic
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
82.0%
Enrollment
23,803
Net price
$14,773
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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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