UNIVERSITIES CLASSIFIED AS VERY HIGH RESEARCH ACTIVITY

 



There are 108 institutions that are classified as "RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)" in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Institution	Location	Type
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Public
Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Private
Brandeis University	Waltham, Massachusetts	Private
Brown University	Providence, Rhode Island	Private
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, California	Private
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Private
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	Private
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, Colorado	Public
Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, New York	Private
Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Private
CUNY Graduate School and University Center	New York, New York	Public
Dartmouth College	Hanover, New Hampshire	Private
Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	Private
Emory University	Atlanta, Georgia	Private
Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Public
George Washington University	Washington, District of Columbia	Private
Georgetown University	Washington, District of Columbia	Private
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, Georgia	Public
Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Public
Harvard University	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Private
Indiana University-Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Public
Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	Public
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland	Private
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Public
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Private
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Public
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, Mississippi	Public
Montana State University	Bozeman, Montana	Public
New York University	New York, New York	Private
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, North Carolina	Public
North Dakota State University-Main Campus	Fargo, North Dakota	Public
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Private
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, Ohio	Public
Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	Public
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University Park, Pennsylvania	Public
Princeton University	Princeton, New Jersey	Private
Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, Indiana	Public
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York	Private
Rice University	Houston, Texas	Private
Rockefeller University	New York, New York	Private
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Public
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Private
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	Public
SUNY at Albany	Albany, New York	Public
Texas A & M University	College Station, Texas	Public
Tufts University	Medford, Massachusetts	Private
Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, Louisiana	Private
University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Public
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama	Public
University of Alabama in Huntsville	Huntsville, Alabama	Public
University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Public
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Public
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Public
University of California-Davis	Davis, California	Public
University of California-Irvine	Irvine, California	Public
University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Public
University of California-Riverside	Riverside, California	Public
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, California	Public
University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Public
University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, California	Public
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	Public
University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Private
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Cincinnati, Ohio	Public
University of Colorado at Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Public
University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Public
University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Public
University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Public
University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	Public
University of Hawaii at Manoa	Honolulu, Hawaii	Public
University of Houston	Houston, Texas	Public
University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Public
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Public
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Public
University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Public
University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Public
University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	Public
University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, Maryland	Public
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	Public
University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Private
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Public
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Public
University of Missouri-Columbia	Columbia, Missouri	Public
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Public
University of New Mexico-Main Campus	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Public
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Public
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, Indiana	Private
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus	Norman, Oklahoma	Public
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Public
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Private
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Public
University of Rochester	Rochester, New York	Private
University of South Carolina-Columbia	Columbia, South Carolina	Public
University of South Florida-Tampa	Tampa, Florida	Public
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Private
University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	Public
University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Public
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Public
University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, Virginia	Public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle, Washington	Public
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Public
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	Private
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Public
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, Virginia	Public
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Public
Washington University in St. Louis	Saint Louis, Missouri	Private
Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Public
Yale University	New Haven, Connecticut	Private
Yeshiva University	New York, New York	Private

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. It consists of 60 universities in the United States (both public and private) and two universities in Canada.

Public (34)

The University of Arizona (1985) University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (1989) University of California, Berkeley (1900) University of California, Davis (1996) University of California, Irvine (1996) University of California, Los Angeles (1974) University of California, San Diego (1982) University of California, Santa Barbara (1995) University of Colorado Boulder (1966) University of Florida (1985) Georgia Institute of Technology (2010) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1908) Indiana University (1909) The University of Iowa (1909) Iowa State University (1958) The University of Kansas (1909) University of Maryland, College Park (1969)

University of Michigan (1900) Michigan State University (1964) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1908) University of Missouri-Columbia (1908) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1989) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922) The Ohio State University (1916) University of Oregon (1969) The Pennsylvania State University (1958) University of Pittsburgh (1974) Purdue University (1958) Stony Brook University, The State University of New York (2001) The University of Texas at Austin (1929) Texas A&M University (2001) University of Virginia (1904) University of Washington (1950) University of Wisconsin–Madison (1900)

Private (26)

Boston University (2012) Brandeis University (1985) Brown University (1933) California Institute of Technology (1934) Carnegie Mellon University (1982) Case Western Reserve University (1969) The University of Chicago (1900) Columbia University (1900) Cornell University (1900) Duke University (1938) Emory University (1995) Harvard University (1900) The Johns Hopkins University (1900) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934)

New York University (1950) Northwestern University (1917) University of Pennsylvania (1900) Princeton University (1900) Rice University (1985) University of Rochester (1941) University of Southern California (1969) Stanford University (1900) Tulane University (1958) Vanderbilt University (1950) Washington University in St. Louis (1923) Yale University (1900)

Canadian (2)

• McGill University (1926)
• University of Toronto (1926)

PUBLIC IVY UNIVERSITIES

Public Ivy is a term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book Public Ivies: A Guide to America’s best public undergraduate colleges and universities to refer to universities which “provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price.”Public Ivies are considered, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, to be capable of “successfully competing with the Ivy League schools in academic rigor… attracting superstar faculty and in competing for the best and brightest students of all races.

The original eight Public Ivies

The original eight Public Ivies as they were listed by Moll in 1985:

• College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
• Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
• University of California (campuses as of 1985)
• University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Vermont (Burlington)
• University of Virginia (Charlottesville)

The Public Ivies according to Greene’s Guides

A later book titled The Public Ivies: America’s Flagship Public Universities (2001) by Howard and Matthew Greene of Greene’s Guidesexpanded upon the first list (italicized below) to include 30 colleges and universities. The table below is organized by region, and colleges are listed in alphabetical order

UC Berkeley Campus   Northeastern Pennsylvania State University (University Park) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) State University of New York at Binghamton University of Connecticut (Storrs) Mid-Atlantic University of Delaware (Newark) University of Maryland (College Park) College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) University of Virginia (Charlottesville) Southern University of Florida (Gainesville) University of Georgia (Athens) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Texas at Austin

Western University of Arizona (Tucson) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of Colorado at Boulder University of Washington (Seattle) Great Lakes & Midwest Indiana University (Bloomington) Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Michigan State University (East Lansing) Ohio State University (Columbus) University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) University of Iowa (Iowa City) University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) University of Minnesota (Minneapolis–Saint Paul) University of Wisconsin (Madison)