The Chronicle of Higher Education

From the issue dated August 11, 2000

Shifting Categories: A Comparison of the 1994 and 2000 Classifications

This chart gives the number of institutions by category, and shows where the institutions were placed in the 1994 classification. For example, it shows that there are 148 universities in the Doctoral/Research-Extensive group. Of those, 87 were classified as Research I institutions in 1994, 37 as Research II, 19 as Doctoral I, and 5 as Doctoral II. Institutions that did not appear in the 1994 classification are listed under the "New" category.

Database: Carnegie Foundation's Classification of 3,856 Institutions of Higher Education

Article: A New Way of Classifying Colleges Elates Some and Perturbs Others

Chart: Proportion of Institutions by Carnegie Classification, 2000

How the Classification Was Developed: Text of the Category Definitions

2000 Total 1994 categories
Res I Res II Doc I Doc II MA I MA II BA I BA II AA Faith Med Health Engr Bus Art Law Teach Other Tribal New
DR Ext 148 87 37 19 5                                
DR Int 113 2   32 52 21     1     1   1         2   1
MA I 489       2 401 39 4 30       1 2 4     1 2   3
MA II 126         10 39 2 63   1       4       1   6
BA LA 213           3 150 58                       2
BA Gen 307         1 5 7 272 7 3     3 6           3
BA AA 50             1 11 19 1     1 9 1         7
AA 1,640                 1,262     1               377
Faith 297               5   264                   28
Med 50                     49                 1
Health 93           2   4 5     62           2   18
Engr 63           1   3 18       25             16
Bus 53         2 2   7 1         31           10
Art 86                 7       2   70     1   6
Law 21                               19       2
Teach 9         1 2   1                 4     1
Other 70         1     6 1       1 2       42   17
Tribal 28                                     25 3


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