Carnegie Foundation's Classification of 3,941 Institutions of Higher Education

Note: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching revised its system and issues new classifications in 2006. The current classifications are available on the foundation's Web site.

This database contains the 2000 Carnegie Classification of Higher Education, including the 1994 classifications of the institutions classified by Carnegie in 2000. You may search the database by Carnegie category, state and territory, and year. The categories are defined in the text below.

All the categories AA Art BA AA BA Gen BA LA Bus DR Ext DR Int Engr Faith Health Law MA I MA II Med Other Teach Tribal All states and territories Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Marianas Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Show 1994 & 2000 classifications compared Show only 2000 classifications Sort results by: institution state

The results may be ordered alphabetically by institution or state. The results are broken down into multiple pages showing 50 institutions each, with buttons to move from page to page. The classification was developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Additional information is available at its Web site.

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ALSO SEE:

Article: A New Way of Classifying Colleges Elates Some and Perturbs Others (8/11/2000)

Table: A Comparison of the 1994 and 2000 Classifications

Chart: Proportion of Institutions by Carnegie Classification, 2000

How the Classification Was Developed: Text of the Category Definitions

Key to Abbreviations
DR Ext	Doctoral/research universities-extensive
DR Int	Doctoral/research universities-intensive
MA I	Master's (comprehensive) colleges and universities I
MA II	Master's (comprehensive) colleges and universities II
BA LA	Baccalaureate colleges-liberal arts
BA Gen	Baccalaureate colleges-general
BA AA	Baccalaureate/associate's colleges
AA	Associate's colleges
Faith	Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-based institutions
Med	Medical schools and medical centers
Health	Other separate health-profession schools
Engr	Schools of engineering and technology
Bus	Schools of business and management
Art	Schools of art, music, and design
Law	Schools of law
Teach	Teachers colleges
Other	Other specialized institutions
Tribal	Tribal colleges
These categories were included in the 1994 classification:
Res I	Research universities I
Res II	Research universities II
Doc I	Doctoral universities I
Doc II	Doctoral universities II
BA I	Baccalaureate (liberal arts) colleges I (called baccalaureate colleges-liberal arts in 2000 classification)
BA II	Baccalaureate (liberal arts) colleges II (called baccalaureate colleges-general in 2000 classification)

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