Table 1 - CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATIONS
Shown for Four-year institutions only. Used 2003-2004 degree and enrollment data
CARNEGIE
CLASSIFICATION
TYPES | CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES
|
Categories | Definitions | Subcategories
| Definitions
| Count
| CP
|
BASIC
[1713
institutions] | Doctoral
[283
institutions] |
Doctoral
degrees >20/yr |
Research University
- Very High Research Activity
|
96
|
|
| Research University
- High Research Activity
|
103
|
|
| Doctoral Research
University
|
84
|
|
Master’s
[663
institutions] |
Doctoral
degrees <20/yr & Masters degrees >50/yr |
Larger
|
Masters degrees
>200/yr
|
345
|
CP
|
| Medium
|
Masters degrees
100-199/yr
|
190
|
|
| Smaller
|
Masters degrees
50-99/yr
|
128
|
|
Bachelor’s
[767
institutions] |
Doctoral
degrees <20/yr & Masters degrees <50/yr |
767
|
|
SIZE
& SETTING
[1752
institutions] | Size |
Enrollment |
Large
|
10,0000+
|
246
|
CP
|
| Medium
|
3,000-9,999
|
434
|
|
| Small
|
1,000-2,999
|
645
|
|
| Very Small
|
0-999
|
427
|
|
| Setting |
%
On-campus Residential (R) & % Part-time (PT) |
Highly Residential
|
R>50% & FT>80%
|
609
|
|
| Primarily
Residential
|
R=25-49%
|
599
|
CP
|
| Primarily Non-Residential
|
R<25% or PT>50%
|
544
|
|
ENROLLMENT
PROFILE
[1586
institutions] | %
Graduate & Professional program students (G&P) |
Shown
for institutions with student body of baccalaureate and graduate students
only. |
Very High UG
|
G&P=0-9%
|
592
|
CP
|
| High UG
|
10-24%
|
526
|
|
| Majority UG
|
25-49%
|
301
|
|
| Majority G&P
|
50-100%
|
167
|
|
UNDERGRADUATE
PROFILE
[1719
institutions] | %
Part-time |
PT>40%
|
176
|
|
| 20-39%
|
376
|
|
| 0-19%
|
1167
|
CP
|
Selectivity |
Freshmen
scores.
[Includes
only 1543 institutions with PT<40%] |
More Selective
|
Top fifth
|
360
|
CP
|
| Selective
|
Middle two-fifths
|
760
|
|
| Inclusive
|
-
|
423
|
|
| % Transfer in |
[Includes only the 1116 Selective and More
Selective institutions] |
Low
|
0-20%
|
566
|
CP
|
| High
|
>20%
|
550
|
|
UNDERGRADUATE
INSTRUCTION PROGRAM
[1561
institutions. Excludes
Associates-only and Associates-dominant institutions] | Arts
& Sciences (A&S), and Professions (P) |
Relative
proportion of A&S and P |
A&S-Focus
|
P=0-19%
|
160
|
|
| A&S+P
|
P=20-39%
|
211
|
|
| Balanced
|
P=40-59%
|
506
|
|
| P+A&S
|
P=60-79%
|
501
|
CP
|
| P-Focus
|
P=80-100%
|
183
|
|
| Grad
Program Coexistence |
%
graduate degrees awarded in fields corresponding to UG majors |
None
|
0%
|
489
|
|
| Some
|
0-49%
|
823
|
CP
|
| High
|
50%+
|
249
|
|
GRADUATE
INSTRUCTION PROGRAM
[1213
institutions] | With
Doctoral Program
and
degree awarded
[409
institutions] |
Single
Program |
Education
|
41
|
96
|
|
| Other
|
55
|
|
| Dominant
- plurality in: |
Hum & SS
|
13
|
159
|
|
| STEM
|
45
|
|
| All Other
|
101
|
|
| Comprehensive
- degrees in each of Hum, Soc Sci, STEM, & Professional fields |
With Med/Vet
|
78
|
154
|
|
| Without Med/Vet
|
76
|
|
| Without
Doctoral Program
or
degree awarded
[804
institutions] |
Single
Program |
Education
|
77
|
158
|
|
| Business
|
43
|
| Other
|
38
|
| Dominant
- plurality in: |
A&S
|
21
|
542
|
|
| Education
|
242
|
| Business
|
158
|
| All Other
|
121
|
| Comprehensive
- degrees in each of Hum, Soc Sci, STEM, & Professional fields |
104
|
CP
|