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³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ Reaffirms ‘Very High Research’ Carnegie R1 Status

³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ’s R1 designation as a doctoral university with very high research activity has been renewed in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

America’s Leading Hispanic-Serving University is an R1 Institution

With well over $100 million in annual expenditures for research in aerospace, health, cybersecurity, water, border issues and dozens of other impact areas, ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ has again earned R1 status by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Carnegie announced the official list of the top research universities this week.

³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ is one of 141 R1 universities out of the nearly 4,000 accredited degree-granting institutions in the United States, placing it in the top 5% of all universities when it comes to research. ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ is also one of 19 Hispanic-Serving Institutions to achieve R1 status.

³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ is the only R1 university in the United States to have continued with a 100% undergraduate student admission rate while it built research excellence. With 83% Hispanic enrollment and 94% minority enrollment, it also has the highest percentage of Hispanic students of any R1 university in the United States. 

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³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ Research at a Glance

169 PROGRAMS

74 Bachelor’s, 72 Master’s and 23 Doctoral. Degrees are offered by nine colleges and schools including both traditional and online programs

$109.4 Million

Annual research expenditures

562

Active grants in 2020-21

Ranked No. 4

in Texas for federal research expenditures per faculty member at public universities, after UT Austin, Texas A&M and UT Dallas

41% of graduating seniors

reported they had participated in an on-campus research or scholarly project with ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ faculty

 

In the last 34 years, the number of doctoral programs offered at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ grew from 1 to 23, representing each of the nine colleges and schools.