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    Research University Experience

    Large research ecosystem with grad students, labs, and discovery culture.

    Great for students who want access to research before graduate school.

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    This identity in numbers

    131

    colleges assigned

    Median average net price
    $18,056
    131 colleges reported
    Median admit rate
    68.6%
    131 colleges reported
    Median graduation rate
    76.8%
    130 colleges reported

    Medians across every college with this identity. Rates on a 0–100% scale. Source: U.S. College Scorecard.

    About this identity

    What “Research University Experience” means

    CollegesRef editorial

    Large research ecosystem with grad students, labs, and discovery culture. Great for students who want access to research before graduate school.

    How colleges get this identity

    • Research university — Editorial tag: Research university
    • Size of the student body — Students: more credit the closer to 40,000, none at 8,000
    • Six-year graduation rate — Graduation rate: more credit the closer to 95%, none at 60%

    Each matching rule adds to a college's score for this identity, using verified federal data. Colleges that score with enough confidence are listed, editors can add or remove colleges, and the list is ordered by editorial picks, score and confidence, never by partner status.

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    Signals behind this list

    Research tag
    30 of 30
    Very high research
    30 of 30
    Doctoral research
    30 of 30
    Enrollment scale
    30 of 30
    Graduation scale
    30 of 30
    How many of the 30 colleges shown match each signal the rules check. Bars run from 0 to all 30.

    131 colleges

    Colleges with the Research University Experience identity

    Ordered by editorial representation, category score and confidence. Never by partner status.

    Bars: admit and graduation rates on a 0–100% scale; net price relative to $36,503, the highest among the 30 colleges shown.

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