Universities classified as "high research activity" 99 institutions classified as "RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)" in the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Institution Location Type Auburn University-Main Campus Auburn, Alabama Public Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Public Baylor University Waco, Texas Private Binghamton University Binghamton, New York Public Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Private Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, Ohio Public Brigham Young University Provo, Utah Private Catholic University of America Washington, DC Private Claremont Graduate University Claremont, California Private Clark University Worcester, Massachusetts Private Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Private
Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Public Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio Public College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Public Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado Public Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Private Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Private Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida Public Florida International University Miami, Florida Public Fordham University Bronx, New York Private George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia Public Howard University Washington, DC Private Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho Public
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois Private Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana Public Jackson State University Jackson, Mississippi Public Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Public Kent State University-Kent Campus Kent, Ohio Public Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Private Louisiana Tech University Ruston, Louisiana Public Loyola University Chicago Chicago, Illinois Private Miami University Oxford, Ohio Public Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan Public Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, Missouri Public New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey Public
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, New Mexico Public Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts Private Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Public Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois Public Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, Florida Private Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, Ohio Public Oklahoma State University Stillwater Stillwater, Oklahoma Public Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia Public Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, New York Private Portland State University Portland, Oregon Public Rutgers Newark Newark, New Jersey Public Saint Louis University-Main Campus St. Louis, Missouri Private
San Diego State University San Diego, California Public South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota Public Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois Public Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas Private Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey Private Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Private Teachers College, Columbia University New York, New York Private Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Public Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas Public University of Akron-Main Campus Akron, Ohio Public University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Public University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Public
University of Colorado Denver Denver, Colorado Public University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio Private University of Denver Denver, Colorado Private University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho Public University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana Public University of Maine Orono, Maine Public University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland Public University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, Massachusetts Public University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts Public University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Public University of Mississippi-Main Campus Oxford, Mississippi Public University of Missouri Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Public
University of Missouri St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Public University of Montana Missoula, Montana Public University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Public University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada Public University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, New Hampshire Public University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana Public University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina Public University of North Dakota Grand Forks, North Dakota Public University of North Texas Denton, Texas Public University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Public University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island Public University of South Alabama Mobile, Alabama Public
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota Public University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi Public University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas Public University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas Public University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas Public University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Public University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio Public University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont Public University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Public University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Public Utah State University Logan, Utah Public Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Private
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia Public Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan Public Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas Public Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, Ohio Public