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by thomaslangston 1390 days ago
What does R1 mean in this context?
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Universities that offer doctoral degrees and have "Very High Research Activity" according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Specifically, the 130 or so institutions listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_...

Heuristically, think "major private universities and flagship public universities".