دانشگاه تحقیقاتی I
موسسات

در طبقه بندی کارنگی مؤسسات آموزش عالی 131 موسسه وجود دارد که به عنوان "R1: دانشگاه های دکترا - فعالیت تحقیقاتی بسیار بالا" طبقه بندی می شوند .
| Institution | Control | City | State |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arizona State University | Public | Tempe | AZ |
| Auburn University | Public | Auburn | AL |
| Binghamton University | Public | Vestal | NY |
| Boston College | Private (Non-profit) | Chestnut Hill | MA |
| Boston University | Private (Non-profit) | Boston | MA |
| Brandeis University | Private (Non-profit) | Waltham | MA |
| Brown University | Private (Non-profit) | Providence | RI |
| California Institute of Technology | Private (Non-profit) | Pasadena | CA |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Private (Non-profit) | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Case Western Reserve University | Private (Non-profit) | Cleveland | OH |
| Clemson University | Public | Clemson | SC |
| Colorado State University | Public | Fort Collins | CO |
| Columbia University | Private (Non-profit) | New York | NY |
| Cornell University | Private (Non-profit) | Ithaca | NY |
| Dartmouth College | Private (Non-profit) | Hanover | NH |
| Drexel University | Private (Non-profit) | Philadelphia | PA |
| Duke University | Private (Non-profit) | Durham | NC |
| Emory University | Private (Non-profit) | Atlanta | GA |
| Florida International University | Public | Miami | FL |
| Florida State University | Public | Tallahassee | FL |
| George Mason University | Public | Fairfax | VA |
| George Washington University | Private (Non-profit) | Washington | DC |
| Georgetown University | Private (Non-profit) | Washington | DC |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Public | Atlanta | GA |
| Georgia State University | Public | Atlanta | GA |
| Graduate Center, CUNY | Public | New York | NY |
| Harvard University | Private (Non-profit) | Cambridge | MA |
| Indiana University Bloomington | Public | Bloomington | IN |
| Iowa State University | Public | Ames | IA |
| Johns Hopkins University | Private (Non-profit) | Baltimore | MD |
| Kansas State University | Public | Manhattan | KS |
| Louisiana State University | Public | Baton Rouge | LA |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Private (Non-profit) | Cambridge | MA |
| Michigan State University | Public | East Lansing | MI |
| Mississippi State University | Public | Mississippi State | MS |
| Montana State University | Public | Bozeman | MT |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Public | New Jersey | NJ |
| New York University | Private (Non-profit) | New York | NY |
| North Carolina State University | Public | Raleigh | NC |
| Northeastern University | Private (Non-profit) | Boston | MA |
| Northwestern University | Private (Non-profit) | Evanston | IL |
| Ohio State University | Public | Columbus | OH |
| Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | Public | Stillwater | OK |
| Oregon State University | Public | Corvallis | OR |
| Pennsylvania State University | Public | University Park | PA |
| Princeton University | Private (Non-profit) | Princeton | NJ |
| Purdue University | Public | West Lafayette | IN |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Private (Non-profit) | Troy | NY |
| Rice University | Private (Non-profit) | Houston | TX |
| Rutgers University–New Brunswick | Public | New Brunswick | NJ |
| Stanford University | Private (Non-profit) | Stanford | CA |
| Stony Brook University | Public | Stony Brook | NY |
| Syracuse University | Private (Non-profit) | Syracuse | NY |
| Temple University | Public | Philadelphia | PA |
| Texas A&M University | Public | College Station | TX |
| Texas Tech University | Public | Lubbock | TX |
| Tufts University | Private (Non-profit) | Medford | MA |
| Tulane University | Private (Non-profit) | New Orleans | LA |
| University at Albany, SUNY | Public | Albany | NY |
| University at Buffalo | Public | Buffalo | NY |
| University of Alabama | Public | Tuscaloosa | AL |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Public | Birmingham | AL |
| University of Arizona | Public | Tucson | AZ |
| University of Arkansas | Public | Fayetteville | AR |
| University of California, Berkeley | Public | Berkeley | CA |
| University of California, Davis | Public | Davis | CA |
| University of California, Irvine | Public | Irvine | CA |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Public | Los Angeles | CA |
| University of California, Riverside | Public | Riverside | CA |
| University of California, San Diego | Public | San Diego | CA |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Public | Santa Barbara | CA |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | Public | Santa Cruz | CA |
| University of Central Florida | Public | Orlando | FL |
| University of Chicago | Private (Non-profit) | Chicago | IL |
| University of Cincinnati | Public | Cincinnati | OH |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Public | Boulder | CO |
| University of Colorado Denver | Public | Denver | CO |
| University of Connecticut | Public | Storrs | CT |
| University of Delaware | Public | Newark | DE |
| University of Florida | Public | Gainesville | FL |
| University of Georgia | Public | Athens | GA |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Public | Honolulu | HI |
| University of Houston | Public | Houston | TX |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Public | Chicago | IL |
| University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Public | Champaign | IL |
| University of Iowa | Public | Iowa City | IA |
| University of Kansas | Public | Lawrence | KS |
| University of Kentucky | Public | Lexington | KY |
| University of Louisville | Public | Louisville | KY |
| University of Maryland, College Park | Public | College Park | MD |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Public | Amherst | MA |
| University of Miami | Private (Non-profit) | Coral Gables | FL |
| University of Michigan | Public | Ann Arbor | MI |
| University of Minnesota | Public | Minneapolis | MN |
| University of Mississippi | Public | Oxford | MS |
| University of Missouri | Public | Columbia | MO |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Public | Lincoln | NE |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Public | Las Vegas | NV |
| University of Nevada, Reno | Public | Reno | NV |
| University of New Hampshire | Public | Durham | NH |
| University of New Mexico | Public | Albuquerque | NM |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Public | Chapel Hill | NC |
| University of North Texas | Public | Denton | TX |
| University of Notre Dame | Private (Non-profit) | Notre Dame | IN |
| University of Oklahoma | Public | Norman | OK |
| University of Oregon | Public | Eugene | OR |
| University of Pennsylvania | Private (Non-profit) | Philadelphia | PA |
| University of Pittsburgh | Public | Pittsburgh | PA |
| University of Rochester | Private (Non-profit) | Rochester | NY |
| University of South Carolina | Public | Columbia | SC |
| University of South Florida | Public | Tampa | FL |
| University of Southern California | Private (Non-profit) | Los Angeles | CA |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Public | Hattiesburg | MS |
| University of Tennessee | Public | Knoxville | TN |
| University of Texas at Arlington | Public | Arlington | TX |
| University of Texas at Austin | Public | Austin | TX |
| University of Texas at Dallas | Public | Richardson | TX |
| University of Texas at El Paso | Public | El Paso | TX |
| University of Utah | Public | Salt Lake City | UT |
| University of Virginia | Public | Charlottesville | VA |
| University of Washington | Public | Seattle | WA |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | Public | Madison | WI |
| University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | Public | Milwaukee | WI |
| Vanderbilt University | Private (Non-profit) | Nashville | TN |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Public | Richmond | VA |
| Virginia Tech | Public | Blacksburg | VA |
| Washington State University | Public | Pullman | WA |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Private (Non-profit) | Saint Louis | MO |
| Wayne State University | Public | Detroit | MI |
| West Virginia University | Public | Morgantown | WV |
| Yale University | Private (Non-profit) | New Haven | CT |