The Carnegie Classifications

I was just looking at the Carnegie Clasifications, and thought that somebody else might find them interesting.

This system takes every accredited (by any of the DoEd-recognized accreditors) degree granting college or university in the United States and classifies it according to its size and mission., and gives you each school's incorporation status: public, private-non-profit or private-for-profit.

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/CIHE2000/PartIfiles/partI.htm

Here's the US higher education system in a nutshell:

Total Institutions: 3,941

Of these:
 
Doctoral/Research Universities 261

Broken down into larger and smaller schools:

Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive 151

Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive 110
 
Master's Colleges and Universities 611

Broken down into larger and smaller:

Master's Colleges and Universities I - 496
 
Master's Colleges and Universities II - 115
 
Baccalaureate Colleges 606

These are broken down by whether they grant more than 50% of their degrees in liberal arts subjects, or mostly in things like business and computers:

Baccalaureate Colleges—Liberal Arts 228
 
Baccalaureate Colleges—General 321
 
Then there are schools that offer mostly certificates and associates degrees, but more than 10% of their graduate earn bachelors degrees:

Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges 57
 
The schools that offer few if any bachelors degrees go here in this huge class:

Associate's Colleges 1,669
 
Then there are the specialized schools. Many of our DL favorites end up here:

Specialized Institutions 766

These are broken down into:

Seminaries and specialized faith-related institutions 312

Attention theologians: Luther Rice is listed, but Trinity C&S isn't.

Medical schools and medical centers 54
 
Other separate health profession schools 97

Schools of engineering and technology 66
 
Schools of business and management 49
 
Schools of art, music, and design 87
 
Schools of law 25
 
Teachers colleges 6
 
Other specialized institutions 70

This leftovers category contains everything from CIIS and Naropa to the Naval Postgraduate School and West Point. Finally:

Tribal Colleges and Universities 28
 
If you aren't sure what category a school might fall into, try using this alphabetical listing by school name:

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/CIHE2000/PartIIfiles/partII.htm

 

They have listed

Schiller International University.. is this a legit university ?

 

Is it a legitimate university? Yes. Is it regionally accredited? No. It has national accreditation through the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

How useful is that accreditation? It is recognized by CHEA and they are the folks tasked with recognition. They have comparable accreditation to DETC and AABC.



Tom Nixon