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Originally Posted by epchick
I have no idea what a research 1 satus school is, but I could have sworn I heard that UTEP is one. I know that we have a great engineering program and a great nursing program.
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Well, the Carnegie Institute for the Advancement of Teaching studies profiles of different types of institutions and ranks them according to their major focus. They rank according to many, many different categories but are well known for studying doctoral programs nationwide. Actually the "Research I" category seems to have been phased out in the 90s, and the methodology changed a bit, as discussed
here and
here.
The former "Research I" category is now called "Research Universities (very high research activity)". The other categories are for "high" activity and for generalized doctoral research Universities. It's based on funding awarded to research, number of doctoral programs, number of doctorates granted per year, and maybe some other measures. A list of the "very high" schools is
here. The only Texas schools on the list are A&M, UT, and Rice. They list both Tech and UTEP in the "high" category. The list of all Texas schools in the "high" category is
here. Texas State isn't in the "high" or the regular research category. (The Texas schools in the "Doctoral Research Universities" category are
here.) My hunch is that Texas State may not have enough doctoral programs to qualify but I don't know that for sure.
The exact methodology for categorizing different institutions is available on a Excel file accessible from
this page.
Hope that helps. These categories are mostly well-known to professors, Ph.D. students, foundations that grant research grants, etc. They don't mean one school is "better" than another (and they're certainly not trying to measure that) but really identify where the most extensive and diverse research is going on... I know one of my sorority sisters is in a doctoral program at UTEP... so you're not losing any love from me!
*I hope all those links point to the correct pages! Whew!