{"id":2871,"date":"2025-12-19T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carnegie25live.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=2871"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:37:40","slug":"carnegie-classifications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/carnegie-classifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnegie Classifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education<\/a>\u00ae<\/sup> (CCIHE) are the nation\u2019s leading framework for describing diverse U.S. higher education institutions, so that their work and impact can be understood in relation to each other. Launched in 1970, CCIHE was first published in 1973 and has been periodically updated to reflect changes among colleges and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intended to support research and policy analysis, the Carnegie Classifications uses empirical data about characteristics of students and faculty and the work of the institutions to identify categories of institutions based on function and mission, including doctoral-granting institutions, comprehensive universities and colleges, liberal arts colleges, two-year colleges and institutes, professional schools, and other specialized institutions. CCIHE has grown to include classifications based upon instructional program, enrollment profile, size and setting, and certain elective classifications for Community Engagement and Leadership for Public Purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carnegie and the American Council of Education (ACE) joined forces to bring together the various classifications into a suite of indices that, taken collectively, provided a broad base of dimensions along which universities could define themselves and demonstrate how they were pursuing their missions. This involved taking a broad look at the ways in which classification systems could promote institutional diversity and excellence across a number of domains, such as access, teaching, learning outcomes, social and economic mobility of students, and community and civic development and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building from this shared vision, in April 2025, Carnegie and ACE undertook the development of a broader suite of classifications<\/a>, starting with the Student Access and Earnings Classification<\/a> that challenged higher education institutions to meaningfully address the nation\u2019s pressing social and economic concerns. Other elective classifications included ones that reflected extraordinary commitment to and investment in sustainability, indigenous-serving institutions, as well as international expressions of the classifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Carnegie\u2019s partnership with the American Council on Education is a unique and powerful opportunity to collaborate with institutions of higher education nationwide. Over time, this partnership can support institutions to mine and share effective practices; catalyze networks of institutions that learn and improve together; and identify and amplify the work of postsecondary education institutions that effectively serve Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and first-generation students.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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