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R1 Research Universities on a Map

Can you name all of the US Research Universities that are classified as R1. That is, those universities with very high research spending and doctorate production.
According to the updated 2025 report
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University
University at Albany
University of New Mexico
Iowa State University
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Michigan
The University of Texas at Arlington
Ohio University
University of Georgia
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State University
Auburn University
The University of Texas at Austin
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
University of California, Berkeley
Lehigh University
Binghamton University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Indiana University Bloomington
Florida Atlantic University
Boston University
Northeastern University
University of Massachusetts-Boston
University of Colorado Boulder
Montana State University
University at Buffalo
University of Vermont
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Medical University of South Carolina
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Virginia
Boston College
Loyola University Chicago
University of Chicago
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Cincinnati
Clemson University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Maryland-College Park
Texas A & M University-College Station
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Ohio State University
University of Miami
Oregon State University
Southern Methodist University
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
University of California, Davis
University of Dayton
University of North Texas
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Denver
Wayne State University
Duke University
University of New Hampshire
University
Michigan State University
The University of Texas at El Paso
University of Oregon
Northwestern University
George Mason University
North Dakota State University
University of Arkansas
Northern Arizona University
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Nova Southeastern University
University of Florida
Colorado School of Mines
University of North Dakota
East Carolina University
Dartmouth College
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michigan Technological University
Baylor College of Medicine
Rice University
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
University of Houston
Indiana University Indianapolis
University of Iowa
University of California, Irvine
Cornell University
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kent State University at Kent
University of Rhode Island
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
University of California, San Diego
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Wyoming
New Mexico State University
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Utah State University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
University of Louisville
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Texas Tech University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kansas State University
Tufts University
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
University of Memphis
University of California, Merced
Florida International University
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Mississippi State University
The University of Montana
West Virginia University
University of Idaho
Vanderbilt University
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Yale University
Tulane University of Louisiana
Columbia University in the City of New York
University
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
New York University
Weill Cornell Medicine
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University of Delaware
Old Dominion University
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
University of Notre Dame
University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Central Florida
University of Maine
California Institute of Technology
Drexel University
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pittsburgh
Princeton University
Brown University
Brigham Young University
Washington State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
University of Nevada-Reno
The University of Texas at Dallas
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of California, Riverside
University of Rochester
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis University
University of Utah
The University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Diego State University
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Stanford University
Oklahoma State University
Stony Brook University
University of Connecticut
Syracuse University
Florida State University
University of South Florida
Arizona State University
University of Toledo
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Arizona
The University of Alabama
University of Mississippi
The Pennsylvania State University
Baylor University
Brandeis University
American University
Catholic University of America
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Howard University
Purdue University
William & Mary
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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2 Comments
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Level 63
Jun 29, 2025
which states have most
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Level 47
Apr 16, 2026
You might want to check the type ins for this because I should have gotten several more of those but the quiz didn't accept the answer. Also, abbreviations should be accepted, IE USC or NYU. Also, if there's only one answer for a state like Nebraska, Lincoln shouldn't be required. Nebraska should work.