Montana State University again designated R1 – among top U.S. research universities in Carnegie classification

Montana State University remains one of the top research universities in the country, according to classifications published by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research’s Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

MSU was designated an R1 institution from 2006 through 2015 and regained the distinction in 2019.

MSU has again been designated an R1 university for its very high research activity. Only 146 institutions in the nation received R1 classifications, and among them, MSU and Utah State University are the only two that also have an enrollment profile of “very high undergraduate.”

Michael Becker