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Benchmark Institutions


The following list was composed by Murray State University Board of Regents. These benchmark institutions are based on The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The list includes:

  • Central Connecticut State University
  • Eastern Illinois University
  • Eastern Washington University
  • Frostburg State University
  • Indiana State University
  • Northwest Missouri State University
  • Oakland University
  • Pittsburg State University
  • Plymouth State University
  • Rhode Island College
  • Southeast Missouri State University
  • Stephen F. Austin State University
  • The University of Tennessee – Chattanooga
  • The University of Tennessee – Martin
  • University of Central Missouri
  • University of Montevallo
  • University of Nebraska – Omaha
  • Western Carolina University
  • Western Illinois University

 Carnegie Classifications Benchmark Institutions Reports:

  •  2018


The following list of benchmark institutions below have been approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The list includes:

  • Arkansas Tech University 
  • Arkansas State University 
  • Campbell University 
  • Eastern Kentucky University
  • McNeese State University
  • Midwestern State University
  • Morehead State University
  • Nicholls State University
  • Northern Kentucky University
  • The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
  • The University of Tennessee-Martin
  • The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
  • University of Central Arkansas
  • University of the Incarnate Word

 

 

 

 

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