When the percentage of Latino faculty is considered, the leading institutions are: University of Miami (12 percent), New Mexico State University-main campus (8 percent), University of New Mexico (8 percent), Arizona State-main campus (5 percent), University of Houston-University Park (5 percent), and State University of New York (SUNY)-Albany (5 percent).
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Among the United States' 2,241 four-year colleges and universities, 126 are officially designated Research I or II by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The Carnegie system is not a ranking, but rather a typology system. Research I institutions -- of which there are eighty-nine -- are defined as those offering a full range of baccalaureate programs, demonstrating a commitment to graduate education, and giving a high priority to research. They award fifty or more doctoral degrees each year and generally receive $40 million or more in federal support.
Research II institutions -- of which there are thirty-seven -- differ only in that they receive between $15.5 million and $40 million in annual federal support.
In 1994, Research I and II institutions granted 32 percent of all undergraduate degrees awarded nationwide, and 20 percent of those awarded to African Americans, according to the African American Education Data Book. That same year, research institutions awarded three quarters of all doctoral degrees (76 percent) issued in this country, and 60 percent of those awarded to African Americans.
Research institutions also garner far and away the largest percentage of federal education funding. In 1993-94, Research I institutions netted more than $13 billion in federal funding. An additional $1.1 billion of federal funds went to Research IIs.
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