AAU Membership Metrics Nonmember universities whose research and

AAU Membership Metrics Non-member universities whose research and education profile exceeds that of a number of current members may be invited to join the association; current members whose research and education profile falls significantly below that of other current members or below the criteria for admission of new members will be subject to further review and possible discontinuation of membership. Source: https: //www. aau. edu/about/

AAU Phase 1 Indicators The evaluation of university profiles based on the Membership Indicators is the first stage of a two-stage process used to identify institutions that may be invited into membership. • Competitively funded federal research support • Membership in the National Academies (NAS, NAE, IOM) • Faculty awards, fellowships, and memberships • Citations: Thomson Reuters In. Cites. TM

All federal R&D expenditures - 2014 (in thousands) U. Oregon Indiana U. , Bloomington U. Missouri, Columbia SUNY, Stony Brook U. Iowa State U. U. Delaware U. California, Santa Barbara U. Kansas U. California, Irvine SUNY, U. Buffalo U. Virginia, Charlottesville U. Iowa Purdue U. , West Lafayette Michigan State U. U. Florida U. Arizona Texas A&M U. , College Station and Health Science Center U. California, Berkeley U. Colorado Boulder U. California, Davis U. Texas, Austin U. Maryland, College Park U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick Ohio State U. U. California, Los Angeles U. Minnesota, Twin Cities Georgia Institute of Technology Pennsylvania State U. , University Park and Hershey Medical Center U. Wisconsin-Madison U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh U. California, San Diego U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill U. Michigan, Ann Arbor U. Washington, Seattle 0 100, 000 200, 000 300, 000 400, 000 500, 000 600, 000 700, 000 800, 000 900, 0001, 000

Expenditures per FTE Faculty (all T/TT) Indiana U. , Bloomington Iowa State U. U. Oregon U. Missouri, Columbia U. Delaware Purdue U. , West Lafayette U. Florida SUNY, Stony Brook U. U. Kansas Michigan State U. U. California, Santa Barbara Texas A&M U. , College Station and Health Science Center U. Texas, Austin U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign U. California, Irvine U. Virginia, Charlottesville SUNY, U. Buffalo U. Iowa U. Maryland, College Park Ohio State U. Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick U. Arizona U. California, Berkeley U. Minnesota, Twin Cities U. California, Davis Pennsylvania State U. , University Park and Hershey Medical Center U. Colorado Boulder U. Wisconsin-Madison U. California, Los Angeles U. Michigan, Ann Arbor U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill Georgia Institute of Technology U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh U. California, San Diego U. Washington, Seattle 0. 00 100. 00 200. 00 300. 00 400. 00 500. 00 600. 00 700. 00 800. 00

AAU Phase 2 Indicators The second stage involves a more qualitative set of judgments about an institution’s mission, characteristics, and trajectory. • USDA, state, and industrial research funding: • Doctoral education: • Number of postdoctoral appointees: • Undergraduate education:

DOCTORAL Degrees Granted 2015 University of Delaware University of Oregon University of California-Santa Barbara Iowa State University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus University of California-Irvine Stony Brook University of Colorado Boulder University of California-San Diego University of Maryland-College Park Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University of Missouri-Columbia Indiana University-Bloomington University of Virginia-Main Campus University of Arizona University of Iowa University of Kansas Purdue University-Main Campus University of California-Davis University at Buffalo University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of California-Berkeley Michigan State University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rutgers University-New Brunswick The University of Texas at Austin University of California-Los Angeles University of Washington-Seattle Campus Texas A & M University-College Station University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ohio State University-Main Campus University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Florida 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200

MASTERS University of California-Santa Barbara University of Delaware University of Oregon Iowa State University of California-Davis University of California-San Diego University of Colorado Boulder University of Iowa Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University of California-Irvine University of Kansas University of Missouri-Columbia University of Arizona University of Virginia-Main Campus Purdue University-Main Campus Stony Brook University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Michigan State University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus University of California-Berkeley Indiana University-Bloomington University at Buffalo University of Maryland-College Park Ohio State University-Main Campus Texas A & M University-College Station Rutgers University-New Brunswick University of California-Los Angeles The University of Texas at Austin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Washington-Seattle Campus University of Florida University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000

USNews University Ranking Indicators • • Graduation and retention rates (22. 5 percent): – six-year graduation rate (80 % of the score) – first-year retention rate (20 %). Undergraduate academic reputation (22. 5 percent): – academic peer assessment survey – surveyed of counselors at public high schools Faculty resources (20 percent): – class size is (40 % of this measure) – faculty salary (35 %) is the average faculty pay, plus benefits – proportion of professors with the highest degree in their fields (15 %) – student-faculty ratio (5 %) – proportion of faculty who are full time (5 %). Student selectivity (12. 5 percent): – critical reading and math portions of the SAT and the composite ACT score (65 %) – proportion of first-year students who graduated in the top 10% of their high school classes (15 %) – ratio of students admitted to applicants (10 %) Financial resources (10 percent): – average spending per student on instruction, research, student services and related educational expenditures Graduation rate performance (7. 5 percent): – difference between a school's six-year graduation rate versus predicted for the class. Alumni giving rate (5 percent): – average percentage of living alumni with bachelor's degrees who gave to their school