Louisiana is a "Tier One" School

[OrlandeauxCajun]

So proud to call myself an alumni! Geaux UL!

[ManAboutTown]

No joke! Add this to the great FB season we just had, topping it off with a great showing (for now, lol) for the CCG, and all the positive attention we were getting for all of that, this is really is the a case of the 'sleeping giant' waking up and roaring!

Hell yes. And that’s putting it mildly. More to come from both academics and athletics. Just wait until our new stadium is up and the boys of summer return to Omaha…

Great to be a Ragin Cajun

[LaCajunsFan]

So the new SUNBELT will have (4): Ga State, USM, ODU and LOUISIANA!!!!

And UTA.

[Scott Malkinson]

And UTA.

Uta will be leaving Monday

[CajunRebel]

BTW, I think the reason most of us were rooting so hard for this was because we believed that R1 would allow us to move to a better conference. We wanted this so we could get into C-USA, then we wanted it so we could get into the AAC. So I guess what I’m saying is…

*fistpump* just in time!!!!

[tdncz]

Wow. I’ve been on this site since 2003 and I feel like every single year there were people saying we were “this close” to achieving R1 status. So much so that I had had long ago stopped believing them and just accepted that it would never actually happen.

What a pleasant surprise. Congrats to T-Joe and everyone else who worked their tails off to make this happen.

My feelings 100%

[Policarp]

Beaming with R1 flagshippy pride today......way to geaux T-Joe!!

[LaCajunsFan]

Well, I went to update our status on the UL and SBC pages in Wikipedia, but someone has beat to it. The word is getting out!

[Tripple Threat]

Can someone explain what this means? Thanks!

[Scott Malkinson]

Can someone explain what this means? Thanks!

There are 3 classification in Carnegie rankings R1, R2 & R3. R1 is the highest with only 140 universities In the US with such ranking. It's based off how much research money you receive and how many phd you award in a year

[OrlandeauxCajun]

There are 3 classification in Carnegie rankings R1, R2 & R3. R1 is the highest with only 140 universities In the US with such ranking. It's based off how much research money you receive and how many phd you award in a year

And UL Mon-low is in Tier 3. Oh man that cracks me up.

[NewsCopy]

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has achieved the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning’s elite R1 designation.

That places 'Louisiana' among the nation’s top tier of public and private research institutions, those with “very high research activity,” according to Carnegie.

About 3%, or 137, of the nation’s colleges and universities have R1 status, which is synonymous with academic excellence, research, innovation and global impact.

A statement from the University follows. “The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is excited to have achieved R1 status and to take our place among the top tier of the nation’s research universities.

“The designation by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning is recognition of the strength of our research program. It is a tribute to the faculty, staff, and student researchers whose work has pushed the bounds of scholarship and innovation and drawn significant national and international attention to the University and to the region it is proud to serve."

Carnegie bases a university’s status on several factors, including its annual research expenditures, the size of its research staff with terminal degrees, and the number of doctoral degrees it awards each year.

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