Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity were Registered Nursing (15,398 degrees awarded), General Psychology (14,736 degrees), and General Business Administration & Management (13,569 degrees).
In 2017, 428,582 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity. 55.6% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 44.4% awarded men. The majority of degree recipients were white (259,472 degrees), 5.8 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (44766 degrees).
The median undergraduate tuition at Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity is $9,336, which is $1,364 less than than the national median of $10,700. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $22,881, which is 245% of the cost for in-state students, and is $8,809 more than than the national median $14,072.