Peer Institutions

To identify attributes that distinguish great public universities, we considered the most prominent ranking systems and their results as published by US News & World Report and the National Research Council. In addition, several other institutions with similar colleges and programs were also identified to ensure accurate comparisons.


Texas A&M Vision 2020 Peer Institutions

University Campus Location Vision 2020 Abbreviation Institutional Research Website
University of Texas Austin, TX Texas Institutional Research
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA UC Berkeley Planning & Analysis
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Planning & Budgets
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC North Carolina Institutional Research & Assessment
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA UCLA Academic Planning & Budget
University of California San Diego San Diego, CA UC San Diego Student Research & Information
University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Wisconsin Academic Planning & Analysis
University of Florida Gainesville, FL Florida Institutional Research
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Georgia Tech Institutional Research & Planning
University of Illinois Urbana, IL Illinois Planning & Budgeting
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, MN Minnesota Institutional Research & Reporting
Ohio State University Columbus, OH Ohio St. University Registrar
Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA Penn St. University Budget Office
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Purdue Institutional Research
University of California Davis Davis, CA UC Davis Student Affairs Research &