Vision 2020

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
University of Texas	Austin, TX	Texas
University of California Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Michigan
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina
University of California Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA
University of California San Diego	San Diego, CA	UC San Diego
University of Wisconsin	Madison, WI	Wisconsin
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Florida
Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	Illinois
University of Minnesota	Twin Cities, MN	Minnesota
Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	Ohio St.
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA	Penn St.
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	Purdue
University of California Davis	Davis, CA	UC Davis