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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a classification. This is where you find it:

[url]https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/[/url][/quote]

I think we just need to keep interjecting the correct answer periodically until people get that it has [b]nothing to do with geography or the word regional[/b].[/quote]

Except it does. From USNWR ranking definitions:

"The 604 total Regional Universities (239 public, 350 private and 15 for-profit) are [b]ranked within four geographic areas: North, South, Midwest and West[/b]."

Regional universities are ranked within four geographic regions.[/quote]

They are classified as regional per Carnegie and then USNWR ranks them within regions. The latter provides bragging rights for programs, schools, and colleges/universities, and probably helps sell to parents and students. But the designation of regional comes from Carnegie. [b]Wikipedia will tell you all this.[/b]

- Professor with a PhD from what used to be called a Research 1 university

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education

I don't see anything about regional in this wiki article. It doesn't even define what a national university is.[/quote]

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