The university's Carnegie Classification is "Baccalaureate Colleges - General."

A master's university by Carnegie Classification, the university has a co-educational student population of more than 4,000.

The university is classified as a Master's college and university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

The 1994 edition of the Carnegie Classification defined Research I universities as those that:

Fairfield was among just 119 colleges in the nation named to the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement in 2008.

Purdue University is considered by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to have "very high research activity".

According to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the university is a research university with very high research activity.

UD is considered as a very high research activity university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

The university is designated a "Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)" institution in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

It is classified as having very high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.