East Stroudsburg University Issued Official Carnegie Seal as Research University

Carnegie Classification seal

Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on March 24, 2026, No Comments

East Stroudsburg University has been issued an official seal for the 2025 Research Activity Designations by American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Carnegie Foundation). The list shows an updated methodology intended to better account for and reflect the multifaceted, wide-ranging research landscape of higher education institutions in America. ESU was designated a Research College or University.

Research Colleges and Universities (RCU) is a new designation that identifies research happening at colleges and universities that historically have not been recognized for their research activity, including institutions that do not offer many or any doctoral degrees. This new designation includes any non-R1 or R2 institution that spends more than $2.5 million on research annually, accounting for 216 institutions.

In the revised 2025 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, ESU is among 3% of U.S. college and universities classified as a Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate – Master’s Large/Medium institution. Additionally, in the Student Access and Earnings grouping, ESU is associated with those institutions that are Higher Access and Medium Earnings. Both categories attest to the significance that ESU places in furthering the social and economic mobility of its learners through career-focused programs and affordability. In FY24 and FY25, 42% and 47% of all undergraduates received a Pell Grant.

To learn more about research at ESU, visit the website for ESU’s office of sponsored projects and research.