Editing Conference USA (section)

==Academics==
A majority of the Conference's members are ranked as Tier One National Universities in ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s 2025 Best Colleges rankings.

Of the incoming members:
* Delaware is in the Carnegie Foundation's "very high research activity" classification, and tied for #76 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* Jacksonville State is in the Carnegie Foundation's "Master's Colleges and Universities (Larger Programs)" classification, and is not ranked by US News as a national university, instead being classified as a Southern "Regional University".
* Kennesaw State is in the Carnegie Foundation's "high research activity" classification, and ranked between 331 and 440 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* Liberty is in the Carnegie Foundation's "Doctoral/Professional" classification, and also ranked between 331 and 440 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* New Mexico State is in the Carnegie Foundation's "high research activity" classification, and tied for #263 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* Sam Houston is in the Carnegie Foundation's "high research activity" classification, and also in a tie for #263 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
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|-
! University
! Affiliation
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie]]<ref name="carnegie">{{cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/lookup.php|title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |publisher=[[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] |year=2020 |access-date=May 11, 2020 }}</ref>
! [[Financial endowment|Endowment]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf |title=National Association of College and University Business Officers |publisher=National Association of College and University Business |year=2013 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521022511/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2014 }}</ref>
! [[U.S. News and World Report#Best Colleges|''US News'']]<ref name="US News Rankings">{{cite web|url=https://usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities|title=Best College Rankings and Lists |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |year=2021 |access-date=October 9, 2020 }}</ref>
! [[Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges|''Forbes'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/ |title=Forbes America's Top Colleges 2021 |work=[[Forbes]] |year=2021 |access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! {{sort|Florida International|[[Florida International University]]}}
| Public ([[State University System of Florida|SUSF]])
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|149384000}}$230,954,000
| {{ntsh|162}}162
| {{nts|145}}
|-
! {{sort|Louisiana Tech|[[Louisiana Tech University]]}}
| Public ([[University of Louisiana System|UL System]])
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|0}}N/A{{refn|group=d|name=endowment|Louisiana Tech and UTEP did not participate in the 2013 NACUBO Endowment Study.}}
| {{ntsh|277}}277
| {{nts|494}}
|-
! {{sort|Middle Tennessee|[[Middle Tennessee State University]]}}
| Public ([[Tennessee Board of Regents|TBR]])
| {{ntsh|3}}Doctoral/Professional
| {{ntsh|75710000}}$75,710,000
| {{ntsh|288}}288
| {{nts|362}}
|-
! {{sort|Texas El Paso|[[University of Texas at El Paso]]}}
| Public ([[University of Texas System|UT System]])
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|0}}N/A{{refn|group=d|name=endowment}}
| {{ntsh|298}}RNP{{Refn|group=d|name=USNWR|In the 2022 ''US News'' national university rankings, UTEP and Western Kentucky are listed as Rank Not Published (RNP), otherwise known as Tier Two.}}
| {{nts|547}}
|-
! {{sort|Western Kentucky|[[Western Kentucky University]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|3}}Doctoral/Professional
| {{ntsh|118396000}}$118,396,000
| {{ntsh|298}}RNP{{Refn|group=d|name=USNWR}}
| {{nts|521}}
|}

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