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* The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ®   * NSF National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Ranking of Graduate School size and   Note that imany of  the universities with NoQuest or Proquest-optional policies areall  heavy-hitters in terms of research output and scholarly impact. These institutions recognize that the widest dissemination of graduate student scholarship is enabled via open access repositories, not a paywalled commercial dissertation reseller.  Their institutional status is noted below in terms of Carnegie Classification; top ranking in graduate program size (according to NSF's Science and Engineering Doctorates Report and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. ### This list continues to grow.