Peer universities are groups of institutions selected for benchmarking and comparative analysis. These lists provide an objective reference point to support the implementation of the university’s strategic imperatives and inform institutional decision-making.
Peer institutions are used to analyze a wide range of performance indicators, including tuition and fees, retention and graduation rates, degree production, research expenditures, student financial aid, and institutional revenues. Leveraging peer comparisons enables consistent, data-informed evaluation of overall institutional performance.
As an AAU institution with a strong land-grant mission and a comprehensive research and academic activities, the University of Arizona’s peer selections emphasize public AAU universities, land-grant and R1 institutions of comparable size and scope.