American Journal of Public Health Institutional Tiers
Tier 2
- Undergraduate college with no advanced degree program beyond the baccalaureate level
- Small nonprofit company, 25 or fewer FTEs
- Small for-profit company, 25 or fewer FTEs
Tier 3
- University offering graduate level study awarding master’s degrees and fewer than 25 doctoral degrees annually
- Research Public Library, 26 to 100 FTEs
- Independent Research Library, 26 to 100 FTEs
- Government Laboratory, 26 to 100 FTEs
- Mid-size nonprofit organization, 26 to 100 FTEs
- Mid-size for-profit organization, 26 to 100 FTEs
- Local or regional governmental agency or ministry
- Professional society or trade association/union
- Community hospital library, not affiliated with a medical school, one site
- Health Policy/Advocacy office
Tier 4
- Research university, awarding more than 25 doctoral degrees annually, including medical school, law school, business and health profession schools, and science and technology schools
- Large nonprofit organization, over 100 FTEs
- Large for-profit organization, including pharmaceutical companies, over 100 FTEs
- National government agency
- Major research or teaching hospital affiliated with a medical school, or offering residency programs
- Health care network