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If you are looking for a sizable experience, these 10 big schools have the largest undergraduate student bodies in the United States.
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1 University of Central Florida
Enrollment: 45,398
Location: Orlando, Florida
About: The University of Central Florida is one of the most dynamic universities in the country. Offering 211 degree programs, it has become an academic and research leader in numerous fields, such as optics, modeling and simulation, engineering and computer science, business administration, education, science, hospitality management and digital media.
Visit www.ucf.edu for more information.
2 Ohio State University
Enrollment: 41,348
Location: Columbus, Ohio
About: The Ohio State University’s main Columbus campus is one of America’s largest and most comprehensive. More than 55,000 students select from 14 colleges, 175 undergraduate majors, and 240 master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs. As Ohio’s best and one of the nation’s top-20 public universities, Ohio State is further recognized by a top-rated academic medical center and a premier cancer hospital and research center.
Visit www.osu.edu for more information.
3 Arizona State University
Enrollment: 41,256
Location: Tempe, Arizona
About: ASU offers programs in the liberal arts and sciences, engineering, journalism, business, law, nursing, and public policy. The university is broadly organized into 14 divisions and is spread across four campuses: the original Tempe campus, the West campus in northwest Phoenix, the Polytechnic campus in eastern Mesa, and the Downtown Phoenix campus. All four campuses are accredited as a single institution by the Higher Learning Commission.
Visit www.asu.edu for more information.
4 Rutgers University
Enrollment: 38,902
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
About: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and thestate’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities.
Visit www.rutgers.edu for more information.
5 Texas A&M University
Enrollment: 38,810
Location: College Station, Texas
About: The Wall Street Journal named Texas A&M University second in the nation among all universities, public and private, in a survey of top U.S. corporations, nonprofits and government agencies, based on graduates recruiters prefer to hire.
Visit www.tamu.edu for more information.
6 Pennsylvania State University
Enrollment: 38,630
Location: University Park, Pennsylvania
About: Penn State was recently recognized by the Wall Street Journal for its ability to prepare graduates for the job market. The university was ranked first among 100 colleges — including several Ivy League schools — in a September 2010 survey of 479 recruiters from companies across the United States.The recruiters cited Penn State’s wide range of academic majors and its ability to give students the well-rounded education needed to thrive in a variety of industries. Recruiters are also able to make connections within multiple academic areas at Penn State, including business, communications, engineering, and information sciences and technology.
Visit www.psu.edu for more information.
7 University of Texas at Austin
Enrollment: 38,168
Location: Austin, Texas
About: Ours is a diverse learning community, with students from every state and more than 100 countries. Every year we graduate 12,000 students who are the next generation of leaders, thinkers, innovators and scholars. There are nearly 450,000 Longhorn graduates living around the world, keeping alive the UT spirit of optimism and Texas pride. We are a world-class research university. Last year our faculty and their research teams attracted more federal research grants than any American university without a medical school, except MIT. We were one of the top five universities in the number of U.S. patents awarded to our researchers in 2009.
Visit www.utexas.edu for more information.
8 University of South Florida
Enrollment: 36,595
Location: Tampa, Florida
About: USF offers 232 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialist and doctoral levels, including 89 bachelor, 97 master, two ed specialist, 36 research doctoral, and four professional doctoral programs. USF is one of only three Florida public universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the top tier of research activities, a distinction attained by only 2.2 percent of all universities.
Visit www.usf.edu for more information.
9 Michigan State University
Enrollment: 36,489
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
About: The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation. Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we’re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.
Visit www.msu.edu for more information.
10 University of Florida
Enrollment: 33,628
Location: Gainesville, Florida
About: In 1853, the state-funded East Florida Seminary took over the Kingsbury Academy in Ocala. The seminary moved to Gainesville in the 1860s and later was consolidated with the state’s land-grant Florida Agricultural College, then in Lake City. In 1905, by legislative action, the college became a university and was moved to Gainesville. Classes first met with 102 students on the present site on Sept. 26, 1906. UF officially opened its doors to women in 1947. With more than 50,000 students, UF is now one of the largest universities in the nation.
Visit www.ufl.edu for more information.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_United_States_universities_by_undergraduate_enrollment