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MSU one fo the country Top 10 Largest Universities
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| Largest 15 Public University Campuses as of Fall 2008 | | Ranking | University | Location | Enrollment | | 1 | Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio | 53,715[1] | | 2 | Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | 52,734[1] | | 3 | University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida | 51,413[1] | | 4 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota | 51,141[2] | | 5 | University of Central Florida a[›] | Orlando, Florida | 50,254[3] | | 6 | University of Texas at Austin a[›] | Austin, Texas | 50,006[4] | | 7 | Texas A&M University a[›] | College Station, Texas | 48,029[5] | | 8 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan | 46,648[6] | | 9 | University of South Florida a[›] | Tampa, Florida | 46,174[7] | | 10 | Pennsylvania State University | University Park, Pennsylvania | 44,406[8] | | 11 | University of Washington a[›] | Seattle, Washington | 42,113[9] | | 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, Wisconsin | 42,041[10] | | 13 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana/Champaign, Illinois | 42,025[11] | | 14 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 41,028[12]  | | 15 | Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana |
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How can the basketball and football media afford to continue bashing the Big Ten, which has EIGHT of the largest campuses in the country???
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07-02-2009, 12:26 PM
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I guess size does matter.
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07-02-2009, 12:29 PM
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That is a bunch of educated kids in Florida...
Do they have less options, so they have bigger numbers? Or have the slackers across the US finally figured out how to do it right and go to "school" on a beach...
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07-02-2009, 12:31 PM
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That is a bunch of educated kids in Florida...
Do they have less options, so they have bigger numbers? Or have the slackers across the US finally figured out how to do it right and go to "school" on a beach...
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Florida is a big state and they don't have a ton of small liberal arts schools in Florida like there are in the Midwest. If you go to school in Florida, you go to a state school.
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07-02-2009, 12:42 PM
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South and Central Florida? No sheet?  I never would have guessed that.
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07-02-2009, 12:44 PM
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Given the numbers I wonder if South and Central Florida will grow to become large athletic contenders in the future.
Tons of students = tons of alums = a lot of places to get support, money and fans. Hrm?
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They have to shed the commuter school label. A lot of USF and UCF students are UF/FSU/Miami fans, but that's slowly changing.
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07-02-2009, 12:45 PM
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They have to shed the commuter school label. A lot of USF and UCF students are UF/FSU/Miami fans, but that's slowly changing.
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07-02-2009, 12:47 PM
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How can the basketball and football media afford to continue bashing the Big Ten, which has EIGHT of the largest campuses in the country???
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I'm not sure how the two are connected. Large student bodies doesn't mean anything in terms of quality of athletics or academics. See ASU and USF.
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07-02-2009, 12:55 PM
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Minnesota? Huh???
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07-02-2009, 01:02 PM
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How can the basketball and football media afford to continue bashing the Big Ten, which has EIGHT of the largest campuses in the country???
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This list seems somehow wrong, considering there are three colleges (Including MSU) Bigger than UofM in the state of Michigan, however, it might be just counting universities, or UofM's enrollment might be up since last year when I heard that stat.
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07-02-2009, 01:12 PM
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This list seems somehow wrong, considering there are three colleges (Including MSU) Bigger than UofM in the state of Michigan, however, it might be just counting universities, or UofM's enrollment might be up since last year when I heard that stat. |
I'm almost positive (without looking) that the list also includes grad students.
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07-02-2009, 01:13 PM
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I'm almost positive (without looking) that the list also includes grad students.
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Yes it does.
Whenever you see a list of "Universities," it includes graduate programs. If it's a list of "colleges," it should only include undergraduate.
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07-02-2009, 01:18 PM
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This list seems somehow wrong, considering there are three colleges (Including MSU) Bigger than UofM in the state of Michigan, however, it might be just counting universities, or UofM's enrollment might be up since last year when I heard that stat. |
no?
these include both graduate and undergraduate students
per wikipedia:
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Students: 29,414 (Fall 2008)
Central Michigan
Grand Valley
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A few of those schools are commuter schools, it should go by the amount of full time students. Minny, UCF, USF are full of non-traditional and part time students not exactly the same as the others on the list.
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bigger isn't always better for schools
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07-02-2009, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by See Their Team Is WEAAAK!
Florida is a big state and they don't have a ton of small liberal arts schools in Florida like there are in the Midwest. If you go to school in Florida, you go to a state school.
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Public colleges in Florida are also the cheapest in the country.
Miami-Dade College is the largest college in the country with 164,000 students.
Florida International is also just missing this list with about 39,000.
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I'm almost certain that Iowa should be #1, it's just that all of their damn students were out of town, traveling to all the road games around the country, when they took the polls!
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07-02-2009, 05:42 PM
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That is a bunch of educated kids in Florida...
Do they have less options, so they have bigger numbers? Or have the slackers across the US finally figured out how to do it right and go to "school" on a beach...
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wow! must have missed something, but I never realized the U of Central Florida was ...................well, even existed! Where the hell did that come from?
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07-02-2009, 05:43 PM
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I am thinking Penn State is counting their non Happy Valley campuses.
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This is news why?
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07-02-2009, 05:46 PM
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Is this total enrollment or main campus?
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Public colleges in Florida are also the cheapest in the country.
Miami-Dade College is the largest college in the country with 164,000 students.
Florida International is also just missing this list with about 39,000.
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They also have some insane tuition programs there. A buddy on mine bought a voucher a few years ago for his 6 year old son that guarantees him 4 years of college at any of the State schools he gets admitted to. He paid something like $8K for it. He is a FL law school grad and figures his son will be smart enough to get into FL so for $8K he gets 4 years there. If he's can't get in there he will go to one of the other FL State schools. Or if he turns out to be a big brain he'll go somewhere else and my friend will just eat the $8K.
But when you think about the fact that he laid out $8K now for 4 years of college - that is amazing. I put way more than that into my duaghters college fund each year and she's not even 6...
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What about the "U" or Stetson?
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Both are very small. I'd be surprised if the combined enrollment equals that of UNF.
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