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Largest U.S. universities by enrollment

Bill Sullivan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:18:00 +0000

Is your alma mater one of America’s great universities…or just one of the biggest?

Here’s a list of the largest universities in the U.S. by enrollment, based on Fall 2008 student populations:

Ohio State University: 53,715
Arizona State University: 52,734
University of Florida:51,413
University of Minnesota: 51,140
University of Central Florida: 50,629
University of Texas at Austin: 50,006
Texas A&M University: 48,039
Michigan State University: 46,648
University of South Florida: 46,174
University of Illinois: 42,326

Sources: American School and University and individual schools

Top public colleges

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:29:17 +0000

If you can’t afford a private college (or simply have no interest in attending one), the public sector offers plenty of good choices. If you are a state resident, the price can be attractive, too.

U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual ranking of America’s Best Colleges. Here’s their list of the Top 10 Public Schools:

1. University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.)
2. University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.)
3. University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
4. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
5. University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
6. College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Va.)
7. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.)
8. University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisc.)
9. University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, Calif.)
10. University of Illinois (Champaign, Ill.)

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Top college entrepreneurship programs

PR Newswire — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:13:49 +0000

From Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review released their sixth annual ranking of the top graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation. Out of more than 2,300 schools solicited for survey data, a select 50 rose to the top. Experiential learning, courses in social and environmental entrepreneurship, and more involvement with nearby communities of business leaders are some of the emerging trends among schools. All schools surveyed were evaluated based on key criteria in the areas of academics and requirements, students and faculty, and outside-the-classroom experiences.

Top 25 Undergraduate Programs

1. University of Houston
2. Babson College
3. Drexel University
4. University of Dayton
5. University of Arizona
6. Temple University
7. DePaul University
8. University of Oklahoma
9. University of Southern California
10. Chapman University
11. Ball State University
12. Baylor University
13. University of North Dakota
14. Northeastern University
15. Syracuse University
16. Miami University
17. Loyola Marymount University
18. Washington State University
19. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
20. University of Alabama
21. University of Cincinnati
22. University of Iowa
23. Belmont University
24. Xavier University
25. Suffolk University

Top 25 Graduate Programs

1. Babson College
2. DePaul University
3. University of Southern California
4. The University of Arizona
5. University of South Florida
6. University of Illinois, Chicago
7. University of California, Los Angeles
8. Drexel University
9. Chapman University
10. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11. Temple University
12. Loyola Marymount University
13. University of Wisconsin
14. Northwestern University
15. Monterey Institute of International Studies
16. Rice University
17. Tulane University
18. Syracuse University
19. University of Chicago
20. University of Virginia
21. University of Louisville
22. Simmons College
23. University of Oregon
24. Rollins College
25. City University of New York-Baruch College

To learn more about each of the 50 schools that made the ranking, visit Entrepreneur on the web.

Source: Entrepreneur Media Inc.

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