Located in Ithaca, NY, one of America’s top college towns (also home to Cornell University), Ithaca College overlooks Cayuga Lake and is home to 6,400 undergraduates. It offers over 100 undergraduate degree programs and has a highly notable school of communications and broadcasting as well as a strong music school with an interesting sound recording major where students are required to work (for pay) at Ithaca’s own recording services studio. Student’s also run the college’s TV station, 2 radio stations, 2 magazines, and a weekly newspaper, all of which have won top national honors.
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| Ithaca College |
Cal Lutheran University, a private university with an undergraduate enrollment of 2,804, is located in Thousand Oaks. As a Lutheran university, students are required to take two religion courses as part of the core curriculum but students represent many faiths. CLU offers undergrads 36 majors, 34 minors, and 7 pre-professional programs including a BS in Exercise Science, an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for the fields of allied health, human movement, and physical education. CLU competes in NCAA Div. III.
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| Cal Lutheran University |
Everything about the University of Minnesota is big. The undergraduate enrollment is 34,469. The campus spans 1,204 acres crossing the “Mighty Mississippi”. Students can choose from over 140 majors in 7 schools with notably strong programs in engineering and management information systems. There are 600 student organizations and the “Golden Gophers” compete in the Big Ten, of course. U of M has a “Four Year Graduation Plan” which guarantees that students will be able to get all of their classes needed for graduation in 4 years or the university will pay for the extra credits. One small thing, the out-of-state total cost of attendance is a relatively small $31,794 (including books and personal expenses).
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| University of Minnesota |
Named for the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Brandeis University is a highly selective university (US News-“most selective”) located just outside Boston with an undergraduate enrollment of 3,341 students. Known equally for excellence in the sciences and global studies, Brandeis is also known for its outstanding Near Eastern and Judaic studies as it houses the largest faculty in the field outside Israel. Although over half its students are Jewish, Brandeis is committed to diversity and social justice as demonstrated by its many chapels and designated prayer spaces for its Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim students.
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Located in the small city of Fort Collins at the foothills of the Rockies, Colorado State University is a public university with an undergraduate enrollment of 21,000. CSU offers 60 undergraduate majors and strong programs include prevet and the STEM fields. The CSU Rams compete in Div. I-A.
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| Colorado State University |
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst is located in Amherst, MA and is just 90 miles from Boston. Along with Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, and Mt. Holyoke, UMass is part of the Five College Consortium, which allows students to take classes at all member colleges. UMass offers its 20,000 undergrads 88 majors. Management and engineering are strong programs and the Center for Student Business offers students the ability to manage nine campus businesses. The Minutemen compete in NCAA Div. I.
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| University of Massachusetts |
Twenty percent of University of Alabama’s 23,000 undergrads are enrolled in UA’s honors programs which offers students smaller classes, priority registration, and the opportunity to write a senior thesis. Fiske calls UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences “one of the country’s top communications schools”. The total cost of attendance for out-of-state students is $37,100 and approximately 22% of undergrads receive merit scholarships averaging almost $10,000. The Greek system and sports (especially football) are big here. University of Alabama competes in NCAA Div. I.
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| University of Alabama |
Located in the small town of Pullman, Washington, Washington State University has an undergraduate enrollment of 23,135. Students can choose from 100 majors in 12 colleges including communications in the Edward R. Murrow (alum) College of Communications where students help run the university’s television and radio station. Greek life is big with over 40% of students belonging to a fraternity or sorority. WSU competes in NCAA Div. I.
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| Washington State University |
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