Talk:List of largest United States universities by enrollment

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Contents 1 UCF Enrollment 2 Why individual campuses? 3 Statistics come from? 4 Canadian Universities? 5 2005 and 2006 6 Wisconsin enrollment figures

[edit] UCF Enrollment

The enrollment numbers for the University of Central Florida were incorrect on its main wikipedia page and thus were inaccurately portrayed here; the actual enrollment in the university as of 2005 is 45,090, as stated on the official Facts About UCF webpage. In light of this, I have fixed the university rankings on this page (UCF is seventh).

Did you change everything relating to it on the USF page as well? Thank you for the numbers; I was just thinking people were trying to make UCF "look better" without much evidence. Mike H. That's hot 05:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Yep, I just fixed it a minute ago on the USF as well. Sorry about the mix up--initially, I actually thought it was people trying to make USF "look better", but then I saw the error on the UCF page! All should be fixed now, though.

[edit] Why individual campuses?

I'm curious about this condition:

This list of largest U.S. universities by enrollment includes only individual campuses of four-year universities.

Why are only individual campuses used? When I went to school (not at Penn State) it was common knowledge that Penn State was by far the largest university in the country, with over 80,000 students across several campuses. The defining characteristic was the administrative structure of the universities, not their geographic breakdown. Penn State has all of its campuses run under a single president and administrative structure, which is why they're considered a single university (as opposed to the UT or UC system, under which each campus is a distinct entity headed by its own administration and president).

I think perhaps there should be two pages, one for the largest universities and one for the largest college campuses. What does everybody else think of this proposal? --Wclark 22:18, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

It should be individual campuses. It would be inaccurate of the true scope of each specific campus. Nobody cares how many affiliated campuses a university has. Take for instance the Texas A&M System of which I am affilated with. There are a number of campuses across the state (much like the UT System here as well). In fact, we have campuses across the world: one in Qatar, one at one time in Japan, and closer to home, in Galveston, TX, (the maritime portion of the land-sea-space grant the University has) all an intergral part of the campus. TAMU-Galveston has the distinction of being very closely associated with TAMU-College Station (the main campus) that the students there are considered part of the College Station campus. However, there are a half dozen different A&M campuses across Texas but are not part of TAMU-College Station, one of the flagship universities of Texas), despite being apart of the Texas A&M System.

If you want to include numbers by campus that's fine, but it's inheriently unfair to the differently structure universities out there to just lump the numbers all into one. Try labeling the number "main campus" or something. --Jbook 08:43, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Statistics come from?

What are the sources for the enrollments? I have seen conflicting numbers for several of the universities on the list. Would it be possible to provide references for each of the figures? (Cardsplayer4life 21:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Canadian Universities?

What about Canadian Univerities... they aren't much different from the US ones. I suggest making this a "North American" list so as to remove the focus on the US and make it more "worldy".

Or would a seperate Canadian list be in order?

I'd just go ahead and create List of largest Canadian universities by enrollment. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 06:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2005 and 2006

Please remember not to change the Fall 2005 numbers with Fall 2006 numbers. I had to revert someone who updated USF's numbers for 2006 in the Fall 2005 list. Speaking of, someone should create the Fall 2006 list. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 06:59, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

That should wait until early October, when universities on quarters have a new census. Rkevins82 03:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Michigan State still needs its 2006 enrollment updated. I haven't seen any new figures. Rkevins82 22:10, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wisconsin enrollment figures

The listed figures do not match those from the Wisconsin registrar's office. Any thoughts? Rkevins82 04:57, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd go ahead and update it with the correct information. Include that as your reference. Cogswobble 00:09, 20 January 2007 (UTC)