Flagship university

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Flagship university refers to the leading comprehensive public research university or universities in a given U.S. state. Flagship universities are usually the largest public institutions of higher learning in the state and are generally well-known nationally. They are also typically research intensive, Ph.D. granting institutions and usually compete in NCAA Division I athletics. It is also not uncommon for a flagship university to be the oldest public university in a state university system, with most founded as land-grant universities under the Morrill Act. Some states may have two equally strong public universities in a given system. As such, it is possible for a state to have more than one public university referred to as a "flagship."

The term is usually not applied to a private universities, even when the private school is better known than a peer state-funded university. For example, the flagship university of Massachusetts is University of Massachusetts Amherst, not MIT or Harvard University. More often than not, a flagship will bear the name of the state in which it is located. For instance, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech are considered the flagships of Virginia, but the College of William and Mary is not. Lastly, the size of a university is a factor in determining flagship status. For example, student enrollment at The Ohio State University is more than twice that of Ohio University and is thus considered the flagship of Ohio, notwithstanding the fact that both institutions bear the name of that state.

Given the generality with which the term is defined, there can be no comprehensive, definitive list of schools constituting "flagship universities". The following therefore is most accurately described as a state-by-state compendium of schools that meet the general requirements of the term, or which have been actually identified in academic settings as "flagships".

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Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

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[edit] Alabama

• University of Alabama

[edit] Alaska

• University of Alaska Fairbanks

[edit] Arkansas

• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

[edit] Arizona

• Arizona State University
• University of Arizona

[edit] California

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles

[edit] Colorado

• University of Colorado, Boulder

[edit] Connecticut

• University of Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

• University of Delaware

[edit] Florida

• University of Florida
• Florida State University

[edit] Georgia

• University of Georgia
• Georgia Institute of Technology

[edit] Hawaii

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

[edit] Idaho

• University of Idaho

[edit] Illinois

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

[edit] Indiana

• Indiana University
• Purdue University

[edit] Iowa

• University of Iowa

[edit] Kansas

• University of Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

• University of Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

• Louisiana State University

[edit] Maryland

• University of Maryland at College Park

[edit] Maine

• University of Maine

[edit] Massachusetts

• University of Massachusetts - Amherst

[edit] Michigan

• University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
• Michigan State University
• Wayne State University
• Western Michigan University [1]

[edit] Minnesota

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

[edit] Mississippi

• University of Mississippi
• Mississippi State University

[edit] Montana

• University of Montana
• Montana State University

[edit] Missouri

• University of Missouri

[edit] Nebraska

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln

[edit] Nevada

• University of Nevada, Reno
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas

[edit] New Hampshire

• University of New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

[edit] New Mexico

• University of New Mexico

[edit] New York

The SUNY system has no official "flagship" campus or a campus referred to as simply the "State University of New York". However, it has four main "university centers".[2],

• State University of New York at Albany
• State University of New York at Binghamton
• State University of New York at Buffalo
• State University of New York at Stony Brook

[edit] North Dakota

• University of North Dakota
• North Dakota State University

[edit] North Carolina

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[edit] Ohio

• The Ohio State University

[edit] Oklahoma

• University of Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

• University of Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania State University-University Park
• University of Pittsburgh

[edit] Rhode Island

• University of Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

• University of South Carolina
• Clemson University

[edit] South Dakota

• South Dakota State University
• University of South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

• University of Tennessee

[edit] Texas

• University of Texas at Austin
• Texas A&M University
• Texas Tech University

[edit] Utah

• University of Utah

[edit] Vermont

• University of Vermont

[edit] Virginia

• University of Virginia
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

[edit] Washington

• University of Washington, Seattle

[edit] West Virginia

• West Virginia University

[edit] Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin - Madison

[edit] Wyoming

• University of Wyoming

[edit] External Links

• USA Today Ranking of Flagship Universities

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