 In recent years, Alabama has awarded over 47,000 degrees on average annually.
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment in Alabama has been over 218,000.
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Spring Hill College is the oldest college in Alabama and the third oldest Jesuit college in the United States.
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The University of Alabama, the state's first public university, was founded in 1831.
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Alabama has nearly 70 degree-granting post secondary institutions.
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Alaska has 8 degree-granting postsecondary institutions.
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In recent years, Alaska has awarded more than 3,200 degrees on average annually.
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrolment in Alaska has been over 28,500.
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The University of Arizona , the state's first university, was founded in 1885.
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Auburn University Libraries' combined collections contain more than 2.7 million volumes and were ranked third among more than 300 of the nation's top universities and colleges.
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Troy University is the first and only university in Alabama offering a Bachelor of Science in Interpretation Training.
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Auburn University is the only university in the country to offer a Bachelor of Wireless Engineering degree program.
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Connecticut has nearly 50 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Connecticut has awarded an average of 34,000 degrees per year
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Founded in 1701, Yale University is the oldest institute in Connecticut, and the third oldest in the U.S.
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Founded in 1849, Central Connecticut State University is the oldest public university in Connecticut
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Connecticut has been approximately 140,000 per year, on average
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Georgia has close to 130 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Georgia has awarded over 98,000 degrees per year, on average
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The College of Health Professions at Armstrong Atlantic State University is the largest and most comprehensive health professions education centre in Georgia
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Georgia has been over 377,000, on average
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Southern Polytechnic State University is known as "Georgia's Technology University"
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Hawaii has approximately 20 degree-granting institutions
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The University of Nations provides coursework in over 50 languages
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In recent years, Hawaii has awarded close to 12,000 degrees per year, on average
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Hawaii has been roughly 58,000
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Idaho has approximately 14 degree-granting institutions
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Bronco Stadium at Boise State University is the only football field in the U.S. with a blue playing surface
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Boise State University currently has the highest enrollment of any post secondary institution in Idaho
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In recent years, Idaho has awarded close to 13,000 degrees per year, on average
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The University of Idaho is the oldest public university in Idaho
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Idaho has been roughly 69,000
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Indiana has approximately 100 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Indiana has awarded close to 68,000 degrees per year, on average
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Purdue University is the first university in the nation to award a four-year bachelor's degree in aviation
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Purdue University has the largest international student population of any public university in the U.S.
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The University of Notre Dame has a student to faculty ratio of 13:1
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Indiana has been roughly 308,000
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Kansas has just under 65 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Kansas has awarded over 37,000 degrees per year, on average
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Kansas State university is the oldest public university in the state of Kansas
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Fort Hays State University is home to Sternberg Museum, which features over 100,000 square feet of interactive exhibitions of dinosaurs, fossils, prehistoric animals, and giant sea lizards and fish
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Kansas has been roughly 168,000
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Kentucky has close to 80 degree-granting institutions
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Morehead State University is one of only four universities in the nation to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Space Science
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In recent years, Kentucky has awarded over 43, 000 degrees per year, on average
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The fastpitch softball team at Northern Kentucky University holds the NCAA record for most consecutive wins in a season with 55
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The University of Louisville Health Sciences Centre participated in the first successful hand transplant and the development of the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Kentucky has been roughly 211, 000
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Louisiana has approximately 90 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Louisiana has awarded over 40,000 degrees per year, on average
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In 1988, fans at a Louisiana State University football game cheered so loud that the noise registered on a seismograph, shaking the ground as much as a small earthquake
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Louisiana has been roughly 212,000
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The widely acclaimed Southern University marching band is recognized as one of the top marching bands in the world
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Massachusetts has over 120 degree-granting institutions
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Clark University's geography program is the only one in North America to have a mountain range named after it (The Clark Mountains in Antarctica)
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In recent years, Massachusetts has awarded close to 96,000 degrees per year, on average
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Harvard University's library collection is ranked in the top five of the "mega-libraries" of the world
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Founded in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S.
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Massachusetts has been close to 330,000
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Mississippi has roughly 40 degree-granting institutions
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The University of Mississippi Medical Centre performed the world's first transplant of a chimpanzee heart into the chest of a dying man
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In recent years, Mississippi has awarded close to 27,000 degrees per year, on average
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The University of Mississippi houses the largest blues music collection in the U.S.
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The University of Mississippi Medical Centre performed the first successful lung transplant
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The University of Mississippi graduated the first ever space lawyer
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Mississippi State University has produced 16 Truman Scholars and is one of 38 universities recognized by the Truman Foundation as an honour institution
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Mississippi has been over 135,000
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Missouri has nearly 130 degree-granting institutions
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Saint Louis University opened the first free-standing campus operated by an American university in Madrid, Spain
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In recent years, Missouri has awarded over 73,000 degrees per year, on average
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The University of Central Missouri using the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search discovered the largest prime number known with 9,808,358 digits
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Saint Louis University is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second oldest Jesuit college in the U.S.
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Missouri has been roughly 305,000
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New York has 309 degree-granting institutions
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The University of New York has graduated 19 Academy Award winners (more than any other university in the U.S.)
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In recent years, New York has awarded roughly 256,800 degrees per year, on average
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Columbia University was the birthplace of FM radio
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Baruch College has the largest collegiate school of business in the U.S.
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Columbia University was the first American school to grant the M.D. degree
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Columbia University was the birthplace of modern genetics
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Columbia University is home to the Pulitzer Prize, which has rewarded outstanding achievements in journalism, literature, and music for over a century
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In recent years, the total undergraduate enrollment for the state of New York has been roughly 930,800 per year, on average
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Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus was the first North American site where the uranium atom was split
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Pennsylvania has roughly 260 degree-granting institutions
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Lincoln University was the first institution in the world founded to provide higher education in the arts and sciences for youth of African descent
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Duquesne University is the only Spiritan institution of higher learning in the world
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Drexel University is the third largest private engineering college in the U.S.
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Pennsylvania has been over 571, 000
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In recent years, Pennsylvania has awarded close to 145,000 degrees per year, on average
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Rhode Island has 14 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Rhode Island has awarded more than 16,000 degrees per year, on average
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The University of Rhode Island has the largest library in the state of Rhode Island
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Rhode Island has been just under 70,000
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South Carolina has over 60 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, South Carolina has awarded just under 40,000 degrees per year, on average
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The University of South Carolina houses the first freestanding academic library in the United States
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of South Carolina has been just under 185,000
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South Dakota has more than 25 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, South Dakota has awarded over 9,500 degrees per year, on average
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The University of South Dakota has the state's oldest and largest Political Science department
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of South Dakota has been over 43,000
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The student to faculty ratio at Alaska Pacific University is 12:1.
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Phoenix College has 14 sports teams competing in the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association).
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Tennessee has just under 100 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Tennessee has awarded over 50,000 degrees per year, on average
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The Lincoln Memorial University has the third largest collection of Abraham and Lincoln and Civil War memorabilia
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Tennessee has been just under 240,000
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Texas has more than 200 degree-granting institutions
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In recent years, Texas has awarded close to 189,000 degrees per year, on average
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Texas A&M University was the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Texas
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Baylor University is the largest Baptist university in the world by enrollment
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In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Texas has been close 1,083,000
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Texas Tech University houses one of the largest comprehensive collections of information on the Vietnam War
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Arizona State University is the third largest campus in the United States with a student body of over 51,000.
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