Which campuses are so big that most students use busses to get around them?

[Anonymous]

I just heard this about Michigan State and was kind of stunned, but apparently it's not that uncommon. Which other schools are like that?

[Anonymous]

Duke

[Anonymous]

Rutgers, Michigan, most big 10 schools

[Anonymous]

Most large universities have some sort of shuttle bus system, if not to get around campus, then to get from main campus to nearby satellite campuses and to get to off-campus locations where students tend to live.

[Anonymous]

Why would this be stunning?

Lots of big state schools are like this. I can't say 'most' student use busses but they are there for those who need to get across campus during a passing period or what have you.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I wonder how small some people's bubbles really are.

[Anonymous]

Most large schools *have* busses, but at which schools do *most students* actually use them?

[Anonymous]

The really big state universities feel like little cities. Ohio State, Penn State, etc.

Once you get to around 30,000, you start seeing campuses that are really large by necessity.

[Anonymous]

At UNC we used them to get to/from South Campus where there were several big dorms and the business school. It was walkable and probably took about the same amount of time when you factored in waiting for the bus, etc. - but nice to have in bad weather, or when I was cramming for something on the way to class, or when I was feeling lazy.

[Anonymous]

UNC if it’s raining and you live on South Campus. If it’s sunny, you walk.

Rutgers definitely.

[Anonymous]

I get what OP is asking. My DS applied to a number of large schools. All had shuttles but I was struct by how easy it was to get everywhere by foot and how accessible things were even for large school.

Auburn, Wake, USC, Clemson TN for example.

Exception was Alabama. Beautiful campus but spread out. That was our only tour by bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At UNC we used them to get to/from South Campus where there were several big dorms and the business school. It was walkable and probably took about the same amount of time when you factored in waiting for the bus, etc. - but nice to have in bad weather, or when I was cramming for something on the way to class, or when I was feeling lazy.

Hahaha. I posted right after you. Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

All big 10s?

[Anonymous]

I took buses pretty regularly at UVA 30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Most of them. Whether kids use them is a different question.