Which medium-size college is majority undergrad?

[Anonymous]

Richmond. It has a small graduate school.

[Anonymous]

My DC is interested in this too.

[Anonymous]

If the grad school campuses are located away from the undergrad campus, does it matter whether the grad school has lots of students? I'm thinking about Georgetown law school or Hopkins med school or Northwestern's law school or med school.

[Anonymous]

This is one of the stupidest requirements I’ve ever heard of. The universities that have large graduate populations typically have professional schools that in no way detract from the undergrad experience and may in fact offer opportunities that would not otherwise be available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD ideally wants to attend a medium-size college (5,000-10,000) undergrad students) and one that is not majority grad students. Which of the popular so-called "top 50" colleges are BOTH mid-size and undergrad majority (or at least 50/50 undergrad/grad)?

She doesn't want to attend a very small school or one that is only undergrads, so LACs are out.

The ones that the mix of majority undergrad (or at least 50/50) and 5K-10K undergrads are:
"Ivy plus": Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn
"New Ivies": Vanderbilt, Case Western, Notre Dame, Tufts, Rice
Other: BC, Lehigh, Villanova

Any others we're missing? She's looking at top 50-ish for her reach/targets.

Interesting to see the same usuals rush to write the college they are boosting for without reading the damn question. Example: northwestern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are online and part-time grad students counted in the totals?

I went to JHU and the only place I ever ran into a grad student was in a lab or as my TA. The majority were on other campuses:Medical campus, SAIS, Carey school of business, satellite campuses, online etc.

On the Homewood Campus, there are 5000 undergrads and 2000 grad students.

So you need to look at the breakdown of the numbers as many of these schools have huge grad programs at satellite locations or online that have no bearing on the undergrad experience.

Super important points, as well as PP mentioning med/law schools.

Maybe focus on the undergrad size, dig into the breakdown, and visit campuses for a feel.

We loved UDenver ~6K undergrad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern
William and Mary

False. NU has 8-9k undergrads and 14k+ graduate students.

Many of the grad students are not on the main campus. The main campus has a very undergraduate feel.

[Anonymous]

Miami is slightly larger but definitely feels medium sized and is majority undergrad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is one of the stupidest requirements I’ve ever heard of. The universities that have large graduate populations typically have professional schools that in no way detract from the undergrad experience and may in fact offer opportunities that would not otherwise be available.

While I wouldn’t put it so harshly, I tend to agree. I went to a large school with tons of grad students and had limited interaction with them. Two of the ones I did interact with were PhD students teaching my foreign language classes and they were both great. And the existence of those grad students kept a lot of programs running that otherwise wouldn’t be available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern
William and Mary

False. NU has 8-9k undergrads and 14k+ graduate students.

Many of the grad students are not on the main campus. The main campus has a very undergraduate feel.

Okay? That’s like me saying Harvard because HBS is across the river from the main campus and a lot of their graduate schools are located away from Harvard Yard. Don’t be so quick to boost your school, you look like an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD ideally wants to attend a medium-size college (5,000-10,000) undergrad students) and one that is not majority grad students. Which of the popular so-called "top 50" colleges are BOTH mid-size and undergrad majority (or at least 50/50 undergrad/grad)?

She doesn't want to attend a very small school or one that is only undergrads, so LACs are out.

The ones that the mix of majority undergrad (or at least 50/50) and 5K-10K undergrads are:
"Ivy plus": Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn
"New Ivies": Vanderbilt, Case Western, Notre Dame, Tufts, Rice
Other: BC, Lehigh, Villanova

Any others we're missing? She's looking at top 50-ish for her reach/targets.

Interesting to see the same usuals rush to write the college they are boosting for without reading the damn question. Example: northwestern.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern
William and Mary

False. NU has 8-9k undergrads and 14k+ graduate students.

Yes but many of those grad students are on the Chicago campus.

[Anonymous]

Why do NU boosters jump through hoops to make sure their school is included? Embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Case Western, Emory, Rice, Tufts and Wash. U. all meet those conditions.

[Anonymous]

Santa Clara