Large Campus, Small Student Population?

College Search & Lists
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<p>I want to go to a college with a large, beautiful campus with a relatively small-medium student population (5,000-10,000). Can anyone think of some? Perhaps a proud graduate wishes to boast about their alma mater…? :-)</p>

<p>So far, these seem to be the most as labeled the “Most Beautiful Campuses” by the websites I’ve visited:

  • UVA
  • Pepperdine
  • Loyola Marymount
  • Duke
  • Swarthmore</p>

<p>Of course there are more, but what do you guys think?</p>

<p>What universities in the US have large, beautiful campuses with about a medium-sized student population? What do you like about them? Architectural style, the environment/nature life, overall culture…?</p>

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<p>First to come to mind: Cornell, UVA, Princeton. In that order.</p>

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<p>William and Mary. 6k undergrads with an amazing campus including a lake and forest.</p>

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<p>I’d like to know to so I’m just commenting to make this thread active :)</p>

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<p>Duke definitely fits your criteria. It has an East and West campus and is absolutely gorgeous.</p>

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<p>Stanford. Personally, I’m not particularly partial to the architecture or the layout of the campus, but I’d bet that I’m in the minority there. The campus is simply massive relative to undergraduate population.</p>

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<p>Cornell ain’t small, baby.</p>

<p>And Stanford’s campus is huge, though most of it just look like fields of palm trees.</p>

<p>But why do you want a large campus? When you wake up in the morning, the last thing you want is to walk to class at the other end of a gigantic campus.</p>

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<p>I can understand why a large campus would be attractive: lots of free space, places to jog, places to explore. And cornell is only 3k undergrads over the OP’s limit of 10k - and it does appear to be within the criteria of large and beautiful campuses.</p>

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<p>Lehigh…1600 acres and ~ 5000 student pop.</p>

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<p>Duke, Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Not sure how many students at Berry but its campus is so huge it HAS to be way out of proportion</p>

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<p>I always found Notre Dame to be very spacious for 8,000 undergraduates.</p>