Universities and colleges are about a lot more than what you see in the classroom or in a catalog! Sometimes it’s not the big picture but the individual facts and details that can peak your interest in a school. If you like snooping around for offbeat tidbits of information then you’ve come to the right place. And you can contribute by adding your own interesting snippets of knowledge about American universities and colleges. Every state and school has a story to tell so have a look and see what you might find out.
Mississippi has roughly 40 degree-granting institutions
In recent years, Connecticut has awarded an average of 34,000 degrees per year
New York has 309 degree-granting institutions
Bronco Stadium at Boise State University is the only football field in the U.S. with a blue playing surface
The University of Notre Dame has a student to faculty ratio of 13:1
Mississippi State University has produced 16 Truman Scholars and is one of 38 universities recognized by the Truman Foundation as an honour institution
Indiana has approximately 100 degree-granting institutions
The University of Nations provides coursework in over 50 languages
In recent years, the total undergraduate fall enrollment for the state of Idaho has been roughly 69,000
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
University of Alaska Fairbanks The College of Engineering and Mines at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) offers six ABET accredited undergraduate and fourteen graduate degree programs. The faculty has extensive background in teaching ...
