Big Schools & Small Class Sizes 2016

When students are choosing which college to attend each year, there are two statistics that generally end up playing a pretty big role: How big is the school and how big are the classes?

Most students have some idea of the size of campus they’re looking for–either the large, university experience at a big state school, the small and intimate nature of a school with just a few hundred students, or somewhere in between–a good balance.

One thing that many students struggle with when considering large colleges is the class size–will I just be another name on an attendance sheet or will I actually know my professors?

For many colleges, the relative class size is measured by looking at the total number of students versus the total number of faculty at the college–the student to faculty ratio. While this measure won’t necessarily equal the size of every class, it’s a good benchmark for measuring how much access students might have for time with professors and other teaching staff.

And many students are looking to balance a large college with many social and professional opportunities with a more personal learning experience.

That’s why we created this list.

Our Big School & Small Class Sizes list allows students to see colleges that enroll more than 10,000 undergraduates, but also have a student-to-faculty ratio of 15:1 or better. It’s a pretty small set of schools that meet these criteria, but there are actually quite a few to choose from–nearly 50 in total.

Check out the colleges that made the list!