Founded in 1876, the University of Oregon (UO) is the second-oldest public university the state. It is a four-year, co-educational public university located in beautiful Eugene, Oregon. Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a “very high research activi
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Saint Louis University is a private, co-ed Jesuit university that dates back to 1818, when the St. Louis Academy was started in a private residence by the Catholic Bishop of Louisiana, Reverend Louis William Dubourg. In 1829, the St. Louis College started
Continue reading >>The University of California (UC) is one of the world’s largest centers for higher education with a total enrollment of approximately 220,000 students spanning 10 different campuses, namely: Irvine, Santa Barbara, Berkeley, San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa C
Continue reading >>The site that is now the University of Texas (UT) was obtained by the Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1839 but it was not until 1883 that the university opened its gates. It was among the eight institutions to form the first Ivy League. The universi
Continue reading >>Like many land grant universities, Penn State started off as an agricultural college. The concept of Penn State was originally devised in the 1850s. A local iron worker donated 200 acres of farmland to the new institution, and the first president conceive
Continue reading >>UW was first established in 1848, the same year as the state of Wisconsin. In 1849, a class of 17 students met at the Madison Female Academy. By the next year, the university had purchased 50 acres of land in downtown Madison. Women were first admitted to
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