Education: The Big Ten

Since 1951, the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare reported last week, enrollment in 1,890 colleges and universities rose 45% to a record of 3,068,000. The Big Ten of 1957: University of California, with 41,598 students; University of Minnesota. 35,852; New York University, 31,068; State University of New York (see below), 29,787 students, not counting those at the agricultural and technical institutes; City College of the City of New York. 29,883; Columbia University, 26,787; University of Michigan. 26,370; University of Illinois. 25,920; University of Wisconsin, 24,873; Ohio State University, 22,611.

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