The University of California at Santa Barbara is spread out over 1,055 and is located 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. There are currently 22,026 students enrolled in classes and 89 percent of these students are from California. The university employees 1,166 faculty members, five of which are Nobel Laureates. The University of California at Santa Barbara offers over 200 programs divided among five schools. These programs offer courses that aim at obtaining an undergraduate or graduate diploma. Some of more popular programs include biology, chemistry, literature, electrical engineering, media arts, anthropology, global studies, political science and many more.
The University of Florida is located in Gainesville and was founded in 1853. The campus is spread out over 2,000 acres and includes over 900 buildings. This university contains 16 colleges and there are currently over 50,000 students enrolled in courses aimed at achieving an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral diploma and degree. The university employees 4,164 faculty members, a large majority of which have a Ph.D. Some of the more popular courses aimed at a diploma of some sort include advertising, aerospace engineering, art education, astronomy, chemistry, English, geography, mathematics, religion, statistics and various others.
Monmouth University is located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, and is extremely close to both the beach and New York City. The campus is spread out on 156 acres and includes historical and modern buildings. The average class size at Monmouth University is 22 students and the student to faculty ratio is 15 to 1. This university features eight colleges that offer diplomas in 33 undergraduate programs and 22 graduate programs. Some of the more popular diploma courses include economics, international business, art education, criminal justice, history, political science, theatre arts, psychology and various others.
The University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston and was founded in 1888. There are currently 16,294 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate classes. 65 percent of the students attending this university are from the state of Rhode Island. The student to faculty ratio is 15 to 1 and the class sizes are relatively small. There are a total of 598 faculty members, most of which have a Ph.D. The most popular programs that offer a diploma include nursing, communications, psychology, kinesiology, human development and family studies, fashion merchandising, biological studies and accounting.