The University of Central Florida has grown 90 percent since the turn of the century in undergraduate enrollment, The Washington Post reported this week, rocketing past the state flagship university in size and becoming one of the largest universities in the country. This fall UCF is projected to have 54,000 undergrads and another 9,000 graduate students. So how fast are the 50 state flagships growing? Below is a Post analysis of federal data based on fall 2013 enrollment. Schools are ranked in order of percentage growth since fall 2000. One takeaway is that growth varies significantly even among elite schools. The University of Wisconsin-Madison grew 3 percent; the University of Virginia grew 17 percent.

September 25, 2015 ・ From The Washington Post