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[Updated]Campuses in the SEC by size...
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:54 pm
...and yes, you now know it truly is the offseason.
If the information here is out of date, please feel free to correct me. All information was taken from each school's Wiki page for ease of use, and updated with info from posters in this thread.
And I'm trying to limit this list to the main campus only, the part most casual visitors would see walking around while attending an athletic event.
Some of the campus sizes may really surprise you. I know I was.
UPDATED: From Largest to Smallest:
1. Mississippi State - Main campus is approx 2,000 acres plus. State lists their campus size at 4,200 acres, but they include off-campus research facilities like The R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center which is approximately 750 acres. Last time I was I was there I walked the length and breadth of the main campus and found it no larger than LSU's. But whatever, print the tee shirts.
2. LSU lists their campus at 2,000 acres plus. I don't know the exact figure, but I'll take their word for it. Probably has more trees than any other campus.
3. Florida at 2,000 acres. Listed as almost identical in size with LSU, but my impression when walking around it was that it was closer to Auburn's size than LSU's. Not sure why, perhaps it's just the way it's laid out.
4. Auburn at 1,843 acres. Needs more trees IMHO.
5. Alabama at 1,800 acres acres. This includes recently purchased adjacent land containing Bryce Hospital.
6. Ole Miss at 1,200 acres. This figure does not include the marijuana farm and other acreage. Still a very respectable size, and larger than most fans probably expect it to be.
7. Kentucky at 784 acres. Pretty much in line with the size of most urban campuses around the country.
8. Georgia at 615 acres. This was a surprise to me. I honestly thought it was bigger.
9. Tennessee at 550 acres. This one I could see. Hilly and cramped, although it has a nice river view. Not bad for an urban campus size wise.
10. South Carolina at 359 acres. This was a surprise as well, but since it's sometimes difficult to tell where the campus begins and ends, it's hard to eyeball the size. It is an urban campus though.
11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
12. Vanderbilt at 330 acres. No surprise here. Fairly typical for an urban campus in a big city. It's a very well maintained campus, and as an LSU fan I appreciate the landscaping, since that's one of the things I like about our campus. Some very nice buildings as well.
Again, if anyone has better information than this, please feel free to post it. I'd be particularly interest in hearing from State and Alabama fans regarding the size of their campuses.
If the information here is out of date, please feel free to correct me. All information was taken from each school's Wiki page for ease of use, and updated with info from posters in this thread.
And I'm trying to limit this list to the main campus only, the part most casual visitors would see walking around while attending an athletic event.
Some of the campus sizes may really surprise you. I know I was.
UPDATED: From Largest to Smallest:
1. Mississippi State - Main campus is approx 2,000 acres plus. State lists their campus size at 4,200 acres, but they include off-campus research facilities like The R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center which is approximately 750 acres. Last time I was I was there I walked the length and breadth of the main campus and found it no larger than LSU's. But whatever, print the tee shirts.
2. LSU lists their campus at 2,000 acres plus. I don't know the exact figure, but I'll take their word for it. Probably has more trees than any other campus.
3. Florida at 2,000 acres. Listed as almost identical in size with LSU, but my impression when walking around it was that it was closer to Auburn's size than LSU's. Not sure why, perhaps it's just the way it's laid out.
4. Auburn at 1,843 acres. Needs more trees IMHO.
5. Alabama at 1,800 acres acres. This includes recently purchased adjacent land containing Bryce Hospital.
6. Ole Miss at 1,200 acres. This figure does not include the marijuana farm and other acreage. Still a very respectable size, and larger than most fans probably expect it to be.
7. Kentucky at 784 acres. Pretty much in line with the size of most urban campuses around the country.
8. Georgia at 615 acres. This was a surprise to me. I honestly thought it was bigger.
9. Tennessee at 550 acres. This one I could see. Hilly and cramped, although it has a nice river view. Not bad for an urban campus size wise.
10. South Carolina at 359 acres. This was a surprise as well, but since it's sometimes difficult to tell where the campus begins and ends, it's hard to eyeball the size. It is an urban campus though.
11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
12. Vanderbilt at 330 acres. No surprise here. Fairly typical for an urban campus in a big city. It's a very well maintained campus, and as an LSU fan I appreciate the landscaping, since that's one of the things I like about our campus. Some very nice buildings as well.
Again, if anyone has better information than this, please feel free to post it. I'd be particularly interest in hearing from State and Alabama fans regarding the size of their campuses.
This post was edited on 6/28/11 at 11:07 am
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Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:55 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Size doesn't matter, right?
...Right?
...Right?
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:55 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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1. Mississippi State - They list their campus size at 4,200 acres
2nd largest in America to Michigan State.
Its part of being a Land Grant Institution.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:57 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
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2nd largest in America to Michigan State.
Berry College's 26,000 acres laugh at this.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:57 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
Is cramped but if you've spent time as a student there you wouldn't want it much more sprawling. The hills are a beating to walk on a daily basis.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:58 pm to WDE24
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This post was edited on 1/28/11 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:59 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
Wouldn't surprise me at all. One of the things I loved about the U of A campus was how intimate it was. I had visited Texas A&M and it was too massive for my tastes.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:59 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
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2nd largest in America to Michigan State.
Its part of being a Land Grant Institution
As is LSU. How big is the main campus at State, minus the research fields? I was unable to ascertain this figure.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:59 pm to ocelot4ark
Wow, I think UO's campus is only around 300 acres.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 3:59 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Interesting.
SEC schools with relatively large student bodies but relatively small campus sizes.
SEC schools with relatively large student bodies but relatively small campus sizes.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:02 pm to crazy4dawgs
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that not what your girlfriend says.
go away
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:02 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Jawja owns another 30,000 acres throughout the state that's made up of experiment stations, Griffin campus, Atlanta holdings, etc. etc.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:03 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Interesting. I would have guessed UF would be bigger than LSU. I've only been to Ole Miss once and it didn't seem that big.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:03 pm to crazy4dawgs
Arkansas come to think of it is kind of tiny but I never thought it seemed that cramped. There's a fair bit of unused land, like all the stuff out in front of Old Main.
Alabama has added a fair bit of land I think. Alabama is absolutely rolling in money, enrollment's way up and Richard Shelby sends a pile of pork money down there apparently. I've never seen more building, its literally non-stop. Hopefully they don't ruin it cause say what you will about Tuscaloosa being not very nice, the campus at Alabama is very nice.
Alabama has added a fair bit of land I think. Alabama is absolutely rolling in money, enrollment's way up and Richard Shelby sends a pile of pork money down there apparently. I've never seen more building, its literally non-stop. Hopefully they don't ruin it cause say what you will about Tuscaloosa being not very nice, the campus at Alabama is very nice.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:04 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
The academic part of campus is locked on all sides by neighborhoods but they still move out slowly every now and again. Like Sao said though, I wouldn't want the campus to get much bigger. It's a bitch walking up and down the hills as it is. You would just add more hills no matter which way you expanded.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:05 pm to Crede15
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the campus at Alabama is very nice.
haven't been in a while, but it's my favorite.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:05 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Interesting, I would have sworn that UTs campus would have been one of the larger ones.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:06 pm to smelvis
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Jawja owns another 30,000 acres throughout the state that's made up of experiment stations, Griffin campus, Atlanta holdings, etc. etc.
LSU in in a similar situation with research stations, medical school, museums, etc. This is why I was asking State fans to clarify the size of their main campus.
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:06 pm to Crede15
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There's a fair bit of unused land, like all the stuff out in front of Old Main.
This land will never be touched.
For those who actually attended Arkansas freshman orientation
they would know that there is one of every species of tree native to Arkansas planted on Old Main Lawn (prior to the ice storm of course, don't know if they have replaced the ones that were taken down yet). This post was edited on 1/28/11 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 1/28/11 at 4:07 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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2. LSU lists their campus at 2,000 acres plus. I don't know the exact figure, but I'll take their word for it. Probably has more trees than any other campus.
LSU's agcenter is located in Jeanerette, La and consists of 1137 acres as well as three additional campuses located around the state. The off-campus location of the agcenter eliminates the problem of stepping in pig sh*t and chicken droppings on the way to classes.
This post was edited on 1/28/11 at 4:10 pm
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