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The University of Florida

The University of Florida was established in 1906. In 1853 the state had funded the East Florida Seminary and took over the Kingsbury Academy in Ocala. They then moved the Seminary to Gainesville in the 1860’s. It was later consolidated with the state’s land grant, Florida Agricultural College then they moved it to Lake city. Then in 1905 by the legislative actions they took the college had became a university. That is when it changed to the University of Florida. The classes had started out with around 102 students on the campus on September 26, 1906. The University had finally opened its doors to the women in 1947. So up to that date the college had been strictly boy men. With more than 46,000 students now, UF is one of the top five largest Universities in the nation.
In the year of 2001 the enrollment list counted up to 46,515 students. That count included 40,499 in-state students that strolled in for all around in Florida...