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University of Miami
The University of Miami, founded in 1925 just months before a devastating hurricane and the collapse of Florida's land boom nearly bankrupted the fledgling school before its first classes even finished, has grown into the state's leading private research university, with a Coral Gables campus known for its Mediterranean Revival architecture. The university's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is one of the top-ranked oceanography and climate research programs in the country, a natural strength given Miami's coastal location and direct exposure to the hurricane and climate research questions the region faces firsthand. UM's Miller School of Medicine and its law school have each built strong national reputations, and the university's location at the center of South Florida's international business and Latin American finance corridor gives its business school unusually direct ties to cross-border commerce and international student recruitment. The university's "Cane Fever" football culture, particularly its dominant run of national championships in the 1980s and '90s under coaches like Jimmy Johnson, built Miami's national athletic brand well before its academic rankings caught up, and the two reputations — swagger-driven football success and a steadily rising research profile — now coexist as part of the university's identity.
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Rollins College
Rollins College, founded in 1885, is Florida's oldest recognized college and has built a reputation as the state's leading small private liberal arts college, with a picturesque Winter Park campus on Lake Virginia that consistently draws praise as one of the most attractive college campuses in the Southeast. The Crummer Graduate School of Business, part of Rollins, has built a strong regional reputation for its MBA program, and the undergraduate college's small class sizes and low student-faculty ratio reflect a deliberate institutional focus on close, discussion-based instruction over large lecture formats. Rollins has consistently ranked at or near the top of US News & World Report's regional university rankings for the South, a category distinct from the national liberal arts college rankings that recognizes the school's particular strength among comprehensive institutions serving that specific region. The college's warm-weather, waterfront campus and its relatively small enrollment of around 2,000 undergraduates have made it a consistent draw for students seeking a small-college experience in a setting quite different from the rural New England campuses that dominate the national liberal arts college rankings.
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