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Big universities where half of classes have under 20 students

Universities with 10,000 or more undergraduates where at least half of class sections have fewer than 20 students, from the Common Data Set (sections, not students). Each row shows the Common Data Set year. Basis: colleges that report this in their Common Data Set. A college that does not report it, or whose file we cannot read, is not listed, which does not mean its number is low or high.

Source: Each college's Common Data Set, section I (linked in the table)

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CollegeStateClasses under 20 (CDS year)Distance
University of Southern CaliforniaCA60% · 2025-26
Syracuse UniversityNY60% · 2025-26
University of MemphisTN59% · 2024-25
University of PennsylvaniaPA58% · 2025-26
Boston UniversityMA58% · 2025-26
Florida State UniversityFL58% · 2025-26
Binghamton UniversityNY56% · 2024-25
New York UniversityNY56% · 2025-26
University of California-Santa BarbaraCA55% · 2025-26
Cornell UniversityNY53% · 2024-25
University of MiamiFL53% · 2024-25
Indiana University-IndianapolisIN53% · 2025-26
Baylor UniversityTX52% · 2025-26
Fordham UniversityNY52% · 2022-23
George Washington UniversityDC52% · 2025-26
University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI51% · 2025-26
University of California-BerkeleyCA51% · 2025-26
Northeastern UniversityMA51% · 2024-25
Middle Tennessee State UniversityTN51% · 2025-26
University of FloridaFL50% · 2024-25

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