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Originally Posted by ocman
But cities with elite public schools are much more significant for this discussion because they accommodate undergraduate class sizes in the tens of thousands, often magnitudes more than what elite private universities can accommodate.
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interesting point.
in chicago's case, our 1B flagship public university, UIC, has an undergrad student body of 22,279.
our two super-elite private universities (U.Chicago & Northwestern) have a combined undergrad student body of 15,886.
our two major catholic universities (Loyola & Depaul) have a combined undergrad student body of 26,747.
that said, U.Chicago & Northwestern have a combined post-grad student body roughly 2x that of UIC.