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You're correcto mundo. Ct pop 3.45 million, oc 3.01 million.
Claremont colleges being a stone's throw, nonsequitur...unless you want me to count mass and ny colleges, too.
In any event, oc supports 4 four-year colleges, including uci. Ct has 4 times that, if not more, again pointing out one reason why of the 5 top 20 public univ that don't play fbs, 4 are in the uc system...home of ucla and cal.
I actually forgot about the only other top 20 public that isn't fbs, william and mary, which might as well be private.
Claremont colleges being a stone's throw, nonsequitur...unless you want me to count mass and ny colleges, too.
In any event, oc supports 4 four-year colleges, including uci. Ct has 4 times that, if not more, again pointing out one reason why of the 5 top 20 public univ that don't play fbs, 4 are in the uc system...home of ucla and cal.
I actually forgot about the only other top 20 public that isn't fbs, william and mary, which might as well be private.
The expansion to 8 comprises the original buildout. The others are new additions that don't have the history or the resources to compete, so it's hardly a surprise that a school like Merced isn't stellar.
Orange County larger pop. than Connecticut? Don't think so. Besides, all the Claremont colleges are a stone's throw away. I get what you're saying about the state institutions having little competition though--but that's why they were created in the first. California's demographic explosion. The point is, California sunk its energy and resources into these universities, and they became world-class schools. That's the point I'm making.