{"id":17537,"date":"2010-11-03T15:16:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T19:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=17537"},"modified":"2019-07-05T10:50:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:50:47","slug":"quality-growth-ucf-is-nations-second-largest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/quality-growth-ucf-is-nations-second-largest\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Growth: UCF is Nation&#8217;s Second-Largest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Central Florida has become the second-largest university in the nation in student enrollment, surpassing Ohio State.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ranking is based on preliminary enrollment data reported from the nation\u2019s largest universities. 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