sports and exercise science and recreation management.
The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the nation's most prestigious private institutions.
The University of Chicago is one of the first U.S. colleges to be ranked in "U.S. News & World Report"'s College Guide annually since 1969. U.S. News & World Report's 2016 rankings placed the University of Chicago 14th in public national universities and 23rd in "Public National Universities" out of 263 ranked universities in the United States.
The same year, its in-state tuition was $45,243 (2012-2016). The University of Chicago's main campus in the Near South Side neighborhood is approximately and includes parks, plazas, gardens, historic sites, a U.S. Marine Corps Honor Gallery, sports facilities, and popular restaurants and bars. The U.S. Marine Corps Honor Gallery is a permanent exhibition of photographs from the "Marine Corps Heritage Center", located at Quantico, Virginia. The museum features pictures from the American Revolution to the present, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and other conflicts of the modern era.
UChicago is the first school to have a gallery of Marine Corps photographs on a university campus. During the winter holiday, the Marine Corps Reserve donates gift certificates to each of the "Hancock Park Visitors" at the U. of C. Athletics facilities include Burke Field House, with a seating capacity of 3,000 spectators, and the Athletics Training Facility, which was completed in 2013. More than 300,000 persons attend athletic events annually at Burke.
Built in 1925, Memorial Stadium has a seating capacity of 45,000. Hence, the campus is nicknamed "The South Side's Longhorn". The University's swimmers were national champions in 2002, and the hockey team has won nine conference championships and the NCAA Division I Frozen Four in 2012. In addition, the U. of C. has been recognized as a top school for undergraduates who study business and management. The school offers master's degrees in business administration, business finance and economics, entrepreneurship, management, and marketing.
In 2006, the University started the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, named after Willard W. Kellogg, as a place where students from around the world can study and work in a variety of professions, such as public service, diplomacy, human rights, environmental issues, and international development. The U. of C. "dean's list" is a general list of students who have excelled in academic and extracurricular activities. In 2007, 8,360 of 7,650 students in the University were on the list. In the spring of 2009, the "New York Times" ranked the University of Chicago 10th in its "Best Colleges" list. In 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Chicago 15th in its "National Universities" category, and 22nd among "Public National Universities". In 2014, "US News & World Report" ranked the University of Chicago second among U.S. public national universities and 18th among the top national universities.
The Princeton Review also ranked the University of Chicago the No. 1 "best value" public university in the U.S. According to "The New York Times", in the fall of 2011, 56% of U. of C. undergraduate students were able to pay all or nearly all of their expenses, and 40% of undergraduates at U. of C. received financial aid. In December 2009, 19,559 first-year students were enrolled at the University, making it the third-largest undergraduate university in the United States. The University's academic offerings include more than 250 faculty members; with 46 new faculty hires since fall 2009, the University added 12% of its full-time faculty between the start of the 2009–2010 academic year and September 2010. The University of Chicago hosts a National Consortium for Academics and Research and hosts 19 affiliated research institutions. Advisors and faculty members from the world's top universities are located on campus and in Chicago.
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