Macalester is a modestly supported, academically well-respected college of 1,742 students.

UCU is a selective liberal arts, undergraduate college of 700 students within Utrecht University.

"We need to be a college of 6,000 students, and that's part of the growth plan for over the next five years," he said.

The combination of the two institutions created a truly coeducational college of approximately 2,000 students.

The private college of 3,200 full-time students, founded by Baptists, had an endowment of $4 million when Mr. Robins began giving in 1969.

This, with the subsequent purchase of neighbouring houses and land, gave room for a college of up to 150 students.

Founded in 1925, the college has grown from a small college of the arts with minimal faculty and only 100 students to the second largest college on campus.

The institute is 750-bed hospital attached with a medical college of 150 students as per the Medical Council of India.

And that, she said, is why she will enter Seattle Pacific University, a "Christ-centered" college of 2,470 students, next month.

During the ceremony, officials referred to NSC as a small but growing college of roughly 2,000 students.