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Florida Tech is a technical research university in Melbourne, Florida, along the Atlantic coast. It is just across the Intracoastal Waterway from the small beach town of Indiatlantic and several miles north of the Sebastian Inlet, widely recognized as one of the best surfing beaches on the East Coast and one of the state’s most popular beaches.
- Location地理位置:
Melbourne, Florida 佛罗里达州墨尔本 - Type of School学校类型:
Private technical research university私立科技类研究型大学 - Enrollment在校人数:
8,985 (5,582 undergraduates 本科生)
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Pepperdine’s 830-acre campus overlooking the Pacific in Malibu, California is just a few minutes from some of California’s most popular beaches. Malibu Lagoon State Beach, only a five-minute walk from campus, is considered one of the premier surfing beaches in the state, and Zuma Beach a few minutes down the coast is one of the largest and most popular beaches in Los Angeles County.
- Location地理位置:
Malibu, California - Type of School学校类型:
Private university - Enrollment在校人数:
7,604 (3,447 undergraduates)
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Texas A&M Galveston is just a few miles from East Beach, the largest beach in the state located on the eastern tip of the island, as well as several other beaches in the Galveston area, a popular Texas beach destination.
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Galveston, Texas - Type of School:
Public maritime university - Enrollment:
1,867 (1,805 undergraduates)
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Considered one of the "Public Ivies" with a consistent top-ten ranking among American public universities, UCSD is also a prime beach school, located in the luxurious La Jolla coastal area. Local favorite Torrey Pines State Beach, just a few miles north of UCSD, sits at the base of picturesque 300-foot sandstone cliffs. A section of Torrey Pines State Beach, known as Black’s Beach, is famous as one of the largest clothing-optional beaches in the country, although the city-owned portion of the beach prohibits this practice.
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La Jolla, California - Type of School:
Public university - Enrollment:
29,176 (23,663 undergraduates)
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As well as ranking among the nation’s top public universities, UCSB’s 1,000-acre campus is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on three sides and sits adjacent to Goleta Beach, a primarily man-made beach and a popular area for sunbathing and fishing, as well as Isla Vista, a beach-front college-town community within Santa Barbara and a prime surfing spot.
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Santa Barbara, California - Type of School:
Public university - Enrollment:
22,218 (19,186 undergraduates)
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UC Santa Cruz sits overlooking Monterey Bay along the central coast of California. It’s just a short trip to several popular Bay Area beaches in Santa Cruz, including the city-run Cowell Beach and Natural Bridges State Beach, a California state park area that features a famous natural rock arch over a section of the beach.
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Santa Cruz, California - Type of School:
Public university - Enrollment:
17,187 (15,668 undergraduates)
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UH at Manoa is nestled in the hills just outside of Honolulu on the coast of the island of Oahu. The university is just minutes from many of Hawaii’s famous white sand beaches, including Waikiki Beach and Ala Moana Beach Park, which offer year-round swimming, surfing, snorkeling and other activities.
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Honolulu, Hawaii - Type of School:
Public university - Enrollment:
20,337 (13,912 undergraduates)
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UNC Wilmington is within traveling distance of several of North Carolina’s beachfront communities, most notably Wrightsville Beach, one of the barrier islands on the Cape Fear Coast of the Atlantic. Just a few miles from campus, Wrightsville Beach is a mellow beach community and a popular destination for vacations and water sports.
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Wilmington, North Carolina - Type of School:
Public university - Enrollment:
13,071 (11,770 undergraduates)