The 12 best large colleges in America

People often tend to associate large universities with less individualized instruction and, overall, less prestige.

But our seventh annual ranking of the 50 best colleges in America suggested otherwise.

Our list ranks colleges by median starting salary, average SAT score, and a survey that asked more than 1,000 Business Insider readers to choose the colleges that best prepared students for success after graduation. Read our full methodology here.

More than a quarter of the colleges on our list clocked in with an undergraduate enrollment of more than 10,000 students. Read on to find out which large colleges made the cut.

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