U of M pushes past MTSU to regain spot as state’s 2nd-largest public university
Students walk by the Student Plaza fountain on the University of Memphis campus on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Even with a remote-learning start due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fall enrollment is up 2.5%, making the campus second only to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in size. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
No. 2 has long been Middle Tennessee State with more than 22,000 students.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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