Syracuse University

Though there are 20,000 students at Syracuse University, it is selective and competition for a place is tough - for the class of 2012, 22,000 people applied for just 3,000 places. Located In Syracuse, New York in the US, the students range from full-time to part-time, graduate and undergraduate and distance learners and many taking up the option of the study-abroad programs. It offers a full range of study options at all levels and is ranked consistently in the top 100 universities in the United States. Robert Mankoff, New Yorker editor, was a student at Syracuse as was best-selling novelist Jay McInerny and The Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold.