Lynn University is an American private university in Boca Raton, Florida. It was founded in 1962. Its students come from all over the USA and approximately 80 other nations: 24% of students have citizenship in countries outside the United States. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate's, baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees.It is named for the Lynn family (Christine E. and Eugene M. Lynn). It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,100, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 123 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Lynn University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2.AcademicsAcademic programsLynn offers an undergraduate and graduate curriculum built on individualized attention and an international focus. The university enrolls more than 2,000 students representing nearly all 50 U.S. states and approximately 80 nations in four academic colleges and three specialty programs. Lynn offers more than 25 undergraduate degrees and 10 graduate degrees through its four colleges. Lynn's core curriculum, the Dialogues of Learning, was recognized by Inside Higher Education as an example of how colleges and universities can increase the rigor of their academic offerings and improve the comprehensive education of their students.
