“Samford University is a private institution that was founded in 1841. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,950, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 209 acres. Samford University’s ranking in the 2013 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (South), 4. Samford University is a Christian institution located in Birmingham, Ala., in the central region of the state. Students at Samford can choose from more than 130 majors, minors, and concentrations, including master’s degree programs in the Brock School of Business, the Cumberland School of Law, and the Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education and Professional Studies. Samford is the largest private university in Alabama, but its class sizes are small, and no courses are taught by graduate assistants.”