How to Use state university in a Sentence

state university

noun
  • Rosemarie had her eye on a big state university two hours west.
    — Ann Givens, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Our grandchild went to a great state university with low tuition.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Other issues in Sanders’ past might be old news but still could strike some as red flags at a state university.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
  • How to divide Texas’ oil wealth, which funds its major state universities?
    — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Lane and Thornton both work in the state university system.
    — NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The awards pay for 100 percent of tuition and fees at state universities.
    — Annie Martin, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
  • Downie made the cut as the only graduate of a state university.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The result will be that red state universities have to pay higher salaries to hire and retain faculty.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Is Oregon a vision of what most major state universities will look like in the near future?
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018
  • But those that are hurt most are the six regional state universities, which also face soaring pension costs.
    — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Police in Wisconsin are stumped over who would steal a tree from the flagship branch of the state university.
    — James Leggate, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2020
  • There are tough jobs in college football and then there is the state university of New Jersey.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2020
  • In some cases, high-school seniors were actively pushed to apply to out-of-state universities.
    — Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Through it all, state universities continue to have plenty of appeal.
    — Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In Alabama, the state university system is leaving the choice up to each school.
    — NBC News, 20 May 2021
  • But first who’s the new president of Cleveland state university.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Michigan offers programs at state universities for in-state students.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • My father dropped out of a New York state university after a few years and moved to Boston.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2018
  • His parents came to the United States as refugees at around his age, and got college degrees at state universities.
    — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • These aren’t the state universities with huge research budgets and perks like Bama Rush and lazy river pools.
    — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Check out this year’s crop of stellar grads from the 29 state universities and community colleges.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2018
  • The bill would bar state universities from entering into contracts with the services, which have taken over sporting events since the turn of the decade.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But that same year, a bill worked its way through the state House that would’ve done away with any rural protections on land within three miles of a state university.
    — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • That’s not to say the federal government can’t persuade state universities.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
  • Illinois loses a lot of bright students, including my sister, to out-of-state universities every year.
    — Micky Horstman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • On Friday evening thousands gathered at the state university campus.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That’s more than double the annual in-state tuition at any of Florida’s state universities.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In 2016, Beshear won a lawsuit against Bevin over funding cuts to state universities.
    — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2018
  • The team gives one college scholarship to an in-state university to a Utah high school senior of color for every Jazz win.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • The issue of slavery was discussed, immigration was on the agenda, and the formation of a state university and a state prison.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021

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