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The 30 Biggest Colleges in America

26. Iowa State University

Location: Ames, Iowa

Size: 30,406

Iowa State University is where the first electronic digital computer was invented. The ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer) was created by Professor John Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Berry. ABC includes elements of modern computing and a working replica of the ABC can be viewed at the Durham Computation Center on campus.