TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - College campuses are buzzing again in Tallahassee.

On Monday, Florida State University and Florida A&M University welcomed back tens of thousands of students as they kicked off the new academic year.

FAMU welcomed more than 2,000 new Rattlers — including first-year, transfer, graduate and online students.

FSU received more than 86,000 applications for a first-year class of about 6,200 — that’s an increase of nearly 182% increase in first-year applications over the past 10 years.

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The new class includes students from all 50 states, all 67 Florida counties and 50 countries.

The five most popular majors at Florida State are business, biology, exploratory, engineering and political science.

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