Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as an education college, the university is composed of seven colleges offering over 60 degree programs through 35 departments. Enrollment in spring 2011 was 24,660. Of these, 22,274 were undergraduates, and 2,386 were graduate students. It is currently the second-largest institution of higher learning in Tennessee by enrollment, trailing only the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and has the largest undergraduate enrollment in the state. In 2009, Middle Tennessee State University was ranked among the top 100 public universities by Forbes. MTSU is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Its current president is Sidney A. McPhee. In 1909, the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee moved "to provide for the improvement of the system of Public Education of the State of Tennessee, that is to say, to establish a General Education Fund.