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Top 100 Largest Colleges by Enrollment

The biggest colleges and universities in the U.S. ranked by total enrollment.

Rank School Name State Enrollment City
1 Southern New Hampshire University NH 156,755 Manchester
2 Western Governors University UT 135,822 Salt Lake City
3 University of Phoenix-Arizona AZ 76,996 Phoenix
4 Grand Canyon University AZ 68,619 Phoenix
5 Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 64,398 Tempe
6 Texas A&M University-College Station TX 59,099 College Station
7 University of Central Florida FL 59,095 Orlando
8 Ivy Tech Community College IN 54,926 Indianapolis
9 Liberty University VA 50,059 Lynchburg
10 Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ 49,000 Scottsdale
11 University of Maryland Global Campus MD 48,238 Adelphi
12 Lone Star College System TX 47,486 The Woodlands
13 Ohio State University-Main Campus OH 44,617 Columbus
14 The University of Texas at Austin TX 42,100 Austin
15 Brigham Young University-Idaho ID 42,090 Rexburg
16 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA 41,862 University Park
17 Dallas College TX 41,815 Dallas
18 University of Arizona AZ 40,769 Tucson
19 Michigan State University MI 40,243 East Lansing
20 Tarrant County College District TX 40,214 Fort Worth
21 Purdue University-Main Campus IN 39,637 West Lafayette
22 Kennesaw State University GA 39,503 Kennesaw
23 American Public University System WV 38,976 Charles Town
24 Florida International University FL 38,761 Miami
25 Houston Community College TX 37,970 Houston
26 University of Houston TX 37,175 Houston
27 California State University-Fullerton CA 36,956 Fullerton
28 Indiana University-Bloomington IN 36,571 Bloomington
29 Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 36,357 New Brunswick
30 University of South Florida FL 36,299 Tampa
31 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 35,665 Madison
32 Valencia College FL 35,125 Orlando
33 Miami Dade College FL 35,001 Miami
34 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 34,623 Champaign
35 Texas State University TX 34,547 San Marcos
36 California State University-Long Beach CA 34,131 Long Beach
37 University of Florida FL 34,102 Gainesville
38 University of California-San Diego CA 33,787 La Jolla
39 University of North Texas TX 33,680 Denton
40 San Diego State University CA 33,654 San Diego
41 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 33,488 Ann Arbor
42 University of California-Berkeley CA 33,073 Berkeley
43 University of California-Los Angeles CA 33,040 Los Angeles
44 Texas Tech University TX 32,446 Lubbock
45 California State University-Northridge CA 32,357 Northridge
46 The University of Alabama AL 32,323 Tuscaloosa
47 Connecticut State Community College CT 32,292 New Britain
48 Brigham Young University UT 32,221 Provo
49 Florida State University FL 31,812 Tallahassee
50 University of California-Davis CA 31,777 Davis
51 Northern Virginia Community College VA 31,737 Annandale
52 University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 31,588 Seattle
53 University of Colorado Boulder CO 31,578 Boulder
54 Purdue University Global IN 31,502 West Lafayette
55 University of Georgia GA 31,310 Athens
56 The University of Texas at Arlington TX 30,834 Arlington
57 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN 30,469 Minneapolis
58 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 30,435 Blacksburg
59 University of Maryland-College Park MD 30,246 College Park
60 The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 29,675 San Antonio
61 Oregon State University OR 29,557 Corvallis
62 University of California-Irvine CA 29,494 Irvine
63 New York University NY 29,430 New York
64 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA 29,207 Baton Rouge
65 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH 29,094 Cincinnati
66 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN 28,763 Knoxville
67 University of South Carolina-Columbia SC 28,113 Columbia
68 California State University-Sacramento CA 27,867 Sacramento
69 College of Southern Nevada NV 27,790 Las Vegas
70 Utah Valley University UT 27,481 Orem
71 University of Arkansas AR 27,312 Fayetteville
72 Georgia State University GA 27,109 Atlanta
73 George Mason University VA 27,083 Fairfax
74 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX 27,026 Edinburg
75 San Jose State University CA 26,757 San Jose
76 North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC 26,389 Raleigh
77 University of Utah UT 26,041 Salt Lake City
78 DeVry University-Illinois IL 25,975 Lisle
79 Austin Community College District TX 25,969 Austin
80 Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs CO 25,932 Colorado Springs
81 NUC University PR 25,881 Bayamon
82 Collin County Community College District TX 25,857 McKinney
83 American River College CA 25,758 Sacramento
84 Auburn University AL 25,732 Auburn
85 Mt San Antonio College CA 25,311 Walnut
86 Full Sail University FL 25,195 Winter Park
87 Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO 25,148 Fort Collins
88 Iowa State University IA 25,033 Ames
89 East Los Angeles College CA 24,401 Monterey Park
90 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA 24,271 Pomona
91 University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV 24,131 Las Vegas
92 Broward College FL 23,799 Fort Lauderdale
93 Ashford University CA 23,734 San Diego
94 University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA 23,694 Amherst
95 University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC 23,567 Charlotte
96 Florida Atlantic University FL 23,458 Boca Raton
97 University of California-Santa Barbara CA 23,205 Santa Barbara
98 University of Kentucky KY 23,189 Lexington
99 University of Missouri-Columbia MO 23,118 Columbia
100 San Jacinto Community College TX 23,071 Pasadena

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by total enrollment (undergraduate and graduate combined). Only schools with reported enrollment data are included. All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.