Colleges With the Largest Enrollments

Institutions with significant online enrollments — like the University of Phoenix-Arizona, Liberty, Western Governors, and Southern New Hampshire Universities, the University of Maryland Global Campus, and Brigham Young University-Idaho — stood out in their categories for their exceptionally high student counts. Georgia Gwinnett College, the largest public baccalaureate institution, opened its doors to students in 2006. Institutions with enrollments that were above average for their sector and classification are ranked by size below.

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Public institutions

Doctoral

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	Texas A&M U. at College Station	67,929
2.	U. of Central Florida	66,059
3.	Ohio State U.	59,837
4.	Florida International U.	56,718
5.	U. of Florida	52,669
6.	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	51,848
7.	U. of Texas at Austin	51,525
8.	Arizona State U.	51,164
9.	Michigan State U.	50,019
10.	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	49,577
11.	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	48,216
12.	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	47,119
13.	U. of Texas at Arlington	46,497
14.	U. of Washington	46,166
15.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	46,002
16.	U. of Houston	45,364
17.	U. of California at Los Angeles	44,027
18.	U. of Arizona	43,751
19.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	43,710
20.	U. of South Florida	43,540
21.	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	42,977
22.	Purdue U. at West Lafayette	42,699
23.	U. of California at Berkeley	41,891
24.	Florida State U.	41,362
25.	U. of Maryland at College Park	40,521
26.	Temple U.	39,967
27.	Texas State U.	38,666
28.	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	38,563
29.	U. of North Texas	38,276
30.	U. of Georgia	37,606
31.	U. of California at Davis	37,380
32.	U. of Cincinnati	37,155
33.	Texas Tech U.	36,996
34.	Iowa State U.	36,158
35.	George Mason U.	35,984
36.	Kennesaw State U.	35,846
37.	U. of California at San Diego	35,772
38.	U. of Colorado at Boulder	35,338
39.	U. of California at Irvine	35,242
40.	San Diego State U.	35,158
41.	U. of South Carolina at Columbia	34,731
42.	Virginia Tech	34,440
43.	North Carolina State U.	34,432
44.	Colorado State U. at Fort Collins	33,083
45.	Georgia State U.	32,816
46.	U. of Utah	32,800
47.	U. of Iowa	32,166
48.	Arizona State U.-Skysong	31,702
49.	Northern Arizona U.	31,051
50.	Oregon State U.	30,896
51.	Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge	30,861
52.	U. of Missouri at Columbia	30,844
53.	U. of Texas at San Antonio	30,768
54.	Virginia Commonwealth U.	30,675
55.	U. at Buffalo	30,648
56.	Washington State U.	30,614
57.	U. of Illinois at Chicago	30,539
58.	U. of Nevada at Las Vegas	30,471
59.	U. of Massachusetts at Amherst	30,340
60.	Florida Atlantic U.	30,208
61.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	29,911
62.	Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis	29,791
63.	Auburn U.	29,776
64.	U. of Kentucky	29,465
65.	Georgia Institute of Technology	29,376
66.	Ohio U.	29,369
67.	U. of North Carolina at Charlotte	29,317
68.	East Carolina U.	29,131
69.	Kent State U. at Kent	28,972
70.	U. of Pittsburgh main campus	28,642
71.	U. of Oklahoma at Norman	28,527
72.	West Virginia U.	28,406
73.	U. of Tennessee at Knoxville	28,321
74.	U. of Texas-Rio Grande Valley	27,809
75.	Utah State U.	27,679
76.	U. of Texas at Dallas	27,642
77.	U. of Kansas	27,625
78.	U. of Connecticut	27,578
79.	U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville	27,558
80.	Wayne State U.	27,064
81.	Portland State U.	26,693
82.	U. of New Mexico	26,221
83.	U. of Nebraska at Lincoln	26,079
84.	Stony Brook U.	25,989
85.	California State U. at Fresno	25,325
86.	Oklahoma State U. at Stillwater	25,295
87.	U. of Texas at El Paso	25,078
88.	U. of California at Santa Barbara	25,057
89.	Grand Valley State U.	25,049
90.	U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee	24,988
91.	U. of Colorado at Denver	24,839
92.	Clemson U.	24,387
93.	Old Dominion U.	24,375
94.	U. of Virginia	24,360
95.	Boise State U.	24,121
	Average for 212 institutions	23,832

Master’s

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	U. of Maryland Global Campus	59,379
2.	California State U. at Northridge	41,319
3.	California State U. at Fullerton	40,905
4.	California State U. at Long Beach	37,622
5.	Utah Valley U.	37,282
6.	San Jose State U.	35,835
7.	California State U. at Sacramento	31,255
8.	San Francisco State U.	29,758
9.	California State U. at Los Angeles	28,531
10.	Weber State U.	27,949
11.	California State Polytechnic U. at Pomona	26,053
12.	City U. of New York Hunter College	23,005
13.	California Polytechnic State U. at San Luis Obispo	22,370
14.	James Madison U.	21,836
15.	California State U. at San Bernardino	20,692
16.	Metropolitan State U. of Denver	20,304
17.	City U. of New York Queens College	19,866
18.	Appalachian State U.	18,811
19.	U. of North Georgia	18,782
20.	City U. of New York Bernard M. Baruch College	18,289
21.	California State U. at Chico	17,875
22.	City U. of New York Brooklyn College	17,803
23.	Troy U.	17,521
24.	West Chester U. of Pennsylvania	17,306
25.	Eastern Kentucky U.	16,612
26.	California State U.-East Bay	16,538
27.	California State U.-Dominguez Hills	16,219
28.	U. of Central Oklahoma	15,979
29.	Western Washington U.	15,915
30.	California State U. at San Marcos	15,755
31.	U. of Alaska at Anchorage	15,733
32.	Fort Hays State U.	15,100
33.	St. Cloud State U.	14,975
34.	Florida Gulf Coast U.	14,965
35.	City U. of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice	14,834
36.	Minnesota State U. at Mankato	14,712
37.	Pennsylvania State U.-World Campus	14,301
38.	Southeastern Louisiana U.	14,285
39.	Kean U.	14,226
40.	City U. of New York Herbert H. Lehman College	14,130
41.	U. of Wisconsin at Oshkosh	13,933
42.	U. of Houston-Downtown	13,919
43.	City U. of New York College of Staten Island	13,594
44.	U. of West Florida	13,040
45.	Tarleton State U.	13,019
46.	Central Washington U.	12,901
47.	Eastern Washington U.	12,607
48.	Youngstown State U.	12,521
49.	U. of Wisconsin at Whitewater	12,434
50.	Colorado State U. Global Campus	12,381
51.	U. of Central Missouri	12,333
52.	Purdue U. Northwest	12,071
53.	Thomas Edison State U.	11,945
54.	Central Connecticut State U.	11,880
55.	U. of Northern Iowa	11,861
56.	Arkansas Tech U.	11,830
57.	Southeast Missouri State U.	11,486
58.	U. of Minnesota at Duluth	11,168
59.	Western Carolina U.	11,034
60.	Bridgewater State U.	11,019
61.	U. of Southern Indiana	11,004
62.	State U. of New York Empire State College	10,977
63.	U. of Wisconsin at Eau Claire	10,904
64.	College of Charleston	10,863
65.	Coastal Carolina U.	10,663
66.	Morehead State U.	10,580
67.	Northwestern State U.	10,572
68.	U. of Wisconsin at La Crosse	10,548
69.	Austin Peay State U.	10,463
70.	Angelo State U.	10,417
71.	Purdue U. Fort Wayne	10,414
72.	California State U.-Stanislaus	10,327
73.	William Paterson U. of New Jersey	10,252
74.	Southern Connecticut State U.	10,202
75.	California State U. at Bakersfield	10,131
76.	West Texas A&M U.	10,060
77.	Murray State U.	10,012
78.	Colorado Mesa U.	9,591
79.	Buffalo State College	9,516
80.	Sonoma State U.	9,481
81.	Southern Utah U.	9,468
82.	Western Illinois U.	9,441
83.	Radford U.	9,418
84.	U. of Wisconsin-Stout	9,416
85.	U. of Michigan at Dearborn	9,330
86.	Bloomsburg U. of Pennsylvania	9,260
87.	Prairie View A&M U.	9,219
88.	Stockton U.	9,216
	Average for 252 institutions	9,064

Baccalaureate

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	Georgia Gwinnett College	12,287
2.	State U. of New York College at Farmingdale	9,574
3.	City U. of New York, York College	8,533
4.	Middle Georgia State U.	7,341
5.	U of Arkansas at Fort Smith	6,638
6.	Missouri Southern State U.	6,174
7.	U. of South Carolina Upstate	5,990
8.	Oregon Institute of Technology	5,486
9.	Dalton State College	5,164
10.	U. of Wisconsin-Parkside	4,277
11.	Nevada State College	4,216
12.	State U. of New York College at Purchase	4,167
13.	U. of Maine at Augusta	4,014
14.	Pennsylvania State U. at Abington	3,893
15.	West Virginia State U.	3,879
16.	Keene State College	3,866
17.	U. of North Carolina at Asheville	3,852
18.	Lewis-Clark State College	3,746
19.	Shepherd U. at Shepherdstown (W.V.)	3,736
20.	Rogers State U.	3,728
21.	U. of South Carolina at Aiken	3,506
22.	Pennsylvania State U. at Altoona	3,482
23.	Louisiana State U. at Alexandria	3,372
24.	Fort Lewis College	3,332
25.	State U. of New York College of Technology at Canton	3,180
26.	Athens State U.	3,114
27.	U. of Hawaii-West Oahu	3,082
28.	Indiana U. at Kokomo	3,029
29.	U. of Florida-Online	2,865
30.	Lander U.	2,849
31.	U. of Minnesota at Crookston	2,834
32.	U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown	2,784
33.	Miami U. at Hamilton (Ohio)	2,751
34.	Pennsylvania State U.-Berks	2,719
35.	Lincoln U. (Mo.)	2,619
36.	U. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	2,612
37.	U. of Wisconsin at Superior	2,595
	Average for 92 institutions	2,528

Associate and baccalaureate/associate

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana	75,486
2.	Lone Star College system	72,336
3.	Houston Community College	57,120
4.	Miami Dade College	56,001
5.	Tarrant County College District	52,957
6.	Northern Virginia Community College	51,190
7.	Valencia College	44,834
8.	Austin Community College	40,803
9.	Broward College	40,754
10.	East Los Angeles College	34,578
11.	College of Southern Nevada	33,914
12.	American River College	31,858
13.	Collin College	31,609
14.	South Texas College	31,321
15.	San Jacinto College-Central Campus	30,509
16.	Palm Beach State College	30,052
17.	Mt. San Antonio College	29,960
18.	Santa Monica College	29,760
19.	Salt Lake Community College	29,620
20.	St. Petersburg College	29,548
21.	El Paso Community College	28,750
22.	Santa Ana College	28,083
23.	Portland Community College	28,005
24.	Hillsborough Community College	27,626
25.	Pasadena City College	27,324
26.	Columbus State Community College	27,204
27.	City U. of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College	26,932
28.	Suffolk County Community College Central Administration	26,756
29.	City College of San Francisco	26,299
30.	College of DuPage	26,165
31.	Long Beach City College	24,658
32.	Central New Mexico Community College	24,442
33.	El Camino College	24,349
34.	Pima Community College	24,347
35.	Fullerton College	24,124
36.	Cuyahoga Community College	23,900
37.	Palomar College	23,848
38.	San Diego Mesa College	23,532
39.	Bakersfield College	23,195
40.	Des Moines Area Community College	22,982
41.	Montgomery College	22,875
42.	Tidewater Community College	22,776
43.	Fresno City College	22,771
44.	Chaffey College	22,508
45.	Wake Technical Community College	22,494
46.	Orange Coast College	22,156
47.	Sacramento City College	21,323
48.	Florida State College at Jacksonville	21,092
49.	Macomb Community College	21,014
50.	Riverside Community College District	20,863
51.	De Anza College	20,674
52.	Santa Rosa Junior College	20,671
53.	Mesa Community College	20,424
54.	College of the Canyons	20,008
55.	Rio Hondo College	19,948
56.	Saddleback College	19,783
57.	Diablo Valley College	19,775
58.	Blinn College	19,476
59.	San Antonio College	19,385
60.	City U. of New York La Guardia Community College	19,373
61.	Community College of Baltimore County	19,349
62.	Front Range Community College	19,259
63.	Central Piedmont Community College	19,100
64.	Nassau Community College	19,059
65.	Glendale Community College (Ariz.)	19,033
66.	Vincennes U.	18,914
67.	Saint Louis Community College	18,835
68.	Richland College	18,794
69.	Georgia State U.	18,732
70.	HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College	18,681
71.	Johnson County Community College	18,638
72.	Sinclair Community College	18,448
73.	Southwestern College (Calif.)	18,413
74.	Grossmont College	18,288
75.	Sierra College	18,221
76.	Modesto Junior College	17,880
77.	San Joaquin Delta College	17,849
78.	Los Angeles Pierce College	17,655
79.	Rio Salado College	17,635
80.	Indian River State College	17,598
81.	Seminole State College of Florida	17,550
82.	Community College of Philadelphia	17,296
83.	City U. of New York, New York City College of Technology	17,279
84.	Cerritos College	17,218
85.	Oakland Community College	17,116
86.	Tulsa Community College	16,897
87.	Northwest Vista College	16,752
88.	Santa Barbara City College	16,385
89.	Eastfield College	16,196
90.	Community College of Allegheny County	16,147
91.	Eastern Florida State College	15,769
92.	Florida SouthWestern State College	15,731
93.	Mt. San Jacinto College	15,718
94.	Foothill College	15,697
95.	San Diego Miramar College	15,692
96.	Cypress College	15,673
97.	Central Texas College	15,672
98.	Los Angeles Valley College	15,648
99.	San Diego City College	15,569
100.	Madison Area Technical College	15,410
101.	City U. of New York-Queensborough Community College	15,400
102.	City U. of New York Kingsborough Community College	15,034
103.	Metropolitan Community College (Neb.)	14,954
104.	Joliet Junior College	14,910
105.	Chandler-Gilbert Community College	14,906
106.	Metropolitan Community College (Mo.)	14,874
107.	Wayne County Community College District	14,806
108.	Community College of Rhode Island	14,758
109.	Moraine Valley Community College	14,620
110.	MiraCosta Community College District	14,617
111.	Glendale Community College (Calif.)	14,598
112.	College of Lake County	14,590
113.	Santa Fe College	14,588
114.	Moorpark College	14,343
115.	Grand Rapids Community College	14,269
116.	Delgado Community College	14,239
117.	Delaware Technical and Community College, Terry Campus	14,195
118.	Antelope Valley College	14,125
119.	Cosumnes River College	14,120
120.	Bergen Community College	14,062
121.	Kirkwood Community College	14,049
122.	Milwaukee Area Technical College	14,012
123.	Daytona State College	13,970
124.	San Bernardino Valley College	13,892
125.	Los Angeles City College	13,827
126.	Harper College	13,749
127.	Chabot College	13,670
128.	Irvine Valley College	13,395
129.	Anne Arundel Community College	13,354
130.	Bellevue College	13,322
131.	Brookhaven College	13,286
132.	Pikes Peak Community College	13,275
133.	Trident Technical College	13,271
134.	Citrus College	13,263
135.	Ventura College	13,174
136.	Los Angeles Trade-Technical College	12,984
137.	Monroe Community College	12,907
138.	Lansing Community College	12,882
139.	Brookdale Community College	12,790
140.	Henry Ford College	12,786
141.	Texas State Technical College	12,717
142.	Ozarks Technical Community College	12,692
143.	Westchester Community College	12,571
144.	Arapahoe Community College	12,421
145.	Oklahoma City Community College	12,342
146.	Washtenaw Community College	12,335
147.	Santiago Canyon College	12,307
148.	College of the Sequoias	12,277
149.	Jefferson Community and Technical College	12,250
150.	Prince George’s Community College	12,113
151.	Hartnell College	12,072
152.	Hinds Community College	12,061
153.	St. Philip’s College	12,050
154.	Victor Valley College	11,971
155.	Pasco-Hernando Community College	11,947
156.	Bunker Hill Community College	11,881
157.	Cabrillo College	11,836
158.	Tallahassee Community College	11,782
159.	Greenville Technical College	11,745
160.	Allan Hancock College	11,739
161.	Fayetteville Technical Community College	11,660
161.	Fox Valley Technical College	11,660
163.	Tyler Junior College	11,649
164.	Stark State College	11,613
165.	Golden West College	11,610
166.	Northeast Wisconsin Technical College	11,488
167.	U. of Wisconsin Colleges	11,486
168.	Del Mar College	11,476
169.	Phoenix College	11,428
170.	Butte College	11,386
171.	Middlesex County College	11,381
172.	Coastline Community College	11,172
173.	Pellissippi State Community College	11,168
174.	College of the Desert	11,146
175.	Erie Community College City Campus	11,135
176.	Lorain County Community College	11,042
177.	Delaware County Community College	11,030
178.	Hudson Valley Community College	11,020
179.	North Lake College	10,953
180.	City U. of New York Bronx Community College	10,935
181.	Merced College	10,912
182.	Laney College	10,891
183.	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota	10,886
184.	Cuesta College	10,836
185.	El Centro College	10,797
186.	Truckee Meadows Community College	10,720
187.	Triton College	10,672
188.	Onondaga Community College	10,659
188.	Polk State College	10,659
190.	Midlands Technical College	10,625
191.	Reedley College	10,562
192.	Schoolcraft College	10,558
193.	Camden County College	10,492
194.	West Los Angeles College	10,477
195.	Montgomery County Community College	10,392
196.	John Tyler Community College	10,380
197.	North Central Texas College	10,327
198.	College of Western Idaho	10,303
199.	Chemeketa Community College	10,279
200.	Norco College	10,277
201.	Amarillo College	10,259
202.	City Colleges of Chicago, Wilbur Wright College	10,227
203.	Mountain View College	10,220
204.	Chattahoochee Technical College	10,201
205.	Guilford Technical Community College	10,072
206.	Owens Community College	10,038
207.	Spokane Community College	10,014
208.	Clark College	10,000
209.	Northampton Community College	9,921
210.	Moreno Valley College	9,914
211.	Laredo College	9,881
212.	Calhoun Community College	9,861
213.	Normandale Community College	9,844
214.	Estrella Mountain Community College	9,788
215.	Los Angeles Mission College	9,765
216.	Union County College	9,711
217.	Dixie State U.	9,673
218.	Pensacola State College	9,655
219.	Solano Community College	9,625
220.	Elgin Community College	9,599
221.	Evergreen Valley College	9,575
222.	Waubonsee Community College	9,518
223.	Bluegrass Community and Technical College	9,478
224.	Howard Community College	9,476
225.	Scottsdale Community College	9,458
226.	Cuyamaca College	9,424
227.	Southeast Community College (Neb.)	9,412
228.	Palo Alto College	9,368
229.	San Jose City College	9,336
230.	J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College	9,334
231.	South Plains College	9,329
232.	Ohlone College	9,273
233.	Illinois Central College	9,266
234.	College of San Mateo	9,263
235.	Skyline College	9,235
236.	Gateway Technical College	9,166
237.	Shasta College	9,160
238.	Southwest Tennessee Community College	9,099
239.	Dutchess Community College	9,061
240.	Los Medanos College	9,048
241.	Essex County College	8,997
242.	Las Positas College	8,989
243.	Navarro College	8,968
244.	Anoka-Ramsey Community College	8,954
245.	Rowan College at Burlington County	8,951
246.	Oakton Community College	8,907
247.	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston Campus	8,888
248.	McLennan Community College	8,880
249.	City Colleges of Chicago, Harold Washington College	8,869
250.	Hudson County Community College	8,864
251.	Los Angeles Harbor College	8,861
252.	Southwestern Illinois College	8,859
253.	Jefferson State Community College	8,840
254.	Volunteer State Community College	8,838
255.	Butler Community College (Kan.)	8,828
256.	Cincinnati State Technical and Community College	8,807
257.	Century College	8,745
258.	Folsom Lake College	8,682
259.	Mt. Hood Community College	8,680
260.	Delta College	8,677
261.	Georgia Military College	8,595
262.	Community College of Denver	8,556
263.	Eastern Gateway Community College	8,526
264.	Imperial Valley College	8,449
265.	Paradise Valley Community College	8,447
266.	Ocean County College	8,377
267.	Gwinnett Technical College	8,321
268.	Cape Fear Community College	8,317
269.	Kalamazoo Valley Community College	8,316
270.	Thomas Nelson Community College	8,286
271.	Pitt Community College	8,256
272.	Middlesex Community College	8,206
273.	Nashville State Community College	8,197
274.	City Colleges of Chicago, Harry S. Truman College	8,186
275.	Chattanooga State Community College	8,152
276.	Edmonds Community College	8,100
277.	Raritan Valley Community College	8,079
278.	Green River College	8,048
279.	Central Georgia Technical College	8,045
280.	Community College of Aurora	8,026
281.	County College of Morris	7,949
282.	New Mexico State U. Dona Ana Community College	7,917
283.	Baton Rouge Community College	7,908
284.	Monterey Peninsula College	7,816
285.	Bucks County Community College	7,784
286.	West Valley College	7,779
287.	Forsyth Technical Community College	7,756
288.	Everett Community College	7,740
289.	Lee College	7,717
290.	NorthWest Arkansas Community College	7,715
291.	Waukesha County Technical College	7,696
292.	Mott Community College	7,689
293.	Eastern Iowa Community College District Central Office	7,666
294.	Northwest Mississippi Community College	7,654
295.	Bristol Community College	7,637
295.	Lane Community College	7,637
297.	Mercer County Community College	7,630
298.	Lakeland Community College	7,581
299.	Arizona Western College	7,557
300.	Minneapolis Community and Technical College	7,486
301.	Rose State College	7,452
302.	Oxnard College	7,451
303.	Cedar Valley College	7,443
304.	El Camino College at Compton (Calif.)	7,422
305.	Clovis Community College (Calif.)	7,420
305.	Mission College	7,420
307.	Yavapai College	7,370
308.	Quinsigamond Community College	7,368
309.	Red Rocks Community College	7,355
310.	Virginia Western Community College	7,271
311.	Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College	7,262
312.	St. Johns River State College	7,249
313.	Hostos Community College-City U. of New York	7,211
314.	College of Southern Maryland	7,201
315.	City Colleges of Chicago, Richard J. Daley College	7,182
316.	Parkland College	7,159
317.	Rowan College-Gloucester County	7,158
318.	Massasoit Community College	7,154
319.	College of Central Florida	7,151
320.	Chippewa Valley Technical College	7,134
321.	Elizabethtown Community and Technical College	7,115
322.	Kapiolani Community College	7,095
323.	Horry-Georgetown Technical College	7,079
324.	Wharton County Junior College	7,050
325.	San Juan College	7,030
	Average for 976 institutions	7,022

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Private nonprofit institutions

Doctoral

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	Liberty U.	75,044
2.	New York U.	51,123
3.	U. of Southern California	45,687
4.	Brigham Young U.	34,334
5.	Boston U.	33,355
6.	Harvard U.	31,120
7.	Columbia U.	30,454
8.	George Washington U.	27,973
9.	U. of Pennsylvania	25,367
10.	Johns Hopkins U.	25,151
11.	Drexel U.	24,190
12.	Cornell U.	23,016
13.	DePaul U.	22,769
14.	Syracuse U.	22,484
15.	Northwestern U.	22,008
16.	Northeastern U.	21,489
17.	St. John’s U. (N.Y.)	21,340
18.	Nova Southeastern U.	20,793
19.	Georgetown U.	19,005
20.	Keiser U. at Ft. Lauderdale	18,335
21.	Stanford U.	17,534
22.	Baylor U.	17,059
23.	U. of Miami	17,003
24.	Loyola U. Chicago	16,673
25.	Rochester Institute of Technology	16,584
26.	U. of Chicago	16,227
27.	Duke U.	16,130
28.	Fordham U.	16,037
29.	Washington U. in St. Louis	15,303
30.	Boston College	14,628
31.	Saint Louis U.	14,581
32.	Emory U.	14,263
33.	Wilmington U. (Del.)	14,170
34.	Carnegie Mellon U.	13,869
35.	American U.	13,858
36.	Pace U.	12,986
37.	Yale U.	12,974
38.	Vanderbilt U.	12,592
39.	U. of Notre Dame	12,467
40.	Tulane U.	12,384
41.	Touro College (N.Y.)	11,908
42.	Case Western Reserve U.	11,824
43.	Southern Methodist U.	11,789
44.	U. of Rochester	11,648
45.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11,466
46.	Tufts U.	11,449
47.	U. of Denver	11,434
48.	Marquette U.	11,426
49.	Hofstra U.	11,131
50.	Northeastern U. Global Network	11,104
51.	U. of San Francisco	11,063
52.	Villanova U.	10,967
53.	U. of Dayton	10,882
54.	Texas Christian U.	10,489
55.	New School	10,389
56.	Quinnipiac U.	10,200
57.	U. of the Cumberlands	10,097
58.	Brown U.	10,095
59.	Lindenwood U.	10,025
60.	Azusa Pacific U.	9,926
61.	U. of St. Thomas (Minn.)	9,878
62.	Seton Hall U.	9,801
63.	Loyola Marymount U.	9,618
	Average for 181 institutions	9,592

Master’s

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	Western Governors U.	98,627
2.	Southern New Hampshire U.	90,955
3.	Excelsior College	34,022
4.	National U.	17,097
5.	Columbia College (Mo.)	13,492
6.	Saint Leo U.	13,099
7.	Webster U.	12,736
8.	Baker College of Flint	12,018
9.	Park U.	11,457
10.	Indiana Wesleyan U.-National and Global	10,778
11.	California Baptist U.	9,941
12.	Mercy College	9,506
13.	U. of Tampa	8,895
14.	Bellevue U.	8,655
15.	Independence U.	8,605
16.	Johnson & Wales U. (R.I.)	8,563
17.	Saint Joseph’s U. (Pa.)	8,085
18.	Indiana Tech	7,871
19.	Fairleigh Dickinson U.	7,846
20.	New York Institute of Technology	7,403
21.	Colorado Christian U.	7,398
22.	Columbia College Chicago	7,312
23.	Campbellsville U.	7,207
24.	Suffolk U.	7,201
25.	Southeastern U. (Fla.)	7,163
26.	Davenport U.	7,160
27.	U. of New Haven	6,984
28.	Xavier U. (Ohio)	6,786
29.	Marist College	6,657
30.	Ithaca College	6,516
31.	Lewis U.	6,506
32.	Ashland U.	6,471
33.	Monmouth U.	6,340
34.	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. at Daytona Beach (Fla.)	6,338
35.	Bradley U.	5,844
36.	Loyola U. Maryland	5,783
37.	Bethel U. (Tenn.)	5,779
38.	Concordia U. Chicago	5,755
39.	Saint Mary’s U. of Minnesota	5,754
40.	Bentley U.	5,543
41.	Missouri Baptist U.	5,488
42.	U. of Scranton	5,373
43.	Lee U.	5,370
44.	Utica College	5,258
45.	La Salle U.	5,197
46.	Fairfield U.	5,192
47.	Abilene Christian U.	5,145
47.	Butler U.	5,145
49.	Rider U.	5,073
50.	Roger Williams U.	5,024
51.	Olivet Nazarene U.	4,986
52.	Molloy College	4,980
53.	Upper Iowa U.	4,943
54.	U. of Redlands	4,898
55.	Wayland Baptist U.	4,847
56.	Concordia U. at St. Paul	4,817
57.	Endicott College	4,795
58.	Champlain College	4,749
59.	Providence College	4,646
60.	St. Thomas U.	4,538
61.	Ohio Christian U.	4,483
62.	Emerson College	4,459
63.	Belhaven U.	4,458
64.	Wentworth Institute of Technology	4,457
65.	St. Edward’s U.	4,447
66.	Point Loma Nazarene U.	4,417
67.	York College of Pennsylvania	4,415
68.	U. of Portland	4,396
69.	Trine U.	4,296
70.	Stetson U.	4,252
71.	Concordia U. (Calif.)	4,249
72.	Manhattan College	4,242
73.	California Lutheran U.	4,236
74.	Point Park U.	4,224
75.	Jacksonville U.	4,222
76.	Merrimack College	4,191
77.	Hawaii Pacific U.	4,146
78.	Fresno Pacific U.	4,105
79.	Norwich U.	4,100
80.	Central Methodist U., College of Graduate and Extended Studies	3,999
81.	Harrisburg U. of Science and Technology	3,997
82.	St. Joseph’s College-Long Island	3,966
83.	Niagara U.	3,949
84.	College of Saint Rose	3,929
85.	U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor	3,914
86.	Saint Mary’s College of California	3,913
87.	Cedarville U.	3,886
88.	Stevenson U.	3,876
89.	Calvin U.	3,840
90.	Arcadia U.	3,811
91.	Iona College	3,792
92.	Baldwin Wallace U.	3,791
93.	Bryant U.	3,751
94.	Hamline U.	3,734
95.	Saint Xavier U.	3,715
96.	St. Mary’s U. (Tex.)	3,649
	Average for 365 institutions	3,645

Baccalaureate

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	Brigham Young U.-Idaho	51,881
2.	High Point U.	4,951
3.	Bethune-Cookman U.	4,143
4.	U. of Richmond	4,023
5.	Oral Roberts U.	3,919
6.	Bucknell U.	3,678
7.	Edward Waters College	3,443
8.	Lewis & Clark College (Ore.)	3,339
9.	Wesleyan U. (Conn.)	3,213
10.	Hope College	3,150
11.	Brigham Young U.-Hawaii	3,143
12.	Ohio Northern U.	3,088
13.	St. Olaf College	3,035
14.	Furman U.	2,949
15.	Smith College	2,918
16.	Wheaton College (Ill.)	2,900
17.	Colgate U.	2,894
18.	Carthage College	2,860
19.	College of the Holy Cross	2,855
20.	Oberlin College	2,853
21.	U. of Puget Sound	2,701
22.	Flagler College at St. Augustine (Fla.)	2,689
23.	Skidmore College	2,684
24.	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. at Prescott (Ariz.)	2,663
25.	Limestone College	2,661
26.	Augustana College (Ill.)	2,647
27.	Truett McConnell U.	2,622
28.	Lafayette College	2,594
29.	Middlebury College	2,591
30.	Barnard College	2,544
31.	U. of Evansville	2,516
32.	Wellesley College	2,508
33.	Stonehill College	2,498
33.	Willamette U.	2,498
35.	St. Lawrence U.	2,493
36.	Moravian College	2,446
37.	Gettysburg College	2,411
38.	Dickinson College	2,382
39.	Muhlenberg College	2,367
40.	St. Francis College (N.Y.)	2,362
41.	Vassar College	2,353
42.	Susquehanna U.	2,351
43.	Denison U.	2,341
44.	U. of Pikeville	2,336
45.	Mount Holyoke College	2,334
46.	Bard College	2,293
47.	Franklin & Marshall College	2,283
48.	Trinity College (Conn.)	2,282
49.	Union College (N.Y.)	2,267
50.	U. of Mount Union	2,257
51.	Hobart and William Smith Colleges	2,244
52.	Goucher College	2,236
53.	Washington and Lee U.	2,220
54.	Morehouse College	2,202
55.	Gustavus Adolphus College	2,181
56.	Benedictine College	2,166
57.	St. Norbert College	2,165
58.	DePauw U.	2,158
59.	Marymount Manhattan College	2,150
60.	Taylor U.	2,145
61.	Spelman College	2,137
62.	Macalester College	2,136
63.	Williams College	2,134
64.	Claflin U.	2,129
65.	Colorado College	2,118
66.	Drew U.	2,117
67.	North Carolina Wesleyan College	2,093
67.	Oklahoma Baptist U.	2,093
69.	Benedict College	2,090
70.	Emmanuel College (Mass.)	2,083
71.	Carleton College	2,078
72.	Saint Michael’s College	2,077
73.	Concordia College at Moorhead	2,059
74.	Luther College	2,053
75.	Millikin U.	2,040
76.	Eckerd College	2,037
77.	Albright College	2,036
78.	Roanoke College	2,035
79.	Rhodes College	2,010
80.	Whittier College	1,987
81.	College of Wooster (Ohio)	1,980
81.	Meredith College	1,980
83.	Occidental College	1,972
84.	Saint Anselm College	1,964
85.	Gordon College (Mass.)	1,963
86.	Point U.	1,952
87.	College of Saint Benedict	1,937
88.	Fisher College	1,923
89.	Colby College	1,917
90.	Hamilton College (N.Y.)	1,901
91.	Becker College at Worcester (Mass.)	1,892
92.	Bridgewater College	1,889
93.	Wittenberg U.	1,884
94.	Saint Vincent College	1,865
95.	Bloomfield College	1,842
96.	Amherst College	1,836
96.	Grand View U.	1,836
98.	Missouri Valley College	1,820
99.	Connecticut College	1,817
100.	Bowdoin College	1,816
101.	Saint John’s U. (Minn.)	1,815
102.	Davidson College	1,810
103.	Allegheny College	1,802
104.	Bates College	1,787
105.	Sewanee: The U. of the South	1,778
106.	Georgetown College	1,767
107.	Mount Aloysius College	1,740
108.	Elizabethtown College	1,735
109.	Aquinas College (Mich.)	1,716
110.	Grinnell College	1,712
111.	Oakwood U.	1,711
112.	Adrian College	1,709
113.	Sarah Lawrence College	1,696
114.	Wheaton College (Mass.)	1,688
115.	Guilford College	1,680
116.	Wofford College	1,678
117.	Kenyon College	1,677
118.	Virginia Union U.	1,674
119.	Berea College	1,670
120.	Shaw U.	1,660
121.	Miles College	1,650
122.	Illinois Wesleyan U.	1,649
123.	Bryn Mawr College	1,640
124.	Saint Mary’s College (Ind.)	1,637
125.	U. of Mobile	1,604
126.	Pomona College	1,599
127.	Swarthmore College	1,577
128.	Manchester U.	1,572
129.	Albion College	1,568
130.	Wesley College (Del.)	1,561
131.	Ohio Wesleyan U.	1,560
132.	Belmont Abbey College	1,555
132.	Mount Ida College	1,555
134.	Ouachita Baptist U.	1,545
135.	Lake Forest College	1,542
136.	Linfield College	1,535
137.	Dordt U.	1,533
137.	East Texas Baptist U.	1,533
139.	Wartburg College	1,527
140.	Keystone College	1,523
141.	Whitman College	1,510
142.	College of the Ozarks	1,508
143.	Ursinus College	1,507
144.	William Jessup U.	1,504
145.	Chowan U.	1,503
146.	Juniata College	1,495
147.	Spring Hill College	1,485
148.	Washington College	1,484
149.	Johnson C. Smith U.	1,483
150.	Simpson College (Iowa)	1,479
151.	Peirce College	1,478
152.	Johnson & Wales U. (Fla.)	1,475
153.	Reed College	1,470
153.	Virginia Wesleyan U.	1,470
155.	Lawrence U.	1,467
155.	Loras College	1,467
	Average for 394 institutions	1,460

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All for-profit institutions

Rank	Institution	Number of students
1.	U. of Phoenix-Arizona	103,975
2.	Grand Canyon U.	83,284
3.	Walden U.	49,680
4.	American Public U. system	46,420
5.	Ashford U.	36,453
6.	Capella U.	36,284
7.	Kaplan U. at Davenport (Iowa)	33,287
8.	Chamberlain U.-Illinois	27,099
9.	Colorado Technical U. at Colorado Springs	25,517
10.	Columbia Southern U.	20,818
11.	Full Sail U.	18,605
12.	DeVry U. of Illinois	16,964
13.	ECPI U.	11,972
14.	Academy of Art U.	11,672
15.	Northcentral U.	10,788
16.	U. of Phoenix-California	9,832
17.	American InterContinental U. Online	9,699
18.	Grantham U.	9,303
19.	Strayer U.-Global Region	8,864
20.	Post U.	8,540
21.	Rasmussen College at Ocala (Fla.)	8,146
22.	South U.-Savannah Online (Ga.)	7,575
23.	Trident U. International	6,982
24.	Strayer U. at Atlanta (Ga.)	6,829
25.	Monroe College (N.Y.)	6,310
26.	Strayer U. at Arlington (Va.)	5,894
27.	Argosy U. Online Programs	5,791
28.	San Joaquin Valley College at Visalia (Calif.)	5,239
29.	Strayer U.-RTP (N.C.)	5,176
30.	Aspen U.	4,973
31.	Vista College	4,701
32.	ASA College	4,686
33.	Rasmussen College at St. Cloud (Minn.)	4,509
34.	School of Visual Arts	4,393
35.	Florida National U. at Hialeah	4,169
36.	Bryant & Stratton College Online	4,114
37.	Florida Technical College at Orlando	3,989
38.	Alliant International U. at San Diego	3,780
39.	Los Angeles Film School	3,653
40.	Berkeley College at New York	3,635
41.	Sullivan U.	3,489
42.	Berkeley College at Woodland Park (N.J.)	3,477
43.	U. of St. Augustine for Health Sciences	2,992
44.	DeVry U. of California	2,980
45.	Jersey College	2,968
46.	Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online	2,940
47.	Bob Jones U.	2,916
48.	Strayer U.-Prince George’s (Md.)	2,915
49.	Unitek College	2,715
50.	Charter College at Anchorage	2,664
51.	American Sentinel U.	2,637
52.	Strayer U. at Memphis (Tenn.)	2,575
53.	West Coast U.-Orange County	2,555
54.	Waldorf U.	2,487
55.	Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising at Los Angeles	2,384
56.	Strayer U. at Greenville (S.C.)	2,313
57.	Pima Medical Institute at Tucson	2,300
58.	Stratford U.	2,282
59.	Strayer U.-Lower Bucks County (Pa.)	2,177
60.	Strayer U. at Tampa (Fla.)	2,167
61.	South College (Tenn.)	2,146
62.	American InterContinental U. at Atlanta	2,140
63.	Virginia College at Birmingham (Ala.)	2,108
64.	Strayer U.-North Austin (Tex.)	2,094
65.	Hondros College	2,093
66.	Harrison College at Indianapolis Downtown	2,045
67.	Sonoran Desert Institute	1,980
68.	Universal Technical Institute	1,860
69.	LIM College	1,713
70.	Miller-Motte Technical College at Wilmington (N.C.)	1,708
71.	Galen College of Nursing at Louisville (Ky.)	1,703
72.	Rasmussen College at Rockford (Ill.)	1,674
73.	West Coast U.-Los Angeles	1,660
74.	U. of Phoenix-Texas	1,600
75.	Art Institute of Atlanta	1,582
76.	DeVry College of New York	1,528
77.	Southwest U. at El Paso	1,527
78.	Lincoln College of Technology at Nashville	1,495
79.	New York Film Academy at Los Angeles	1,487
80.	Miami International U. of Art and Design	1,461
81.	Concorde Career College-Memphis Metro Area	1,420
82.	College of Health Care Professions-Northwest	1,402
83.	Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts	1,395
84.	Argosy U. Twin Cities	1,346
84.	National American U. at Rapid City (S.D.)	1,346
86.	DeVry U. of Georgia	1,341
87.	Stanbridge U.	1,331
88.	Argosy U. at Atlanta	1,329
89.	Southern Technical College at Orlando (Fla.)	1,321
90.	Westcliff U.	1,301
91.	American Career College at Ontario (Calif.)	1,275
92.	West Coast U. at Ontario	1,253
93.	Bryan U. at Los Angeles	1,249
94.	Galen College of Nursing at San Antonio (Tex.)	1,246
95.	American Career College at Los Angeles	1,237
96.	Galen College of Nursing at Tampa Bay (Fla.)	1,235
97.	South U. at Savannah (Ga.)	1,228
98.	Central Penn College	1,224
99.	Institute of Technology (Calif.)	1,189
100.	U. of Management and Technology	1,176
101.	New England College of Business and Finance	1,175
102.	YTI Career Institute at York (Pa.)	1,165
103.	Brookline College at Phoenix	1,148
	Average for 968 institutions	1,135

Note: Figures include all full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the fall of 2017 at degree-granting institutions in the United States that are eligible to receive Title IV federal student aid. Categories are based on the 2018 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The average enrollment of for-profit institutions includes unclassified institutions. Baccalaureate categories exclude baccalaureate/associate institutions. Associate and baccalaureate/associate private nonprofit institutions are not represented in the table. Colleges vary in whether they report enrollments of all units together or separately. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to Ruth Hammond.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data

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