Top Largest Colleges & Universities

The list below shows the top 300 largest colleges and universities in the United States. Rankings are based on the enrollment numbers from the 2010-2011 school year.

		Total Enrolled
1.	University of Phoenix - Online Campus	307,965
2.	Kaplan University	77,966
3.	Arizona State University (ASU, ASU Tempe)	70,440
4.	Ashford University (AU)	63,096
5.	Miami Dade College (MDC, MDCC, Miami Dade)	61,674
6.	Houston Community College System (HCC)	60,303
7.	Liberty University (LU)	56,625
8.	University of Central Florida (UCF)	56,106
9.	Ohio State University (OSU)	56,064
10.	Lone Star College - Montgomery (LSC)	54,412
11.	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (U of M)	51,721
12.	The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)	51,195
13.	University of Florida (UF)	49,827
14.	Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, TAMU)	49,129
15.	Tarrant County College (TCC)	49,108
16.	Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC, NOVA)	48,996
17.	Walden University (Walden U)	47,456
18.	Michigan State University (MSU, Spartans, State, MI State U)	46,985
19.	Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)	45,233
20.	Austin Community College District (ACC, Austin CC)	44,100
21.	University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (UIUC)	43,862
22.	New York University (NYU)	43,797
23.	College of Southern Nevada (CSN)	42,747
24.	Indiana University - Bloomington (IU, IUB, IU Bloomington)	42,464
25.	University of Washington - Seattle Campus (UW-Seattle, UDub, UW)	42,451
26.	Florida International University (FIU)	42,197
27.	University of Wisconsin - Madison (UW)	42,180
28.	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (U-M, U of M)	41,924
29.	Valencia College (Valencia CC)	41,583
30.	Purdue University (Purdue-West Lafayette)	41,063
31.	Devry University - Illinois	40,859
32.	University of South Florida (USF)	40,431
33.	Florida State University (FSU, Florida State)	40,416
34.	Broward College (BCC, Broward Community College)	40,375
35.	University of Maryland - University College (UMUC)	39,577
36.	Capella University	39,457
37.	American Public University System (American Military University)	39,296
38.	University of Arizona (UA, U of A)	39,086
39.	Rutgers University - New Brunswick	38,912
40.	University of Houston (UH)	38,752
41.	University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA, UC Los Angeles)	38,157
42.	University of Maryland - College Park (UM)	37,641
43.	Grand Canyon University (GCU)	37,440
44.	Temple University	37,367
45.	University of Southern California (USC)	36,896
46.	Pima Community College	36,823
47.	University of North Texas (UNT, North Texas, Mean Grean)	36,305
48.	University of California - Berkeley (UC Berkeley)	35,833
49.	California State University - Fullerton (CSUF, Cal State Fullerton)	35,590
50.	California State University - Northridge (CSUN)	35,272
51.	East Los Angeles College (ELAC)	35,100
52.	University of Georgia (UGA)	34,677
53.	Salt Lake Community College (SLCC)	34,654
54.	North Carolina State University at Raleigh (NC State, NCSU, N C State)	34,376
55.	Brigham Young University (BYU)	33,841
56.	American River College (ARC)	33,440
57.	California State University - Long Beach (CSULB)	33,416
58.	The University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington)	32,975
59.	City College of San Francisco (CCSF)	32,966
60.	Boston University (BU, Boston U)	32,727
61.	University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder)	32,697
62.	Utah Valley University (UVU, UVSC)	32,670
63.	Texas State University - San Marcos (Texas State, SWT, SWTSU, TxSt)	32,572
64.	George Mason University (Mason)	32,562
65.	University of Missouri - Columbia (Mizzou, MU)	32,341
66.	University of Cincinnati (UC)	32,283
67.	Excelsior College (EC)	32,029
68.	Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)	32,027
69.	Portland Community College (PCC)	32,013
70.	St Petersburg College (SPC, Saint Petersburg College)	31,793
71.	Texas Tech University (TTU)	31,637
72.	Georgia State University (GSU)	31,533
73.	Wayne State University (WSU)	31,505
74.	University of California - Davis (UC Davis)	31,392
75.	Santa Ana College (SAC)	31,377
76.	Tidewater Community College (TCC)	31,308
77.	Cuyahoga Community College District (Tri-C)	31,250
78.	Santa Monica College (SMC)	31,118
79.	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	31,006
80.	University of Utah (The U)	30,819
81.	Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis (IUPUI, IUPU at Indianapolis)	30,566
82.	Columbus State Community College (Columbus State, CSCC)	30,513
83.	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM, UW Milwaukee)	30,470
84.	The University of Tennessee (UT, UTK)	30,300
85.	The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)	30,258
86.	Colorado State University (CSU)	30,155
87.	The University of Alabama (UA)	30,127
88.	Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)	29,948
89.	El Paso Community College (EPCC)	29,909
90.	San Francisco State University (SFSU)	29,718
91.	University of South Carolina - Columbia (SC)	29,599
92.	Colorado Technical University Online (Colorado Tech Online)	29,588
93.	Palm Beach State College (PBSC, PBCC)	29,534
94.	Northeastern University (NEU)	29,519
95.	University of Iowa (UI)	29,518
96.	Louisiana State University (LSU)	29,451
97.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)	29,390
98.	West Virginia University (WVU)	29,306
99.	San Diego State University (SDSU)	29,187
100.	University of California - San Diego (UCSD, UC San Diego)	29,176
101.	University at Buffalo (UB, SUNY Buffalo)	29,117
102.	San Jose State University (SJSU)	29,076
103.	Mt San Antonio College (Mt. SAC)	29,064
104.	Oakland Community College (OCC)	28,925
105.	University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus (Pitt)	28,823
106.	Nova Southeastern University (NSU)	28,741
107.	University of Kansas (University of Kansas)	28,697
108.	University of New Mexico (UNM)	28,688
109.	Iowa State University (ISU)	28,682
110.	Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ, FCCJ)	28,642
111.	San Jacinto College (San Jac)	28,549
112.	Troy University (TROY)	28,322
113.	Central Michigan University (CMU)	28,292
114.	Florida Atlantic University (FAU)	28,270
115.	University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV)	28,203
116.	Portland State University (PSU)	28,035
117.	Hillsborough Community College (HCC)	27,955
118.	University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC, U of I-Chicago)	27,850
119.	East Carolina University (ECU)	27,783
120.	South Texas College	27,692
121.	Harvard University	27,594
122.	University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst)	27,569
123.	University of Kentucky (UK)	27,108
124.	University of Akron (UA)	27,076
125.	Collin College (CCCCD)	27,069
126.	California State University - Sacramento (Sacramento State)	27,033
127.	Pasadena City College (PCC)	27,023
128.	University of California - Irvine (UCI, UC Irvine)	26,994
129.	College of Dupage (C.O.D.)	26,722
130.	Suffolk County Community College (SCCC)	26,719
131.	Kent State University - Kent Campus (KSU)	26,589
132.	Long Beach City College (LBCC)	26,517
133.	University of Oklahoma Norman Campus (University of Oklahoma)	26,476
134.	Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)	26,430
135.	The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC, Dundalk Community College)	26,425
136.	Mesa Community College (MCC, MESACC)	26,408
137.	Washington State University (WSU)	26,308
138.	Palomar College	26,231
139.	Central Texas College (CTC)	26,055
140.	Montgomery College (MC)	26,015
141.	San Diego Mesa College (Mesa)	25,972
142.	University of Connecticut (UCONN)	25,498
143.	San Antonio College (SAC)	25,269
144.	Rio Salado College (RSD)	25,266
145.	Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia)	25,208
146.	Northern Arizona University (NAU)	25,197
147.	Depaul University (DePaul)	25,145
148.	George Washington University (GWU, GW)	25,135
149.	Georgia Perimeter College (GPC)	25,113
150.	Ohio University	25,108
151.	Auburn University (AU, Auburn)	25,078
152.	University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte)	25,063
153.	Western Michigan University (WMU)	25,045
154.	Sacramento City College (SCC)	25,039
155.	University of Pennsylvania (Penn, U of PA, U-Penn, U of P)	25,007
156.	Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC)	24,879
157.	Saddleback College (Saddleback)	24,793
158.	El Camino College (ECC, El Camino Community College)	24,756
159.	Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)	24,658
160.	University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL)	24,610
161.	Grand Valley State University (Grand Valley, GVSU)	24,541
162.	Macomb Community College (MCC)	24,468
163.	Old Dominion University (ODU, Old Dominion)	24,466
164.	University of Virginia (UVA)	24,391
165.	Stony Brook University (SUNY Stony Brook)	24,363
166.	Orange Coast College (OCC)	24,239
167.	University of Colorado Denver (UCDHSC, UCHSC, DDC, CUD)	24,108
168.	Weber State University (WSU)	24,048
169.	Metropolitan State College of Denver (Metro State)	23,948
170.	Fresno City College (FCC)	23,902
171.	Northern Illinois University (NIU)	23,850
172.	Nassau Community College (NCC)	23,767
173.	Oregon State University (OSU)	23,753
174.	Oklahoma State University (OSU)	23,667
175.	Drexel University	23,637
176.	De Anza College	23,630
177.	Kansas State University (K-State)	23,588
178.	Eastern Michigan University (EMU)	23,565
179.	Kennesaw State University (KSU)	23,452
180.	University of Oregon (UO)	23,342
181.	College of the Canyons (COC)	23,332
182.	Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg (HACC)	23,210
183.	University of Toledo (UT)	23,085
184.	Fullerton College	22,562
185.	Cuny Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC, Borough of Manhattan)	22,534
186.	Western Governors University (WGU, Western Governors)	22,497
187.	Rio Hondo College (RHC, RHCCD)	22,457
188.	University of Memphis (U of M)	22,420
189.	Cuny Hunter College	22,407
190.	University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB, UC Santa Barbara)	22,218
191.	Cerritos College	22,142
192.	The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)	22,106
193.	Ball State University (BSU, Ball U)	22,083
194.	Sinclair Community College	21,994
195.	Lansing Community College (LCC)	21,969
196.	Towson University (TU)	21,840
197.	University of Arkansas	21,405
198.	Glendale Community College (GCC)	21,373
199.	Pierce College	21,368
200.	St. John's University - New York	21,354
201.	University of Louisville (U of L)	21,234
202.	Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD)	21,198
203.	University of Delaware (UD)	21,177
204.	Illinois State University (ISU)	21,134
205.	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)	20,977
206.	Cornell University	20,939
207.	California State University - Fresno (Fresno State)	20,932
208.	Cuny Queens College (Queens, QC)	20,906
209.	Western Kentucky University (WKU, WESTERN KY, HILLTOPPERS)	20,897
210.	Johnson County Community College (JCCC)	20,865
211.	Ivy Tech Community College - Central Indiana	20,847
212.	California State Polytechnic University - Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)	20,747
213.	Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)	20,720
214.	Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC)	20,706
215.	Diablo Valley College (DVC)	20,703
216.	University of California - Riverside (UCR, UC Riverside)	20,692
217.	Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC)	20,667
218.	Riverside Community College (RCC)	20,585
219.	Tulsa Community College (TCC)	20,577
220.	Northwestern University (Northwestern, NU)	20,481
221.	Missouri State University	20,472
222.	Los Angeles City College (LACC)	20,430
223.	Syracuse University (SU)	20,407
224.	University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM, UH at Manoa)	20,337
225.	California State University - Los Angeles (Cal State LA, CSULA)	20,142
226.	Front Range Community College (FRCC)	20,092
227.	Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC)	20,037
228.	Owens Community College (OCC)	20,031
229.	Boise State University	19,992
230.	Sierra College	19,986
231.	Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC)	19,921
232.	Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)	19,827
233.	American Intercontinental University Online (AIU Online)	19,803
234.	Georgia Southern University	19,691
235.	Grossmont College (GC)	19,659
236.	Mississippi State University (MSU)	19,644
237.	Bakersfield College (BC)	19,569
238.	Stanford University	19,535
239.	Community College of Philadelphia	19,503
240.	Southwestern College	19,476
241.	Chaffey College	19,469
242.	Clemson University (CU)	19,453
243.	James Madison University (JMU)	19,434
244.	Webster University (Webster)	19,342
245.	Richland College (RLC)	19,201
246.	Oakland University (Oakland, OU, O.U.)	19,053
247.	Monroe Community College (MCC)	18,995
248.	Santa Barbara City College (SBCC)	18,827
249.	University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)	18,771
250.	Delgado Community College	18,767
251.	The University of Texas - Pan American (UT-Pan American)	18,744
252.	Thomas Edison State College (TESC, ESC, Edison State College)	18,736
253.	Saint Cloud State University (SCSU, St. Cloud State University)	18,650
254.	San Joaquin Delta College (SJDC)	18,610
255.	Cuny Kingsborough Community College (KCC, KBCC)	18,606
256.	New Mexico State University (NMSU)	18,600
257.	San Diego City College	18,549
258.	Henry Ford Community College (HFCC)	18,525
259.	Metropolitan Community College (MCC)	18,523
260.	Daytona State College (DSC)	18,497
261.	Modesto Junior College (MJC)	18,492
262.	Kirkwood Community College	18,456
263.	Wright State University (WSU)	18,447
264.	Montclair State University (MSU)	18,402
265.	California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)	18,360
266.	University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)	18,154
267.	Brevard Community College (BCC)	18,096
268.	College of Lake County (CLC)	18,091
269.	Seminole State College of Florida (Seminole State, SSC)	18,028
270.	South University - Savannah (Online)	17,881
271.	Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC)	17,870
272.	Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)	17,775
273.	Blinn College	17,755
274.	Saint Louis University (SLU)	17,709
275.	Bowling Green State University (BGSU)	17,706
276.	Academy of Art University	17,697
277.	University of Nevada - Reno	17,680
278.	Anne Arundel Community College (AACC)	17,665
279.	Suny at Albany (University at Albany)	17,615
280.	Columbia Southern University (CSU)	17,594
281.	Cuny Laguardia Community College (CUNY)	17,569
282.	University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)	17,543
283.	Indian River State College (IRSC)	17,511
284.	Foothill College	17,474
285.	Miami University - Oxford (Miami of Ohio)	17,472
286.	Madison Area Technical College (MATC)	17,463
287.	Moraine Valley Community College	17,387
288.	Cleveland State University (CSU)	17,386
289.	Sam Houston State University (SHSU)	17,291
290.	Appalachian State University	17,222
291.	Bergen Community College	17,197
292.	University of California - Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz, UCSC)	17,187
293.	The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD, UT Dallas)	17,128
294.	University of Central Oklahoma (UCO)	17,101
295.	University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)	17,085
296.	Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech)	17,071
297.	Cuny Bernard M Baruch College (Baruch, Baruch College)	17,063
298.	Keiser University - Ft. Lauderdale	16,968
299.	Columbia College (CC)	16,962
300.	Edison State College	16,951

Source: IPEDS Survey 2008-2011: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.