Largest US colleges and universities by enrollment

How many students were enrolled in fall 2023, counting online and part-time alongside everyone on campus.

Source U.S. Dept. of Education (ZIP download), as of 15 October 2023 · students (Fall 2023)

NCES (IPEDS) — Fall Enrollment 2023 (EF2023A), the "All students total" stratum, joined to the IPEDS institutional directory (HD2023). Published as institution-level microdata in UNITID order; screened to Title IV participating institutions and ranked here.

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Rank	Entry	students (Fall 2023)
#1	Western Governors University	185,015
#2	Southern New Hampshire University	184,099
#3	Grand Canyon University	107,563
#4	Liberty University	103,068
#5	University of Phoenix, Arizona	101,150
#6	Ivy Tech Community College	100,077
#7	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	79,593
#8	Texas A&M University, College Station	76,633
#9	Lone Star College System	70,991
#10	University of Central Florida	69,233
#11	Dallas College	66,592
#12	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	66,062
#13	University of Maryland Global Campus	60,084
#14	Ohio State University, Main Campus	60,046
#15	New York University	57,335
#16	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	56,563
#17	University of Washington, Seattle Campus	55,620
#18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	54,890
#19	University of Florida	54,814
#20	Florida International University	53,953
#21	Northern Virginia Community College	53,810
#22	The University of Texas at Austin	53,082
#23	University of Arizona	53,001
#24	Purdue University, Main Campus	52,905
#25	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	52,065
#26	Michigan State University	51,316
#27	Rutgers University, New Brunswick	50,617
#28	Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	50,399
#29	American Public University System	50,187
#30	Houston Community College	49,749
#31	University of Wisconsin, Madison	49,605
#32	University of South Florida	48,572
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology, Main Campus	47,946
#34	Indiana University, Bloomington	47,527
#35	University of North Texas	47,507
#36	University of Southern California	47,147
#37	University of California, Los Angeles	46,678
#38	University of Houston	46,676
#39	University of California, Berkeley	45,699
#40	Kennesaw State University	45,069
#41	Utah Valley University	44,651
#42	Purdue University Global	44,421
#43	Walden University	44,223
#44	The University of Texas at Arlington	43,992
#45	Capella University	43,915
#46	University of Cincinnati, Main Campus	43,338
#47	Florida State University	43,234
#48	Brigham Young University, Idaho	42,996
#49	Valencia College	42,524
#50	University of California, San Diego	42,376
#51	California State University, Fullerton	41,962
#52	University of Georgia	41,615
#53	Tarrant County College District	41,472
#54	University of Colorado Boulder	41,432
#55	University of Maryland, College Park	40,813
#56	Texas Tech University	40,773
#57	California State University, Long Beach	40,278
#58	University of California, Davis	39,707
#59	The University of Alabama	39,622
#60	George Mason University	39,527
#61	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	39,418
#62	San Diego State University	39,241
#63	Miami Dade College	39,139
#64	Texas State University	38,722
#65	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	38,294
#66	Collin County Community College District	37,772
#67	California State University, Northridge	37,760
#68	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	37,323
#69	Boston University	36,624
#70	University of California, Irvine	36,582
#71	University of South Carolina, Columbia	36,579
#72	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	36,304
#73	San Jose State University	36,062
#74	Oregon State University	35,622
#75	Austin Community College District	35,600
#76	Columbia University in the City of New York	35,279
#77	University of Utah	35,260
#78	Brigham Young University	35,074
#79	Connecticut State Community College	34,991
#80	Georgia State University	34,974
#81	The University of Texas at San Antonio	34,864
#82	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	34,525
#83	University of Illinois Chicago	33,522
#84	Colorado State University, Fort Collins	33,500
#85	Auburn University	33,015
#86	University of Kentucky	32,703
#87	Ashford University	32,604
#88	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32,234
#89	University of Arkansas	32,140
#90	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	31,931
#91	University at Buffalo	31,889
#92	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	31,810
#93	San Jacinto Community College	31,494
#94	California State University, Sacramento	31,172
#95	Northeastern University	31,159
#96	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	31,094
#97	University of Missouri, Columbia	31,013
#98	The University of Texas at Dallas	30,885
#99	Florida Atlantic University	30,790
#100	Weber State University	30,536

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