List of United States colleges and universities by enrollment

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This is a list of the largest United States colleges and universities by enrollment for colleges and universities in the United States.

What this list includes:

  • Colleges and universities within the United States
  • University systems if the system is run under a single administration
  • Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate and graduate students
  • Enrollment is counted by the Integrated Post-secondary Education System within the U.S. Department of Education.
  • Enrollment is the 12-month unduplicated headcount, indicating the number of unique students who attended the university during the year.

What this list does not include:

  • Any indication of how many of the enrolled students are full or part time (e.g., some universities may have a high enrollment, but have most students enrolled in only a single class)

For other lists that measure university enrollment, see the See Also section below.

Contents

[edit] US Department of Education Ranking

The US Department of Education's Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System contains information on all 7,316 officially-recognized institutions of higher education in the United States. The following is a list of the 20 largest institutions of higher education by "12-month unduplicated headcount," meaning it is the number of unique individuals who enrolled in at least one class during the 12 months of 2009. Whether a system of individual campuses is counted as one or multiple institutions depends on how that institution is accredited and chartered. All data can be verified on the IPEDS system website.[1]

12 month unduplicated enrollment, 2009[2]
Ranking College Location Enrollment
1 University of Phoenix Online Campus (Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona) 532,672
2 Community College of the Air Force Multiple Campuses (Headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama) 324,573
3 Kaplan University Multiple Campuses (Headquarters in Davenport, Iowa) 96,166
4 Miami Dade College Miami, Florida 96,123
5 Houston Community College Houston, Texas 78,780
6 Ashford University Multiple Campuses (Headquarters in Clinton, Iowa) 78,353
7 Arizona State University Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona 75,341
8 Strayer University Washington, DC 74,713
9 Lone Star College System The Woodlands, Texas 69,340
10 Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, Virginia 67,175
11 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota 65,006
12 Austin Community College District Austin, Texas 64,276
13 The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 62,807
14 Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, Texas 62,488
15 College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada 59,691
16 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 59,614
17 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida 59,360
18 American River College Sacramento, California 57,959
19 Pima Community College Tucson, Arizona 57,924
20 East Los Angeles College Los Angeles, California 57,340

[edit] Additional Rankings

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This list of rankings is gathered from individual institution websites, and may contain non-credit students and university systems containing separate institutions.

Largest U.S. colleges and universities by total enrollment
Ranking College Location Enrollment Year
1 State University of New York 64 Campuses, New York State 467,845 2010[3]
2 University of Phoenix Online / Multiple Campuses 455,600[citation needed]
3 California State University 23 Campuses, California 450,000[citation needed]
4 Community College of the Air Force Multiple Campuses 332,095[citation needed]
5 City University of New York New York, New York 261,602[citation needed]
6 Maricopa County Community College District Multiple Campuses, Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona 260,000 2009[4]
7 Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Multiple Campuses, Indiana 165,000 2008-2009[5]
8 Miami Dade College Multiple Campuses, Miami, Florida 161,668 2007-2008[6]
9 City College of San Francisco Multiple Campuses, San Francisco, California 100,544 2000-2001[7]
10 The Pennsylvania State University Multiple Campuses, Pennsylvania 94,301 2008-2009[8]
11 Florida State College at Jacksonville Multiple Campuses, Jacksonville, Florida 81,370 2008-2009[9]
12 Arizona State University Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona 70,440[10]
13 Houston Community College System Multiple Campuses, Houston, Texas 68,011[citation needed]
14 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Minneapolis, Minnesota 65,622[citation needed]
15 University of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, USA 64,511[citation needed]
16 Northern Virginia Community College Multiple Campuses, Virginia 63,000[citation needed]
17 North Harris Montgomery Community College District Harris County, Texas 62,705[citation needed]
18 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 60,466[citation needed]
19 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 59,050[citation needed]
20 Austin Community College Multiple Campuses, Austin, Texas 57,227[citation needed]
21 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida 55,358[citation needed]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ IPEDS Datacenter US Department of Education. Data can be obtained by "comparing institutions on a single variable," and then choosing to compare ALL US INSTITUTIONS by 12-month unduplicated enrollment.
  2. ^ IPEDS Datacenter
  3. ^ http://www.suny.edu/About_suny/fastfacts/index.cfm Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  4. ^ Student Enrollment Totals and Demographics and Employee Totals Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  5. ^ Ivy Tech Office of Institutional Research Annual Unduplicated Headcount Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  6. ^ "Facts in Brief". www.mdc.edu. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  7. ^ Enrollment in the City College of San Francisco through 2001 Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  8. ^ Pennsylvania State University Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  9. ^ "Recent Enrollment Growth". www.fscj.edu. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  10. ^ http://asunews.asu.edu/20100909_enrollment

[edit] References

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