2021 Most Enrolled Students Rankings
At a Glance
Texas A & M University-College Station has the largest number of students (68,679) and University of Central Florida has the second largest number of students (68,475) based on academic year 2019-2020 college enrollment data.
Below table ranks and compares the Most Enrolled Students having the largest student population. For the ranking, we only include 4-year colleges and exclude colleges which the percentage of online students is more than 50% of total enrollment. You can view the largest online colleges at colleges with most online students rankings.
Most Enrolled Students Comparison Table
| Rank | College Name | Total Population | Men | Women | Undergraduate | Graduate | Online Enrollment | Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | 68,679 | 36,450 | 32,229 | 53,743 | 14,936 | 971 | $40,526 | 58.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 2 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | 68,475 | 30,834 | 37,641 | 58,821 | 9,654 | 10,269 | $22,467 | 44.00% | 30 to 1 |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | 61,170 | 30,395 | 30,775 | 46,820 | 14,350 | 2,284 | $33,502 | 54.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 4 | Florida International University Miami, FL | 57,942 | 24,852 | 33,090 | 48,818 | 9,124 | 11,785 | $18,963 | 58.00% | 26 to 1 |
| 5 | Miami Dade College Miami, FL | 54,973 | 23,410 | 31,563 | 54,973 | - | 3,504 | $9,661 | - | 19 to 1 |
| 6 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 52,218 | 23,093 | 29,125 | 35,491 | 16,727 | 4,766 | $28,659 | 37.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 7 | New York University New York, NY | 51,847 | 22,033 | 29,814 | 26,733 | 25,114 | 1,593 | $54,880 | 16.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 51,832 | 24,520 | 27,312 | 40,804 | 11,028 | 154 | $40,032 | 32.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 9 | Arizona State University-Tempe Tempe, AZ | 51,585 | 29,029 | 22,556 | 42,844 | 8,741 | 268 | $29,428 | 86.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 10 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 50,734 | 23,462 | 27,272 | 34,437 | 16,297 | 1,095 | $33,325 | 57.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 11 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | 50,351 | 24,237 | 26,114 | 39,423 | 10,928 | 2,196 | $40,384 | 71.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 12 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | 50,254 | 23,367 | 26,887 | 36,039 | 14,215 | 2,501 | $31,785 | 61.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 13 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 49,702 | 26,907 | 22,795 | 33,915 | 15,787 | 4,767 | $36,720 | 59.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX | 47,899 | 17,896 | 30,003 | 34,472 | 13,427 | 18,425 | $28,524 | 83.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | 47,400 | 21,989 | 25,411 | 32,099 | 15,301 | 736 | $39,114 | 52.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 16 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 47,310 | 21,903 | 25,407 | 19,907 | 27,403 | 6,707 | $60,275 | 11.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | 46,810 | 24,985 | 21,825 | 40,363 | 6,447 | 89 | $35,514 | 76.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 18 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 46,716 | 23,632 | 23,084 | 30,318 | 16,398 | 256 | $54,097 | 23.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 19 | Valencia College Orlando, FL | 46,521 | 19,595 | 26,926 | 46,521 | - | 7,987 | $9,383 | - | 24 to 1 |
| 20 | University of Houston Houston, TX | 46,324 | 22,958 | 23,366 | 38,348 | 7,976 | 1,646 | $21,673 | 65.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 21 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 44,537 | 20,197 | 24,340 | 31,577 | 12,960 | 338 | $43,003 | 12.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 22 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | 44,474 | 25,405 | 19,069 | 33,735 | 10,739 | 2,597 | $28,794 | 60.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 23 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | 44,097 | 20,993 | 23,104 | 34,153 | 9,944 | 4,242 | $34,667 | 85.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 24 | University of South Florida-Main Campus Tampa, FL | 43,846 | 19,561 | 24,285 | 32,240 | 11,606 | 5,468 | $17,324 | 48.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 25 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | 43,503 | 22,197 | 21,306 | 33,301 | 10,202 | 2,788 | $37,600 | 78.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | 43,463 | 21,154 | 22,309 | 31,705 | 11,758 | 850 | $38,630 | 54.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 27 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 42,501 | 20,866 | 21,635 | 30,853 | 11,648 | 651 | $44,066 | 16.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 28 | Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID | 42,341 | 17,980 | 24,361 | 42,341 | - | 21,053 | $4,300 | 96.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 29 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | 41,200 | 21,681 | 19,519 | 30,762 | 10,438 | 949 | $36,891 | 44.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 30 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | 41,005 | 17,772 | 23,233 | 32,472 | 8,533 | 2,738 | $21,683 | 36.00% | 21 to 1 |
| 31 | Austin Community College District Austin, TX | 40,799 | 17,874 | 22,925 | 40,799 | - | 4,760 | $13,020 | - | 21 to 1 |
| 32 | Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL | 40,784 | 16,479 | 24,305 | 40,784 | - | 5,162 | $8,952 | - | 30 to 1 |
| 33 | California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA | 40,280 | 17,230 | 23,050 | 34,860 | 5,420 | 2,161 | $18,834 | 53.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 34 | California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA | 40,212 | 17,786 | 22,426 | 35,051 | 5,161 | 1,304 | $18,897 | 59.00% | 26 to 1 |
| 35 | Utah Valley University Orem, UT | 39,931 | 21,004 | 18,927 | 39,397 | 534 | 3,097 | $16,806 | - | 22 to 1 |
| 36 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA | 39,740 | 18,314 | 21,426 | 29,484 | 10,256 | 1,684 | $29,882 | 60.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 37 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 38,652 | 16,451 | 22,201 | 29,611 | 9,041 | 743 | $31,120 | 45.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 38 | Texas State University San Marcos, TX | 38,644 | 16,045 | 22,599 | 34,187 | 4,457 | 1,376 | $22,307 | 81.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 39 | The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | 38,390 | 16,706 | 21,684 | 33,028 | 5,362 | 3,786 | $31,090 | 83.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 40 | University of North Texas Denton, TX | 38,241 | 17,654 | 20,587 | 31,375 | 6,866 | 3,902 | $20,906 | 74.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 41 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | 38,209 | 19,926 | 18,283 | 31,957 | 6,252 | 3,513 | $23,870 | 69.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 42 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | 38,167 | 15,539 | 22,628 | 30,718 | 7,449 | 28 | $44,351 | 39.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 43 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | 37,887 | 19,806 | 18,081 | 30,285 | 7,602 | - | $44,402 | 31.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 44 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH | 37,886 | 17,859 | 20,027 | 26,762 | 11,124 | 6,280 | $26,735 | 77.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 45 | California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | 37,466 | 15,822 | 21,644 | 31,690 | 5,776 | 443 | $18,726 | 39.00% | 23 to 1 |
| 46 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | 37,316 | 17,663 | 19,653 | 26,192 | 11,124 | 2,164 | $36,474 | 87.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 47 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | 36,681 | 20,308 | 16,373 | 30,159 | 6,522 | 1,053 | $36,668 | 78.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 48 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | 36,032 | 17,798 | 18,234 | 29,736 | 6,296 | 182 | $43,507 | 27.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 49 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 35,479 | 18,917 | 16,562 | 25,199 | 10,280 | 2,986 | $29,220 | 45.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 50 | Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA | 35,420 | 18,154 | 17,266 | 32,274 | 3,146 | 3,899 | $17,690 | 75.00% | 21 to 1 |
| 51 | San Jose State University San Jose, CA | 35,400 | 16,996 | 18,404 | 27,327 | 8,073 | 2,633 | $19,732 | 64.00% | 26 to 1 |
| 52 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | 35,303 | 15,674 | 19,629 | 30,586 | 4,717 | 646 | $19,600 | 34.00% | 27 to 1 |
| 53 | Iowa State University Ames, IA | 34,992 | 19,910 | 15,082 | 29,621 | 5,371 | 1,374 | $24,504 | 92.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 54 | University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | 34,795 | 15,687 | 19,108 | 26,733 | 8,062 | 1,609 | $33,928 | 69.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 34,683 | 19,736 | 14,947 | 27,811 | 6,872 | 1,019 | $32,893 | 70.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 56 | Boston University Boston, MA | 34,657 | 14,306 | 20,351 | 18,515 | 16,142 | 2,534 | $58,072 | 19.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 57 | Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT | 34,499 | 17,623 | 16,876 | 31,441 | 3,058 | 218 | $5,970 | 67.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 58 | Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | 34,316 | 13,891 | 20,425 | 27,231 | 7,085 | 291 | $24,517 | 76.00% | 23 to 1 |
| 59 | College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV | 34,169 | 14,701 | 19,468 | 34,169 | - | 6,621 | $11,355 | - | 23 to 1 |
| 60 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO | 33,478 | 15,890 | 17,588 | 25,962 | 7,516 | 3,457 | $30,535 | 81.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 61 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | 33,023 | 17,503 | 15,520 | 24,743 | 8,280 | 1,476 | $27,220 | 62.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 62 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 32,723 | 22,736 | 9,987 | 16,049 | 16,674 | 9,852 | $33,964 | 21.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 63 | The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | 32,264 | 15,871 | 16,393 | 27,988 | 4,276 | 705 | $20,572 | 77.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 64 | South Texas College McAllen, TX | 31,949 | 13,878 | 18,071 | 31,949 | - | 3,408 | $7,920 | - | 23 to 1 |
| 65 | California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA | 31,902 | 13,935 | 17,967 | 28,813 | 3,089 | 578 | $19,298 | 82.00% | 26 to 1 |
| 66 | Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL | 31,816 | 13,266 | 18,550 | 31,816 | - | 3,614 | $8,732 | - | 24 to 1 |
| 67 | University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL | 31,683 | 14,658 | 17,025 | 20,783 | 10,900 | 1,099 | $30,048 | 73.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 68 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | 31,656 | 14,867 | 16,789 | 23,989 | 7,667 | 3,022 | $31,569 | 83.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 69 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 31,566 | 15,841 | 15,725 | 9,950 | 21,616 | 4,087 | $53,968 | 5.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 70 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | 31,503 | 17,053 | 14,450 | 21,607 | 9,896 | 1,103 | $28,196 | 61.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 71 | Washington State University Pullman, WA | 31,478 | 14,875 | 16,603 | 26,098 | 5,380 | 3,345 | $27,113 | 76.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 72 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | 31,077 | 14,803 | 16,274 | 8,216 | 22,861 | 586 | $60,532 | 5.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 73 | Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | 31,066 | 11,812 | 19,254 | 27,072 | 3,994 | 6,304 | $17,386 | 85.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 74 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | 30,986 | 16,354 | 14,632 | 25,699 | 5,287 | 6,565 | $31,457 | 82.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 75 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | 30,983 | 14,426 | 16,557 | 25,233 | 5,750 | 1,014 | $28,639 | 75.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | 30,697 | 12,132 | 18,565 | 23,693 | 7,004 | 1,048 | $36,048 | 87.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | 30,593 | 15,341 | 15,252 | 23,515 | 7,078 | 3,607 | $36,427 | 64.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 78 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | 30,457 | 13,100 | 17,357 | 25,282 | 5,175 | 1,492 | $24,116 | 81.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 79 | Auburn University Auburn, AL | 30,440 | 15,420 | 15,020 | 24,628 | 5,812 | 1,508 | $31,956 | 81.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 80 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 30,011 | 12,563 | 17,448 | 19,117 | 10,894 | 1,310 | $36,159 | 23.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 81 | University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | 29,843 | 13,688 | 16,155 | 22,484 | 7,359 | 2,915 | $29,005 | 81.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 82 | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | 29,778 | 12,848 | 16,930 | 26,531 | 3,247 | 418 | $18,886 | 67.00% | 23 to 1 |
| 83 | Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | 29,772 | 12,795 | 16,977 | 24,376 | 5,396 | 3,170 | $17,324 | 63.00% | 21 to 1 |
| 84 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC | 29,710 | 15,267 | 14,443 | 24,387 | 5,323 | 1,414 | $20,530 | 65.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 85 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | 29,579 | 12,482 | 17,097 | 21,246 | 8,333 | 2,233 | $31,626 | 81.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 86 | St Petersburg College Clearwater, FL | 29,183 | 11,223 | 17,960 | 29,183 | - | 10,068 | $9,286 | - | 24 to 1 |
| 87 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | 29,182 | 12,928 | 16,254 | 22,136 | 7,046 | 1,622 | $31,294 | 96.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | 28,894 | 14,042 | 14,852 | 22,815 | 6,079 | 929 | $30,684 | 79.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 89 | Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CA | 28,800 | 13,258 | 15,542 | 28,800 | - | 3,415 | $9,044 | - | 30 to 1 |
| 90 | The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX | 28,755 | 16,319 | 12,436 | 19,872 | 8,883 | 110 | $38,970 | 79.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 91 | East Carolina University Greenville, NC | 28,718 | 11,836 | 16,882 | 23,071 | 5,647 | 6,812 | $23,516 | 79.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | 28,673 | 13,264 | 15,409 | 19,330 | 9,343 | 395 | $33,706 | 57.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 93 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX | 28,644 | 12,156 | 16,488 | 24,678 | 3,966 | 2,434 | $18,733 | 80.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 94 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | 28,564 | 14,066 | 14,498 | 22,152 | 6,412 | 2,379 | $24,444 | 80.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 95 | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | 28,480 | 11,862 | 16,618 | 22,309 | 6,171 | 7,975 | $22,406 | 82.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 96 | Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA | 28,425 | 16,881 | 11,544 | 28,425 | - | 2,315 | $8,960 | - | 35 to 1 |
| 97 | Weber State University Ogden, UT | 28,247 | 12,633 | 15,614 | 27,465 | 782 | 2,912 | $16,138 | - | 21 to 1 |
| 98 | George Washington University Washington, DC | 28,172 | 11,232 | 16,940 | 12,546 | 15,626 | 5,374 | $56,049 | 41.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 99 | Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | 28,122 | 10,579 | 17,543 | 22,557 | 5,565 | 3,953 | $19,686 | 86.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 100 | California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 28,036 | 11,634 | 16,402 | 24,223 | 3,813 | 60 | $18,665 | 48.00% | 24 to 1 |