Below is a ranking of the 1398 private colleges in the United States with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Western Governors University tops the list with a population of 185,015 students.
| School | Enrollment | |
|---|---|---|
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Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, UT |
185,015 |
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Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH |
184,099 |
|
Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA |
103,068 |
|
New York UniversityNew York, NY |
57,335 |
|
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA |
47,147 |
|
Brigham Young University IdahoRexburg, ID |
42,996 |
|
University of the PeoplePasadena, California |
42,867 |
|
Boston UniversityBoston, MA |
36,624 |
|
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
35,279 |
|
Brigham Young University ProvoProvo, UT |
35,074 |
|
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA |
31,159 |
|
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA |
30,386 |
|
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD |
30,362 |
|
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA |
28,711 |
|
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY |
26,264 |
|
George Washington UniversityWashington, DC |
25,568 |
|
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
23,203 |
|
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY |
22,948 |