United States Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

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.

List of United States Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

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21,703
DePaul University

Chicago, IL

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21,348
Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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20,877
Baylor University

Waco, TX

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20,824
Georgetown University

Washington, DC

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20,392
University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

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20,327
Keiser University Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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20,102
National University

San Diego, CA

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19,924
St John's University New York

Queens, NY

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19,691
University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

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19,593
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

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18,446
University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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18,339
Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, GA

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17,575
Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

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17,397
Saint Louis University Main Campus

Saint Louis, MO

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17,202
Duke University

Durham, NC

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17,112
Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

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16,863
Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

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16,500