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
Long Island University C W Post Campus

Brookville, NY

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16,322
Fordham University

Bronx, NY

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16,153
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

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15,596
Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

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15,280
Yale University

New Haven, CT

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15,081
Emory University

Atlanta, GA

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15,046
Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

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14,678
Excelsior University

Albany, NY

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14,477
Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

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14,476
Pace University New York

New York, NY

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14,092
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

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13,456
Howard University

Washington, DC

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13,416
University of Denver

Denver, CO

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13,387
Tufts University

Medford, MA

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13,274
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

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13,174
Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

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13,078
American University

Washington, DC

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13,019
Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

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12,785