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

add to list

16,322
Fordham University

Bronx, NY

add to list

16,153
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

add to list

15,596
Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

add to list

15,280
Yale University

New Haven, CT

add to list

15,081
Emory University

Atlanta, GA

add to list

15,046
Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

add to list

14,678
Excelsior University

Albany, NY

add to list

14,477
Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

add to list

14,476
Pace University New York

New York, NY

add to list

14,092
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

add to list

13,456
Howard University

Washington, DC

add to list

13,416
University of Denver

Denver, CO

add to list

13,387
Tufts University

Medford, MA

add to list

13,274
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

add to list

13,174
Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

add to list

13,078
American University

Washington, DC

add to list

13,019
Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

add to list

12,785