United States Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 1421 private colleges in the United States with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Southern New Hampshire University tops the list with a population of 164,091 students.

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

Pittsburgh, PA

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16,002
Excelsior University

Albany, NY

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15,833
Saint Louis University Main Campus

Saint Louis, MO

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15,755
Long Island University C W Post Campus

Brookville, NY

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15,737
Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

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15,287
Emory University

Atlanta, GA

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14,841
Yale University

New Haven, CT

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14,776
Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

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14,027
Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

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14,020
American University

Washington, DC

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13,885
Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

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13,841
University of Denver

Denver, CO

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13,734
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

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13,710
Pace University New York

New York, NY

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13,609
Tufts University

Medford, MA

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13,431
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

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13,105
Howard University

Washington, DC

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12,886
Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

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12,273