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
University of Dubuque

Dubuque, IA

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1,795
Mary Baldwin College

Staunton, VA

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1,792
Limestone University

Gaffney, SC

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1,782
Wheaton College

Norton, MA

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1,778
Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

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1,775
Northwest Nazarene University

Nampa, ID

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1,774
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Lancaster, PA

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1,770
Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

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1,768
Adrian College

Adrian, MI

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1,760
Bates College

Lewiston, ME

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1,753
Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY

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1,743
Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, MI

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1,735
Avila University

Kansas City, MO

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1,733
Benedict College

Columbia, SC

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1,731
William Woods University

Fulton, MO

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1,729
Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, MN

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1,727
Medaille College

Buffalo, NY

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1,727
Linfield University

McMinnville, OR

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1,726