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
Clarke University

Dubuque, IA

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1,025
Transylvania University

Lexington, KY

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1,022
Central Methodist University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Fayette, MO

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1,017
Houghton College

Houghton, NY

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1,014
Lourdes University

Sylvania, OH

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1,014
Hastings College

Hastings, NE

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1,011
Hiram College

Hiram, OH

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1,011
College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, NJ

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1,009
Fisk University

Nashville, TN

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1,005
Knox College

Galesburg, IL

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1,001
Northwest University

Kirkland, WA

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999
Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT

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991
West Virginia Wesleyan College

Buckhannon, WV

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991
Bluefield College

Bluefield, VA

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989
North Central University

Minneapolis, MN

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984
Erskine College

Due West, SC

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984
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY

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983
University of Western States

Portland, OR

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979