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
Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

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8,774
Franklin University

Columbus, OH

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8,697
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

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8,563
Rice University

Houston, TX

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8,556
Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, FL

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8,516
Berklee College of Music

Boston, MA

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8,448
Ana G. Mendez University

Orlando, Florida

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8,382
Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

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8,315
National Louis University

Chicago, IL

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8,270
Creighton University

Omaha, NE

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8,255
Colorado Christian University

Lakewood, CO

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8,254
Trine University Regional/Non Traditional Campuses

Fort Wayne, IN

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8,230
Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

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8,137
Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus

Teaneck, NJ

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7,607
Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

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7,606
Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

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7,590
Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

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7,406
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

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7,353