United States Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 1636 public colleges in the United States with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Ivy Tech Community College Central Indiana tops the list with a population of 100,077 students.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Metropolitan State College of Denver

Denver, CO

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17,593
Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

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17,473
College of the Canyons

Santa Clarita, CA

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17,439
Sinclair Community College

Dayton, OH

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17,431
Sierra College

Rocklin, CA

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17,420
Cuyahoga Community College District

Cleveland, OH

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17,407
University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

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17,351
Mt. San Jacinto Community College District

San Jacinto, CA

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17,215
Rio Hondo College

Whittier, CA

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17,193
Modesto Junior College

Modesto, CA

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17,152
Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

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17,121
Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, CA

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17,085
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

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17,076
Bowling Green State University Main Campus

Bowling Green, OH

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17,027
De Anza College

Cupertino, CA

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16,990
Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

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16,960
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

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16,880
Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, CA

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16,803