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 89,705 students.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

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21,923
University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

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21,917
Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

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21,784
Grand Valley State University

Allendale, MI

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21,648
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

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21,639
Des Moines Area Community College

Ankeny, IA

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21,637
Portland State University

Portland, OR

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21,609
Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, NC

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21,551
Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

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21,480
University of Nevada Reno

Reno, NV

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20,945
Illinois State University

Normal, IL

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20,683
Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

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20,436
Florida State College at Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

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20,363
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

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20,086
Richland College

Dallas, TX

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20,032
Suffolk County Community College

Selden, NY

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20,014
El Camino Community College District

Torrance, CA

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19,944
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

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19,854