List of Private Colleges by Enrollment
Below is a ranking of the 1321 private colleges in the United States with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Southern New Hampshire University tops the list with a population of 134,345 students.
| School | Enrollment | |
|---|---|---|
| S |
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH |
134,345 |
| L |
Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA |
93,349 |
| N |
New York UniversityNew York, NY |
52,775 |
| S |
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA |
46,287 |
| B |
Brigham Young University IdahoRexburg, ID |
44,481 |
| B |
Brigham Young University ProvoProvo, UT |
36,461 |
| B |
Boston UniversityBoston, MA |
32,718 |
| H |
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA |
30,391 |
| C |
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
30,135 |
| J |
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD |
28,890 |
| G |
George Washington UniversityWashington, DC |
27,017 |
| P |
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA |
26,552 |
| C |
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY |
23,620 |
| D |
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA |
23,589 |
| N |
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA |
22,905 |
| N |
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
22,603 |
| D |
DePaul UniversityChicago, IL |
21,922 |
| S |
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY |
21,322 |
| N |
Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, FL |
20,888 |
| S |
St John's University New YorkQueens, NY |
20,143 |