United States Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 1319 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 145,533 students.

List of United States Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Georgetown University

Washington, DC

20,935
Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

20,898
Baylor University

Waco, TX

20,626
St John's University New York

Queens, NY

19,658
University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

19,272
University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

19,096
University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

18,832
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

17,680
Duke University

Durham, NC

17,620
Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

17,498
National University

La Jolla, CA

17,135
Fordham University

Bronx, NY

16,986
Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

16,973
Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

16,790
Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, GA

15,636
Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

15,577
Long Island University C W Post Campus

Brookville, NY

15,191
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

15,057