United States Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 1421 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 164,091 students.

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

Pittsburgh, PA

16,002
Excelsior University

Albany, NY

15,833
Saint Louis University Main Campus

Saint Louis, MO

15,755
Long Island University C W Post Campus

Brookville, NY

15,737
Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

15,287
Emory University

Atlanta, GA

14,841
Yale University

New Haven, CT

14,776
Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

14,027
Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

14,020
American University

Washington, DC

13,885
Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

13,841
University of Denver

Denver, CO

13,734
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

13,710
Pace University New York

New York, NY

13,609
Tufts University

Medford, MA

13,431
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

13,105
Howard University

Washington, DC

12,886
Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

12,273