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
Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

7,252
Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, CA

7,169
Elon University

Elon, NC

7,123
Seattle University

Seattle, WA

7,121
Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

7,000
Long Island University Brooklyn Campus

Brooklyn, NY

6,982
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

6,968
Barry University

Miami, FL

6,958
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

6,943
New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY

6,906
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, MA

6,824
Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

6,744
Suffolk University

Boston, MA

6,734
Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, IL

6,646
Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

6,513
Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

6,464
University of New England

Biddeford, ME

6,434
Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

6,396