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
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

50,028
Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

50,023
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

49,600
University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

49,403
University of Wisconsin Madison

Madison, WI

48,956
Houston Community College

Houston, TX

48,159
Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

47,245
Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

47,005
University of Houston

Houston, TX

46,700
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

46,430
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

45,307
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

45,296
University of North Texas

Denton, TX

44,767
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

44,161
The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX

43,946
Valencia College

Orlando, FL

43,370
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, GA

43,190
Utah Valley University

Orem, UT

43,099