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
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

 42,006
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH

 41,155
University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD

 40,792
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

 40,607
California State University Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

 40,386
Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

 40,378
Tarrant County College District

Fort Worth, TX

 40,131
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

 39,679
University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO

 39,585
George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

 39,049
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

 38,973
The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

 38,644
Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

 38,171
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

 38,170
California State University Northridge

Northridge, CA

 37,579
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

 37,402
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

 37,348
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

 36,700