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
Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

36,516
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

35,937
San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

35,751
University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, SC

35,653
Collin County Community College District

McKinney, TX

35,077
University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

34,734
Austin Community College District

Austin, TX

34,527
The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

34,393
Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

34,292
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

33,805
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

33,767
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

33,747
Colorado State University Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

33,403
Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

33,196
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

32,229
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

32,099
California State University Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

31,818
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

31,764