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 Virginia Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

26,082
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

25,979
Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH

25,854
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

25,710
Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

25,481
Oklahoma State University Main Campus

Stillwater, OK

25,372
San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

25,282
Columbus State Community College

Columbus, OH

25,129
West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

24,741
El Paso Community College

El Paso, TX

24,398
Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

24,223
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

24,176
Ohio University Main Campus

Athens, OH

24,145
University of Delaware

Newark, DE

24,039
California State University Fresno

Fresno, CA

23,999
The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, TX

23,880
Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, CA

23,852
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

23,805