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
Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

21,923
University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

21,917
Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

21,784
Grand Valley State University

Allendale, MI

21,648
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

21,639
Des Moines Area Community College

Ankeny, IA

21,637
Portland State University

Portland, OR

21,609
Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, NC

21,551
Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

21,480
University of Nevada Reno

Reno, NV

20,945
Illinois State University

Normal, IL

20,683
Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

20,436
Florida State College at Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

20,363
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

20,086
Richland College

Dallas, TX

20,032
Suffolk County Community College

Selden, NY

20,014
El Camino Community College District

Torrance, CA

19,944
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

19,854