Largest colleges in the U.S., by state

We rank 1307 colleges by undergraduate enrollment across 46 states and 9 regions. Pick a state or region to see largest colleges near you.

Top 50 nationwide

#	College	Type	Undergrads
1	Southern New Hampshire University · Manchester, NH	Private	156,755
2	University of Phoenix-Arizona · Phoenix, AZ	Private	76,996
3	Grand Canyon University · Phoenix, AZ	Private	68,619
4	Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ	Public	64,398
5	Texas A&M University-College Station · College Station, TX	Public	59,099
6	University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL	Public	59,095
7	Liberty University · Lynchburg, VA	Private	50,059
8	University of Maryland Global Campus · Adelphi, MD	Public	48,238
9	Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	Public	44,617
10	The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX	Public	42,100
11	Brigham Young University-Idaho · Rexburg, ID	Private	42,090
12	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · University Park, PA	Public	41,862
13	University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ	Public	40,769
14	Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI	Public	40,243
15	Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN	Public	39,637
16	Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA	Public	39,503
17	University of Houston · Houston, TX	Public	37,175
18	California State University-Fullerton · Fullerton, CA	Public	36,956
19	Indiana University-Bloomington · Bloomington, IN	Public	36,571
20	Rutgers University-New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ	Public	36,357
21	University of South Florida · Tampa, FL	Public	36,299
22	University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI	Public	35,665
23	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL	Public	34,623
24	Texas State University · San Marcos, TX	Public	34,547
25	California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA	Public	34,131
26	University of Florida · Gainesville, FL	Public	34,102
27	University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA	Public	33,787
28	University of North Texas · Denton, TX	Public	33,680
29	San Diego State University · San Diego, CA	Public	33,654
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI	Public	33,488
31	University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA	Public	33,073
32	University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	Public	33,040
33	Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX	Public	32,446
34	California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA	Public	32,357
35	The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	32,323
36	Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	Private	32,221
37	Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL	Public	31,812
38	University of California-Davis · Davis, CA	Public	31,777
39	University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA	Public	31,588
40	University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO	Public	31,578
41	University of Georgia · Athens, GA	Public	31,310
42	The University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX	Public	30,834
43	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN	Public	30,469
44	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA	Public	30,435
45	University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD	Public	30,246
46	The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX	Public	29,675
47	Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR	Public	29,557
48	University of California-Irvine · Irvine, CA	Public	29,494
49	New York University · New York, NY	Private	29,430
50	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · Baton Rouge, LA	Public	29,207