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Largest colleges in Mid-Atlantic

50 colleges ranked by undergraduate enrollment

These 50 biggest colleges in Mid-Atlantic, ranked by undergraduate enrollment, run from 5,924 at Seton Hall University to 41,862 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. 34 are public and 16 are private.

#CollegeTypeUndergradsAcceptanceNet price / yr
1Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
Public41,86254%$32,598
2Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
Public36,35765%$23,519
3New York University
New York, NY
Private29,4309%$35,035
4Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Public21,24983%$29,219
5University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Public20,28469%$20,470
6University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
Public20,18950%$30,074
7Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Public17,67787%$14,159
8Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Public17,42049%$18,430
9CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Public16,64254%$2,446
10Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Private15,9358%$32,337
11CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Public15,73450%$2,978
12Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Private15,24542%$41,026
13Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
Public14,64778%$22,185
14Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
Public14,40138%$21,364
15West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA
Public14,06779%$22,673
16Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Private13,50978%$38,428
17Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Private13,22571%$29,694
18CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
Public13,06069%$3,830
19CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Public12,95081%$4,783
20University at Albany
Albany, NY
Public12,10070%$18,486
21CUNY City College
New York, NY
Public11,93458%$3,486
22CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY
Public11,34057%$3,046
23Kean University
Union, NJ
Public10,84277%$12,168
24University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Private10,7686%$31,229
25CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Public10,44354%$2,943
26CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
Public10,43855%$3,482
27Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Private10,23956%$42,581
28St. John's University-New York
Queens, NY
Private9,74280%$26,985
29College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY
Public9,387$5,115
30Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
Public9,30995%$18,877
31Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
Public9,11769%$9,173
32Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Private8,8994%$20,148
33New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Public8,76267%$16,496
34Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA
Public8,13494%$19,352
35Stockton University
Galloway, NJ
Public7,77088%$19,634
36Pace University
New York, NY
Private7,72577%$31,046
37Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private7,18711%$31,671
38Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY
Public7,046$11,147
39Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Private7,00525%$44,876
40Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Indiana, PA
Public6,89391%$17,216
41The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
Public6,83162%$25,458
42The New School
New York, NY
Private6,81963%$55,359
43Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA
Public6,72875%$19,524
44Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ
Public6,685
45William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ
Public6,52693%$17,764
46University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Private6,48836%$30,248
47Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Public6,34895%$21,205
48Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Private6,15571%$35,129
49State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
Public6,02259%$18,481
50Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
Private5,92479%$28,921

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