The largest universities in America by student number

PBA 100 Largest American Colleges and Universities

This list of the largest colleges and universities in America was created by taking the ranking positions of institutions listed in the PBA top American undergrad rankings universitiy list and rating them by size of the student body.

Rank	University / College	Number of Students	PBA Rank	Times	USnews American College Ranking	Jiao Tong
1	Ohio State University, Columbus	52568	47	42	56	37
2	University of Florida	51725	41	45	49	34
3	Arizona State University	51481	79	62	121	49
4	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	50883	44	48	61	23
5	University of Texas, Austin	50170	27	21	47	26
6	Texas A&M University, College Station	46542	51	43	64	47
7	Michigan State University	46045	55	52	71	43
8	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	43252	31	33	47	28
9	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	42326	24	26	40	18
10	University of Wisconsin, Madison	42041	20	22	35	15
11	New York University	41783	21	20	33	21
12	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	41042	16	17	26	17
13	Florida State University	40555	78	66	102	62
14	University of Washington	40218	23	22	41	14
15	Purdue University, West Lafayette	39102	44	28	66	38
16	Indiana University, Bloomington	38990	58	56	71	46
17	University of California, Los Angeles	38896	15	18	25	11
18	University of Arizona	37217	60	44	96	40
19	University of Maryland, College Park	35970	31	30	53	25
20	University of California, Berkeley	34953	11	14	21	3
21	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick	34804	50	55	64	31
22	Brigham Young University, Provo	34174	115	90	113	90
23	University of Georgia	33831	61	76	58	51
24	University of Southern California	33408	30	41	27	33
25	Boston University	32053	40	19	60	44
26	North Carolina State University, Raleigh	31802	64	64	83	51
27	University of Colorado, Boulder	31470	48	39	77	24
28	University of Tennessee	29937	83	75	108	62
29	University of Oklahoma	29914	111	85	108	90
30	Virginia Tech	29898	63	64	71	62
31	University of California, Davis	29796	33	36	44	29
32	University of Iowa	29117	59	59	66	50
33	Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge	28628	115	90	130	73
34	University of Kansas	28569	80	72	89	73
35	University of Missouri, Columbia	28477	88	87	96	73
36	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	28136	35	49	30	35
37	University at Buffalo, SUNY	28054	112	90	121	73
38	University of Utah	28025	84	70	127	48
39	Colorado State University	27569	97	79	125	62
40	University of South Carolina, Columbia	27272	95	84	108	73
41	University of Pittsburgh	27020	38	28	58	32
42	University of California, San Diego	27020	18	24	35	12
43	University of California, Irvine	26483	39	47	44	30
44	Iowa State University	26160	75	71	89	62
45	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	25873	66	54	102	51
46	University of Kentucky	25856	100	86	116	73
47	University of Alabama	25544	74	73	83	62
48	George Washington University	25078	62	63	53	73
49	Washington State University	24396	93	74	116	73
50	University of Virginia	24257	35	40	23	51

The Times and Jiao Tong rankings shown in these tables reflect data available for the American colleges only.

Rank	University / College	Number of Students	PBA American University Ranking	Times	USnews American College Ranking	Jiao Tong
51	Auburn University	24137	101	90	96	90
52	University of Connecticut	23692	67	80	66	62
53	SUNY, Stony Brook	23347	85	90	96	62
54	Kansas State University	23332	125	90	130	90
55	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	22973	81	90	89	62
56	Columbia University	22655	8	7	8	6
57	University of California, Santa Barbara	21410	53	68	44	51
58	Ohio University	21089	128	90	116	109
59	University of Oregon	20332	94	83	108	73
60	Cornell University	19852	10	12	14	10
61	Stanford University	19782	6	>11	4	2
62	Johns Hopkins University	19737	13	10	15	16
63	University of Delaware	19677	70	81	71	62
64	Harvard University	19257	1	1	1	1
65	Syracuse University	19084	72	90	53	73
66	University of Pennsylvania	18916	9	9	6	13
67	Georgia Institute of Technology	18742	40	37	35	51
68	University of Arkansas	18648	121	90	125	90
69	Northwestern University	18028	14	15	12	20
70	Northeastern University	17641	113	89	96	101
71	Clemson University	17585	81	90	61	90
72	University of California, Riverside	17187	73	77	89	51
73	Drexel University	16271	89	67	89	101
74	Miami University, Oxford	15922	95	90	66	109
75	University of California, Santa Cruz	15825	71	68	96	51
76	Loyola University Chicago	15545	122	82	116	109
77	University of Miami	15449	56	57	51	62
78	University of New Hampshire	15053	115	90	113	90
79	Georgetown University	14826	46	38	23	73
80	Fordham University	14448	91	90	61	109
81	SUNY, Binghamton	14435	103	90	77	109
82	Baylor University	14174	99	90	76	109
83	Boston College	13723	76	90	34	101
84	Duke University	13598	11	8	8	22
85	Washington University in St. Louis	13382	24	53	12	19
86	University of Chicago	12336	7	4	8	8
87	St. Louis University	12309	91	90	80	90
88	University of Vermont	12239	86	90	89	73
89	Vanderbilt University	11847	22	31	18	27
90	University of Notre Dame	11733	49	50	18	73
91	Marquette University	11516	101	90	77	109
92	Yale University	11454	3	2	3	9
93	American University	11450	106	90	83	109
94	University of Denver	11053	114	90	89	109
95	Southern Methodist University	10829	89	90	66	101
96	Tulane University	10519	65	61	51	90
97	Carnegie Mellon University	10493	17	12	22	36
98	University of Dayton	10395	122	90	108	109
99	Duquesne University	10296	132	90	130	109
100	Howard University	10125	115	90	102	101

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