2009 AS&U Higher Education 20: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest Higher Education Institutions

The higher-education institutions listed below represent the biggest colleges and universities in the United States by enrollment. The 2009 AS&U Higher Education 20 — a compilation of the nation's 20 largest higher education institutions — also provides the following data:

Rank	Institution	Enrollment (2007-08)	Enrollment (1997-98)	10-Year Change (%)
1	University of Phoenix-Online Campus	224,880	3,296	6722.82%
2	Miami Dade College	54,094	48,449	11.65%
3	Ohio State University-Main Campus	52,568	48,278	8.89%
4	University of Florida	51,725	41,713	24.00%
5	Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus	51,481	44,255	16.33%
6	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	50,883	45,410	12.05%
7	The University of Texas at Austin	50,170	48,857	2.69%
8	University of Central Florida	48,398	28,685	68.72%
9	Texas A & M University	46,542	41,461	12.25%
10	City College of San Francisco	46,411	28,185	64.67%
11	Michigan State University	46,045	42,603	8.08%
12	University of South Florida	44,870	34,036	31.83%
13	Houston Community College System	43,518	38,463	13.14%
14	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	43,252	40,538	6.69%
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	42,326	38,070	11.18%
16	New York University	41,783	36,679	13.92%
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	41,563	39,699	4.70%
18	Northern Virginia Community College	41,266	35,221	17.16%
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	41,042	36,995	10.94%
20	Florida State University	40,555	30,401	33.40%
21	Purdue University-Main Campus	40,534	37,447	8.24%
22	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	40,218	35,367	13.72%
23	North Harris Montgomery Community College District	39,756	21,044	88.92%
24	Indiana University-Bloomington	38,990	34,937	11.60%
25	Florida International University	38,182	30,012	27.22%
26	Tarrant County College District	37,948	25,856	46.77%
27	College of Southern Nevada	37,758	24,728	52.69%
28	University of California-Los Angeles	37,476	35,558	5.39%
29	University of Arizona	37,217	33,737	10.32%
30	California State University-Fullerton	37,130	24,906	49.08%
31	California State University-Long Beach	36,868	27,809	32.58%
32	University of Maryland-College Park	36,014	32,711	10.10%
33	Strayer University	35,754	1,852	1830.56%
34	San Diego State University	35,695	30,593	16.68%
35	California State University-Northridge	35,446	27,653	28.18%
36	University of California-Berkeley	34,940	30,290	15.35%
37	Excelsior College	34,894	17,348	101.14%
38	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	34,804	34,420	1.12%
39	University of North Texas	34,710	25,013	38.77%
40	Temple University	34,696	27,652	25.47%
41	University of Houston	34,663	31,602	9.69%
42	Brigham Young University	34,174	32,161	6.26%
43	University of Georgia	33,831	29,693	13.94%
44	American River College	33,821	20,159	67.77%
45	Santa Ana College	33,514	19,018	76.22%
46	Austin Community College District	33,508	25,850	29.62%
47	University of Southern California	33,408	28,382	17.71%
48	Pima Community College	32,982	27,761	18.81%
49	Valencia Community College	32,870	24,470	34.33%
50	Kaplan University	32,734	586	5486.01%

2009 AS&U Higher Education 20: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest Higher Education Institutions

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