February 08, 2012

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 broken down by percent change in enrollment during the last 10 years. 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	2007-08 Enroll- ment	1997-98 Enroll- ment	% Change (2007-08 vs. 1997-98)
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%

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