May 25, 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)
1University of Phoenix-Online Campus 224,8803,2966722.82%
2Miami Dade College 54,09448,44911.65%
3Ohio State University-Main Campus 52,56848,2788.89%
4University of Florida 51,72541,71324.00%
5Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus 51,48144,25516.33%
6University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 50,88345,41012.05%
7The University of Texas at Austin 50,17048,8572.69%
8University of Central Florida 48,39828,68568.72%
9Texas A & M University 46,54241,46112.25%
10City College of San Francisco 46,41128,18564.67%
11Michigan State University 46,04542,6038.08%
12University of South Florida 44,87034,03631.83%
13Houston Community College System 43,51838,46313.14%
14Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 43,25240,5386.69%
15University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 42,32638,07011.18%
16New York University 41,78336,67913.92%
17University of Wisconsin-Madison 41,56339,6994.70%
18Northern Virginia Community College 41,26635,22117.16%
19University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 41,04236,99510.94%
20Florida State University 40,55530,40133.40%

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