May 23, 2012

Next 30: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest Higher Education Institutions

The higher-education institutions listed below represent the next 30 biggest colleges and universities in the United States that were just short of inclusion in the 2009 AS&U Higher Education 20. As part of a Web Exclusive, the following data not found in the print version of the 2009 AS&U Higher Education 20 is available to our readers:

View Top 20 data in the 2009 AS&U Higher Education 20.

Rank	Institution	2007-08 Enroll- ment	1997-98 Enroll- ment	% Change (2007-08 vs. 1997-98)
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%

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