2017 AS&U 100: Higher-education institutions with highest enrollment, Fall 2015
Sept. 23, 2017
In higher education, the largest enrollment for fall 2015 was at the University of Phoenix, according to U.S. Department of Education data. The online institution has the largest postsecondary enrollment for several years, although the numbers have decreased in recent years as the for-profit higher-education industry has drawn more scrutiny.
| RANK | INSTITUTION | LOCATION | FALL 2015 ENROLLMENT | FALL 2016 ENROLLMENT 1 | University of Phoenix-Arizona | Phoenix AZ | 165,743 | 195,059 2 | Ivy Tech Community College | Indianapolis IN | 81,668 | 91,179 3 | Liberty University | Lynchburg VA | 80,494 | 81,459 4 | Lone Star College System | The Woodlands TX | 70,724 | 69,395 5 | Western Governors University | Salt Lake City UT | 70,504 | 57,821 6 | Grand Canyon University | Phoenix AZ | 69,444 | 62,304 7 | Texas A & M University-College Station | College Station TX | 63,813 | 61,642 8 | University of Central Florida | Orlando FL | 62,953 | 60,767 9 | Miami Dade College | Miami FL | 62,332 | 66,046 10 | Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester NH | 61,285 | 43,274 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | Columbus OH | 58,663 | 58,322 12 | Houston Community College | Houston TX | 56,522 | 58,276 13 | Walden University | Minneapolis MN | 52,799 | 52,188 14 | American Public University System | Charles Town WV | 52,361 | 57,539 15 | Northern Virginia Community College | Annandale VA | 52,078 | 51,487 16 | Arizona State University-Tempe | Tempe AZ | 51,984 | 50,320 17 | Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth TX | 51,688 | 50,595 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin TX | 50,950 | 51,313 19 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Minneapolis MN | 50,678 | 51,147 20 | University of Florida | Gainesville FL | 50,645 | 49,459 21 | Michigan State University | East Lansing MI | 50,538 | 50,081 22 | University of Maryland-University College | Adelphi MD | 50,248 | 47,906 23 | New York University | New York NY | 50,027 | 49,274 24 | Florida International University | Miami FL | 49,782 | 49,610 25 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Brunswick NJ | 49,428 | 48,378 26 | Indiana University-Bloomington | Bloomington IN | 48,514 | 46,416 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | State College PA | 47,307 | 47,040 28 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana IL | 45,842 | 45,140 29 | University of Washington | Seattle WA | 45,408 | 44,784 30 | Kaplan University | Davenport IA | 45,355 | 52,018 31 | Valencia College | Orlando FL | 44,050 | 43,217 32 | Brigham Young University-Idaho | Rexburg ID | 43,803 | 36,624 33 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor MI | 43,651 | 43,625 34 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles CA | 43,401 | 42,453 35 | Excelsior College | Albany NY | 43,123 | 41,527 36 | Broward College | Fort Lauderdale FL | 43,078 | 44,119 37 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison WI | 42,716 | 42,598 38 | University of Houston | Houston TX | 42,704 | 40,914 39 | University of Arizona | Tucson AZ | 42,595 | 42,236 40 | Ashford University | San Diego CA | 42,452 | 51,237 41 | University of South Florida-Main Campus | Tampa FL | 42,067 | 41,938 42 | The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington TX | 41,988 | 39,740 43 | University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles CA | 41,908 | 41,845 44 | Austin Community College District | Austin TX | 41,574 | 40,949 45 | California State University-Northridge | Los Angeles CA | 41,548 | 40,131 46 | Florida State University | Tallahassee FL | 40,830 | 41,226 47 | Purdue University-Main Campus | West Lafayette IN | 40,472 | 39,752 48 | California State University-Fullerton | Fullerton CA | 38,948 | 38,128 49 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley CA | 38,189 | 37,565 50 | University of Maryland-College Park | College Park MD | 38,140 | 37,610 |
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