Largest US Colleges and Universities by Enrollment

The US Dept of Education's IPEDS (Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System) contains information on all 7,000+ officially-recognized institutions of higher education in the United States. We present a list of the 20 largest institutions of higher education by "12-month unduplicated headcount," meaning it is the number of unique individuals who enrolled in at least one class during the 12 months of 2009. Whether a system of individual campuses is counted as one or multiple institutions depends on how that institution is accredited and chartered. All data can be verified on the IPEDS system website.

12 month unduplicated enrollment, 2009
Ranking	College	Location	Enrollment
1	University of Phoenix	Online Campus	532,672
2	Comm College of the Air Force	Multiple Campuses	324,573
3	Kaplan University	Multiple Campuses	96,166
4	Miami Dade College	Miami, Florida	96,123
5	Houston Community College	Houston, Texas	78,780
6	Ashford University	Multiple Campuses (Headquarters in Clinton, Iowa)	78,353
7	Arizona State University	Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona	75,341
8	Strayer University	Washington, DC	74,713
9	Lone Star College System	The Woodlands, Texas	69,340
10	Northern Va Comm College	Annandale, Virginia	67,175
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota	65,006
12	Austin Community College District	Austin, Texas	64,276
13	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	62,807
14	Tarrant County College District	Fort Worth, Texas	62,488
15	College of Southern Nevada	Las Vegas, Nevada	59,691
16	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	59,614
17	University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	59,360
18	American River College	Sacramento, California	57,959
19	Pima Community College	Tucson, Arizona	57,924
20	East Los Angeles College	Los Angeles, California	57,340

Top 15 Most Expensive Public Colleges

Always an interesting topic.  What we typically see is simply the most expensive private colleges.  Here is a list of the top 15 most expensive "Public 4 Year Colleges".

Penn State Univ	PA	$14,416
Univ of Pitt	PA	$14,154
University of Vt	VT	$13,554
St. Mary's College of Md	MD	$13,234
New Jersey Inst of Technology	NJ	$12,856
Penn State University- Altoona	PA	$12,750
Penn State University- Berks	PA	$12,750
Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$12,750
Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$12,750
University of New Hampshire	NH	$12,743
The College of New Jersey	NJ	$12,722
University of Illinoi	IL	$12,528
Penn College of Tecy	PA	$12,480
Miami University-Oxford	OH	$12,312
Penn State Abington	PA	$12,250

Keep in mind, the average cost of all public 4 year colleges is about $6,400.  When compared to private colleges, these numbers seem much more affordable...


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