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Digest of Education Statistics: 2010
Digest of Education Statistics: 2010

NCES 2011-015
April 2011

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Table 246. Enrollment of the 120 largest degree-granting college and university campuses, by selected characteristics and institution: Fall 2009
Institution State Rank1 Con-
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Type3 Total enroll-
ment
Institution State Rank1 Con-
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Type3 Total enroll-
ment
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
University of Phoenix, Online Campus AZ 1 3 1 380,232 Santa Monica College CA 61 1 2 32,313
Kaplan University IA 2 3 1 71,011 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 62 1 1 32,172
Arizona State University AZ 3 1 1 68,064 George Mason University VA 63 1 1 32,067
Miami Dade College FL 4 1 1 59,120 Capella University MN 64 3 1 31,998
Ohio State University, Main Campus OH 5 1 1 55,014 Boston University MA 65 2 1 31,960
                       
Houston Community College TX 6 1 2 54,942 Wayne State University MI 66 1 1 31,786
Strayer University DC 7 3 1 54,325 American Public University System WV 67 3 1 31,331
University of Central Florida FL 8 1 1 53,401 San Jose State University CA 68 1 1 31,280
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities MN 9 1 1 51,659 University of California, Davis CA 69 1 1 31,247
University of Texas at Austin TX 10 1 1 50,995 University of Missouri, Columbia MO 70 1 1 31,237
                       
University of Florida FL 11 1 1 50,691 University of Cincinnati, Main Campus OH 71 1 1 31,134
Texas A & M University TX 12 1 1 48,702 Santa Ana College CA 72 1 2 31,073
Michigan State University MI 13 1 1 47,071 Colorado Technical University Online CO 73 3 1 30,924
Ashford University IA 14 3 1 46,835 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. VA 74 1 1 30,870
Northern Virginia Community College VA 15 1 2 46,619 Texas State University, San Marcos TX 75 1 1 30,803
                       
Lone Star College System TX 16 1 2 46,504 San Francisco State University CA 76 1 1 30,469
Liberty University VA 17 2 1 46,312 Tidewater Community College VA 77 1 2 30,447
University of Washington, Seattle Campus WA 18 1 1 45,943 Georgia State University GA 78 1 1 30,427
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus PA 19 1 1 45,185 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 79 1 1 30,418
Tarrant County College District TX 20 1 2 44,355 Indiana University, Purdue U., Indianapolis IN 80 1 1 30,383
                       
University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign IL 21 1 1 43,881 Portland Community College OR 81 1 2 30,161
New York University NY 22 2 1 43,404 DeVry University, Illinois IL 82 3 1 30,127
Indiana University, Bloomington IN 23 1 1 42,347 Texas Tech University TX 83 1 1 30,049
College of Southern Nevada NV 24 1 1 42,108 Mount San Antonio College CA 84 1 2 29,935
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 25 1 1 41,674 University of Tennessee TN 85 1 1 29,934
                       
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 26 1 1 41,654 Cuyahoga Community College District OH 86 1 2 29,807
Purdue University, Main Campus IN 27 1 1 41,052 Troy University AL 87 1 1 29,328
Walden University MN 28 3 1 40,714 University of Utah UT 88 1 1 29,284
Austin Community College District TX 29 1 2 40,248 Saint Petersburg College FL 89 1 1 29,282
University of South Florida, Main Campus FL 30 1 1 40,022 University of Kansas KS 90 1 1 29,242
                       
Florida State University FL 31 1 1 39,785 California State University, Sacramento CA 91 1 1 29,241
Florida International University FL 32 1 1 39,610 Nova Southeastern University FL 92 2 1 29,153
Valencia Community College FL 33 1 2 39,008 University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV 93 1 1 29,080
University of Arizona AZ 34 1 1 38,767 University of Iowa IA 94 1 1 28,987
University of California, Los Angeles CA 35 1 1 38,550 University of Texas at San Antonio TX 95 1 1 28,955
                       
Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ 36 1 1 37,366 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 96 1 1 28,916
Broward College FL 37 1 1 37,360 Colorado State University CO 97 1 1 28,902
University of Maryland, University College MD 38 1 1 37,347 West Virginia University WV 98 1 1 28,898
University of Maryland, College Park MD 39 1 1 37,195 University at Buffalo NY 99 1 1 28,881
University of Houston TX 40 1 1 37,000 Florida State College at Jacksonville FL 100 1 1 28,877
                       
Riverside Community College CA 41 1 2 36,586 Utah Valley University UT 101 1 1 28,765
Temple University PA 42 1 1 36,507 University of Alabama AL 102 1 1 28,699
California State University, Fullerton CA 43 1 1 36,262 Louisiana State U. and Agricultural & Mechanical LA 103 1 1 28,643
Pima Community College AZ 44 1 2 35,880 Columbus State Community College OH 104 1 2 28,539
University of California, Berkeley CA 45 1 1 35,830 University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 105 1 1 28,482
                       
East Los Angeles College CA 46 1 2 35,717 University of California, San Diego CA 106 1 1 28,418
California State University, Long Beach CA 47 1 1 35,557 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus PA 107 1 1 28,328
American River College CA 48 1 2 35,413 El Paso Community College TX 108 1 2 28,168
California State University, Northridge CA 49 1 1 35,198 University of Texas at Arlington TX 109 1 1 28,085
University of North Texas TX 50 1 1 35,003 Oakland Community College MI 110 1 2 28,042
                       
Salt Lake Community College UT 51 1 2 34,966 Palm Beach State College FL 111 1 1 28,017
University of Georgia GA 52 1 1 34,885 Central New Mexico Community College NM 112 1 2 27,999
University of Southern California CA 53 2 1 34,824 Iowa State University IA 113 1 1 27,945
Excelsior College NY 54 2 1 34,629 Portland State University OR 114 1 1 27,901
Grand Canyon University AZ 55 3 1 34,205 Long Beach City College CA 115 1 2 27,894
                       
Brigham Young University UT 56 2 1 34,130 East Carolina University NC 116 1 1 27,654
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC 57 1 1 33,819 Harvard University MA 117 2 1 27,651
University of Colorado at Boulder CO 58 1 1 33,010 Florida Atlantic University FL 118 1 1 27,637
City College of San Francisco CA 59 1 2 32,950 Northeastern University MA 119 2 1 27,537
San Diego State University CA 60 1 1 32,817 Palomar College CA 120 1 2 27,442
1 College and university campuses ranked by fall 2009 enrollment data.
2 Publicly controlled institutions are identified by a "1"; private, not-for-profit, by a "2"; and private, for-profit, by a "3."
3 The types of institutions are identified as follows: "1" for 4-year institutions; and "2" for 2-year institutions.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010. (This table was prepared October 2010.)

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