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Largest Universities in America 2026

The biggest universities ranked by total enrollment

50 universities ranked • Source: US Dept of Education
#1
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH · Private
C
#2
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT · Private
C
#3
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ · Private
C
#4
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ · Private
C
#5
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ · Public
B-
#6
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station, TX · Public
C+
#7
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL · Public
B-
#8
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · Public
B-
#9
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA · Private
C
#10
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ · Public
C
#11
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH · Public
B-
#12
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · Public
B
#13
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, ID · Private
C
#14
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ · Public
C+
#15
Michigan State University
Lansing, MI · Public
C+
#16
Florida International University
Miami, FL · Public
B-
#17
University of Houston
Houston, TX · Public
B-
#18
California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton, CA · Public
B
#19
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN · Public
C+
#20
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL · Public
B-
#21
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · Public
B-
#22
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · Public
B
#23
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA · Public
B
#24
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · Public
B+
#25
University of North Texas
Denton, TX · Public
C+
#26
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA · Public
C+
#27
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
B+
#28
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
B+
#29
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public
A-
#30
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX · Public
C
#31
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL · Public
C
#32
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT · Private
C
#33
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL · Public
B-
#34
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · Public
B
#35
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO · Public
C
#36
University of Georgia
Athens-Clarke County, GA · Public
B
#37
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, NC · Public
B-
#38
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX · Public
C+
#39
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN · Public
C+
#40
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX · Public
C+
#41
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR · Public
C
#42
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA · Public
B+
#43
New York University
New York, NY · Private
B
#44
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA · Public
C
#45
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH · Public
C
#46
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · Public
C
#47
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC · Public
C
#48
California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA · Public
B-
#49
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT · Public
C
#50
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR · Public
C

Methodology: Rankings are generated from verified data provided by the US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. We use real outcome data — not surveys. Each university is scored based on the specific criteria for this ranking category. Last updated: March 2026.

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