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College Rankings
Top 100 Public Colleges and Universities with the Largest Number of Students in United States for 2010
RANK
COLLEGE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
1
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
70,440
2
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
61,674
3
Houston Community College
Houston, TX
60,303
4
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
56,106
5
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
56,064
6
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
51,721
7
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
49,827
8
Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
49,129
9
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
48,996
10
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
46,985
11
Austin Community College District
Austin, TX
44,100
12
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
43,862
13
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
42,747
14
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
42,464
15
Florida International University
Miami, FL
42,197
16
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
42,180
17
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
41,924
18
Valencia Community College
Orlando, FL
41,583
19
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
41,063
20
University of South Florida-Main Campus
Tampa, FL
40,431
21
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
40,416
22
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL
40,375
23
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
39,086
24
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
38,912
25
University of Houston
Houston, TX
38,752
26
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
38,157
27
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
37,641
28
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
37,367
29
Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ
36,823
30
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
36,305
31
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
35,833
32
California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
35,590
33
California State University-Northridge
Northridge, CA
35,272
34
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA
35,100
35
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
34,677
36
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT
34,654
37
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
34,376
38
American River College
Sacramento, CA
33,440
39
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
33,416
40
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
32,975
41
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
32,966
42
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
32,697
43
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT
32,670
44
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
32,572
45
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
32,562
46
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO
32,341
47
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH
32,283
48
Portland Community College
Portland, OR
32,013
49
St Petersburg College
Largo, FL
31,793
50
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
31,637
51
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
31,533
52
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
31,505
53
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
31,392
54
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, CA
31,377
55
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA
31,308
56
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, OH
31,250
57
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CA
31,118
58
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
31,006
59
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
30,819
60
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
30,566
61
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, OH
30,513
62
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
30,470
63
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
30,300
64
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
30,258
65
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
30,155
66
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
30,127
67
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM
29,948
68
El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX
29,909
69
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
29,718
70
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
29,599
71
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL
29,534
72
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
29,518
73
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
29,451
74
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
29,390
75
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
29,306
76
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
29,187
77
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
29,176
78
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
29,117
79
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
29,076
80
Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, CA
29,064
81
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
28,823
82
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
28,697
83
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
28,682
84
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
28,642
85
San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena, TX
28,549
86
Troy University
Troy, AL
28,322
87
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
28,292
88
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
28,270
89
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
28,203
90
Portland State University
Portland, OR
28,035
91
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL
27,955
92
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
27,850
93
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
27,783
94
South Texas College
McAllen, TX
27,692
95
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
27,569
96
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
27,108
97
University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, OH
27,076
98
Collin County Community College District
McKinney, TX
27,069
99
California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
27,033
100
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, CA
27,023
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), U.S. Department of Education
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