Best U.S. Colleges Student Population Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the total student population of Best U.S. Colleges is 186,136.
The proportion of undergraduate students is 37.44% (69,692 students) and graduate students's proportion is 62.56% (116,444 graduate students).
Columbia University in the City of New York has the most students of 34,782 among Best U.S. Colleges. By gender, the male-female ratio at Best U.S. Colleges is 48.53% (90,332 male students) to 51.47% (95,804 female students).

Student Population Comparison

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Student Population Comparison Table
School NameTotalUndergraduate GraduateMale StudentsFemale Students
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA2,401 982
(40.90%)
1,419
(59.10%)
1,464
(60.97%)
937
(39.03%)
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY34,782 8,902
(25.59%)
25,880
(74.41%)
16,150
(46.43%)
18,632
(53.57%)
Duke University Durham, NC18,023 6,640
(36.84%)
11,383
(63.16%)
8,161
(45.28%)
9,862
(54.72%)
Harvard University Cambridge, MA30,631 9,368
(30.58%)
21,263
(69.42%)
14,207
(46.38%)
16,424
(53.62%)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA11,858 4,657
(39.27%)
7,201
(60.73%)
6,784
(57.21%)
5,074
(42.79%)
Princeton University Princeton, NJ8,842 5,604
(63.38%)
3,238
(36.62%)
4,668
(52.79%)
4,174
(47.21%)
Stanford University Stanford, CA18,283 8,049
(44.02%)
10,234
(55.98%)
9,650
(52.78%)
8,633
(47.22%)
University of Chicago Chicago, IL18,339 7,595
(41.41%)
10,744
(58.59%)
9,925
(54.12%)
8,414
(45.88%)
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA28,201 11,250
(39.89%)
16,951
(60.11%)
12,366
(43.85%)
15,835
(56.15%)
Yale University New Haven, CT14,776 6,645
(44.97%)
8,131
(55.03%)
6,957
(47.08%)
7,819
(52.92%)
Average18,6146,969
(37.44%)
11,644
(62.56%)
9,033
(48.53%)
9,580
(51.47%)
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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