Top Private Colleges Student Population

A total of 141,640 students enroll in Top Private Colleges. By gender, of the total student body, 49.14% are male (69,596) and 50.86% are female (72,044).

The average student population of Top Private Colleges is 17,705. Columbia University in the City of New York is the largest with 35,173 students, and California Institute of Technology is the smallest with 2,430 students among Top Private Colleges.

There are 51,659 undergraduate students in Top Private Colleges, 36.47% of the student body. Graduate students account for 63.53% of the total students.

Of the Top Private Colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York has the largest undergraduate and graduate schools with 9,164 undergraduate and 26,009 graduate schools.

Table. Top Private Colleges Student Population Comparison
RankSchoolTotalBy GenderBy LevelOnline Enrollment
MenWomenUndergraduateGraduateUndergraduateGraduate
1Stanford UniversityStanford, CA18,6259,6678,9587,90410,721350-
2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA11,8866,6505,2364,5357,351-46
3Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA30,25913,81216,4478,84421,4151,0476,537
4Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT15,5647,2758,2896,8148,750-38
5Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ9,1374,7594,3785,8133,324--
6California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA2,4301,4599719871,443--
7Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY35,17315,88719,2869,16426,00941,495
8University of ChicagoChicago, IL18,56610,0878,4797,59810,968-102
-Average17,7058,7009,0066,45711,248-1,644