For the academic year 2022-2023, the total student population of Top 20 US Colleges is 339,885. The proportion of undergraduate students is 42.29% (143,753 students) and graduate students's proportion is 57.71% (196,132 graduate students).

Columbia University in the City of New York has the most students of 34,782 among Top 20 US Colleges. By gender, the male-female ratio at Top 20 US Colleges is 47.48% (161,378 male students) to 52.52% (178,507 female students).

Student Population Comparison

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Student Population Comparison Table
School NameTotalUndergraduate GraduateMale StudentsFemale Students
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI11,189 7,639
(68.27%)
3,550
(31.73%)
5,381
(48.09%)
5,808
(51.91%)
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA2,401 982
(40.90%)
1,419
(59.10%)
1,464
(60.97%)
937
(39.03%)
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY34,782 8,902
(25.59%)
25,880
(74.41%)
16,150
(46.43%)
18,632
(53.57%)
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY25,898 15,735
(60.76%)
10,163
(39.24%)
12,213
(47.16%)
13,685
(52.84%)
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH6,744 4,458
(66.10%)
2,286
(33.90%)
3,405
(50.49%)
3,339
(49.51%)
Duke UniversityDurham, NC18,023 6,640
(36.84%)
11,383
(63.16%)
8,161
(45.28%)
9,862
(54.72%)
Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA14,841 7,101
(47.85%)
7,740
(52.15%)
5,753
(38.76%)
9,088
(61.24%)
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA30,631 9,368
(30.58%)
21,263
(69.42%)
14,207
(46.38%)
16,424
(53.62%)
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD31,275 6,044
(19.33%)
25,231
(80.67%)
14,474
(46.28%)
16,801
(53.72%)
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL23,161 8,993
(38.83%)
14,168
(61.17%)
10,711
(46.25%)
12,450
(53.75%)
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ8,842 5,604
(63.38%)
3,238
(36.62%)
4,668
(52.79%)
4,174
(47.21%)
Rice UniversityHouston, TX8,672 4,494
(51.82%)
4,178
(48.18%)
4,935
(56.91%)
3,737
(43.09%)
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA18,283 8,049
(44.02%)
10,234
(55.98%)
9,650
(52.78%)
8,633
(47.22%)
University of ChicagoChicago, IL18,339 7,595
(41.41%)
10,744
(58.59%)
9,925
(54.12%)
8,414
(45.88%)
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN13,105 8,971
(68.45%)
4,134
(31.55%)
6,942
(52.97%)
6,163
(47.03%)
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA28,201 11,250
(39.89%)
16,951
(60.11%)
12,366
(43.85%)
15,835
(56.15%)
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN13,710 7,151
(52.16%)
6,559
(47.84%)
6,047
(44.11%)
7,663
(55.89%)
Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO17,012 8,132
(47.80%)
8,880
(52.20%)
7,969
(46.84%)
9,043
(53.16%)
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT14,776 6,645
(44.97%)
8,131
(55.03%)
6,957
(47.08%)
7,819
(52.92%)
Average17,8897,566
(42.29%)
10,323
(57.71%)
8,494
(47.48%)
9,395
(52.52%)