Largest Private Colleges With Most Students

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Private Colleges With Most Students

New York University is the largest school with 59,144 students and University of Southern California has the second largest population with 48,945 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

New York University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Southern California also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $58,528 and graduate tuition & fees is $45,491 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 29.69% and the average SAT score is 1,436 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 Largest Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	New York University New York, NY Private, four-years	59,144 6,369	29,401	29,743	24,466	34,678	4,060	8 to 1
2 -	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Private, four-years	48,945 2,658	20,699	28,246	22,574	26,371	6,276	9 to 1
3 1	Boston University Boston, MA Private, four-years	36,714 3,996	18,459	18,255	15,646	21,068	4,044	11 to 1
4 2	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private, four-years	34,782 4,647	8,902	25,880	16,150	18,632	1,111	6 to 1
5 2	Brigham Young University Provo, UT Private, four-years	34,464 1,997	31,411	3,053	16,740	17,724	807	21 to 1
6 1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Private, four-years	31,275 2,385	6,044	25,231	14,474	16,801	14,024	6 to 1
7 2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA Private, four-years	30,631 240	9,368	21,263	14,207	16,424	6,923	7 to 1
8 -	Northeastern University Boston, MA Private, four-years	30,013 7,108	16,302	13,711	14,266	15,747	1,058	16 to 1
9	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, four-years	28,201	11,250	16,951	12,366	15,835	2,733	8 to 1
10	George Washington University Washington, DC Private, four-years	25,939	11,482	14,457	9,774	16,165	4,979	12 to 1
11	Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private, four-years	25,898	15,735	10,163	12,213	13,685	382	9 to 1
12	Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private, four-years	23,161	8,993	14,168	10,711	12,450	1,123	6 to 1
13	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Private, four-years	22,698	15,421	7,277	10,438	12,260	2,244	15 to 1
14	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Private, four-years	22,344	14,021	8,323	10,174	12,170	4,477	9 to 1
15	Georgetown University Washington, DC Private, four-years	20,984	7,900	13,084	9,469	11,515	3,558	11 to 1
16	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL Private, four-years	20,948	6,971	13,977	5,925	15,023	5,437	17 to 1
17	DePaul University Chicago, IL Private, four-years	20,917	14,134	6,783	9,261	11,656	4,119	17 to 1
18	Baylor University Waco, TX Private, four-years	20,709	15,213	5,496	8,045	12,664	2,920	15 to 1
19	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY Private, four-years	19,663	15,652	4,011	8,435	11,228	1,050	16 to 1
20	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL Private, four-years	19,402	12,504	6,898	8,801	10,601	960	13 to 1
21	University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, four-years	18,339	7,595	10,744	9,925	8,414	28	5 to 1
22	Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, four-years	18,283	8,049	10,234	9,650	8,633	288	5 to 1
23	Duke University Durham, NC Private, four-years	18,023	6,640	11,383	8,161	9,862	950	6 to 1
24	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO Private, four-years	17,012	8,132	8,880	7,969	9,043	780	7 to 1
25	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL Private, four-years	16,899	11,703	5,196	5,281	11,618	2,215	13 to 1
	Average	26,616	13,279	13,336	11,805	14,811	3,062	11 to 1

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