Top 500 Ranked Colleges - Highest Enrollment

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Top 500 Ranked Colleges - Highest Enrollment

Rank			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	University of Phoenix-Online Campus	212,044	No Change
2 ↑	25	Western Governors University	121,437	46,733 (↑159.9%)
3 ↑	111	Southern New Hampshire University	104,068	28,389 (↑266.6%)
4	N/A	University of Phoenix-Arizona	95,777	Not Available
5 ↑	11	Grand Canyon University	90,253	55,497 (↑62.6%)
6 ↓	3	Liberty University	79,152	77,338 (↑2.3%)
7 ↓	5	Lone Star College System	73,499	64,072 (↑14.7%)
8 ↓	2	Ivy Tech Community College	72,006	98,778 (↓27.1%)
9 ↑	10	Texas A & M University-College Station	68,679	55,697 (↑23.3%)
10 ↓	6	University of Central Florida	68,475	59,589 (↑14.9%)
11 ↓	9	Ohio State University-Main Campus	61,170	57,466 (↑6.4%)
12 ↑	42	University of Maryland-University College	60,603	39,557 (↑53.2%)
13 ↑	23	Florida International University	57,942	47,663 (↑21.6%)
14 ↓	8	Houston Community College	57,200	57,978 (↓1.3%)
15 ↓	4	Miami Dade College	54,973	66,298 (↓17.1%)
16 ↑	19	University of Florida	52,218	49,878 (↑4.7%)
17 ↑	28	New York University	51,847	44,599 (↑16.3%)
18 ↓	14	The University of Texas at Austin	51,832	52,059 (↓0.4%)
19 ↑	21	Arizona State University-Tempe	51,585	48,702 (↑5.9%)
20 ↓	18	Tarrant County College District	51,100	50,771 (↑0.6%)

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