Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Top 100 National Universities is 2,732,152 with 1,437,941 female students and 1,294,211 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Top 100 National Universities.
Among the Top 100 National Universities, Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most enrolled students of 79,818, while Gallaudet University has the least number of students of 1,335 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Top 100 National Universities is 1,837,987 with 968,296 female students and 869,691 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between Top 100 National Universities.
Among the Top 100 National Universities, Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 65,450, while Gallaudet University has the least number of undergraduate students of 875.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Top 100 National Universities is 894,165 with 469,645 female students and 424,520 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between Top 100 National Universities.
Among the Top 100 National Universities, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus has the most enrolled graduate students of 32,772, while Gallaudet University has the least number of graduate students of 460.
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Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2024-2025 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Top 100 National Universities. In undergraduate programs, out of total 1,825,446 students, 53,579 students (2.94%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 571,453 students (31.30%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 888,099 students, 173,974 students (19.59%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 109,985 students (12.38%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Rank | Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | |||
| 1 | Stanford University | 7,904 | 350 (4.43%) |
- | 10,721 | - | 854 (7.97%) | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 8,844 | 1,047 (11.84%) |
326 (3.69%) | 21,415 | 6,537 (30.53%) |
1,277 (5.96%) | |
| 3 | Princeton University | Princeton University does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4,535 | - | - | 7,351 | 46 (0.63%) |
- | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9,164 | 4 (0.04%) |
64 (0.70%) | 26,009 | 1,495 (5.75%) |
2,455 (9.44%) | |
| 6 | Yale University | 6,814 | - | - | 8,750 | 38 (0.43%) |
387 (4.42%) | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | California Institute of Technology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| 8 | University of Chicago | 7,598 | - | - | 10,968 | 102 (0.93%) |
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| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 11,478 | 681 (5.93%) |
178 (1.55%) | 17,631 | 2,568 (14.57%) |
825 (4.68%) | |
| 10 | Brown University | 7,910 | 357 (4.51%) |
207 (2.62%) | 4,046 | 401 (9.91%) |
31 (0.77%) | |
| 11 | Northwestern University | 9,399 | - | 16 (0.17%) | 14,457 | 781 (5.40%) |
1,493 (10.33%) | |
| 12 | Dartmouth College | 4,637 | - | - | 2,301 | 40 (1.74%) |
137 (5.95%) | |
| 13 | Duke University | 6,523 | 1 (0.02%) |
137 (2.10%) | 10,976 | 1,311 (11.94%) |
2,699 (24.59%) | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 16,128 | - | 593 (3.68%) | 10,665 | 527 (4.94%) |
979 (9.18%) | |
| 15 | Rice University | 4,789 | - | 83 (1.73%) | 4,172 | 541 (12.97%) |
208 (4.99%) | |
| 16 | Vanderbilt University | 7,221 | - | 158 (2.19%) | 6,354 | 652 (10.26%) |
508 (7.99%) | |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | 33,475 | 42 (0.13%) |
4,946 (14.78%) | 13,860 | 743 (5.36%) |
589 (4.25%) | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 33,070 | 60 (0.18%) |
6,233 (18.85%) | 12,812 | 1,733 (13.53%) |
1,634 (12.75%) | |
| 19 | Georgetown University | 7,833 | 327 (4.17%) |
154 (1.97%) | 12,198 | 2,298 (18.84%) |
1,190 (9.76%) | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 20,630 | 28 (0.14%) |
2,008 (9.73%) | 25,936 | 6,049 (23.32%) |
7,429 (28.64%) | |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University | 6,356 | 630 (9.91%) |
568 (8.94%) | 23,854 | 11,779 (49.38%) |
4,151 (17.40%) | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 8,220 | 424 (5.16%) |
168 (2.04%) | 8,137 | 254 (3.12%) |
545 (6.70%) | |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame | 8,880 | - | 196 (2.21%) | 4,162 | 246 (5.91%) |
265 (6.37%) | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 7,126 | 3 (0.04%) |
361 (5.07%) | 6,473 | 466 (7.20%) |
724 (11.18%) | |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7,377 | 25 (0.34%) |
2,306 (31.26%) | 8,511 | 529 (6.22%) |
1,191 (13.99%) | |
| 26 | Emory University | 7,407 | 68 (0.92%) |
2,610 (35.24%) | 7,768 | 857 (11.03%) |
1,986 (25.57%) | |
| 27 | New York University | 29,060 | 398 (1.37%) |
5,174 (17.80%) | 27,772 | 3,095 (11.14%) |
5,824 (20.97%) | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 5,911 | - | 72 (1.22%) | 1,781 | 377 (21.17%) |
218 (12.24%) | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 17,885 | 403 (2.25%) |
3,011 (16.84%) | 8,524 | 1,559 (18.29%) |
810 (9.50%) | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 20,885 | 43 (0.21%) |
3,936 (18.85%) | 11,553 | 1,815 (15.71%) |
1,733 (15.00%) | |
| 31 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 34,454 | 41 (0.12%) |
3,115 (9.04%) | 18,401 | 1,438 (7.81%) |
1,468 (7.98%) | |
| 32 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 20,591 | 1,580 (7.67%) |
3,634 (17.65%) | 32,772 | 23,677 (72.25%) |
658 (2.01%) | |
| 33 | Boston University | 18,805 | 103 (0.55%) |
113 (0.60%) | 18,932 | 5,320 (28.10%) |
1,241 (6.56%) | |
| 34 | Boston College | 10,314 | 133 (1.29%) |
876 (8.49%) | 5,118 | 599 (11.70%) |
1,163 (22.72%) | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 17,432 | 57 (0.33%) |
4,584 (26.30%) | 15,121 | 1,673 (11.06%) |
2,923 (19.33%) | |
| 36 | Brigham Young University | 32,952 | 834 (2.53%) |
11,289 (34.26%) | 2,921 | 64 (2.19%) |
598 (20.47%) | |
| 37 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 8,192 | 489 (5.97%) |
2,769 (33.80%) | 5,118 | 1,575 (30.77%) |
537 (10.49%) | |
| 38 | University of California-San Diego | 34,955 | 104 (0.30%) |
7,056 (20.19%) | 9,301 | 132 (1.42%) |
599 (6.44%) | |
| 39 | University of Rochester | 6,580 | 304 (4.62%) |
269 (4.09%) | 5,366 | 386 (7.19%) |
1,574 (29.33%) | |
| 40 | George Washington University | 11,677 | 416 (3.56%) |
428 (3.67%) | 13,697 | 3,573 (26.09%) |
1,527 (11.15%) | |
| 41 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 23,181 | 57 (0.25%) |
1,162 (5.01%) | 2,952 | - | 33 (1.12%) | |
| 42 | Yeshiva University | 2,930 | 4 (0.14%) |
464 (15.84%) | 4,035 | 1,210 (29.99%) |
859 (21.29%) | |
| 43 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 4,236 | 38 (0.90%) |
1,265 (29.86%) | 4,233 | 1,121 (26.48%) |
1,404 (33.17%) | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | 30,204 | 354 (1.17%) |
12,255 (40.57%) | 7,093 | 260 (3.67%) |
607 (8.56%) | |
| 45 | Brandeis University | 3,632 | - | 721 (19.85%) | 1,573 | 401 (25.49%) |
112 (7.12%) | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 36,573 | 1,517 (4.15%) |
21,570 (58.98%) | 19,738 | 6,855 (34.73%) |
2,717 (13.77%) | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 7,004 | 80 (1.14%) |
1,265 (18.06%) | 3,037 | 989 (32.57%) |
503 (16.56%) | |
| 48 | University of California-Davis | 32,273 | 59 (0.18%) |
4,011 (12.43%) | 7,792 | 277 (3.55%) |
328 (4.21%) | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 31,133 | 135 (0.43%) |
8,515 (27.35%) | 10,592 | 1,533 (14.47%) |
842 (7.95%) | |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 6,528 | - | 274 (4.20%) | 5,947 | 503 (8.46%) |
1,238 (20.82%) | |
| 51 | American University | 7,476 | 24 (0.32%) |
1,160 (15.52%) | 4,845 | 871 (17.98%) |
662 (13.66%) | |
| 52 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| 53 | University of Miami | 13,250 | 205 (1.55%) |
5,942 (44.85%) | 6,602 | 819 (12.41%) |
963 (14.59%) | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 38,040 | 563 (1.48%) |
9,815 (25.80%) | 13,004 | 891 (6.85%) |
1,181 (9.08%) | |
| 55 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40,684 | 670 (1.65%) |
7,467 (18.35%) | 16,313 | 986 (6.04%) |
1,237 (7.58%) | |
| 56 | Santa Clara University | 6,577 | 2 (0.03%) |
188 (2.86%) | 3,151 | 498 (15.80%) |
748 (23.74%) | |
| 57 | University of Georgia | 32,399 | 88 (0.27%) |
7,019 (21.66%) | 10,747 | 1,576 (14.66%) |
1,346 (12.52%) | |
| 58 | William & Mary | 7,063 | - | 107 (1.51%) | 2,755 | 1,098 (39.85%) |
116 (4.21%) | |
| 59 | Pepperdine University | 3,553 | 85 (2.39%) |
- | 5,423 | 2,401 (44.27%) |
934 (17.22%) | |
| 60 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 37,140 | 343 (0.92%) |
22,545 (60.70%) | 22,098 | 8,869 (40.13%) |
2,286 (10.34%) | |
| 61 | Chapman University | 7,713 | 1 (0.01%) |
43 (0.56%) | 2,047 | - | 28 (1.37%) | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 44,819 | 951 (2.12%) |
15,361 (34.27%) | 13,839 | 3,951 (28.55%) |
1,390 (10.04%) | |
| 63 | Florida State University | 32,720 | 1,667 (5.09%) |
20,214 (61.78%) | 11,169 | 4,094 (36.66%) |
1,357 (12.15%) | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 43,165 | 245 (0.57%) |
19,050 (44.13%) | 10,699 | 12 (0.11%) |
663 (6.20%) | |
| 65 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 46,815 | 1,581 (3.38%) |
31,935 (68.22%) | 14,628 | 2,394 (16.37%) |
3,021 (20.65%) | |
| 66 | University of Tulsa | 2,852 | 220 (7.71%) |
24 (0.84%) | 1,062 | 80 (7.53%) |
211 (19.87%) | |
| 67 | University of Delaware | 20,026 | 1,064 (5.31%) |
8,504 (42.46%) | 4,386 | 675 (15.39%) |
676 (15.41%) | |
| 68 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17,940 | 165 (0.92%) |
5,088 (28.36%) | 1,998 | 1 (0.05%) |
10 (0.50%) | |
| 69 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 3,135 | 352 (11.23%) |
832 (26.54%) | 5,699 | 1,413 (24.79%) |
1,276 (22.39%) | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 31,035 | 164 (0.53%) |
17,423 (56.14%) | 7,822 | 1,413 (18.06%) |
1,890 (24.16%) | |
| 71 | University of San Diego | 5,851 | - | - | 3,863 | 1,470 (38.05%) |
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| 72 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 28,422 | 685 (2.41%) |
12,160 (42.78%) | 10,042 | 2,269 (22.60%) |
1,361 (13.55%) | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42,604 | 234 (0.55%) |
19,362 (45.45%) | 8,133 | 87 (1.07%) |
816 (10.03%) | |
| 74 | Gallaudet University | 875 | 51 (5.83%) |
467 (53.37%) | 460 | 194 (42.17%) |
86 (18.70%) | |
| 75 | Loyola Marymount University | 7,273 | 4 (0.05%) |
536 (7.37%) | 2,906 | 564 (19.41%) |
858 (29.53%) | |
| 76 | Southern Methodist University | 7,285 | - | 491 (6.74%) | 4,831 | 669 (13.85%) |
511 (10.58%) | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 20,056 | 76 (0.38%) |
5,810 (28.97%) | 8,250 | 1,660 (20.12%) |
1,439 (17.44%) | |
| 78 | Fordham University | 10,582 | 62 (0.59%) |
637 (6.02%) | 5,568 | 1,085 (19.49%) |
766 (13.76%) | |
| 79 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 60,710 | 467 (0.77%) |
25,270 (41.62%) | 17,611 | 3,883 (22.05%) |
1,562 (8.87%) | |
| 80 | Wake Forest University | 5,490 | 1 (0.02%) |
144 (2.62%) | 3,832 | 1,232 (32.15%) |
371 (9.68%) | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 65,450 | 3,384 (5.17%) |
40,316 (61.60%) | 14,368 | 453 (3.15%) |
2,093 (14.57%) | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 15,957 | 394 (2.47%) |
1,664 (10.43%) | 6,632 | 1,904 (28.71%) |
732 (11.04%) | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25,900 | 106 (0.41%) |
4,507 (17.40%) | 9,824 | 1,359 (13.83%) |
1,537 (15.65%) | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 21,858 | 140 (0.64%) |
7,577 (34.66%) | 8,028 | 747 (9.30%) |
1,778 (22.15%) | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 30,564 | 440 (1.44%) |
11,614 (38.00%) | 8,164 | 2,736 (33.51%) |
491 (6.01%) | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 37,985 | 611 (1.61%) |
19,253 (50.69%) | 14,284 | 3,342 (23.40%) |
2,484 (17.39%) | |
| 87 | University of Central Florida | 59,552 | 8,871 (14.90%) |
29,631 (49.76%) | 10,161 | 3,637 (35.79%) |
1,429 (14.06%) | |
| 88 | Colorado School of Mines | 6,195 | - | 206 (3.33%) | 1,849 | 213 (11.52%) |
306 (16.55%) | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 12,122 | 2,445 (20.17%) |
1,535 (12.66%) | 4,476 | 2,644 (59.07%) |
402 (8.98%) | |
| 90 | Texas Christian University | 11,049 | - | 46 (0.42%) | 1,889 | 318 (16.83%) |
242 (12.81%) | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 14,915 | 338 (2.27%) |
4,581 (30.71%) | 5,711 | 2,728 (47.77%) |
318 (5.57%) | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 41,303 | 897 (2.17%) |
16,068 (38.90%) | 15,363 | 1,161 (7.56%) |
2,500 (16.27%) | |
| 93 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 5,552 | 30 (0.54%) |
2,591 (46.67%) | 1,602 | 406 (25.34%) |
348 (21.72%) | |
| 94 | The New School | 6,591 | 152 (2.31%) |
1,843 (27.96%) | 2,477 | 53 (2.14%) |
611 (24.67%) | |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 41,234 | 439 (1.06%) |
23,373 (56.68%) | 10,855 | 2,242 (20.65%) |
1,270 (11.70%) | |
| 96 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15,375 | 799 (5.20%) |
7,901 (51.39%) | 4,653 | 759 (16.31%) |
714 (15.34%) | |
| 97 | San Diego State University | 35,782 | 1,580 (4.42%) |
20,593 (57.55%) | 5,355 | 874 (16.32%) |
842 (15.72%) | |
| 98 | Florida International University | 45,193 | 11,038 (24.42%) |
21,115 (46.72%) | 9,530 | 2,780 (29.17%) |
1,908 (20.02%) | |
| 99 | University of Denver | 6,614 | 749 (11.32%) |
305 (4.61%) | 6,199 | 2,038 (32.88%) |
1,142 (18.42%) | |
| Average | 1,825,446 | 53,579 (2.94%) |
571,453 (31.30%) |
888,099 | 173,974 (19.59%) |
109,985 (12.38%) | ||
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