Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of US Top 100 is 2,774,764 with 1,457,436 female students and 1,317,328 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 US Top 100.
Among the US Top 100, Texas A & M University-College Station has the most enrolled students of 78,321, while California Institute of Technology has the least number of students of 2,430 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of US Top 100 is 1,855,561 with 973,515 female students and 882,046 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between US Top 100.
Among the US Top 100, Texas A & M University-College Station has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 60,710, while California Institute of Technology has the least number of undergraduate students of 987.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of US Top 100 is 919,203 with 483,921 female students and 435,282 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between US Top 100.
Among the US Top 100, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus has the most enrolled graduate students of 32,772, while University of California-Merced has the least number of graduate students of 738.
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Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between US Top 100. In undergraduate programs, out of total 1,843,020 students, 44,089 students (2.39%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 566,427 students (30.73%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 913,137 students, 181,991 students (19.93%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 117,696 students (12.89%) 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 | Princeton University | Princeton University does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4,535 | - | - | 7,351 | 46 (0.63%) |
- | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 8,844 | 1,047 (11.84%) |
326 (3.69%) | 21,415 | 6,537 (30.53%) |
1,277 (5.96%) | |
| 4 | Stanford University | 7,904 | 350 (4.43%) |
- | 10,721 | - | 854 (7.97%) | |
| 4 | Yale University | 6,814 | - | - | 8,750 | 38 (0.43%) |
387 (4.42%) | |
| 6 | University of Chicago | 7,598 | - | - | 10,968 | 102 (0.93%) |
- | |
| 7 | Duke University | 6,523 | 1 (0.02%) |
137 (2.10%) | 10,976 | 1,311 (11.94%) |
2,699 (24.59%) | |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins University | 6,356 | 630 (9.91%) |
568 (8.94%) | 23,854 | 11,779 (49.38%) |
4,151 (17.40%) | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 9,399 | - | 16 (0.17%) | 14,457 | 781 (5.40%) |
1,493 (10.33%) | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 11,478 | 681 (5.93%) |
178 (1.55%) | 17,631 | 2,568 (14.57%) |
825 (4.68%) | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | California Institute of Technology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| 12 | Cornell University | 16,128 | - | 593 (3.68%) | 10,665 | 527 (4.94%) |
979 (9.18%) | |
| 13 | Brown University | 7,910 | 357 (4.51%) |
207 (2.62%) | 4,046 | 401 (9.91%) |
31 (0.77%) | |
| 13 | Dartmouth College | 4,637 | - | - | 2,301 | 40 (1.74%) |
137 (5.95%) | |
| 15 | 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%) | |
| 15 | University of California-Berkeley | 33,070 | 60 (0.18%) |
6,233 (18.85%) | 12,812 | 1,733 (13.53%) |
1,634 (12.75%) | |
| 17 | Rice University | 4,789 | - | 83 (1.73%) | 4,172 | 541 (12.97%) |
208 (4.99%) | |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | 33,475 | 42 (0.13%) |
4,946 (14.78%) | 13,860 | 743 (5.36%) |
589 (4.25%) | |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University | 7,221 | - | 158 (2.19%) | 6,354 | 652 (10.26%) |
508 (7.99%) | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7,377 | 25 (0.34%) |
2,306 (31.26%) | 8,511 | 529 (6.22%) |
1,191 (13.99%) | |
| 20 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 34,454 | 41 (0.12%) |
3,115 (9.04%) | 18,401 | 1,438 (7.81%) |
1,468 (7.98%) | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 8,880 | - | 196 (2.21%) | 4,162 | 246 (5.91%) |
265 (6.37%) | |
| 20 | Washington University in St Louis | 8,220 | 424 (5.16%) |
168 (2.04%) | 8,137 | 254 (3.12%) |
545 (6.70%) | |
| 24 | Emory University | 7,407 | 68 (0.92%) |
2,610 (35.24%) | 7,768 | 857 (11.03%) |
1,986 (25.57%) | |
| 24 | Georgetown University | 7,833 | 327 (4.17%) |
154 (1.97%) | 12,198 | 2,298 (18.84%) |
1,190 (9.76%) | |
| 26 | 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%) | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 17,885 | 403 (2.25%) |
3,011 (16.84%) | 8,524 | 1,559 (18.29%) |
810 (9.50%) | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 20,630 | 28 (0.14%) |
2,008 (9.73%) | 25,936 | 6,049 (23.32%) |
7,429 (28.64%) | |
| 29 | University of California-San Diego | 34,955 | 104 (0.30%) |
7,056 (20.19%) | 9,301 | 132 (1.42%) |
599 (6.44%) | |
| 30 | University of Florida | 36,573 | 1,517 (4.15%) |
21,570 (58.98%) | 19,738 | 6,855 (34.73%) |
2,717 (13.77%) | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Austin | 43,165 | 245 (0.57%) |
19,050 (44.13%) | 10,699 | 12 (0.11%) |
663 (6.20%) | |
| 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%) | |
| 32 | New York University | 29,060 | 398 (1.37%) |
5,174 (17.80%) | 27,772 | 3,095 (11.14%) |
5,824 (20.97%) | |
| 32 | University of California-Davis | 32,273 | 59 (0.18%) |
4,011 (12.43%) | 7,792 | 277 (3.55%) |
328 (4.21%) | |
| 32 | University of California-Irvine | 30,204 | 354 (1.17%) |
12,255 (40.57%) | 7,093 | 260 (3.67%) |
607 (8.56%) | |
| 36 | Boston College | 10,314 | 133 (1.29%) |
876 (8.49%) | 5,118 | 599 (11.70%) |
1,163 (22.72%) | |
| 36 | Tufts University | 7,126 | 3 (0.04%) |
361 (5.07%) | 6,473 | 466 (7.20%) |
724 (11.18%) | |
| 36 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 37,140 | 343 (0.92%) |
22,545 (60.70%) | 22,098 | 8,869 (40.13%) |
2,286 (10.34%) | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 38,040 | 563 (1.48%) |
9,815 (25.80%) | 13,004 | 891 (6.85%) |
1,181 (9.08%) | |
| 40 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 23,181 | 57 (0.25%) |
1,162 (5.01%) | 2,952 | - | 33 (1.12%) | |
| 41 | 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%) | |
| 42 | Boston University | 18,805 | 103 (0.55%) |
113 (0.60%) | 18,932 | 5,320 (28.10%) |
1,241 (6.56%) | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 37,985 | 611 (1.61%) |
19,253 (50.69%) | 14,284 | 3,342 (23.40%) |
2,484 (17.39%) | |
| 42 | University of Maryland-College Park | 31,133 | 135 (0.43%) |
8,515 (27.35%) | 10,592 | 1,533 (14.47%) |
842 (7.95%) | |
| 42 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40,684 | 670 (1.65%) |
7,467 (18.35%) | 16,313 | 986 (6.04%) |
1,237 (7.58%) | |
| 46 | Lehigh University | 5,911 | - | 72 (1.22%) | 1,781 | 377 (21.17%) |
218 (12.24%) | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 17,432 | 57 (0.33%) |
4,584 (26.30%) | 15,121 | 1,673 (11.06%) |
2,923 (19.33%) | |
| 46 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 44,819 | 951 (2.12%) |
15,361 (34.27%) | 13,839 | 3,951 (28.55%) |
1,390 (10.04%) | |
| 46 | University of Georgia | 32,399 | 88 (0.27%) |
7,019 (21.66%) | 10,747 | 1,576 (14.66%) |
1,346 (12.52%) | |
| 46 | University of Rochester | 6,580 | 304 (4.62%) |
269 (4.09%) | 5,366 | 386 (7.19%) |
1,574 (29.33%) | |
| 51 | Case Western Reserve University | 6,528 | - | 274 (4.20%) | 5,947 | 503 (8.46%) |
1,238 (20.82%) | |
| 51 | Florida State University | 32,720 | 1,667 (5.09%) |
20,214 (61.78%) | 11,169 | 4,094 (36.66%) |
1,357 (12.15%) | |
| 51 | 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%) | |
| 51 | 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%) | |
| 51 | Wake Forest University | 5,490 | 1 (0.02%) |
144 (2.62%) | 3,832 | 1,232 (32.15%) |
371 (9.68%) | |
| 51 | William & Mary | 7,063 | - | 107 (1.51%) | 2,755 | 1,098 (39.85%) |
116 (4.21%) | |
| 57 | University of California-Merced | 8,372 | 2 (0.02%) |
960 (11.47%) | 738 | - | - | |
| 57 | Villanova University | 7,004 | 80 (1.14%) |
1,265 (18.06%) | 3,037 | 989 (32.57%) |
503 (16.56%) | |
| 59 | George Washington University | 11,677 | 416 (3.56%) |
428 (3.67%) | 13,697 | 3,573 (26.09%) |
1,527 (11.15%) | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42,604 | 234 (0.55%) |
19,362 (45.45%) | 8,133 | 87 (1.07%) |
816 (10.03%) | |
| 59 | Santa Clara University | 6,577 | 2 (0.03%) |
188 (2.86%) | 3,151 | 498 (15.80%) |
748 (23.74%) | |
| 59 | Stony Brook University | 18,263 | 214 (1.17%) |
9,709 (53.16%) | 8,426 | 1,569 (18.62%) |
1,660 (19.70%) | |
| 59 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 41,303 | 897 (2.17%) |
16,068 (38.90%) | 15,363 | 1,161 (7.56%) |
2,500 (16.27%) | |
| 64 | Michigan State University | 41,234 | 439 (1.06%) |
23,373 (56.68%) | 10,855 | 2,242 (20.65%) |
1,270 (11.70%) | |
| 64 | 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%) | |
| 64 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 23,920 | 926 (3.87%) |
1,733 (7.24%) | 7,806 | 2,585 (33.12%) |
1,060 (13.58%) | |
| 64 | University of Miami | 13,250 | 205 (1.55%) |
5,942 (44.85%) | 6,602 | 819 (12.41%) |
963 (14.59%) | |
| 69 | Brandeis University | 3,632 | - | 721 (19.85%) | 1,573 | 401 (25.49%) |
112 (7.12%) | |
| 69 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 8,192 | 489 (5.97%) |
2,769 (33.80%) | 5,118 | 1,575 (30.77%) |
537 (10.49%) | |
| 69 | University of Connecticut | 20,056 | 76 (0.38%) |
5,810 (28.97%) | 8,250 | 1,660 (20.12%) |
1,439 (17.44%) | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25,900 | 106 (0.41%) |
4,507 (17.40%) | 9,824 | 1,359 (13.83%) |
1,537 (15.65%) | |
| 73 | Binghamton University | 14,669 | 119 (0.81%) |
610 (4.16%) | 4,147 | 462 (11.14%) |
328 (7.91%) | |
| 73 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 38,093 | 225 (0.59%) |
16,836 (44.20%) | 10,331 | 3,024 (29.27%) |
1,109 (10.73%) | |
| 75 | Clemson University | 23,401 | 150 (0.64%) |
8,205 (35.06%) | 5,676 | 1,896 (33.40%) |
801 (14.11%) | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-Newark | 7,989 | 150 (1.88%) |
2,207 (27.63%) | 3,326 | 1,033 (31.06%) |
698 (20.99%) | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 15,957 | 394 (2.47%) |
1,664 (10.43%) | 6,632 | 1,904 (28.71%) |
732 (11.04%) | |
| 75 | University at Buffalo | 20,359 | 510 (2.51%) |
11,359 (55.79%) | 11,544 | 2,153 (18.65%) |
2,168 (18.78%) | |
| 75 | University of California-Riverside | 22,600 | 147 (0.65%) |
9,296 (41.13%) | 3,784 | 116 (3.07%) |
81 (2.14%) | |
| 80 | Colorado School of Mines | 6,195 | - | 206 (3.33%) | 1,849 | 213 (11.52%) |
306 (16.55%) | |
| 80 | Drexel University | 13,309 | 937 (7.04%) |
4,283 (32.18%) | 7,844 | 2,820 (35.95%) |
1,038 (13.23%) | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 10,200 | 25 (0.25%) |
1,975 (19.36%) | 3,047 | 721 (23.66%) |
891 (29.24%) | |
| 80 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 4,236 | 38 (0.90%) |
1,265 (29.86%) | 4,233 | 1,121 (26.48%) |
1,404 (33.17%) | |
| 84 | Pepperdine University | 3,553 | 85 (2.39%) |
- | 5,423 | 2,401 (44.27%) |
934 (17.22%) | |
| 84 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22,495 | 865 (3.85%) |
13,914 (61.85%) | 11,411 | 3,288 (28.81%) |
4,922 (43.13%) | |
| 84 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 5,558 | 5 (0.09%) |
289 (5.20%) | 2,026 | 661 (32.63%) |
481 (23.74%) | |
| 84 | Yeshiva University | 2,930 | 4 (0.14%) |
464 (15.84%) | 4,035 | 1,210 (29.99%) |
859 (21.29%) | |
| 88 | American University | 7,476 | 24 (0.32%) |
1,160 (15.52%) | 4,845 | 871 (17.98%) |
662 (13.66%) | |
| 88 | Baylor University | 14,915 | 338 (2.27%) |
4,581 (30.71%) | 5,711 | 2,728 (47.77%) |
318 (5.57%) | |
| 88 | Howard University | 11,519 | 734 (6.37%) |
6,862 (59.57%) | 3,371 | 748 (22.19%) |
548 (16.26%) | |
| 88 | Marquette University | 8,045 | 23 (0.29%) |
1,345 (16.72%) | 3,701 | 523 (14.13%) |
983 (26.56%) | |
| 88 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 14,267 | 78 (0.55%) |
3,603 (25.25%) | 2,831 | 462 (16.32%) |
716 (25.29%) | |
| 88 | Southern Methodist University | 7,285 | - | 491 (6.74%) | 4,831 | 669 (13.85%) |
511 (10.58%) | |
| 88 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17,940 | 165 (0.92%) |
5,088 (28.36%) | 1,998 | 1 (0.05%) |
10 (0.50%) | |
| 88 | University of Delaware | 20,026 | 1,064 (5.31%) |
8,504 (42.46%) | 4,386 | 675 (15.39%) |
676 (15.41%) | |
| 88 | University of South Florida | 38,525 | 4,428 (11.49%) |
23,640 (61.36%) | 11,097 | 3,091 (27.85%) |
2,273 (20.48%) | |
| 97 | Florida International University | 45,193 | 11,038 (24.42%) |
21,115 (46.72%) | 9,530 | 2,780 (29.17%) |
1,908 (20.02%) | |
| 97 | Fordham University | 10,582 | 62 (0.59%) |
637 (6.02%) | 5,568 | 1,085 (19.49%) |
766 (13.76%) | |
| 97 | Rutgers University-Camden | 3,857 | 638 (16.54%) |
1,721 (44.62%) | 1,818 | 586 (32.23%) |
188 (10.34%) | |
| 97 | Texas Christian University | 11,049 | - | 46 (0.42%) | 1,889 | 318 (16.83%) |
242 (12.81%) | |
| 97 | University of Colorado Boulder | 32,244 | 386 (1.20%) |
13,524 (41.94%) | 6,555 | 411 (6.27%) |
673 (10.27%) | |
| Average | 1,843,020 | 44,089 (2.39%) |
566,427 (30.73%) |
913,137 | 181,991 (19.93%) |
117,696 (12.89%) | ||
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