Largest Graduate Schools

Largest Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

Liberty University has the most graduate students of 51,366 for the academic year 2024-2025 in United States. Walden University is ranked second with 40,297 students and Grand Canyon University follows them with 37,321 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most graduate students by gender.

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Largest Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Graduate Students	Female	Male
1	Liberty University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA	51,366	31,120	20,246
2	Walden University Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	40,297	33,654	6,643
3	Grand Canyon University Private (for-profit), four-yearsPhoenix, AZ	37,321	29,024	8,297
4	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA	32,772	9,016	23,756
5	New York University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	27,772	15,822	11,950
6	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	26,009	14,727	11,282
7	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	25,936	13,982	11,954
8	Johns Hopkins University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD	23,854	12,363	11,491
9	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Public, four-yearsChampaign, IL	22,098	9,677	12,421
10	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	21,415	11,740	9,675
11	University of Florida Public, four-yearsGainesville, FL	19,738	11,442	8,296
12	Boston University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	18,932	10,810	8,122
13	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Public, four-yearsAnn Arbor, MI	18,401	9,324	9,077
14	University of Pennsylvania Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	17,631	9,906	7,725
15	Texas A & M University-College Station Public, four-yearsCollege Station, TX	17,611	8,511	9,100
16	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Public, four-yearsSeattle, WA	16,313	8,982	7,331
17	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Public, four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	15,363	8,875	6,488
18	Northeastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoston, MA	15,121	7,047	8,074
19	Ohio State University-Main Campus Public, four-yearsColumbus, OH	14,628	8,553	6,075
20	University of the Cumberlands Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamsburg, KY	14,508	7,655	6,853

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