Largest New York Colleges and Universities

Largest New York Colleges with Most Enrollment

New York University has the most students of 58,226 for academic year 2021-2022 in New York. Columbia University in the City of New York is ranked second with 33,776 students and University at Buffalo follows them with 32,332 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most students by gender.
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Largest New York Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	New York University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	58,226	33,717	24,509
2	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	33,776	18,140	15,636
3	University at Buffalo Public, four-yearsBuffalo, NY	32,332	15,522	16,810
4	Stony Brook University Public, four-yearsStony Brook, NY	26,608	14,176	12,432
5	Cornell University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY	25,582	13,288	12,294
6	CUNY Hunter College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	24,099	16,546	7,553
7	Syracuse University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSyracuse, NY	21,772	11,714	10,058
8	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	19,969	10,149	9,820
9	St. John's University-New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsQueens, NY	19,658	11,440	8,218
10	CUNY Queens College Public, four-yearsQueens, NY	18,772	10,698	8,074
11	Binghamton University Public, four-yearsVestal, NY	18,055	9,265	8,790
12	Excelsior College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY	17,166	8,112	9,054
13	SUNY at Albany Public, four-yearsAlbany, NY	17,075	9,660	7,415
14	Fordham University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBronx, NY	16,986	10,511	6,475
15	Rochester Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRochester, NY	16,790	5,753	11,037
16	CUNY Brooklyn College Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY	15,938	9,392	6,546
17	Long Island University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrookville, NY	15,191	10,184	5,007
18	CUNY City College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	15,031	8,319	6,712
19	CUNY Lehman College Public, four-yearsBronx, NY	14,392	9,985	4,407
20	Pace University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	13,479	8,821	4,658

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