Largest New York Colleges and Universities

Largest New York Colleges with Most Enrollment

New York University has the most students of 59,144 for academic year 2022-2023 in New York. Columbia University in the City of New York is ranked second with 34,782 students and University at Buffalo follows them with 32,099 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	59,144	34,678	24,466
2	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	34,782	18,632	16,150
3	University at Buffalo Public, four-yearsBuffalo, NY	32,099	15,493	16,606
4	Cornell University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY	25,898	13,685	12,213
5	Stony Brook University Public, four-yearsStony Brook, NY	25,710	13,529	12,181
6	CUNY Hunter College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	22,970	15,709	7,261
7	Syracuse University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSyracuse, NY	22,698	12,260	10,438
8	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	19,854	10,253	9,601
9	St. John's University-New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsQueens, NY	19,663	11,228	8,435
10	Binghamton University Public, four-yearsVestal, NY	18,312	9,489	8,823
11	CUNY Queens College Public, four-yearsQueens, NY	17,001	9,495	7,506
12	SUNY at Albany Public, four-yearsAlbany, NY	16,658	9,458	7,200
13	Rochester Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRochester, NY	16,615	5,769	10,846
14	Fordham University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBronx, NY	16,556	10,279	6,277
15	Excelsior University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY	15,833	7,671	8,162
16	Long Island University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrookville, NY	15,737	10,297	5,440
17	CUNY City College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	14,489	7,901	6,588
18	CUNY Brooklyn College Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY	14,195	8,417	5,778
19	Pace University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	13,609	8,844	4,765
20	CUNY Lehman College Public, four-yearsBronx, NY	13,015	8,854	4,161

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