Largest New York Colleges and Universities

Largest New York Colleges with Most Enrollment

New York University has the most students of 56,832 for the academic year 2024-2025 in New York. Columbia University in the City of New York is ranked second with 35,173 students and University at Buffalo follows them with 31,903 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 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	56,832	33,055	23,777
2	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	35,173	19,286	15,887
3	University at Buffalo Public, four-yearsBuffalo, NY	31,903	15,555	16,348
4	Cornell University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY	26,793	14,097	12,696
5	Stony Brook University Public, four-yearsStony Brook, NY	26,689	14,067	12,622
6	Syracuse University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSyracuse, NY	22,589	12,608	9,981
7	CUNY Hunter College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	22,538	15,204	7,334
8	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	20,081	10,197	9,884
9	St. John's University-New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsQueens, NY	19,389	11,114	8,275
10	Binghamton University Public, four-yearsVestal, NY	18,816	9,778	9,038
11	University at Albany Public, four-yearsAlbany, NY	17,560	9,866	7,694
12	Rochester Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRochester, NY	17,098	6,146	10,952
13	Long Island University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrookville, NY	16,689	10,477	6,212
14	Fordham University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBronx, NY	16,150	9,898	6,252
15	CUNY Queens College Public, four-yearsQueens, NY	15,965	8,584	7,381
16	CUNY City College Public, four-yearsNew York, NY	15,544	8,277	7,267
17	CUNY Brooklyn College Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY	14,390	8,312	6,078
18	Pace University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	13,634	8,596	5,038
19	CUNY Lehman College Public, four-yearsBronx, NY	13,324	8,785	4,539
20	Excelsior University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY	12,941	6,724	6,217

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