Largest Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities

Largest Pennsylvania Colleges with Most Enrollment

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most students of 50,737 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Pennsylvania. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus is ranked second with 35,724 students and Temple University follows them with 29,640 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 Pennsylvania Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, PA	50,737	24,126	26,611
2	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Public, four-yearsPittsburgh, PA	35,724	20,737	14,987
3	Temple University Public, four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	29,640	16,944	12,696
4	University of Pennsylvania Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	29,109	16,232	12,877
5	Drexel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	21,153	11,415	9,738
6	West Chester University of Pennsylvania Public, four-yearsWest Chester, PA	17,171	10,274	6,897
7	Carnegie Mellon University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA	15,888	6,911	8,977
8	Pennsylvania Western University Public, four-yearsCalifornia, PA	10,834	7,063	3,771
9	Villanova University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsVillanova, PA	10,041	5,421	4,620
10	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Public, four-yearsIndiana, PA	9,073	5,595	3,478
11	Eastern University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Davids, PA	8,727	5,063	3,664
12	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Public, four-yearsSlippery Rock, PA	8,376	4,954	3,422
13	Duquesne University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA	8,234	5,169	3,065
14	Lehigh University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBethlehem, PA	7,692	3,717	3,975
15	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Public, four-yearsKutztown, PA	7,467	4,506	2,961
16	Saint Joseph's University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	7,159	4,145	3,014
17	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Public, four-yearsMillersville, PA	6,975	4,286	2,689
18	Widener University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChester, PA	5,713	3,729	1,984
19	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Public, four-yearsEast Stroudsburg, PA	5,633	3,226	2,407
20	Wilkes University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilkes-Barre, PA	5,381	3,682	1,699

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