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Largest Virginia Colleges with Most Enrollment

Liberty University has the most students of 96,709 for academic year 2022-2023 in Virginia. George Mason University is ranked second with 39,049 students and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University follows them with 38,170 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 Virginia Colleges with Most Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1Liberty University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA
96,70956,71139,998
2George Mason University
Public, four-yearsFairfax, VA
39,04920,22318,826
3Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Public, four-yearsBlacksburg, VA
38,17016,48321,687
4Virginia Commonwealth University
Public, four-yearsRichmond, VA
28,08218,03810,044
5University of Virginia-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsCharlottesville, VA
26,08214,33611,746
6Old Dominion University
Public, four-yearsNorfolk, VA
23,10713,00510,102
7James Madison University
Public, four-yearsHarrisonburg, VA
22,22412,9279,297
8Regent University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsVirginia Beach, VA
10,3376,5673,770
9William & Mary
Public, four-yearsWilliamsburg, VA
9,6545,6024,052
10Radford University
Public, four-yearsRadford, VA
7,7185,1622,556
11Norfolk State University
Public, four-yearsNorfolk, VA
5,7833,8631,920
12Virginia State University
Public, four-yearsPetersburg, VA
4,6482,7971,851
13Christopher Newport University
Public, four-yearsNewport News, VA
4,5592,4462,113
14Longwood University
Public, four-yearsFarmville, VA
4,3583,0341,324
15Shenandoah University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinchester, VA
4,2602,9031,357
16University of Richmond
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUniversity of Richmond, VA
3,8762,1381,738
17University of Mary Washington
Public, four-yearsFredericksburg, VA
3,7572,3781,379
18Marymount University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsArlington, VA
3,7112,2851,426
19Hampton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHampton, VA
3,2862,1711,115
20University of Lynchburg
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA
2,3941,517877