A total of 168,113 students enroll in Top Private Colleges. By gender, of the total student body, 48.88% are male (82,171) and 51.12% are female (85,942).
The average student population of Top Private Colleges is 18,679. Columbia University in the City of New York is the largest with 34,782 students, and California Institute of Technology is the smallest with 2,401 students among Top Private Colleges.
There are 63,052 undergraduate students in Top Private Colleges, 37.51% of the student body. Graduate students account for 62.49% of the total students.
Of the Top Private Colleges, University of Pennsylvania has the most number of undergraduate students of 11,250, and Columbia University in the City of New York has the most number of graduate students of 25,880.
| Rank | School | Total | By Gender | By Level | Online Enrollment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Undergraduate | Graduate | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
| 1 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 18,283 | 9,650 | 8,633 | 8,049 | 10,234 | 288 | - |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 11,858 | 6,784 | 5,074 | 4,657 | 7,201 | - | 61 |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 30,631 | 14,207 | 16,424 | 9,368 | 21,263 | 1,312 | 5,611 |
| 4 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | 14,776 | 6,957 | 7,819 | 6,645 | 8,131 | - | 74 |
| 5 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 8,842 | 4,668 | 4,174 | 5,604 | 3,238 | - | - |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 34,782 | 16,150 | 18,632 | 8,902 | 25,880 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 7 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | 18,339 | 9,925 | 8,414 | 7,595 | 10,744 | - | 28 |
| 8 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 2,401 | 1,464 | 937 | 982 | 1,419 | - | - |
| 9 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 28,201 | 12,366 | 15,835 | 11,250 | 16,951 | 570 | 2,163 |
| - | Average | 18,679 | 9,130 | 9,549 | 7,006 | 11,673 | 99 | 1,504 |