Top Private Colleges Enrollment Comparison

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.

Table. Top Private Colleges Student Population Comparison
Rank	School	Total	By Gender		By Level		Online Enrollment
Rank	School	Total	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

Top Private Colleges Student Population