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According to the National Center for Education Statistic’s Institute of Education Sciences, these are the nation’s 20 highest enrolling, degree-granting college and universities.

Highest Enrolling Colleges in the US

Rank	Institution	State	Total Enrollment
1	University of Phoenix, Arizona	Arizona	195,059
2	Ivy Tech Community College	Indiana	91,179
3	Liberty University	Virginia	81,459
4	Lone Star College System	Texas	69,395
5	Miami Dade College	Florida	66,046
6	Grand Canyon University	Arizona	62,304
7	Texas A&M University, College Station	Texas	61,642
8	University of Central Florida	Florida	60,767
9	Ohio State University, Main Campus	Ohio	58,322
10	Houston Community College	Texas	58,276
11	Western Governors University	Utah	57,821
12	American Public University System	West Virginia	57,539
13	Walden University	Minnesota	52,188
14	Kaplan University, Davenport Campus	Iowa	52,018
15	Northern Virginia Community College	Virginia	51,487
16	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	51,313
17	Ashford University	California	51,237
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minnesota	51,147
19	Tarrant County College District	Texas	50,595
20	Arizona State University, Tempe	Arizona	50,320

^{*U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2016). Digest of Education Statistics, 2015 (NCES 2016-014), Chapter 3.}