2024 Largest Graduate Schools Rankings
For 2,298 graduate schools, New York University has the largest number of graduate students (29,743) and University of Southern California has the second largest number of graduate students (28,246) based on academic year 2023-2024 college enrollment data.
The below table ranks and compares the Largest Graduate Schools having the largest graduate student population. For the graduate school ranking, we include only schools with more than 1,000 graduate students and less than 50% online students.
Largest Graduate Schools
The following table lists the 25 largest graduate schools with most enrolled graduate students. You can sort the table by a column as you want.
| Rank | College Name | In-State Tuition | Out-of-State Tuition | Graduate Student Population | Number of Graduate Programs Offered | Number of Online Graduate Programs | Number of Faculties (Full-time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University New York, NY | $43,848 | $41,124 | 29,743 | 278 | 30 | 5,908 |
| 2 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $44,013 | $68,128 | 28,246 | 255 | 17 | 2,403 |
| 3 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | $15,570 | $30,646 | 26,881 | 85 | 3 | 1,122 |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | $46,956 | $56,279 | 25,880 | 236 | 8 | 4,327 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $54,050 | $65,956 | 25,231 | 190 | 37 | 3,856 |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $18,837 | $33,640 | 21,796 | 222 | 7 | 2,434 |
| 7 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $45,958 | $55,440 | 21,263 | 292 | 8 | 2,120 |
| 8 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $12,737 | $30,130 | 20,659 | 238 | 63 | 2,902 |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $27,524 | $55,052 | 18,530 | 276 | 11 | 6,678 |
| 10 | Boston University Boston, MA | $51,716 | $64,712 | 18,255 | 276 | 3 | 3,047 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $37,134 | $46,034 | 16,951 | 251 | 14 | 2,248 |
| 12 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | $11,093 | $24,090 | 16,502 | 237 | 62 | 3,299 |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | $18,633 | $32,511 | 16,106 | 440 | 18 | 4,720 |
| 14 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $21,091 | $31,555 | 15,707 | 294 | 40 | 3,639 |
| 15 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | $13,389 | $26,735 | 14,573 | 228 | 1 | 3,176 |
| 16 | George Washington University Washington, DC | $29,840 | $35,154 | 14,457 | 207 | 32 | 1,255 |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | $13,497 | $41,227 | 14,417 | 223 | 6 | 4,451 |
| 18 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | $22,348 | $36,244 | 14,293 | 237 | 14 | 3,456 |
| 19 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $52,679 | $53,871 | 14,168 | 243 | 14 | 2,325 |
| 20 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $13,883 | $28,985 | 14,007 | 210 | 3 | 4,153 |
| 21 | Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL | $20,419 | $24,140 | 13,977 | 128 | 53 | 832 |
| 22 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | $23,688 | $28,100 | 13,711 | 155 | 7 | 1,399 |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX | $10,853 | $25,345 | 13,155 | 84 | 3 | 1,093 |
| 24 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | $48,331 | $59,306 | 13,084 | 147 | 14 | 1,251 |
| 25 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | $9,992 | $28,794 | 12,935 | 170 | 17 | 2,039 |
| Average | $16,133 | $20,153 | 3,241,950 | 28 | 7 | 586,097 |