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Largest Colleges and Universities by Enrollment, Fall 2003

Institution	Total enrollment	% Female	% Full- time	% minority¹	% Under- graduate
United States, all institutions	16,900,471	57.1%	61.0%	29.8%	85.6%
University of Phoenix, Online Campus	71,052	57.9	100.0	25.7	63.6
Miami-Dade Community College	58,490	61.9	35.9	87.2	100.0
University of Texas at Austin	51,426	50.5	90.3	30.9	74.6
Ohio State University, Main Campus	50,731	49.2	85.6	15.5	74.1
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	49,474	52.8	70.9	14.5	65.6
Arizona State University, Main Campus	48,901	51.9	75.6	22.7	79.0
University of Florida	47,858	52.3	87.8	25.4	71.0
Texas A & M University	44,813	47.6	88.1	14.4	80.5
Michigan State University	44,542	54.2	85.2	16.8	78.2
City College of San Francisco	42,043	57.4	20.0	71.1	100.0
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	41,795	46.9	92.7	12.3	83.7
University of Central Florida	41,535	55.3	68.9	25.5	83.0
University of South Florida	40,945	59.9	61.7	28.3	78.5
University of Wisconsin, Madison	40,879	52.2	88.7	10.0	72.3
University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign	40,458	46.8	91.2	23.2	72.2
Purdue University, Main Campus	40,376	40.4	87.5	10.3	80.2
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	39,135	51.9	83.8	30.8	71.5
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	39,031	48.4	91.9	25.4	62.8
Indiana University, Bloomington	38,589	52.1	87.7	9.5	78.6
New York University	38,188	58.8	75.0	32.7	51.1
Northern Virginia Community College	38,097	54.5	31.9	40.0	100.0
Houston Community College System	37,846	59.2	32.1	63.2	100.0
University of Arizona	37,083	52.7	81.3	24.5	76.8
University of California, Los Angeles	37,055	53.7	96.0	53.7	69.4
Florida State University	36,884	56.4	83.3	24.1	80.3

1. Minority students who are U.S. citizens or resident aliens as a percent of total enrollment, including nonresident aliens.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 through 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:90), Spring 2001 through Spring 2003, and Fall 2004. (This table was prepared August 2005.)

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