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🎓 Largest US Public Universities

The ten public university campuses with the most students.

📅 2025📏 students10 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (students); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, Texas
81,354
2
University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida
70,658
3
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio
67,255
4
University of FloridaGainesville, Florida
63,148
5
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana/Champaign, Illinois
60,848
6
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
57,879
7
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana
57,310
8
Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida
55,673
9
Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona
55,468
10
University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas
55,000

Highlights

Within United States, Texas A&M University ranks first in 2025 with 81,354, followed by University of Central Florida (70,658) and Ohio State University (67,255).

Across 10 entries, values run from 81,354 (Texas A&M University) to 55,000 (University of Texas at Austin), with a median of 59,364.

Source: University systems and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, 2025–26 (via Wikipedia), 2025. Unit: students.

Source: University systems and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, 2025–26 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026