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Toggle navigationRankings::College Evaluator Home Ranking Search Colleges Statistics Group We evaluate and rank U.S. colleges & universities by schools type, location, majors, and more based on diverse academic and campus factors. U.S. Cities with Most College Students No comments For academic year 2019-2020, total 20,425,028 students have enrolled in U.S. colleges including 17,325,543 undergraduate and 3,100,630 graduate students. By gender, there are 8,750,209 male students and 11,674,819 female students at U.S. colleges. This article analyzes and lists the cities that has the most college students. New York (NY) has the most college students (290,216 student in 82 colleges) where the city’s total population is 19,354,922. Chicago (IL) has the second most college students (219,981 student in 73 colleges) where the city’s total population is 8,675,982. See the Cencus residence rule and residence situation to check how the students are counted at their parental home or college location. The city population data is from SimpleMaps.com . Next table and chart show the 25 largest cities with most college student for academic year 2019-2020. 25 U.S. Cities with the Most College Students City Number of Colleges Total Enrollment City Population New York, NY 82 290,216 19,354,922 Chicago, IL 73 219,981 8,675,982 Salt Lake City, UT 18 200,797 1,098,400 Los Angeles, CA 54 183,219 12,815,475 Houston, TX 64 175,189 5,446,468 Tempe, AZ 14 171,860 185,038 San Diego, CA 35 160,576 3,210,314 Minneapolis, MN 14 153,597 2,926,757 Boston, MA 30 150,338 4,637,537 Phoenix, AZ 34 149,726 4,081,849 Philadelphia, PA 37 149,664 5,637,884 Atlanta, GA 37 133,648 5,228,750 Indianapolis, IN 29 131,644 1,564,699 Miami, FL 44 131,272 6,381,966 Orlando, FL 16 130,254 1,776,841 San Antonio, TX 46 124,702 2,002,530 Manchester, NH 8 110,024 160,742 Austin, TX 27 105,525 1,638,716 Sacramento, CA 23 105,249 1,854,698 Columbus, OH 24 104,783 1,528,314 Baltimore, MD 24 100,393 2,170,504 Saint Louis, MO 23 99,607 2,078,283 Washington, DC 24 98,399 5,289,420 Denver, CO 26 92,189 2,787,266 San Francisco, CA 21 90,493 3,603,761 Read More 2020 Average Tuition & Fees By State No comments For academic year 2019-2020, the average undergraduate tuition & fees is $6,533 for state residents and $13,637 for out-of-state students for public colleges. For private schools, the average tuition & fees is $22,403 for all students. For graduate programs, the average in-state tuition & fees is $10,999 and out-of-state rate is $20,281 at public schools, and $16,930 at private schools. Vermont colleges have the most expensive undergraduate tuition & fees of $27,475 and New Mexico colleges have the lowest undergraduate tuition & fees of $6,710. Hawaii colleges have the highest graduate tuition & fees of $32,655 and North Dakota colleges have the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $9,539. We include 4 years (or high colleges) and community colleges for the undergraduate cost statistics and only include 4 years (or high) colleges for graduate costs statistics. Next table shows the average tuition and living costs by state for academic year 2019-2020. You can compare all colleges located in your desired State by following the link on State name. Average Tuition & Fees by State (2019-2020) State Undergraduate Graduate Living Costs Public In-Sate Public Out-of-State Private Public In-Sate Public Out-of-State Private On-Campus Off-Campus Alaska (9 colleges) 6,545 $18,608 $13,504 $12,541 $24,616 $12,110 $11,130 $11,149 Alabama (73 colleges) 6,753 $13,056 $16,351 $9,492 $19,573 $12,197 $7,383 $7,692 Arkansas (56 colleges) 4,978 $8,156 $17,760 $7,598 $13,494 $21,202 $7,814 $8,426 Arizona (80 colleges) 5,663 $12,897 $20,473 $14,556 $25,967 $16,919 $9,744 $8,731 California (507 colleges) 3,026 $11,728 $24,629 $11,260 $21,867 $21,351 $13,184 $14,704 Colorado (100 colleges) 6,829 $16,499 $17,741 $11,561 $19,587 $18,270 $10,317 $11,285 Connecticut (50 colleges) 8,376 $19,745 $33,632 $13,497 $24,703 $20,563 $13,838 $11,255 District of Columbia (22 colleges) 6,020 $12,704 $26,758 $9,860 $18,176 $24,613 - $16,781 Delaware (10 colleges) 9,161 $21,604 $18,050 $19,594 $23,341 $13,719 $12,596 $11,701 Florida (228 colleges) 3,887 $9,788 $20,459 $10,021 $23,124 $14,970 $10,117 $11,108 Georgia (128 colleges) 4,714 $11,332 $20,490 $7,213 $18,954 $15,651 $9,750 $8,622 Hawaii (23 colleges) 5,016 $13,406 $16,405 $14,499 $32,655 $15,980 $9,954 $15,108 Iowa (86 colleges) 6,067 $9,651 $23,419 $11,029 $26,404 $11,827 $7,572 $8,047 Idaho (35 colleges) 5,556 $14,332 $16,733 $9,816 $27,300 $13,199 $8,865 $8,700 Illinois (185 colleges) 5,881 $11,386 $25,389 $11,857 $18,160 $18,769 $10,267 $9,600 Indiana (83 colleges) 8,203 $21,391 $23,775 $8,476 $19,880 $18,849 $9,947 $9,076 Kansas (68 colleges) 4,859 $8,151 $20,779 $8,561 $19,296 $10,855 $8,178 $8,437 Kentucky (84 colleges) 6,331 $17,213 $20,173 $11,023 $18,366 $10,759 $9,658 $7,871 Louisiana (73 colleges) 6,539 $12,811 $18,697 $9,835 $16,603 $16,726 $9,656 $9,521 Massachusetts (119 colleges) 8,810 $16,808 $38,936 $13,116 $18,933 $28,922 $13,157 $10,019 Maryland (61 colleges) 6,734 $14,592 $26,378 $12,328 $19,419 $16,791 $11,748 $12,639 Maine (33 colleges) 6,866 $13,790 $31,937 $14,461 $18,866 $22,686 $8,891 $7,729 Michigan (102 colleges) 7,001 $12,197 $23,572 $16,009 $25,599 $18,652 $10,423 $8,967 Minnesota (97 colleges) 6,857 $8,680 $25,968 $11,064 $14,872 $15,144 $8,125 $7,892 Missouri (121 colleges) 5,958 $11,544 $18,825 $8,681 $17,286 $13,779 $8,907 $8,616 Mississippi (49 colleges) 4,934 $7,971 $15,529 $7,894 $12,219 $13,318 $6,005 $7,347 Montana (30 colleges) 4,479 $11,128 $15,578 $6,703 $20,365 $20,293 $8,864 $8,333 North Carolina (148 colleges) 3,497 $10,842 $23,363 $8,140 $21,603 $14,978 $9,987 $8,598 North Dakota (27 colleges) 6,030 $7,904 $14,065 $6,985 $9,539 $12,725 $7,630 $7,863 Nebraska (47 colleges) 5,738 $9,814 $20,047 $7,246 $14,688 $12,922 $8,432 $8,149 New Hampshire (27 colleges) 10,068 $20,420 $32,379 $15,858 $20,000 $19,626 $11,791 $12,695 New Jersey (99 colleges) 8,595 $14,114 $22,062 $16,893 $23,523 $20,455 $13,839 $13,440 New Mexico (41 colleges) 3,260 $6,710 $20,285 $6,544 $12,438 $21,826 $7,754 $9,293 Nevada (27 colleges) 5,012 $15,230 $20,842 $6,045 $15,589 $22,486 $9,617 $10,406 New York (327 colleges) 6,953 $14,340 $25,668 $12,356 $23,192 $23,958 $13,228 $12,888 Ohio (231 colleges) 6,582 $13,116 $21,549 $11,587 $22,939 $16,356 $11,134 $8,137 Oklahoma (69 colleges) 6,203 $10,496 $20,731 $6,460 $15,696 $13,893 $7,199 $8,854 Oregon (77 colleges) 7,264 $15,656 $23,299 $16,666 $23,875 $19,523 $10,964 $10,557 Pennsylvania (263 colleges) 11,478 $19,472 $26,613 $19,377 $25,720 $20,280 $11,480 $11,351 Rhode Island (16 colleges) 9,615 $22,424 $36,235 $12,028 $22,080 $23,571 $12,541 $11,073 South Carolina (73 colleges) 8,238 $15,737 $21,865 $13,059 $24,022 $15,037 $9,100 $9,417 South Dakota (30 colleges) 7,462 $9,284 $13,364 $7,183 $11,697 $12,873 $7,499 $7,704 Tennessee (128 colleges) 6,727 $11,553 $20,055 $11,326 $22,746 $18,401 $9,197 $6,851 Texas (278 colleges) 5,020 $11,124 $20,874 $7,513 $16,628 $17,862 $9,474 $9,145 Utah (38 colleges) 6,107 $13,487 $16,943 $8,140 $21,967 $12,429 $7,550 $7,645 Virginia (125 colleges) 8,387 $19,550 $20,498 $14,191 $26,945 $14,040 $11,218 $8,697 Vermont (24 colleges) 12,895 $27,475 $36,983 $12,321 $21,634 $24,101 $11,599 $11,094 Washington (84 colleges) 5,371 $11,054 $24,518 $14,534 $27,932 $20,729 $10,569 $10,576 Wisconsin (90 colleges) 6,217 $11,176 $26,316 $9,084 $17,869 $15,221 $7,736 $7,715 West Virginia (54 colleges) 6,129 $12,251 $17,057 $8,599 $16,354 $12,046 $10,469 $8,170 Wyoming (9 colleges) 4,316 $11,085 $25,000 $6,289 $16,009 - $7,692 $8,919 Average $6,533 $13,637 $22,403 $10,999 $20,281 $16,930 $9,682 $9,776 Read More 2020 Average Tuition & Fees at U.S. Colleges No comments 4 Years (or high) Colleges Average Tuition & Fees For 4 years or high colleges, the average tuition & fees is $8,642 for state residents and $19,004...