Top Ranked Universities in Dist. of Columbia

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Top Ranked Universities in Dist. of Columbia - Highest Enrollment

Rank in Dist. of Columbia			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	George Washington University	28,172	25,264 (↑11.5%)
2	2	Georgetown University	19,204	17,849 (↑7.6%)
3	3	American University	14,311	12,818 (↑11.6%)
4 ↑	7	Strayer University-Global Region	10,498	2,796 (↑275.5%)
5 ↓	4	Howard University	9,139	10,297 (↓11.2%)
6 ↓	5	Catholic University of America	5,956	6,725 (↓11.4%)
7 ↓	6	University of the District of Columbia	4,244	5,011 (↓15.3%)
8	8	Trinity Washington University	1,782	2,506 (↓28.9%)
9	9	Gallaudet University	1,557	1,561 (↓0.3%)
10	10	Strayer University-District of Columbia	928	1,372 (↓32.4%)
11 ↑	13	Corcoran College of Art and Design	548	No Change
12	12	Wesley Theological Seminary	512	628 (↓18.5%)
13 ↑	14	The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Washington DC	452	373 (↑21.2%)
14 ↓	11	Career Technical Institute	348	670 (↓48.1%)
15 ↑	18	Bennett Career Institute	293	294 (↓0.3%)
16	16	University of the District of Columbia-David A Clarke School of Law	256	336 (↓23.8%)
17 ↑	19	Technical Learning Centers Inc	219	290 (↓24.5%)
18 ↑	20	Radians College	180	No Change
19 ↑	21	Institute of World Politics	141	135 (↑4.4%)
20 ↓	15	University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus	111	341 (↓67.4%)

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