Top Ranked Universities in New York

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Top Ranked Universities in New York - Highest Enrollment

Rank in New York			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	New York University	51,847	44,599 (↑16.3%)
2 ↑	3	University at Buffalo	31,503	29,850 (↑5.5%)
3 ↑	4	Columbia University in the City of New York	31,077	26,957 (↑15.3%)
4 ↓	2	Excelsior College	30,008	39,897 (↓24.8%)
5 ↑	6	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College	26,506	24,186 (↑9.6%)
6 ↑	7	Stony Brook University	26,256	24,143 (↑8.8%)
7 ↓	5	Suffolk County Community College	26,078	26,711 (↓2.4%)
8 ↑	10	Cornell University	23,600	21,593 (↑9.3%)
9	9	CUNY Hunter College	23,202	23,019 (↑0.8%)
10 ↑	11	Syracuse University	22,803	21,267 (↑7.2%)
11 ↑	12	St John's University-New York	21,635	20,729 (↑4.4%)
12 ↑	14	CUNY Queens College	19,746	18,974 (↑4.1%)
13	13	CUNY LaGuardia Community College	19,300	19,564 (↓1.3%)
14 ↑	18	CUNY Brooklyn College	18,161	17,004 (↑6.8%)
15 ↑	16	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	18,029	17,505 (↑3.0%)
16 ↑	17	SUNY at Albany	17,944	17,338 (↑3.5%)
17 ↑	23	Binghamton University	17,768	16,077 (↑10.5%)
18 ↓	8	Nassau Community College	17,406	23,318 (↓25.4%)
19	19	CUNY New York City College of Technology	17,269	16,860 (↑2.4%)
20 ↑	25	Fordham University	16,515	15,097 (↑9.4%)

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