Top Ranked Universities in Virginia

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Top Ranked Universities in Virginia - Highest Enrollment

Rank in Virginia			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	Liberty University	79,152	77,338 (↑2.3%)
2	2	Northern Virginia Community College	50,929	51,803 (↓1.7%)
3	3	George Mason University	37,316	33,917 (↑10.0%)
4	4	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	34,683	31,205 (↑11.1%)
5	5	Virginia Commonwealth University	30,697	30,974 (↓0.9%)
6 ↑	8	University of Virginia-Main Campus	24,639	23,464 (↑5.0%)
7	7	Old Dominion University	24,176	24,828 (↓2.6%)
8 ↑	9	James Madison University	21,751	20,181 (↑7.8%)
9 ↓	6	Tidewater Community College	20,941	28,999 (↓27.8%)
10 ↑	12	ECPI University	12,947	10,845 (↑19.4%)
11 ↑	13	John Tyler Community College	10,144	10,103 (↑0.4%)
12 ↑	23	Regent University	9,889	5,693 (↑73.7%)
13 ↑	14	Radford University	9,335	9,928 (↓6.0%)
14 ↑	16	College of William and Mary	8,817	8,376 (↑5.3%)
15 ↓	10	J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	8,737	12,454 (↓29.8%)
16 ↓	11	Thomas Nelson Community College	7,685	11,033 (↓30.3%)
17 ↑	18	Germanna Community College	7,207	7,379 (↓2.3%)
18 ↓	15	Virginia Western Community College	6,827	8,654 (↓21.1%)
19	19	Lord Fairfax Community College	6,798	7,238 (↓6.1%)
20 ↓	17	Strayer University-Virginia	5,520	7,649 (↓27.8%)

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