Can you name the 100 largest private colleges/universities in the United States?

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Rank	College/University	Enrollment/State
1		42,189 (NY)
2		34,244 (UT)
3		33,747 (CA)
4		33,604 (VA)
5		33,453 (NY)
6		31,766 (MA)
7		28,378 (FL)
8		26,496 (MA)
9		25,837 (MA)
10		25,116 (DC)
11		24,352 (IL)
12		24,107 (PA)
13		23,196 (NY)
14		21,537 (PA)
15		20,273 (NY)
16		20,109 (NY)
17		19,758 (MD)
18		19,366 (NY)
19		19,291 (IL)
20		19,154 (MO)
21		17,833 (CA)
22		17,327 (NY)
23		16,086 (MO)
24		15,670 (IL)
25		15,521 (CA)
26		15,442 (IN)
27		15,323 (FL)
28		15,318 (DC)
29		15,225 (FL)
30		15,055 (NY)
31		14,856 (MA)
32		14,788 (IL)
33		14,666 (NY)
34		14,541 (TX)

Rank	College/University	Enrollment/State
35		14,276 (ID)
36		14,081 (MO)
37		14,060 (NC)
38		13,731 (FL)
39		13,339 (MO)
40		12,755 (GA)
41		12,704 (NY)
42		12,464 (IL)
43		12,457 (MO)
44		12,333 (NY)
45		12,093 (TN)
46		11,731 (IN)
47		11,706 (UT)
48		11,684 (DC)
49		11,633 (WI)
50		11,328 (CO)
51		11,040 (CO)
52		10,965 (TX)
53		10,963 (MN)
54		10,920 (OH)
55		10,875 (PA)
56		10,773 (MI)
57		10,737 (LA)
58		10,488 (RI)
59		10,320 (DC)
60		10,299 (MA)
61		10,274 (PA)
62		10,192 (CT)
63		10,106 (PA)
64		10,074 (MO)
65		10,030 (MA)
66		9,825 (NY)
67		9,814 (OH)
68		9,735 (NY)

Rank	College/University	Enrollment/State
69		9,669 (NJ)
70		9,434 (MA)
71		9,133 (DE)
72		9,120 (GA)
73		9,073 (NY)
74		9,043 (NY)
75		9,011 (CA)
76		8,771 (NY)
77		8,758 (CA)
78		8,750 (CA)
79		8,696 (TX)
80		8,693 (NJ)
81		8,581 (FL)
82		8,548 (CA)
83		8,318 (RI)
84		8,293 (HI)
85		8,278 (NE)
86		8,177 (NY)
87		8,051 (NY)
88		7,900 (PA)
89		7,832 (CA)
90		7,692 (IL)
91		7,683 (OH)
92		7,622 (GA)
93		7,614 (CA)
94		7,560 (WA)
95		7,511 (CA)
96		7,453 (IL)
97		7,413 (CT)
98		7,366 (CT)
99		7,330 (NJ)
100		7,272 (WA)

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Largest US Private Universities Quiz

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Contributed: December 1st, 2009
Published: February 24th, 2010
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: College Quizzes, University Quizzes, State Quizzes, rank, united, United States, largest, private, enrollment, Editor Pick, 100

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	gck3:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 19:28 GMT	7 points
	i love how PITT's cathedral of learning is the picture on the main page for this quiz and its not even a private university. but it's taken from carnegie mellon so i guess it makes some sense. good quiz nonetheless.

	awesomegerbzy:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 19:29 GMT	0 points
	It took me about fifteen seconds to figure out why it wouldn't take UNC-Chapel Hill...D'oh! Great quiz, though; I really enjoyed it! I'd even venture syaing that it's one of the hardest I've played in a while.

	ElDavo:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 19:35 GMT	16 points
	Of all the schools in Virginia, Liberty is the one I wouldn't have ever guessed. It's the biggest but has just about the worst academics of all the VA schools.

	buppyspek:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 19:50 GMT	6 points
	I thought just typing Loyola would be enough, but I guess I should have been more specific...

	elnok:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 20:04 GMT	4 points
	Um, I missed the school that is about a mile from my house, and whose Metro stop I pass through every day on my commute. Forgive me, Howard?

	GiantsJoe2110:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 20:26 GMT	-2 points
	I'm not sure that this is accurate. I go to Cornell and know for a fact that it is the largest Ivy League school. Why are Harvard, UPenn, and Columbia ahead of it? Unless maybe this counts total students (undergrad, grad, law, etc) and Cornell only counts undergrad or vice versa?

	atoratzy:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 20:29 GMT	1 point
	yeah I hear you buppy. LMU wasn't even enough.

	BCSwede:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 20:31 GMT	4 points
	It doesn't accept Saint Joseph's, which is strange because that's the name that actually comes up in the answer. Could you accept just "Boston" instead of having to type out "Boston University"? I realize this will give a freebie if you try to guess BC first, but I think that's fair given that you don't have to type out "Harvard University", etc. Also, why does "Loyola" only bring up Loyola-Chicago? When I got that I didn't even bother trying Loyola-Marymount because I thought it would have come up too. Fun quiz, though.

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	jcb9:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 20:50 GMT	0 points
	Only 2.3% get my alma mater - The New School.

	Burtleton:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 21:01 GMT	12 points
	How fun does Excelsior College sound? Majors include: Archery, Swordsmanship, Jousting, and Monarchy Management. Maybe I'm thinking of Excalibur College.

	shawnoc:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 21:08 GMT	9 points
	Thanks for all of the accepted versions. Everytime I tried an abbreviation (NYU, TCU, BYU, BC, BU, St Joe's), it accepted it. Some serious effort went into designing this one.

	DTNelson:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 22:17 GMT	3 points
	Since you go to Cornell, you know that Cornell is partially a private school and partially a state school. I am guessing that the creator of this quiz excluded the enrollment in the four state-funded schools. BUt that's just a guess.

	GiantsJoe2110:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 22:49 GMT	1 point
	DTNelson, that makes sense.

	bcamp85:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 23:13 GMT	2 points
	I always thought Excelsior College was part of the SUNY system?

	Esme:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 23:30 GMT	7 points
	@bcamp85: You're thinking of Empire State College, which is SUNY's distance/cont-ed university. Either way, when I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University.

	SeanJohn528:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 01:06 GMT	4 points
	The best CW POST achievement...making it on a Sporcle!

	rockhopperlad:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 01:48 GMT	1 point
	Only .8% knew my alma mater, Saint Leo. :(

	GoldenBo:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 02:36 GMT	15 points
	Great quiz.....it resembles the list of universities which refused me admittance.

	awix:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 02:50 GMT	2 points
	case western, represent?

	Ecliptica:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 03:34 GMT	2 points
	Definitely includes graduate students, GiantsJoe. I went to undergrad at #57 that had only 5,000 or so undergrads, but 10,000 with grad students; and I'm now in grad school at #93 which has a little less than 3,000 undergrads, but 7,000 with grad students.

	colinc28:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 03:50 GMT	0 points
	definitely includes grad students, no way St Joseph's is on this list otherwise

	Whistle11:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 04:20 GMT	0 points
	I go to Columbia College! WE ARE CC! Go Cougars!

	Felipe:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 06:04 GMT	1 point
	I'm proud of my 48/100, considering I'm from a private school (The U) and some of these schools sound like something out of medieval times (Excelsior, Adelphi).

	dje:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 06:35 GMT	4 points
	finally a quiz where my school isnt towards the bottom of the most guessed list!

	dje:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 06:38 GMT	0 points
	def grad and undergrad btw- vandy only had about 6500 undergrad and about the same amount of grad students (making the total around 12000 which this quiz says) and sean john- that is HYSTERICAL (and i feel ya coming from LI)

	Bob91351:	Feb 25th, 2010 at 14:55 GMT	0 points
	@rockhopperlad: Ah, yes, St Leo, the little school that Georgetown used to beat up on in basketball during their preseason "cupcake parade"