College Rankings - Most Applicants Per Year

Applying to college means competing with other students for a spot in a class. Competition at these schools is high because these colleges and universities receive the most applications per year.

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1
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
61,545
2
St. John's University
Queens, NY
54,871
3
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
52,100
4
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
50,374
5
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
49,008
6
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
48,450
7
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
48,098
8
Cal State Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
47,707
9
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA
45,806
10
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
45,736
11
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
44,845
12
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
43,255
13
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
42,544
14
Boston University
Boston, MA
41,802
15
Penn State
University Park, PA
41,545
16
New York University
New York, NY
40,910
17
UMN
Minneapolis, MN
39,720
18
Baylor University
Waco, TX
38,960
19
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
37,767
20
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
37,210
21
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
36,387
22
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
35,218
23
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
34,950
24
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
34,348
25
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
33,968