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
55,694
2
St. John's University
Queens, NY
52,980
3
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
52,100
4
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
48,718
5
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
48,682
6
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
47,060
7
Cal State Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
45,782
8
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
44,736
9
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
44,126
10
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
43,815
11
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA
42,388
12
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
41,861
13
Penn State
University Park, PA
40,714
14
Boston University
Boston, MA
37,795
15
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
37,688
16
New York University
New York, NY
37,464
17
UMN
Minneapolis, MN
36,853
18
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
36,719
19
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
36,338
20
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
35,794
21
Baylor University
Waco, TX
34,145
22
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
32,876
23
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
32,022
24
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
31,995
25
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA
31,884