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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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26
Cal State Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
33,565
27
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA
33,001
28
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
32,974
29
University of Texas - Austin
Austin, TX
32,589
30
UMass
Amherst, MA
32,564
31
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
31,995
32
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
31,792
33
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
31,663
34
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
30,256
35
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
29,935
36
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
29,722
37
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
29,721
38
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
29,194
39
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
28,823
40
Illinois
Champaign, IL
28,751
41
Brown University
Providence, RI
28,742
42
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
28,602
43
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
28,416
44
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
28,313
45
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
28,236
46
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
28,197
47
SUNY Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
28,101
48
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
27,747
49
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
27,528
50
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
27,295

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How do we get our information? Find out here or report an error here. The statistics on our site are from the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS database.
We update this information twice annually, most recently in May 2012, but it may not be the most recent information available for a particular school.
For additional information we encourage you to visit school websites or contact the schools directly.