Top 20 largest universities by students · New York
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Updated · students (students)
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Why these 20
Student numbers as recorded in Wikidata (with the source each editor cited there). Open and affiliating universities count every enrolled student, so they top the world list; drill into a country or state for campuses you may visit.
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Stony Brook University
public university in Stony Brook, New York, United States
26,928 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Cornell University
private and statutory land-grant research university in Ithaca, New York, USA
24,900 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Syracuse University
private university in Syracuse, New York, United States
22,850 · 🇺🇸 United States
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St. John's University
university in New York City, New York, United States
20,346 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Rochester Institute of Technology
private research university in Rochester, New York, USA, founded 1829
19,718 · 🇺🇸 United States
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State University of New York at Albany
state university in Albany, New York
17,500 · 🇺🇸 United States
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University of Rochester
private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States
11,741 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Long Island University
university in Brooklyn and Brookville, New York, United States
10,854 · 🇺🇸 United States
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How it is measured
Wikidata: universities (public, private) with a student count of 10,000 or more; country and state from the location; the world list is the top 20 of the countries below.
References
- Wikidata query: universities by students, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 20:21 UTC.
New York: more top 20s here
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