Top 20 largest universities by students · Pennsylvania
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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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Temple University
public research university in Philadelphia, United States
37,367 · 🇺🇸 United States
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2
University of Pittsburgh
state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
32,277 · 🇺🇸 United States
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3
University of Pennsylvania
private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
26,552 · 🇺🇸 United States
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4
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
public university in southeastern Pennsylvania
18,000 · 🇺🇸 United States
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5
Carnegie Mellon University
private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
15,136 · 🇺🇸 United States
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6
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Kutztown University
public university in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
10,238 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania
public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
10,037 · 🇺🇸 United States
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.
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