List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment

Rank	Institution	Location	Continent	Founded	Affiliation	Distance / In-Person	Enrollment	Ref	-
1	Indira Gandhi National Open University	New Delhi, India	Asia	1985	Public	Distance/In-Person	4,000,000+		-
2	Allama Iqbal Open University	Islamabad, ICT, Pakistan	Asia	1974	Public	Distance	3,305,948		-
3	California Community Colleges System	California, United States	North America	1967	Public	In-Person	2,133,846		-
4	National University, Bangladesh	Gazipur, Bangladesh	Asia	1992	Public	In-Person	2,097,182		-
5	Anadolu University	Eskisehir, Turkey	Asia	1958	Public	Distance	1,974,343		-
6	Islamic Azad University	Iran	Asia	1982	Private	In-Person	1,000,000		-
7	Laureate Education, Inc.	International	Global	1999	Private	Distance/In-Person	875,000		-
8	Bangladesh Open University	Gazipur, Bangladesh	Asia	1992	Public	Distance	650,000		-
9	Universitas Terbuka	Jakarta, Indonesia	Asia	1984	Public	Distance	646,467		-
10	National Technological Institute of Mexico	Mexico	North America	1948 and 2014	Public	In-Person	620,000		-
11	State University of New York system	New York, United States	North America	1948	Public	In-Person	606,232		-
12	Tribhuvan University	Kirtipur, Nepal	Asia	1959	Public	In-Person	604,437		-
13	Chaudhary Charan Singh University	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India	Asia	1965	Public	In-Person	560,000		-
14	University of Mumbai	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	Asia	1857	Public	In-Person	549,432		-
15	Ramkhamhaeng University	Bangkok, Thailand	Asia	1971	Public	In-Person	525,000		-
16	Savitribai Phule Pune University	Pune, Maharashtra, India	Asia	1948	Public	In-Person	500,000		-
17	California State University system	California, United States	North America	1857	Public	In-Person	479,000		-
18	University System of Ohio	Ohio, United States	North America	2007	Public	In-Person	478,000		-
19	University of the Punjab	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan	Asia	1882	Public	In-Person	450,000		-
20	Dr. B R Ambedkar Open University	Telangana, India	Asia	1982	Public	Distance	450,000		-
21	University of South Africa	Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa	Africa	1873	Public	Distance	420 000		-
22	University of Delhi	Delhi, India	Asia	1922	Public	In-Person	400,000		-
23	Payame Noor University	Iran	Asia	1987	Public	Distance	400,000		-
24	Sikkim Manipal University	Sikkim, India	Asia	1995	Private	In-Person	390,000		-
25	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Minnesota, United States	North America	1995	Public	In-Person	375,000		-
26	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	North America	1551	Public	In-Person	356,530		-
27	University System of Georgia	Georgia, United States	North America	1931	Public	In-Person	318,027		-
28	University of Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	South America	1821	Public	In-Person	316,050		-
29	Spiru Haret University	Bucharest, Romania	Europe	1991	Private	In-Person	311,928		-
30	State University System of Florida	Florida, United States	North America	1954	Public	In-Person	358,522		-
31	Osmania University	Hyderabad, Telangana, India	Asia	1918	Public	In-Person	300,000		-
32	City University of New York	New York, United States	North America	1961	Public	In-Person	274,357		-
33	National University of Distance Education	Spain	Europe	1972	Public	Distance	260,079		-
34	Rajiv Gandhi Technical University	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India	Asia	1998	Public	In-Person	260,000		-
35	Cairo University	Giza, Egypt	Africa	1908	Public	In-Person	257,200		-
36	University of California system	California, United States	North America	1869	Public	In-Person	238,700		-
37	University of Texas System	Texas, United States	North America	1881	Public	In-Person	221,337		-
38	Estácio de Sá University	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	South America	1970	Private	In-Person	215,000		-
39	Korea National Open University	South Korea	Asia	1972	Public	Distance	210,978		-
40	University of Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	North America	1791	Public	In-Person	209,406		-
40a	University of Nuevo León	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	North America	1933	Public	In-Person	206,000		-
40b	Technical College System of Georgia	Georgia, United States	North America	1970	Public	In-Person	191,567		-
40c	Utah System of Higher Education	Utah, United States	North America	1894	Public	In-Person	189,351		-
41	Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration	Moscow, Russian Federation	Europe	1977	Public	In-Person	180,000		-
42	King Abdulaziz University	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Asia	1976	Public	In-Person	177,234		-
43	University of Karachi	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	Asia	1951	Public	In-Person	174,000?		-
44	Open University	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom	Europe	1969	Public	Distance	173,915		-
45	National Polytechnic Institute	Mexico City, Mexico	North America	1936	Public	In-Person	171,581		-
46	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo	North America	1538	Public	In-Person	170,530		-
47	Ain Shams University	Cairo, Egypt	Africa	1950	Public	In-Person	170,000		-
48	University of London	London, United Kingdom	Europe	1836	Public	In-Person	170,000		-
49	University of North Carolina system	North Carolina, United States	North America	1789	Public	In-Person	169,792		-
50	Illinois Board of Higher Education	Illinois, United States	North America	1862	Public	In-Person	163,786		-
51	University of Wisconsin System	Wisconsin, United States	North America	1848	Public	In-Person	162,933		-
52	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Shah Alam, Malaysia	Asia	1956	Public	In-Person	160,957		-
53	Uttar Pradesh Technical University	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India	Asia	2000	Public	In-Person	150,000		-
54	Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India	Asia	1991	Public	Distance	150,000		-
55	Sapienza University of Rome	Rome, Italy	Europe	1303	Public	In-Person	147,000		-
56	University System of Maryland	Maryland, United States	North America	1988	Public	In-Person	144,363		-
57	University of the Republic	Montevideo, Uruguay	South America	1849	Public	In-Person	144,108		-
58	Norte do Paraná University	Londrina, Paraná, Brazil	South America	1972	Private	Distance	130,000		-
59	University of San Carlos of Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala	North America	1676	Public	In-Person	124,000		-
60	National Centre for Distance Education	France	Europe	1939	Public	Distance	120,000		-
61	National Open University of Nigeria	Nigeria	Africa	2002	Public	Distance	300,000		-
62	Texas A&M University System	Texas, United States	North America	1876	Public	In-Person	114,691		-
63	National University of Córdoba	Córdoba, Argentina	South America	1613	Public	In-Person	113,558		-
64	Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education	Pennsylvania, United States	North America	1982	Public	In-Person	110,428		-
65	Liberty University	Virginia, United States	North America	1971	Private	Distance	110,000		-
66	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Athens, Greece	Europe	1960	Public	In-Person	104,000		-
67	Le réseau de l’Université du Québec	Quebec, Canada	North America	1968	Public	In-Person/ Distance	101,915		-
68	Virtual University of Pakistan	Lahore, Islamabad, Pakistan	Asia	2002	Public	Distance	100,000		-
69	University of Belgrade	Belgrade, Serbia	Europe	1808	Public	In-Person	97,696
70	University of Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Europe	1365	Public	In-Person	91,715		-
71	Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	North America	1943	Private	In-Person	91,200		-
72	University of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	North America	1827	Public	In-Person	88,766		-
73	Complutense University of Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Europe	1293	Public	In-Person	83,000		-