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Super-Enrollers: How Many Students Step Foot On-Campus?
Oct 29, 2024

Super-Enrollers: How Many Students Step Foot On-Campus?

The Top-10 largest universities each enrolled over 91,000 students in 2022-23. How Many Students Set Foot On-Campus?


How Many Students Set Foot On-Campus At Super-Enrollers?

Below are the 10-largest universities by total enrollments. Source: IPEDS' EFFY2023-DIST

Super-Enrollers: The Top-10 Largest Universities by Enrollment

Of the Top-10 Super-Enrollers, seven have campuses.

Below we look at how much enrollment at each university is 100%-Online and how much enrollment involves the campus:

  • We can use the IPEDS table EFFY2023-DIST which means the below numbers describe 2022-23 enrollments
  • Let’s define “learning on-campus” to includes all hybrid and all fully in-person enrollments (variables EFYDESOM and EFYDENON).
  • Let’s define “Learning-100%-Online” to include all exclusively-online enrollments (variable EFYDEEXC)

Campus Usage at Largest 100 Public Universities (2022-23)

Comparison of on-campus and hybrid enrollment vs. online-only enrollment (Source: IPEDS EFFY2023-DIST)

Campus Usage at Largest 100 Private Universities (2022-23)

Comparison of on-campus and hybrid enrollment vs. online-only enrollment (Source: IPEDS EFFY2023-DIST)

Campus Usage at Largest 50 For-Profit Universities (2022-23)

Comparison of on-campus and hybrid enrollment vs. online-only enrollment (Source: IPEDS EFFY2023-DIST)