In the fall of 2021, Western Governors University had the largest enrollment in the United States with ******* students. The next largest college by enrollment was Southern New Hampshire University with ******* students.

As of fall 2021, the University of Central Florida had the largest on-campus population in the United States, with ****** undergraduates. Texas A&M University, College Station had the second largest on-campus population in that year, with ****** undergrads.

There were approximately 18.58 million college students in the U.S. in 2022, with around 13.49 million enrolled in public colleges and a further 5.09 million students enrolled in private colleges. The figures are projected to remain relatively constant over the next few years.

What is the most expensive college in the U.S.? The overall number of higher education institutions in the U.S. totals around 4,000, and California is the state with the most. One important factor that students – and their parents – must consider before choosing a college is cost. With annual expenses totaling almost 78,000 U.S. dollars, Harvey Mudd College in California was the most expensive college for the 2021-2022 academic year. There are three major costs of college: tuition, room, and board. The difference in on-campus and off-campus accommodation costs is often negligible, but they can change greatly depending on the college town.

The differences between public and private colleges Public colleges, also called state colleges, are mostly funded by state governments. Private colleges, on the other hand, are not funded by the government but by private donors and endowments. Typically, private institutions are  much more expensive. Public colleges tend to offer different tuition fees for students based on whether they live in-state or out-of-state, while private colleges have the same tuition cost for every student.

Out of all leading distance learning institutions in the United States, Western Governors University in Utah was ranked first with 150,116 students taking exclusively distance learning courses as of 2021. Southern New Hampshire University had the second highest exclusive online enrollment, with 138,672 students.

In 2023/24, the Open University, which focuses on remote learning, had approximately ******* students enrolled on courses, the highest in the UK during that academic year. After the Open University, University College London had the highest number of students in the UK, at ******, while the University of Manchester had the second-highest, at ******. The UK's oldest university, The University of Oxford, had ****** students studying there in this academic year.

Around 563,000 students were enrolled in universities in Kenya during the academic year 2022/23. The number increased from roughly 562,100 in 2021/22. According to the source, the growth was related to an expansion in the number of government sponsored students. Men constituted majority of students in Kenyan universities, some 322,760 against 240,170 thousand women.

 Public versus private  

Most of the students enrolled in higher education in Kenya attended public universities, making up a total of 448,500 in 2021/2022. Kenyatta University and the University of Nairobi were the preferred institutions: Combined, they accounted for toughly one-third of the students enrolled in public institutions. The number of enrolees in private tertiary institutions reached 113,600 in the same period.

 Kenyans with higher education  

The most recent census conducted in Kenya revealed that 3.5 percent of the country's population had a university degree as the highest educational level completed in 2019. Other seven percent finished a middle level or technical training after the secondary level. In comparison, some 14 percent of the population aged 15-29 years in East Africa had an upper-secondary or tertiary education in 2020. This share is projected to increase to 19 percent in 2030.

In the academic year 2021/2022, **** percent of people aged 19 to 25 enrolled at university in Italy. In particular, the largest share of enrollment was registered in the central regions of Italy. On the contrary, in the north-east, ** percent of individuals between 19 and 25 years were enrolled in a university program, the lowest share nationwide. In the same academic year, over **** million students were enrolled in a bachelor program in Italy.

In the academic year of 2021/22, public universities and colleges in the United States received approximately 83.36 billion U.S. dollars of revenue through tuition and fees charged to students. A further 40.98 billion U.S. dollars in revenue came from federal grants and contracts.

In the academic year 2023/24, there were 331,602 international students from India studying in the United States. International students The majority of international students studying in the United States are originally from India and China, totaling 331,602 students and 277,398 students respectively in the 2023/24 school year. In 2022/23, there were 467,027 international graduate students , which accounted for over one third of the international students in the country. Typically, engineering and math & computer science programs were among the most common fields of study for these students. The United States is home to many world-renowned schools, most notably, the Ivy League Colleges which provide education that is sought after by both foreign and local students. International students and college Foreign students in the United States pay some of the highest fees in the United States, with an average of 24,914 U.S. dollars. American students attending a college in New England paid an average of 14,900 U.S. dollars for tuition alone and there were about 79,751 international students in Massachusetts . Among high-income families, U.S. students paid an average of 34,700 U.S. dollars for college, whereas the average for all U.S. families reached only 28,026 U.S. dollars. Typically, 40 percent of families paid for college tuition through parent income and savings, while 29 percent relied on grants and scholarships.

As of 2021, the South African University of Cape Town was considered the leading university in Africa on the basis of its academic research and overall reputation. The institution achieved a score of ****, on a scale from * to100. With student enrollment reaching ******, the University of Cape Town placed ***** in the global university ranking. Moreover, four other universities in South Africa followed as second to fifth leading universities in the region, namely University of Witwatersrand, Stellenbosch University, University of KwaZulu Natal, and University of Johannesburg. These institutions registered scores between **** and ****. In the global ranking, the highest-performing school earns an overall score of 100.

The number of university students in the Netherlands grew annually, with enrollment especially increasing between 2019 and 2021. In 2022, ******* students were registered at universities around the country. The largest share of these students was studying degrees related to behavior and social sciences, at around ******. By comparison, roughly ***** students were enrolled in a teaching program.  Internationalization of higher education    The growth in the number of university students is mostly the result of an increased number of international students finding their way to the Netherlands. In the last decade, the number of enrolled international students more than doubled. Whereas in 2008 less than ****** international students were studying in the Netherlands, by 2018 this had grown to just under ******.  Netherlands especially popular among German students    In the academic year 2018/2019, over ****** German students were enrolled at universities in the Netherlands. Germans formed by far the largest international student community in the country. In 2018/2019, the number of German students in the Netherlands was nearly twice as large as the second, third and fourth-largest communities (Italian, Chinese and Belgian students) combined.

Colleges and universities in the United States are still a popular study destination for Chinese students, with around 277 thousand choosing to take courses there in the 2023/24 academic year. Although numbers were heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic, China is still the leading source of international students in the U.S. education market, accounting for 24.6 percent of all incoming students. The education exodus Mathematics and computer science courses led the field in terms of what Chinese students were studying in the United States, followed by engineering and business & management programs. The vast majority of Chinese students were self-funded, wth the remainder receiving state-funding to complete their overseas studies. Tuition fees can run into the tens of thousands of U.S. dollars, as foreign students usually pay out-of-state tuition fees. What about the local situation? Although studying abroad attracts many Chinese students, the country itself boasts the largest state-run education system in the world. With modernization of the national tertiary education system being a top priority for the Chinese government, the country has seen a significant increase in the number of local universities over the last decade. Enrolments in these universities exceeded 37 million in 2023, and a record of more than ten million students graduated in the same year, indicating that China's education market is still expanding.