title: List of universities in Venezuela by enrollment
text: # List of universities in Venezuela by enrollment
  
  This is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Venezuela by size of student population, it only reflects the institutions with a source of enrollment, those with no information of the enrollment, were not shown.
  
  ## List
  
  Universities and other higher education institutions with student population and their location :
  
  | Rank | Institution | Total students | Cities (Headquarter in bold) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Universidad del Zulia (LUZ) | 75,977 | Maracaibo, Cabimas and Punto Fijo |
  | 2 | Universidad de Carabobo (UC) | 60,916 | Valencia, Maracay and San Carlos |
  | 3 | Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) | 57,569 | Caracas, Maracay and Cagua |
  | 4 | Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) | 54,595 (only in Mérida city) | Mérida, San Cristóbal, Trujillo, Tovar, El Vigía |
  | 5 | Universidad de Oriente (UDO) | 46,752 | Cumaná, Barcelona, Maturín, Ciudad Bolívar, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Carúpano and Anaco. |
  | 6 | Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin (URBE) | 31,277 | Maracaibo |
  | 7 | Universidad Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho (UGMA) | 17,500 approx. | Barcelona, Anaco, El Tigre, Maturín, Ciudad Bolívar and Ciudad Guayana |
  | 8 | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) | 16,339 | Caracas, Los Teques, Ciudad Guayana and Coro |
  | 9 | Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG) | 14,563 | Puerto Ordaz and Ciudad Guayana |
  | 10 | Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) | 11,228 | Caracas and Naiguatá |
  | 11 | Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET) | 5,500 | Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo, Guatire and Puerto La Cruz |
  | 12 | Universidad Indígena de Venezuela (UIV) | 810 | Tauca and some indigenous villages in Bolívar state and Amazonas state |
  