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.
| Institution | Total students | Cities (Headquarter in bold) | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad del Zulia | 75,977 | Maracaibo, Cabimas and Punto Fijo | [1] |
| 2 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad de Carabobo | 60,916 | Valencia, Maracay and San Carlos | [2] |
| 3 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Central de Venezuela | 57,569 | Caracas, Maracay and Cagua | [3] [4] |
| 4 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad de Los Andes | 54,595 (only in Mérida city) | Mérida, San Cristóbal, Trujillo, Tovar, El Vigía | [5] |
| 5 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad de Oriente | 46,752 | Cumaná, Barcelona, Maturín, Ciudad Bolívar, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Carúpano and Anaco. | [6] |
| 6 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin | 31,277 | Maracaibo | [7] |
| 7 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho | 17,500 approx. | Barcelona, Anaco, El Tigre, Maturín, Ciudad Bolívar and Ciudad Guayana | [8] |
| 8 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello | 16,339 | Caracas, Los Teques, Ciudad Guayana and Coro | [9] |
| 9 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana | 14,563 | Puerto Ordaz and Ciudad Guayana | [10] |
| 10 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Simón Bolívar | 11,228 | Caracas and Naiguatá | [11] |
| 11 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Metropolitana | 5,500 | Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo, Guatire and Puerto La Cruz | [12] |
| 12 | height=50 scope="row" | Universidad Indígena de Venezuela | 810 | Tauca and some indigenous villages in Bolívar state and Amazonas state | |