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Find a school by name, sector, or size across 6,243 College Scorecard profiles.

6,243 colleges

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What this college directory contains

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Private For-Profit institutions lead by school count (2,309); public colleges report an average 5,613 undergraduates.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

Counts describe institutions in the current College Scorecard snapshot; missing enrollment is excluded from sector averages, never treated as zero.

Colleges by ownership sector

Institution count in the current directory

institutions

What this shows Institution count and student reach are different: public colleges are not the largest sector by number of schools, but they report a much larger average undergraduate enrollment.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of July 2026 retrieval

States with the most listed colleges

Primary-campus location, top eight

institutions

What this shows Large states dominate the directory by institution count. Use the state pages for a local comparison that pairs school availability with cost and earnings.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of July 2026 retrieval

Open a state directory: California , New York , Texas , Florida , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illinois , Michigan .

College Enrollment
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Las Vegas 429
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas 272
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk 270
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Orlando 376
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia 385
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Phoenix 105
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro 695
Aviator College of Aeronautical Science & Technology - Kissimmee -
Aviator College of Aeronautical Science and Technology 256
Avila University 1,312
Avila University - Arizona -
Award Beauty School 94
Ayers Career College 256
Azusa Pacific University 2,759
B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing 17
Babson College 2,728
Bais Binyomin Academy 46
Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore 87
Bais Medrash Elyon 61
Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah 36
Bais Medrash of Dexter Park 51
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed 132
Baker College 3,026
Baker College - Royal Oak Campus -
Baker College of Cadillac -
Baker College of Jackson -
Baker College of Muskegon -
Baker University 1,100
Baker University School of Nursing -
Bakersfield College 17,280
Bakke Graduate University -
Baldwin Beauty School-North Austin 78
Baldwin Beauty School-South Austin 31
Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education 426
Baldwin Wallace University 2,842
Ball State University 13,988
Baltimore Beauty & Barber School II 101
Baltimore City Community College 3,700
Baltimore Studio of Hair Design 34
Bank Street College of Education -
Baptist Health College Little Rock 569
Baptist Health Sciences University 770
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions 575
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary 39
Baptist University of Florida 360
Baptist University of the Americas 99
Barber & Beauty Institute of New York 16
Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania 47
Barber Education Academy 37
Barber School of Pittsburgh 86

How to read the directory

Each row uses the institution's registered College Scorecard name, primary-campus state, reported undergraduate enrollment, and ownership sector. Sort by enrollment to compare scale, or use the alpha index when you know a school's name. A missing value means the source did not report a usable figure; it is not zero.

School profiles add average net price, admissions, completion, debt, program, and former-student earnings measures where the federal source reports them. Institution earnings cover federally aided entry cohorts who were working and not enrolled 6 or 10 years after starting school; they are not graduate-only salaries and do not cover every former student.

For a decision rather than a name lookup, use Compare for a side-by-side result, Near You for commuting-distance options, or Programs to compare one field of study across schools.

Methodology

The college directory is sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and the IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) institutional characteristics file. Every institution that participates in Title IV federal student aid is included. Enrollment figures come from IPEDS Fall enrollment surveys; ownership sector (public, private nonprofit, private for-profit) follows the Carnegie classification as reported by each institution. Sorting and alphabetical indexing are computed at build time from the full directory snapshot. See our full data methodology for suppression rules, data vintage, and processing details.

Download the College Scorecard state summary cited on this page: plaincollege-state-summary.csv (U.S. Department of Education · CC BY-SA 4.0).