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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
St Louis College of Health Careers-St Louis 153
St Luke's College 167
St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing 329
St Olaf College 3,093
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens 1,056
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island 656
St Petersburg College 18,950
St Philip's College 12,914
St. Francis College 1,684
St. John Fisher University 2,565
St. John Vianney College Seminary 77
St. John's College 126
St. John's College 471
St. John's College 368
St. John's University-New York 9,477
St. Joseph's College of Nursing 313
St. Joseph's University-New York 3,144
St. Louis Med Tech 12
St. Mary's College of Maryland 1,603
St. Mary's University 1,951
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing 123
St. Thomas Aquinas College 972
St. Thomas University 2,214
Stacey James Institute 90
Stage One-The Hair School 66
Stanbridge University 2,643
Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing 730
Stanford University 7,554
Stanly Community College 1,465
Stark State College 5,749
Starr King School for the Ministry -
State Career College 185
State College of Beauty Culture 57
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota 7,379
State Fair Community College 2,694
State Technical College of Missouri 2,123
State University of New York at Cortland 5,901
State University of New York at New Paltz 6,086
State University of New York at Oswego 5,473
State University of New York at Plattsburgh 3,769
Staunton School of Cosmetology 24
Stautzenberger College-Brecksville 62
Stautzenberger College-Maumee 586
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College 682
Stellar Career College 46
Stellar Career College 83
Stellar Career College-Crown Point 81
Stephen F Austin State University 8,728
Stephens College 391
Sterling College 538

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).