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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
Sullivan County Community College 836
Sullivan University 2,026
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary 198
Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center 360
Summit Christian College 21
Summit College 989
Summit Salon Academy 183
Summit Salon Academy 130
Summit Salon Academy 138
Summit Salon Academy Kansas City 157
Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville 83
Summit Salon Academy-Kokomo 98
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington 154
Summit Salon Academy-Perrysburg 113
Summit Salon Academy-Portland 66
Sumner College 532
Suncoast Technical College 1,116
SUNY Adirondack 1,844
SUNY at Fredonia 2,755
SUNY at Purchase College 3,197
SUNY Brockport 5,784
SUNY Broome Community College 3,055
SUNY Buffalo State University 5,097
SUNY College at Geneseo 3,869
SUNY College at Potsdam 1,823
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill 1,904
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1,839
SUNY College of Optometry -
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 3,563
SUNY College of Technology at Canton 2,741
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 2,843
SUNY Corning Community College 1,138
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 293
SUNY Maritime College 1,285
SUNY Morrisville 1,923
SUNY Old Westbury 4,162
SUNY Oneonta 4,643
SUNY Polytechnic Institute 1,849
SUNY Westchester Community College 8,078
Surry Community College 1,475
Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center 23
Susquehanna University 2,163
Sussex County Community College 2,086
Sutter County Career Training Center 54
Swarthmore College 1,613
Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences 1,227
Sweet Briar College 443
Sweetwater Institute of Cosmetology 22
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy 175
Syracuse University 15,477

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).