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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
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro 709
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville 171
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski 246
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville 412
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland 360
Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc 323
Tennessee State University 4,848
Tennessee Technological University 8,698
Tennessee Wesleyan University 846
Terra State Community College 1,028
Texarkana College 1,502
Texas A & M International University 6,667
Texas A & M University Health Science Center -
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 8,034
Texas A&M University-Central Texas 1,750
Texas A&M University-College Station 59,615
Texas A&M University-Kingsville 4,748
Texas A&M University-San Antonio 6,599
Texas A&M University-Texarkana 1,982
Texas A&M University-Victoria 2,513
Texas Beauty College 38
Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc -
Texas Christian University 11,026
Texas College 614
Texas College of Cosmetology-Abilene 40
Texas College of Cosmetology-Lubbock 54
Texas College of Cosmetology-San Angelo 72
Texas County Technical College 96
Texas Health and Science University -
Texas Health School 192
Texas Healthtech Institute 150
Texas Lutheran University 1,304
Texas Southern University 6,844
Texas Southmost College 3,372
Texas State Technical College 9,437
Texas State University 36,177
Texas Tech University 32,394
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 1,482
Texas Tech University Health Scienes Center El Paso 242
Texas Wesleyan University 1,741
Texas Woman's University 8,767
Textures Institute of Cosmetology 19
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology 1,446
Thanh Le College School of Cosmetology 43
The Beauty Institute 70
The Salon Professional Academy of Holland 82
The Academy of Hair Design LLC 56
The Academy of Hair Design Six 37
The Ailey School 94
The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago 93

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).