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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
The Barber School 169
The Beauty Institute 18
The Beauty Institute 49
The Beauty Institute -
The Beauty Institute-Ambler 160
The Catholic University of America 3,154
The Chicago School at Anaheim -
The Chicago School at Chicago 21
The Chicago School at Dallas -
The Chicago School at Los Angeles 337
The Chicago School at San Diego 2
The Chicago School at Washington DC -
The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana -
The Chicago School-College of Nursing 2
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences 713
The Chrysm Institute of Esthetics 271
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin 974
The College of Health Care Professions-Dallas 720
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth 1,076
The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus 787
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest 4,530
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio 766
The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio 419
The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston 681
The College of Idaho 1,041
The College of New Jersey 7,105
The College of Saint Scholastica 1,765
The College of the Florida Keys 1,012
The College of Westchester 759
The College of Wooster 1,730
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara -
The Colleges of Law at Ventura -
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 842
The Culinary School of Fort Worth 92
The Esthetic Institute 66
The Evergreen State College 2,160
The Fab School 161
The Hair Academy 65
The Hair Academy LLC 82
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness 186
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness Madison 88
The Juilliard School 468
The King's University 251
The Landing School 32
The Master's University and Seminary 1,622
The Modern College of Design 211
The New England Conservatory of Music 393
The New School 6,563
The Nurse Academy 55
The Omega Studios' School of Applied Arts & Sciences 82

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).