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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
The Professional Cosmetology Academy 146
The Professional Hair Design Academy 60
The Rapha School 27
The Recording Conservatory of Austin 77
The Rockefeller University -
The Salon Professional Academy 106
The Salon Professional Academy 81
The Salon Professional Academy 80
The Salon Professional Academy 80
The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood 85
The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona 83
The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton 81
The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek 49
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls 91
The Salon Professional Academy-Colorado Springs 121
The Salon Professional Academy-Evansville 162
The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo 95
The Salon Professional Academy-Ft Myers 112
The Salon Professional Academy-Georgetown 79
The Salon Professional Academy-Huntsville 53
The Salon Professional Academy-Kenosha 130
The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville 132
The Salon Professional Academy-Melbourne 163
The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa 111
The Salon Professional Academy-Nashville 33
The Salon Professional Academy-Onalaska 67
The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose 196
The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles 132
The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda 142
The Salon Professional Academy-Washington DC 117
The School of Architecture -
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology -
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 848
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 324
The Spa School 111
The Temple Annapolis-A Paul Mitchell Partner School 202
The Temple-A Paul Mitchell Partner School 140
The University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology 39
The University of Alabama 33,227
The University of Arizona Global Campus 20,152
The University of Findlay 2,223
The University of Montana 7,488
The University of Montana-Western 1,198
The University of Olivet 892
The University of Tampa 10,572
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center 394
The University of Tennessee Southern 864
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 10,074
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 30,418
The University of Tennessee-Martin 4,866

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).