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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
University of Maine at Fort Kent 599
University of Maine at Presque Isle 1,913
University of Management and Technology 294
University of Mary 2,416
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 2,759
University of Mary Washington 3,566
University of Maryland Baltimore 958
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 2,391
University of Maryland Global Campus 49,664
University of Maryland-Baltimore County 10,701
University of Maryland-College Park 30,760
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School -
University of Massachusetts Global 4,491
University of Massachusetts-Amherst 23,671
University of Massachusetts-Boston 11,512
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 5,221
University of Massachusetts-Lowell 11,434
University of Memphis 12,701
University of Miami 12,913
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 34,177
University of Michigan-Dearborn 5,952
University of Michigan-Flint 4,411
University of Minnesota-Crookston 1,729
University of Minnesota-Duluth 7,336
University of Minnesota-Morris 936
University of Minnesota-Rochester 568
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 31,855
University of Mississippi 21,473
University of Mississippi Medical Center -
University of Missouri-Columbia 23,929
University of Missouri-Kansas City 6,817
University of Missouri-St Louis 5,024
University of Mobile 1,307
University of Montevallo 2,151
University of Mount Olive 1,796
University of Mount Saint Vincent 2,692
University of Mount Union 1,995
University of Nebraska at Kearney 4,088
University of Nebraska at Omaha 11,488
University of Nebraska Medical Center 938
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 19,178
University of Nevada-Las Vegas 24,622
University of Nevada-Reno 15,599
University of New England 2,135
University of New Hampshire at Manchester 443
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online 1,157
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law -
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 11,261
University of New Haven 4,841
University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus 808

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).