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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 New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus 218
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 17,244
University of New Mexico-Taos Campus 377
University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus 525
University of New Orleans 4,638
University of North Alabama 5,811
University of North America -
University of North Carolina Asheville 2,910
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 20,752
University of North Carolina at Charlotte 24,453
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 14,062
University of North Carolina at Pembroke 5,330
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 945
University of North Carolina Wilmington 14,922
University of North Dakota 9,981
University of North Florida 13,359
University of North Georgia 16,146
University of North Texas 34,341
University of North Texas at Dallas 2,878
University of North Texas Health Science Center 41
University of Northern Colorado 5,598
University of Northern Iowa 7,529
University of Northwestern Ohio 2,494
University of Northwestern-St Paul 1,442
University of Notre Dame 8,818
University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center 1,214
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 22,734
University of Oregon 20,497
University of Pennsylvania 10,650
University of Phoenix-Arizona 85,991
University of Pikeville 1,135
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford 995
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg 1,305
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 1,808
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 20,370
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville 33
University of Portland 2,957
University of Providence 528
University of Puerto Rico 2,851
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey 2,069
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce 2,278
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla 1,883
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo 2,669
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina 2,404
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao 2,529
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 9,539
University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences 233
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 8,572
University of Puerto Rico-Utuado 325
University of Puget Sound 1,594

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).