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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
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid 206
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology 139
Belanger School of Nursing 162
Belbo Beauty Institute 84
Belhaven University 1,471
Bella Capelli Academy 259
Bella Cosmetology and Barber College 57
Bellarmine University 2,161
Bellasa Professional Institute 43
Belle Academy of Cosmetology LLC 5
Bellevue College 7,364
Bellevue University 10,220
Bellin College 372
Bellingham Technical College 1,733
Bellus Academy 209
Bellus Academy-Chula Vista 341
Bellus Academy-El Cajon 157
Bellus Academy-Poway 324
Belmont Abbey College 1,276
Belmont College 600
Belmont University 7,137
Beloit College 926
Bemidji State University 3,139
Ben Franklin Career Center 78
Bene's Career Academy 321
Benedict College 1,536
Benedictine College 2,272
Benedictine University 1,942
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology 483
Bennett Career Institute 176
Bennett College 178
Bennington College 780
Bentley University 4,474
Berea Beauty Academy 40
Berea College 1,513
Bergen Community College 10,557
Berk Trade and Business School 152
Berkeley City College 4,456
Berkeley College-New York 1,449
Berkeley College-Woodland Park 1,778
Berkeley School of Theology 17
Berklee College of Music 7,468
Berkowits School of Electrolysis 102
Berks Career & Technology Center 47
Berkshire Community College 1,358
Berry College 2,245
Best Care College 44
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah 112
Bet Midrash Ohel Torah -
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute 91

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).