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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
Walnut Hill College 175
Walsh College 445
Walsh University 1,390
Walters State Community College 3,591
Warner Pacific University 375
Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies 144
Warner University 756
Warren County Career Center 263
Warren County Community College 836
Warren Wilson College 707
Warrensburg Area Career Center 31
Wartburg College 1,452
Wartburg Theological Seminary -
Washburn Institute of Technology 615
Washburn University 4,562
Washington & Jefferson College 1,295
Washington Adventist University 452
Washington and Lee University 1,881
Washington Barber College Inc 43
Washington College 891
Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training 193
Washington County Community College 443
Washington Health System School of Nursing 37
Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program 35
Washington State College of Ohio 1,484
Washington State University 21,099
Washington State University - Everett Campus -
Washington State University - Global Campus -
Washington State University-Spokane -
Washington State University-Tri Cities -
Washington State University-Vancouver -
Washington University in St Louis 7,857
Washington University of Science and Technology 400
Washtenaw Community College 7,816
Watts College of Nursing 124
Waubonsee Community College 5,721
Waukesha County Technical College 4,955
Wayland Baptist University 2,041
Wayne Community College 2,739
Wayne County Community College District 7,423
Wayne County Schools Career Center 146
Wayne State College 3,010
Wayne State University 15,587
Waynes College of Beauty 46
Waynesburg University 1,009
Waynesville Career Center 27
Weatherford College 5,094
Webb Institute 106
Webb's Barber School of Arts 16
Webber International University 813

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).