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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
Wichita State University 10,780
Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology 2,828
Wichita Technical Institute 778
Widener University 2,951
Wilberforce University 822
Wiley University 712
Wilkes Community College 1,355
Wilkes University 1,985
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 85
Willamette University 1,592
William & Mary 7,055
William Carey University 2,201
William Edge Institute 73
William James College 39
William Jessup University 1,294
William Jewell College 924
William Paterson University of New Jersey 6,614
William Peace University 666
William Penn University 1,301
William R Moore College of Technology 366
William Rainey Harper College 9,313
William T McFatter Technical College 697
William Woods University 1,300
Williams Baptist University 478
Williams College 2,076
Williams Technical College 28
Williamsburg Technical College 448
Williamson Christian College 41
Williamson College of the Trades 322
Williston State College 651
Wilmington College 1,006
Wilmington University 7,906
Wilson College 865
Wilson Community College 1,373
Wilton Simpson Technical College 155
Wilton Simpson Technical College -
Windward Community College 1,159
Winebrenner Theological Seminary -
Wingate University 2,668
Winona State University 5,144
Winonah's International School of Cosmetology 120
Winston - Salem Barber School - Satellite -
Winston Salem Barber School 29
Winston-Salem State University 4,170
Winthrop University 3,523
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College 2,887
Wisconsin Lutheran College 943
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology -
Withlacoochee Technical College 278
Wittenberg University 1,215

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).