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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
Wofford College 1,816
Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College 118
Won Institute of Graduate Studies -
Wongu University of Oriental Medicine -
Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing 31
Woodbury University 779
Woodland Community College 3,154
Wor-Wic Community College 2,169
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 5,447
Worcester State University 3,930
Word of Life Bible Institute 489
World A Cuts Barber Institute 20
World Class Academy of Beauty Careers 36
World Mission University 207
Worsham College of Mortuary Science 183
Wright Institute (The) - -
Wright State University-Lake Campus 892
Wright State University-Main Campus 6,762
WyoTech 1,334
Wytheville Community College 1,255
Xavier College School of Nursing 106
Xavier University 4,207
Xavier University of Louisiana 2,628
Xenon A Stephanie Moss Academy 241
Xtylo Beauty and Barber College 57
Xtylo Beauty And Barber College 78
Yahweh Beauty Academy 29
Yakima Valley College 2,770
Yale University 6,758
Yavapai College 3,988
Yeshiva Bais Aharon 25
Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah 72
Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital 56
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College 84
Yeshiva Derech Chaim 115
Yeshiva Gedola Amidei Dgirsa -
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok 71
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel 177
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka 226
Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah 181
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah 84
Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood 30
Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit 75
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village 87
Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel 150
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch 81
Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma 47
Yeshiva Karlin Stolin 139
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer 499
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary 60

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).