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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
Beth Medrash Govoha 4,027
Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok 226
Beth Medrash of Asbury Park 124
Bethany College 569
Bethany College 614
Bethany Global University 81
Bethany Lutheran College 669
Bethany Theological Seminary -
Bethel College-North Newton 504
Bethel University 1,008
Bethel University 1,871
Bethel University 1,547
Bethesda University 205
Bethlehem College & Seminary 117
Bethune-Cookman University 2,732
Beulah Heights University 138
Bevill State Community College 2,177
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation Inc. -
Beyond 21st Century Beauty Academy 120
Beyond Measure Barbering Institute 38
Big Bend Community College 1,272
Big Bend Technical College 130
Big Sandy Community and Technical College 1,604
Binghamton University 14,655
Biola University 3,474
Bishop State Community College 2,437
Bismarck State College 2,839
BK Cosmo College of Cosmetology 55
Black Hawk College 2,354
Black Hills State University 1,928
Black River Technical College 903
Blackburn College 471
Blackfeet Community College 286
Blackhawk Technical College 2,488
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District 42
Bladen Community College 1,030
Blake Austin College 217
Blalock's Professional Beauty College 32
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences 176
Blinn College District 15,535
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University 781
Blue Cliff Career College 107
Blue Cliff College -
Blue Cliff College-Alexandria 345
Blue Cliff College-Gulfport 200
Blue Cliff College-Lafayette 62
Blue Cliff College-Metairie 291
Blue Mountain Christian University 498
Blue Mountain Community College 962
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College 1,661

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).