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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
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa 1,037
Bryant University 3,194
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church 244
Bryn Mawr College 1,359
Buckeye Hills Career Center 122
Buckeye Joint Vocational School 80
Bucknell University 3,876
Bucks County Community College 5,289
Bucks County Community College-Gene and Marlene Epstein Campus at Lower Bucks -
Bucks County Community College-Upper Bucks Campus -
Buena Vista University 1,366
Bull City Durham Beauty and Barber College 41
Bunker Hill Community College 8,612
Burlington County Institute of Technology - Adult Education - -
Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education 96
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine -
Bushnell University 517
Bushnell University - Roseburg Campus -
Butler Beauty Academy 26
Butler Beauty Academy-Kittanning Beauty Academy 14
Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy 15
Butler Community College 5,104
Butler County Community College 1,789
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools 596
Butler University 4,317
Butte College 8,890
Butte County Regional Occupational Program 41
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius -
C N K Barber College 31
CAAN Academy of Nursing 96
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences 712
Cabell County Career Technology Center 51
Cabrillo College 8,002
Caddo Kiowa Technology Center 108
Cadillac Institute of Cosmetology 43
Cairn University-Langhorne 775
Cal Northern School of Law -
Cal Poly Maritime Academy 804
CALC Institute of Technology 83
CalCopa Massage School 33
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute 2,393
Caldwell University 1,575
California Aeronautical University 347
California Baptist University 8,179
California Barber and Beauty College 50
California Beauty College 122
California Career College 190
California Career Institute 628
California College of Barbering and Cosmetology 227
California College of Music 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).