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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
Casa Loma College - Aurora -
Casa Loma College - Nashville -
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles 758
Casal Aveda Institute 102
Casal Institute of Nevada 271
Cascadia College 1,032
Case Western Reserve University 6,437
Casper College 2,204
Cass Career Center 27
Catawba College 1,235
Catawba Valley Community College 2,741
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics 174
Catholic International University 116
Catholic Theological Union at Chicago -
Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program 31
Cayce/Reilly School of Massage 19
Cayuga County Community College 1,187
Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program 32
CBD College 1,581
CCI Training Center-Arlington 305
CDE Career Institute 311
Cecil College 1,363
Cedar Crest College 834
Cedarville University 4,024
Celebrity Barber School 20
Celebrity School of Beauty 855
Celebrity School of Beauty - Hialeah -
Celebrity Stylist Beauty School 51
CEM College-Humacao 161
CEM College-San Juan 119
Centenary College of Louisiana 685
Centenary University 910
Center for Advanced Legal Studies 271
Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean -
Center for Allied Health Education 437
Center for Instruction Technology & Innovation 15
Center for Massage 51
Center for Neurosomatic Studies 16
Center for the Healing Arts 39
Center for Ultrasound Research & Education 37
Centra College 219
Central Alabama Community College 1,203
Central Arizona College 4,912
Central Baptist College 484
Central California School of Continuing Education 41
Central California School of Continuing Education - -
Central Carolina Community College 3,237
Central Carolina Technical College 2,163
Central Christian College of Kansas 380
Central Christian College of the Bible 154

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).