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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
Central Coast College 569
Central College 1,070
Central College of Cosmetology 61
Central Community College 3,353
Central Connecticut State University 7,822
Central Georgia Technical College 6,174
Central Lakes College-Brainerd 1,614
Central Lakes College-Staples Campus -
Central Louisiana Technical Community College 1,078
Central Maine Community College 2,952
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies 2,092
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 1,040
Central Michigan University 10,035
Central New Mexico Community College 15,203
Central Ohio Technical College 1,941
Central Oklahoma College 477
Central Oregon Community College 3,789
Central Penn College 662
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology 171
Central Piedmont Community College 15,067
Central School of Practical Nursing 97
Central School of Practical Nursing 24
Central State University 2,620
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career 98
Central Technology Center 533
Central Texas Beauty College-Round Rock 122
Central Texas Beauty College-Temple 32
Central Texas College 6,247
Central Valley Barber College 122
Central Virginia Community College 2,249
Central Washington University 7,833
Central Wyoming College 1,054
Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph 15
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz 863
Centralia Beauty College 90
Centralia College 1,552
Centre College 1,400
Centura College-Chesapeake 0
Centura College-Newport News 203
Centura College-Norfolk 163
Centureon Institute -
Century College 6,280
Century College 678
Cerritos College 18,870
Cerro Coso Community College 3,171
CET-Coachella 96
CET-Colton 162
CET-El Centro 130
CET-El Paso 67
CET-Oxnard 95

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).