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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
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College 2,505
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College 1,777
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College 6,409
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College 1,661
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College 2,789
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College 4,372
City University of Seattle 1,137
City Vision University 257
Clackamas Community College 4,963
Claflin University 1,706
Claremont Graduate University -
Claremont Lincoln University 54
Claremont McKenna College 1,388
Claremont School of Theology -
Clarendon College 1,520
Clark Atlanta University 3,603
Clark College 4,945
Clark State College 3,456
Clark University 2,214
Clarke University 742
Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy 47
Clarkson College 622
Clarkson University 2,196
Clarkson University Capital Region Campus -
Clary Sage College 415
Clatsop Community College 493
Clayton State University 4,348
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College 159
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center 31
Cleary University 738
Clemson University 23,300
Cleveland Clinic School of Health Professions Radiologic Technology Program 38
Cleveland Community College 1,097
Cleveland Institute of Art 539
Cleveland Institute of Medical Massage -
Cleveland Institute of Music 159
Cleveland State Community College 1,975
Cleveland State University 8,969
Cleveland University-Kansas City 95
Clinton College 126
Clinton Community College 400
Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES 31
Cloud County Community College 762
Clover Park Technical College 2,636
Clovis Adult Education 226
Clovis Community College 7,956
Clovis Community College 1,309
Cloyd's Barber School 2 Inc 35
Cloyd's Beauty School 1 Inc 48
Cloyd's Beauty School 3 Inc 93

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).