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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
Coahoma Community College 1,144
Coalinga College 2,522
Coastal Alabama Community College 4,798
Coastal Bend College 1,958
Coastal Carolina Community College 2,724
Coastal Carolina University 10,377
Coastal Pines Technical College 1,648
Coastline Beauty College 203
Coastline Beauty College - Hemet -
Coastline Community College 7,393
Coba Academy 109
Cochise County Community College District 3,096
Cochran School of Nursing 117
Coconino Community College 2,426
Coe College 1,164
Coffeyville Community College 850
Coffeyville Community College - EMS Building -
Coffeyville Technical Campus -
Coker University 840
Colby College 2,407
Colby Community College 838
Colby-Sawyer College 771
Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y Television 556
Colegio Educativo Tecnologico Industrial Inc 76
Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia Inc 56
Colegio Tecnico de Electricidad Galloza 7
Colegio Universitario de San Juan 491
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School -
Colgate University 3,180
Collectiv Academy 70
COLLECTIV Academy-Cranston 102
COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester 192
Collectiv Hair Dressing Academy-Collectiv Academy-Dallas 319
College for Creative Studies 1,230
College of Alameda 4,487
College of Athens 44
College of Biblical Studies-Houston 419
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology 311
College of Business and Technology 508
College of Business and Technology 547
College of Business and Technology 326
College of Central Florida 5,033
College of Charleston 10,558
College of Coastal Georgia 2,979
College of Court Reporting Inc 175
College of DuPage 16,114
College of Eastern Idaho 1,478
College of Hair Design Careers 58
College of Hair Design-Downtown 53
College of Health Care Professions 631

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).