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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
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College 18,623
CUNY Bronx Community College 5,964
CUNY Brooklyn College 10,543
CUNY Brooklyn College - Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema -
CUNY City College 12,505
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 3,254
CUNY Hostos Community College 4,900
CUNY Hunter College 16,289
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 11,590
CUNY Kingsborough Community College 7,670
CUNY LaGuardia Community College 11,254
CUNY Lehman College 10,696
CUNY Medgar Evers College 3,233
CUNY New York City College of Technology 13,580
CUNY Queens College 12,550
CUNY Queensborough Community College 8,940
CUNY School of Law -
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College 978
CUNY York College 4,345
Curry College 1,780
Curtis Institute of Music 109
Cutting Edge Academy 99
Cutting Edge Barber Academy 22
Cuyahoga Community College District 13,382
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center 131
Cuyamaca College 7,177
CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology 20
CyberTex Institute of Technology 152
Cypress College 13,354
D A Dorsey Technical College 129
D'Mart Institute 257
D'Youville University 1,258
Daemen University 1,643
Dakota College at Bottineau 399
Dakota County Technical College 2,168
Dakota State University 2,071
Dakota Wesleyan University 670
Dallas Baptist University 2,403
Dallas Barber & Stylist College 8
Dallas Christian College 224
Dallas College 43,869
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service 454
Dallas Theological Seminary -
Dalton Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology 47
Dalton State College 4,553
Danville Area Community College 1,508
Danville Community College 1,306
Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts -
Dartmouth College 4,541
Davenport University 3,134

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).