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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
East Central Community College 1,520
East Central University 2,467
East Georgia State College 1,413
East Georgia State College - Augusta -
East Georgia State College - Statesboro -
East Los Angeles College 27,753
East Mississippi Community College 2,838
East Ohio College 118
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 4,814
East Tennessee State University 10,004
East Texas A&M University 9,912
East Texas Baptist University 1,352
East Texas Cosmetology College 51
East Valley Institute of Technology 377
East West College of the Healing Arts 236
East-West Healing Arts Institute 72
East-West Healing Arts Institute - Milwaukee -
East-West University 468
Eastern Arizona College 2,643
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology 180
Eastern Connecticut State University 3,418
Eastern Florida State College 10,490
Eastern Illinois University 4,188
Eastern International College-Jersey City 495
Eastern Iowa Community College District 3,520
Eastern Kentucky University 12,318
Eastern Maine Community College 1,840
Eastern Mennonite University 754
Eastern Michigan University 10,055
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College 377
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus 3,357
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus 1,300
Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center 115
Eastern Oklahoma State College 964
Eastern Oregon University 2,172
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine 2
Eastern Shore Community College 495
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 310
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 9
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 31
Eastern University 2,404
Eastern Virginia Career College 177
Eastern Washington University 6,222
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College 225
Eastern Wyoming College 482
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools 115
Eastwick College-Hackensack 1,171
Eastwick College-Nutley 618
Eastwick College-Ramsey 1,203
Ecclesia College 108

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).