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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
Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett 1,172
Evergreen Valley College 7,688
Eves College of Hairstyling 86
Evolve Beauty Academy 16
Evvaylois Academy School of Beauty 14
Excelsior University 11,550
Fairfield University 5,373
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus 1,990
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 2,627
Fairmont State University 2,590
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary 405
Faith International University 276
Falcon Institute of Health and Science 137
Family of Faith Christian University 82
Farmingdale State College 9,552
Fashion Institute of Technology 7,637
Faulkner University 1,549
Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit Lake 22
Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program 71
Fayette Institute of Technology 32
Fayetteville State University 5,762
Fayetteville Technical Community College 9,471
Feather River Community College District 1,828
Federico Beauty Institute 220
Felbry College 192
Felician University 1,774
Ferris State University 8,106
Ferrum College 699
Fielding Graduate University -
Final Touch Barber Academy -
FINE Mortuary College 185
Finger Lakes Community College 2,980
Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences 65
Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing 65
First Class Cosmetology School 92
First Coast Barber Academy 82
First Coast Technical College 727
First Institute of Travel Inc. 278
Fisher College 1,167
Fisk University 1,035
Fitchburg State University 2,752
Five Branches University -
Five Towns College 547
Flagler College 2,391
Flagler Technical College 106
Flathead Valley Community College 1,202
Fletcher Technical Community College 2,136
Flint Hills Technical College 352
Florence-Darlington Technical College 3,055
Florida Academy 350

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).