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Find a school by name, sector, or size across 6,243 College Scorecard profiles.

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
Florida Academy of Health & Beauty 54
Florida Academy of Nursing 21
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 7,582
Florida Atlantic University 23,757
Florida College 588
Florida College of Integrative Medicine -
Florida Education Institute 318
Florida Gateway College 2,301
Florida Gulf Coast University 13,874
Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology 757
Florida Institute of Technology 3,404
Florida International Training Institute 494
Florida International University 39,508
Florida Memorial University 1,183
Florida National University Training Center -
Florida National University-Main Campus 2,449
Florida National University-South Campus -
Florida Panhandle Technical College 157
Florida Polytechnic University 1,689
Florida Professional Institute 117
Florida School of Massage 25
Florida School of Traditional Midwifery 54
Florida Southern College 2,656
Florida SouthWestern State College 11,052
Florida State College at Jacksonville 19,648
Florida State University 32,212
Focus Personal Training Institute 64
Folsom Lake College 9,414
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College 557
Foothill College 11,137
Fordham University 10,512
Formations Institute 39
Formations Institute of Cosmetology & Barbering 29
Forsyth Technical Community College 7,113
Fort Hays State University 9,733
Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical College 315
Fort Hays Tech North Central 441
Fort Lewis College 3,079
Fort Myers Technical College 737
Fort Peck Community College 282
Fort Pierce Beauty Academy 28
Fort Scott Community College 693
Fort Valley State University 2,684
Fortis College 315
Fortis College 455
Fortis College-Baton Rouge 482
Fortis College-Centerville 547
Fortis College-Cincinnati 500
Fortis College-Columbia 582
Fortis College-Columbus 766

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).