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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
Fortis College-Cutler Bay 365
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls 583
Fortis College-Dothan 177
Fortis College-Indianapolis 322
Fortis College-Landover 566
Fortis College-Montgomery 359
Fortis College-Norfolk 399
Fortis College-Orange Park 399
Fortis College-Richmond 502
Fortis College-Salt Lake City 383
Fortis College-Smyrna 607
Fortis Institute 422
Fortis Institute-Birmingham 613
Fortis Institute-Cookeville 334
Fortis Institute-Forty Fort 15
Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville 373
Fortis Institute-Nashville 393
Fortis Institute-Pensacola 760
Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie 546
Fortis Institute-Scranton 372
Fortis Institute-Towson 354
Fortis Institute-Wayne 502
Fosters Cosmetology College 23
Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology 45
Four County Career Center 223
Four Rivers Career Center 30
Fox College 200
Fox Valley Technical College 5,825
Framingham State University 2,566
Francis Marion University 2,628
Francis Tuttle Technology Center 886
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University 821
Franciscan School of Theology -
Franciscan University of Steubenville 2,901
Frank Phillips College 623
Franklin and Marshall College 1,799
Franklin College 900
Franklin County Career and Technology Center 60
Franklin Hair Academy School of Cosmetology 116
Franklin Pierce University 992
Franklin Technology Center Adult Education 91
Franklin University 5,562
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 377
Fred K Marchman Technical College 306
Fred W Eberle Technical Center 109
Frederick Community College 4,203
Fredrick and Charles Beauty College 69
Freed-Hardeman University 1,212
Fremont University 157
French Academy of Cosmetology 51

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).