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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
Grambling State University 4,164
Grand Canyon University 73,371
Grand Rapids Community College 10,698
Grand River Technical School 65
Grand Valley State University 18,854
Grand View University 1,486
Gratz College 143
Grays Harbor College 1,010
Grayson College 3,075
Great Basin College 1,900
Great Bay Community College 1,259
Great Falls College Montana State University 894
Great Lakes Christian College 197
Great Lakes Institute of Technology 335
Great Northern University 48
Great Oaks Career Campuses 142
Great Plains Technology Center 314
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center 220
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center 105
Greater Lowell Technical School 80
Green Country Technology Center 89
Green River College 4,965
Greene County Career and Technology Center 16
Greene County Career Center 12
Greenfield Community College 1,395
Greensboro College 708
Greenville Technical College 8,916
Greenville University 955
Grinnell College 1,729
Grossmont College 12,163
Grove City College 2,216
Guam Community College 1,139
Guilford College 1,001
Guilford Technical Community College 9,260
Gulf Coast State College 3,934
Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service 338
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts 3,421
Gustavus Adolphus College 1,878
Gwinnett College 94
Gwinnett College 146
Gwinnett College-Lilburn 156
Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus 205
Gwinnett Institute 340
Gwinnett Technical College 8,728
Gwynedd Mercy University 1,067
H Councill Trenholm State Community College 1,674
H W Brewster Technical College 695
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education 491
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine -
Hagerstown Community College 2,948

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).