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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
Hair Academy 229
Hair Academy 38
Hair Academy II 218
Hair Academy School of Barbering & Beauty 33
Hair Arts Institute 38
Hair Professionals Career College 55
Hair Professionals Career College 86
Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology 136
Halifax Community College 723
Hallmark University 769
Hamilton College 2,030
Hamline University 1,776
Hampden-Sydney College 946
Hampshire College 839
Hampton University 3,727
Hamrick School 89
Hands on Therapy 28
Hannibal-LaGrange University 410
Hanover College 1,031
Harcum College 876
Hardin-Simmons University 1,283
Harding University 3,382
Harford Community College 3,696
Harmony Health Care Institute 153
Harris-Stowe State University 960
Harrisburg Area Community College 9,533
Harrisburg Area Community College-Gettysburg -
Harrisburg Area Community College-Lancaster -
Harrisburg Area Community College-Lebanon -
Harrisburg Area Community College-York -
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 615
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace -
Hartnell College 9,453
Hartwick College 1,087
Harvard University 7,601
Harvey Mudd College 921
Haskell Indian Nations University 978
Hastings Beauty School 22
Hastings College 891
Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty Culture 57
Haven University 28
Haverford College 1,430
Hawaii Community College 1,546
Hawaii Institute of Hair Design 85
Hawaii Medical College 194
Hawaii Pacific University 2,392
Hawaii Tokai International College 24
Hawkeye Community College 2,626
Hays Academy of Hair Design 83
Hays Academy of Hair Design 46

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).