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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
Haywood Community College 849
Hazard Community and Technical College 1,506
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School -
Hazleton Area Career Center 7
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing 31
HCI College 166
HCI College - Fort Lauderdale Campus -
HDS Truck Driving Institute 200
Headmasters School of Hair Design 92
Healing Hands School of Holistic Health 220
Healing Mountain Massage School 43
Health and Technology Training Institute 20
Health-Tech Institute of Memphis 8
Healthcare Career College 447
Healthcare Training Institute 94
Healthcare Training Institute 48
Heartland Community College 2,997
Heartland Welding Academy 47
Hebrew College 0
Hebrew Theological College 90
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion -
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion-Cincinnati -
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion-Los Angeles -
Heidelberg University 915
Helena College University of Montana 585
Helene Fuld College of Nursing 914
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology 64
Hello Gorgeous Barbers Stillwater's School of Barbering 31
Helms College 183
Henderson Community College 880
Henderson State University 1,456
Hendrix College 1,100
Hennepin Technical College 3,157
Henrico County-Saint Marys Hospital School of Practical Nursing 79
Henry Ford College 8,643
Heritage Bible College 22
Heritage Christian University 75
Heritage University 812
Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing 71
Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program 58
Herkimer County Community College 1,168
Herzing University-Akron 391
Herzing University-Atlanta 387
Herzing University-Birmingham 442
Herzing University-Brookfield 380
Herzing University-Clarksville -
Herzing University-Kenosha 522
Herzing University-Madison 2,494
Herzing University-Minneapolis 740
Herzing University-Nashville 201

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).